Channing had been primarily a theater actress, and 1975’s The Fortune, directed by Mike Nichols and co-starring Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson, was meant to be her big break.

Rizzo is a bold and confident woman who undergoes a pregnancy scare in Grease from her relationship with Kenickie. If Sandy ...

Reflecting on her work during Grease she said ... Channing played Betty Rizzo (Getty/Paramount) At the time, in 1993, Smith was married to his first wife, Sheree Zampino, and the two had ...

If you’re a huge Grease buff like we are than you are probably obsessed with Rizzo. Of course we are obsessed with Sandy, but what girl didn’t love that Rizzo was the polar opposite of her.

Show more Grease has entertained audiences for over 40 years, first on stage from 1971 and then on film in 1978. Somewhere near you Danny, Sandy Rizzo and the Pink Ladies will be hand jiving their ...

Stockard Channing was an inimitable force as Betty Rizzo in 1978’s Grease, though the movie was never meant to become a huge phenomenon. “I gave [Grease] my all, and I’m proud of the ...

All things considered, Stockard Channing is definitely a success story. After playing Rizzo in Grease, Channing played First Lady Abbey Bartlet in The West Wing for seven years, as well as racking ...

Channing, 80, opened up in a Jan. 23 interview with Britain’s The Times about the long legacy of Grease and her role as Betty Rizzo. And though the movie is beloved by generations of fans now ...