<Li> David Rawle (m . 1980; div. 1988) </Li> <Tr> <Th> Partner (s) </Th> <Td> Daniel Gillham </Td> </Tr> <P> Stockard Channing (born Susan Antonia Williams Stockard; February 13, 1944) is an American stage, film and television actress . She is known for playing Betty Rizzo in the film Grease (1978) and First Lady Abbey Bartlet on the NBC television series The West Wing (1999--2006). She is also known for originating the role of Ouisa Kittredge in the stage and film versions of Six Degrees of Separation, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award and the Academy Award for Best Actress . </P> <P> A 13 - time Primetime Emmy Award nominee and seven - time Tony Award nominee, she won the 1985 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the Broadway revival of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, and won Emmy Awards for The West Wing and The Matthew Shepard Story, both in 2002 . She won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2004 for her role in Jack . Her film appearances include The Fortune (1975), The Big Bus (1976), The Cheap Detective (1978), Heartburn (1986), Up Close & Personal (1996), Practical Magic (1998), and Woody Allen's Anything Else (2003). She also played the recurring role of Veronica Loy on the CBS drama The Good Wife (2012--16). </P>

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