“She will forever be my angel,”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
Figure timeline
Carol Channing
Carol Elaine Channing was an American actress, comedian, singer and dancer who starred in Broadway and film musicals. Each of her characters typically possessed a fervent expressiveness and an easily identifiable voice.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
entertainment · American actress (1921–2019) · singer · voice actor · comedian · stage actor · entertainer · musical theatre actor · actor · musician · also Carol Channing, Channing
Born 31 January 1921 · Died 15 January 2019 · Q237287
48 published statements · 0 followers
See & hear
Photos & media
8 photos
Media from Wikimedia Commons, hotlinked at the source under its own licence — see each file for author and terms.
Live now
In the news
Pulling headlines from trusted outlets — this usually takes a few seconds
Checking the wires…
Feed scan
These are live links, not archived citations — they only join the timeline once a collect run verifies and archives them.
Live pulse
Recent highlights
Most recent outstanding titles, awards, and quotes
- Quote
- Quote
2026· 7 entries
“I stood up in class and campaigned by kidding the teachers. The other kids laughed. I loved the feeling — it was a very good feeling; it still is.”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
“s mother felt that she ought to have this information since she was going off to college; she did not want her daughter to be surprised if she ever had a Black baby. Channing majored in drama and dance at Bennington. She would entertain every Friday night. During her junior year, she began trying out for acting parts on Broadway. After playing a small part in the revue, The New Yorker noted her performance:”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
Entertainment.ie: Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt for Guys and Dolls movie musical? YES PLEASE!
- #news
- #headline
The Maine Wire: Legendary ‘Grease’ Actress Stockard Channing Ditches Maine Island Retreat, Runs To London
- #news
- #headline
Public attention spiked: 3,142 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.3× the usual 723, with 0 article edits.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #attention
- #spike
- #pageviews
Public attention spiked: 2,955 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.1× the usual 723, with 0 article edits.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #attention
- #spike
- #pageviews
2019· 3 entries
The lights on Broadway were dimmed in her honor
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
At her home in Rancho Mirage, California, at the age of 97, 16 days before her 98th birthday
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Died 2019-01-15.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #death
2011· 1 entry
In the 2011 documentary Carol Channing: Larger Than Life, Channing publicly stated that her mother had been Jewish.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #life
- #personal-life
2004· 1 entry
Released album “archy and mehitabel / echoes of archy”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
2003· 1 entry
While recording the audiobook of her autobiography Just Lucky, I Guess, at VideoActive Productions, NYC, produced and directed by Steve Garrin, Channing rekindled her romance with her junior high school sweetheart, Harry
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2002· 3 entries
And Larger Than Life—a documentary film about her life and career—was released in 2012
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Channing publicly revealed her black ancestry in 2002.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #life
- #personal-life
“s true the moment I sing and dance. I”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
1998· 1 entry
But her estranged husband died before the divorce was finalized
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1994· 1 entry
Released album “Hello, Dolly!”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
1993· 1 entry
Poked fun at herself in an episode of The Nanny
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1987· 1 entry
Where she performed another one of her signature songs, "Little Girl from Little Rock"
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1986· 1 entry
Channing appeared on Sesame Street and sang a parody of the song "Hello, Dolly
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1985· 1 entry
Played the role of the White Queen in the television special Alice in Wonderland
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1981· 1 entry
And received a Lifetime Achievement Tony Award in 1995
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1980· 1 entry
Guest starred on The Muppet Show where she participated in several skits, performed a medley of Jeepers Creepers, and sang her signature song, Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend, as a duet with Miss Piggy
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1979· 1 entry
Released album “On Tour”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
1978· 1 entry
Said she had not eaten restaurant food in 15 years and preferred only organic food
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1974· 1 entry
Participated in the television special Free to Be
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1973· 2 entries
At the Oklahoma City (6000 seat) Civic Center Music Hall and broke all box office records after six days' worth of performances sold out within 24 hours
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
It came to light during the Watergate hearings that Channing was on a master list of Nixon's political opponents, informally known as Nixon's "enemies list"
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1971· 1 entry
Awarded Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year (1971).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
1968· 2 entries
Awarded Special Tony Award (1968).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture for Thoroughly Modern Millie (1968).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #trophy
- #achievement
1967· 2 entries
Released album “Thoroughly Modern Millie”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Also became the first celebrity to perform at the Super Bowl halftime show
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1966· 2 entries
Titled An Evening with Carol Channing
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Arden was hired for the title role in Hello Dolly
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1964· 4 entries
Awarded Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for Hello, Dolly! (1964).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
And by the time the show closed in late December 1970, it had become the longest-running musical in Broadway history, with nearly 3,000 performances
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the latter
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
In Atlantic City, New Jersey where she sang "Hello, Lyndon" for Lyndon B
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1961· 1 entry
Channing became one of the few performers nominated for a Tony Award for work in a revue (rather than a traditional book musical); she was nominated for Best Actress in a Musical for the short-lived revue Show Girl
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1960· 1 entry
Carson's parental rights to the couple's son were severed due to his abandonment, and his and Channing's son took his stepfather's surname
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1956· 2 entries
Channing married her manager and publicist Charles Lowe
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
For The Vamp, followed by a nomination in 1961 for Show Girl
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1949· 1 entry
Awarded Theatre World Award (1949).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
1944· 1 entry
Wrote Watch Out for Willie Carter, but during the nearly five years of their marriage, earned little income: "There was no money for food, clothing or housing
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1921· 2 entries
The only child of Adelaide (née Glaser; 1886–1984) and George Channing (1888–1957)
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Born 1921-01-31.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #birth