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Stockard Channing: West Wing was 'sane politics'
Stockard Channing is returning to the stage in London at the end of this month, playing the lead part in Apologia.
The actor who rose to fame after playing Rizzo in Grease and Dr Abbey Bartlet in The West Wing talks to us about how close to life the US political drama actually was.
(Image: Stockard Channing, credit: Getty Images)
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