May Britt

Since then she has been mainly involved in painting. The couple reside in Maine. After divorce, May Britt resumed working with some sporadic TV guest appearances, the last in 1988. She currently lives with cinematographer Daniel Gillham. They divorced in 1968. Channing has been married and divorced four times, to Walter Channing, Paul Schmidt, David Debin, and David Rawle. had one daughter and adopted two sons. Channing has also been nominated for a number of other awards, including the 1994 Academy Award for Best Actress (for Six Degrees of Separation).

She and Sammy Davis, Jr. In 2002, Channing won two Emmy Awards; for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (The West Wing) and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (The Matthew Shepard Story). Once married, May Britt left the movies for her family. Channing has won numerous acting awards for various works including the 1979 People's Choice Award for Favorite Motion Picture Supporting Actress, the 1989 CableACE Award for Best Actress in a Dramatic or Theatrical Special (for Tidy Endings), the 2003 London Critics Circle Film ALFS Award for Actress of the Year (for The Business of Strangers), and the 2003 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries (for The Matthew Shepard Story). At that time interracial marriages were forbidden by law in 31 US states out of 50, and only in 1967 those law were abolished by US Supreme Court. Her part has gradually expanded from a recurring guest star role to a regular part. Their wedding caused controversy. In 1999, Channing took the role of First Lady Abbey Bartlet in the television series The West Wing.

They soon started dating, and, after a brief engagement, got married on 13 November 1960. She also returned to the stage, winning the 1985 Tony Award for A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg. She met Sammy Davis, Jr., the famous Afro-American singer and actor, in 1959. In the 1980s and 1990s, Channing continued to work in television and film. She starred in a few movies, including The Young Lions with Marlon Brando and the criticized remake of The Blue Angel in the role that previously was Marlene Dietrich's. On the basis of this, CBS offered her the lead in two short lived television sitcom series, Stockard Channing in Just Friends (1979) and The Stockard Channing Show (1980). In late 1950s May Britt relocated to Hollywood after signing with 20th Century Fox. In 1978, Channing played the part of Betty Rizzo in the hit musical Grease.

She also featured in the War and Peace film of 1956. In 1975, she starred alongside Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson in Mike Nichols' The Fortune. In the following years she worked in some ten Cinecittà productions. After brief appearances in 1971's The Hospital and 1972's Up the Sandbox, she landed her first lead role in the acclaimed 1973 television movie The Girl Most Likely To.... As expected, she made her movie debut as the leading actress in Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair in 1952. One of Channing's earliest roles was as The Number Painter's victim, in a series of segments on Sesame Street. May Britt immediately moved to Rome. She decided to pursue an acting career, starting in the Boston theatrical community, but eventually working in New York and Los Angeles.

After meeting her, they offered her the part. Channing attended Radcliffe College and Harvard University and has degrees in history and literature. They came to the studio where she worked for viewing pictures of some models. Channing was born as Susan Antonia Williams Stockard in New York City to Lester and Mary Stockard. The two Italians were in Sweden to make a casting for a young blonde for the title role in Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair. Stockard Channing (born February 13, 1944) is an American actress. Aged 18, she was the assistant to a photographer in Stockholm. The Fortune (1975).

May Britt was discovered by Italian film-makers Carlo Ponti and Mario Soldati in 1951. Sweet Revenge (1976). in 1960. The Big Bus (1976). She retired from the scenes after she married Sammy Davis, Jr. Grease (1978). May Britt, stage name of Maybritt Wilkens (Lidingö, Sweden, 22 March 1933), had a brief career as movie actress in 1950s, in Italy first and in the USA afterwards. Without a Trace (1983).

Heartburn (1986). Married to It (1991). Six Degrees of Separation (1993). Edie & Pen (1997).

The Business of Strangers (2001).