STOCKARD CHANNING - CHANNING RESENTS GREASE NEGATIVITY

CHANNING RESENTS GREASE NEGATIVITY

Actress STOCKARD CHANNING was shocked when her role in hit musical GREASE failed to secure her any other work as a young actress, despite the film's overwhelming popularity. Channing, who was 34 when she played BETTY RIZZO in the 1978 movie, claims the film was as ridiculed as it was loved - prejudicing people against her talent. She has since excelled as an older, character actress, winning two Emmys and a Best Actress Oscar nomination for the 1993 film SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION - but she will never forget her post-Grease struggle. She says, "I don't think I am just (remembered) for (Grease). There's Six Degrees and WEST WING. "What upset me at the time was that it didn't help me to get any more work. Grease was looked down upon."