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Jun 15, 2014 · Ethnicity: *75% German *25% African-American. Carol Channing was an American actress, singer, dancer, and comedian. She was the daughter of Carol Adelaide (Glaser) and George Channing (born George Christian Stucker), who was a prominent newspaper editor.
Channing publicly revealed her African-American ancestry in 2002. [18] Channing majored in drama at Bennington and during an interview in 1994 revealed that she first wanted to perform on stage as a singer when she was in the fourth grade. She recalled being emotionally drawn to the stage after seeing Ethel Waters perform. [19]
Jan 15, 2019 · According to Wikipedia, Channing’s mother Adelaide Glaser was German Jewish and her father, George Christian Channing, was African American and German.
Apr 2, 2014 · Gender: Female. Best Known For: Carol Channing is known for her role as Lorelei Lee in 1949's 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' and her Tony-winning role in 'Hello, Dolly!'. Industries. Television.
Jan 24, 2019 · Then Channing dropped a bomb and published a book where she admitted she had been passing since she was sixteen years old. According to her 2002 memoir, Just Lucky I Guess: A Memoir of Sorts, Channing learned of her Black ancestry in 1937.
She was the daughter of Adelaide (Glaser) and George Channing (who was born George Christian Stucker). Carol's paternal grandfather, George Stucker, was the son of German immigrants, and Carol's paternal grandmother, Clara, was African-American.
Aug 8, 2019 · Carol Channing was an Afro-European actress and performer. Channing was born in Seattle, Washington on January 31, 1921. She was the only child of Adelaide Glaser and George Christian (Stucker) Channing. Her father moved the family to San Francisco, California when Channing was two years old.
Jan 15, 2019 · “I know it’s true the moment I sing and dance,” Channing said of the shocking revelation. “I’m proud as can be of [my black ancestry]. It’s one of the great strains in show business.
Jan 15, 2019 · Carol Channing, whose incandescent performances as the gold-digging Lorelei Lee in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and the matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi in “Hello, Dolly!” made her a Broadway...
Jan 15, 2019 · In it, the then 83-year-old revealed learning at age 16 that her paternal grandmother was African American, and her father of German and black ancestry (listed as “colored” on his birth...
