Inside Stockard Channing's Private World Away From Hollywood
For a stretch after Stockard Channing's partner Daniel Gillham died in 2014, The West Wing alum struggled to figure out what's next. She and the cinematographer, who connected on the set of the 1988 war drama A Time of Destiny, had built their world together…
As Channing put it, "The pattern of my life shifted, so I shifted my life from Maine." There she spends the early hours of her day sipping from her strong pot of coffee and journaling in bed ("My ideal morning"), before forcing herself to.
Though, admittedly, her favorite days "are when I play hooky." Save for Benny, her "very large, very old dog" that rouses her out of bed in the morning to fetch his food sometime after Radio 3 blares from her alarm at 7 a.m., "I've.
What Happened
She'd briefly shared her home with four other spouses before Gillham, the New York City native noting that her years-long marriages to winemaker Walter Channing, poet Paul Schmidt, writer David Debin and businessman David Rawle "all represent epochs of me." Growing up.
For a stretch after Stockard Channing's partner Daniel Gillham died in 2014, The West Wing alum struggled to figure out what's next.
She and the cinematographer, who connected on the set of the 1988 war drama A Time of Destiny, had built their world together on a 16-acre property on Maine's Georgetown Island.
But the actress, who proved she was the one audiences wanted after starring as rebellious Rizzo in 1978's Grease, felt unmoored without him there, making the decision to move to London in 2019.
Key Details
"But, hey, children can be just as selfish as everybody else out there." And it's not as if she's gone full shut-in, currently directing her "good friend" David Westhead in the one-act play Krapp's Last Tape at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
After the Mask of Zorro actor suffered a near-fatal heart attack in 2019, he moved back to his native Málago, Spain, to focus on his love of theater.
I realized I worked all four years through our first child and it was really hard," Elisha confessed in June 2026 during an appearance on Today, "to separate that mom from the working person.
Elisha—best known for starring in '00s films like Old School as well as hit TV shows including 24 and Happy Endings—added, "I just felt like I needed to be at home with the kids.
Why It Matters
"But I'm not sure I'll do anything after that," the three-time Emmy winner shared. "Acting is like everything in life; you never know what's going to happen."
I haven't lost that connection over the years.
Now, the Tony nominee—who still occasionally takes on TV and film projects—owns a theater venue and gets involved with the local community.
What Reports Say
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