Carol Elaine Channing January 31 1921 – January 15 2019 Was An American Actress Singer Dancer And Comedian. Known For Starring In Broadway And Film Musicals Her Characters Typically Radiated A Fervent Expressiveness And An Easily Identifiable Voice Whether Singing Or For Comedic Effect. Channing Also Studied Acting At The Neighborhood Playhouse School Of The Theatre In New York City. She Began As A Broadway Musical Actress Starring In Gentlemen Prefer Blondes In 1949 And Hello Dolly! In 1964 When She Won The Tony Award For Best Actress In A Musical. She Revived Both Roles Several Times Throughout Her Career Most Recently Playing Dolly In 1995. Channing Was Nominated For Her First Tony Award In 1956 For The Vamp Followed By A Nomination In 1961 For Show Girl. She Received Her Fourth Tony Award Nomination For The Musical Lorelei In 1974. As A Film Actress She Won The Golden Globe Award And Was Nominated For The Academy Award For Best Supporting Actress For Her Performance As Muzzy In Thoroughly Modern Millie 1967 . Her Other Film Appearances Include The First Traveling Saleslady 1956 And Skidoo 1968 . On Television She Appeared As An Entertainer On Variety Shows From The Ed Sullivan Show In The 1950s To Hollywood Squares. She Had A Standout Performance As The White Queen In The TV Production Of Alice In Wonderland 1985 And Had The First Of Many TV Specials In 1966 An Evening With Carol Channing. Channing Was Inducted Into The American Theatre Hall Of Fame In 1981 And Received A Lifetime Achievement Tony Award In 1995. She Continued To Perform And Make Appearances Well Into Her 90s Singing Songs From Her Repertoire And Sharing Stories With Fans Cabaret Style. She Released An Autobiography Titled Just Lucky I Guess In 2002 And Larger Than Life A Documentary Film About Her Career Was Released In 2012. Discography Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Columbia Records 1950 Show Girl 1961 Hello Dolly! RCA Records 1964 Lorelei Decca Records 1974 Hello Dolly! 1994 Additional Albums Archy And Mehitabel - A Back-Alley Opera With Eddie Bracken 1954 Carol Channing Vanguard Records 1961 Carol Channing Reads Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Caedmon Records 1962 Carol Channing Entertains Command Records 1965 Carol Channing Reads Madeleine Caedmon Records 1970s C And W With Webb Pierce Plantation Records 1976 Carol Channing And Her Country Friends Guest Appearances By Jimmy C. Newman Hank Locklin And Others Plantation Records 1977 Carol Channing On Tour 51 West Records 1980 Jazz Baby DRG Records. 1994 Just Lucky I Guess A Memoir Of Sorts Audiobook 2003 For Heaven's Sake New Day Records 2010 True To The Red White And Blue Homesick Entertainment 2012
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