Carol Channing

Carol Elaine Channing (31 January 1921 – 15 January 2019) was an American actress and singer. She was the voice of Grandmamma Addams on The Addams Family (1992 Animated Series).
== Biography ==
Carol Channing was born in Seattle, the daughter of a prominent newspaper editor, who was very active in the Christian Science movement. She attended high school in San Francisco and later worked as a model in Los Angeles. She attended prestigious Bennington College in Vermont, where she majored in drama and dance, and supplemented her work by taking parts in nearby Pocono Resort area. She initially made her mark on Broadway in Gentleman Prefer Blondes, playing Lorelei Lee.
In Hello Dolly, Channing played Dolly Gallagher Levi, the witty, manipulative widow intent upon finding a wealthy husband. The musical won ten Tony awards in 1964, including Channing's for best actress in a comedy. Jacqueline Kennedy and her two children made their first public appearance after President John F. Kennedy's death by seeing Channing perform in Hello Dolly, and later visited her backstage. She appeared in the film Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967). Her son is a Pulitizer Prize-nominated finalist cartoonist.
== External Links ==
* Carol Channing at the Internet Movie Database
* Carol Channing at the Internet Broadway Database
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