You know, if you're lucky enough to have two smash hit shows, the traffic of the world goes through your dressing room.

For Millie Carol Channing received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and was awarded a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture. Her father later became a successful Christian Science practitioner editor and teacher. We went through the stage door alley (for the Curran Theatre) and I couldn't get the stage door open.

She is the recipient of three Tony Awards (including one for lifetime achievement) a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination. Channing is best remembered for originating on Broadway the musical-comedy roles of bombCarol Channingll Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and matchmaking widow Dolly Gallagher Levi in Hello Dolly!.