Grease's Stockard Channing, 82, was 'the world's oldest teen'
Grease star Stockard Channing joked about 'playing the world's oldest teenager' Betty Rizzo as she discussed the upcoming 50th anniversary of the hit movie.
Appearing on Lorraine on Tuesday, the actress, 82, spoke about the frequently-regaled lore surrounding the age of the actors playing teens.
The Scottish host, 66, marvelled at the movie turning 50 to which Stockard noted her dizzying age while playing a teenager, as she revealed what she asked bosses.
On advanced ages of the cast, she said: 'I was like let's go for it. Let's go play the world's oldest teenager! The clothes didn't help. We had to wear black all the time, I said couldn't I at least have a Peter Pan collar.'
During her appearance on the ITV show, Stockard showed off her incredibly taut complexion, including a smooth forehead and plump pout, in the wake of previous surgery rumours, which she has never addressed.
Grease star Stockard Channing joked about 'playing the world's oldest teenager' Betty Rizzo as she discussed the upcoming 50th anniversary of the hit movie
Appearing on Lorraine on Tuesday, the actress, 82, spoke about the frequently-regaled lore surrounding the age of the actors playing teens (Stockard pictured at 30 playing teen Betty Rizzo)
The Scottish host, 66, marvelled at the movie turning 50 to which Stockard noted her dizzying age while playing a teenager, as she revealed what she asked bosses
Stockard appeared on the chat show to promote making her directorial debut with Krapp’s Last Tape at the Edinburgh Festival run.
The Samuel Beckett classic will see David Westhead take on the role of Krapp, a 69-year-old man reflecting on his life through old tape recordings.
Her decision to direct the piece is rooted in her friendship and creative partnership with David and their desire to raise funds for The Wembley to Soweto Foundation.
Talk turned from the theatre to her role in Grease, as she revealed she was being crippled by her mortgage when she was offered the role and said she was 'lucky to even get a job' so decided to take on the part as bad girl Rizzo.
The New York native starred in the 1978 movie alongside superstars including John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.
When asked if there would be any celebrations for the film's anniversary, to which she explained she would be busy later this year in Practical Magic 2, in which she reprises her role as Aunt Frances Owens.
Stockard appeared on the chat show to promote making her directorial debut with Krapp’s Last Tape at the Edinburgh Festival run
She is pictured with Jamie Donnelly, Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta
Following her role as Rizzo, Channing went on to star in her own CBS sitcom called The Stockard Channing Show then Without a Trace in 1983, The Men's Club, A Time of Destiny, and Echoes in the Darkness throughout the Eighties.
She then returned to her roots - appearing in Broadway plays They're Playing Our Song, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, The House of Blue Leaves, and Six Degrees of Separation.
In 1993, the actress starred in the movie adaptation of Six Degrees of Separation, which garnered her an Oscar for Best Actress and a Golden Globes nomination.
Her other acting credits include the romantic drama Up Close & Personal, Practical Magic, Smoke, USA's An Unexpected Family, The West Wing, CBS sitcom Out of Practice, the docudrama The Matthew Shepard Story, The Business of Strangers, and The Good Wife.
She was well-known for her role Abbey Bartlet in The West Wing
Stockard has been married and divorced four times over her decades-long career. She wed her first husband, a wood sculptor named Walter Channing Jr, in 1963, and they split in 1967.
She then tied the knot with a professor named Paul Schmidt in 1970, but they divorced after six years together. Her third marriage was to writer and producer David Deblin, whom she was with from 1976 to 1980.
Stockard then wed businessman David Rawle in 1980. They went their separate ways eight years later. She then entered into a relationship with cinematographer Daniel Gillham in 1990, whom she was with until he passed away in 2014.
Stockard never had any children, and she now lives in London.
Badenoch blasts 'moaning' female Labour MPs over Burnham jobs 'quota'
Kemi Badenoch has told Labour women to earn a job in Andy Burnham's Cabinet instead of demanding they are handed jobs because of their gender.
The Tory leader lashed out today amid reports that female MPs are demanding the de-facto new prime minister introduce a 50:50 gender split 'quota' in his government.
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister also complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts.
But in a scathing article in the Times today Mrs Badenoch told them to 'stop moaning' and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'.
'There are many, many reasons why you shouldn't have any Milibands in the cabinet,' she said.
'But complaining that the boys haven't given them the right jobs or that the boys are taking all the jobs, just shows that Labour's women still don't get it.'
The idea of quotas was also attacked by Baroness Jacqui Smith, Labour's Skills Minister.
Asked by Times Radio if Mr Burnham should reserve jobs for women, she said: 'No, I think what Andy Burnham should be doing is building the very best team around him to change this country.'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband (above, right, in 2010) is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts
But Mrs Badenoch told them to pipe down and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party and seen by the BBC has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs after he succeeds Sir Keir Starmer.
'We are asking you to demonstrate this change from day one and address the toxicity and misogyny within our own party and government,' it said.
Labour has never had a female leader, while the Conservatives have had three, and Mrs Badenoch urged the government to follow its meritocratic example.
'If you run a meritocracy, then you do not have to worry about jobs for the boys,' she wrote.
'Every woman who is a Conservative MP, every woman who has ever won the leadership, has had to fight to get where she is.
'By contrast, Labour women are demanding guarantees from Burnham. But the truth is he doesn't have to give any guarantees.
'If none of Labour's women are prepared to get their hands dirty and challenge him for the leadership, their demands are toothless.'
'In fact, it's quite revealing that the women's parliamentary Labour Party has written to Burnham asking him to commit himself to at least 50 per cent female ministers.
'This has nothing to do with meritocracy. It is yet more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country.'
