What is Carol Channing?
{{Infobox person | name = Carol Channing | image = Carol Channing colour Allan Warren.jpg | caption = Channing in 1973 | birth_name = Carol Elaine Channing | birth_date = {{birth date|1921|1|31}} | image_size=240px | birth_place = [[Seattle, Washington]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|1|15|1921|1|31}} | death_place = [[Rancho Mirage, California]], U.S. | death_cause = | alma_mater = [[Bennington College]] | height = {{convert|5|ft|9|in|m|2|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nwitimes.com/entertainment/columnists/offbeat/offbeat-with-phil-potempa-carol-channing-teams-with-tune-for/article_293f1b0c-e6d9-55c3-8045-248f40754673.html|work=[[The Times of Northwest Indiana]]| title= Carol Channing, 93, teams with Tune for stage tour|last= Potempa| first= Phil|date=2014-08-09|access-date=2015-10-06}}</ref> | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|singer|dancer|comedian}} | years_active = 1941–2016 | spouse = {{marriage|Theodore Naidish|1941|1944|reason=divorced}}<br/>{{marriage|[[Alex Carson|Alexander Carson]]|1953|1956|reason= divorced}}<br/>{{marriage|Charles Lowe|1956|1999|reason=died}}<br/>{{marriage|Harry Kullijian|2003|2011|reason=died}} | children = 1 }} '''Carol Elaine Channing''' (January 31, 1921 &ndash; January 15, 2019) was an American stand-up comedian, actress, singer, dancer and voice artist. She received three [[Tony Award]]s. Channing played Lorelei in the [[movie|Broadway musical]] ''Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' and played Dolly in the Broadway musical ''Hello, Dolly!''. ==Early life== Channing was born '''Carol Elaine Channing''' in [[Seattle]], [[Washington]] on January 31, 1921. When she left home to go to [[Bennington College]], her mother told her that her father's mother was [[African-American]].<ref>''Just Lucky I Guess: A Memoir of Sorts'' by Carol Channing (Simon & Schuster,