Carol Channing

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Carol Channing

Hello Dolly, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Thoroughly Modern Millie

Carol Channing is an American singer and actress who has been in show business for over 60 years. She is an icon of stage, screen, and television and the recipient of three Tony Awards (including one for lifetime achievement), a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination for her role as Muzzy in Thoroughly Modern Millie (1968).

She is best remembered for originating, on Broadway, the musical-comedy roles of bombshell Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and matchmaking widow Dolly Gallagher Levi in Hello, Dolly!.

Visit her official web site and the Dr. Carol Channing and Harry Kullijian Foundation, Endowment for the Arts web site.