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Stockard Channing: Why The West Wing was sane politics
The actor who played the first lady in The West Wing says 'it was inspiring'.
Stockard Channing returns to the stage in London at the end of this month, playing the lead in Apologia. She first rose to fame as Betty Rizzo who danced alongside John Travolta in Grease.
Channing talks to Justin Webb about her role as first lady in The West Wing television series and how it compares to today's White House.
(Image: Stockard Channing; Credit; Getty Images)
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