The Broadway legend's life in photos

Carol Channing, in pictures

Legendary Broadway star Carol Channing (seen here at the 22nd annual Tony Awards in 1968) died on Jan. 15, 2019, at the age of 97. She charmed audiences with her iconic stage roles, most famously playing matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi in Hello, Dolly! and innocent gold-digger Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Read on for more photos from her life and career.

1949

1956

1956

1964, in a scene from Hello, Dolly!

1964

Jan. 14, 1965

1965, backstage at Hello, Dolly! with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton

Aug. 29, 1965, during filming of her Emmy-winning television special An Evening With Carol Channing

1966, with Debbie Reynolds

April 1967

1967, with Mary Tyler Moore and Julie Andrews in a promotional portrait for Thoroughly Modern Millie

March 16, 1969

March 26, 1969, with Carol Burnett

April 30, 1970

May 8, 1974, with Liza Minnelli

1978, with Angela Lansbury

Aug. 20, 1979

October 1979

Dec. 27, 1979, with Queen Elizabeth II, Yul Brynner, and Virginia McKenna

March 21, 1985, with Phyllis Diller

Feb. 3, 1987, with Betty White, Mary Tyler Moore, and Lynn Redgrave

Jan. 15, 1989, with George Burns

Feb. 4, 1990, with husband Charles Lowe

1995

1995, at the Tony Awards

Aug. 20, 1996, with Conan O'Brien

June 2, 1997, with Christine Baranski

June 2, 2002

Oct. 25, 2003

Nov. 3, 2003

2003

March 13, 2004, with Valerie Harper and Cloris Leachman

July 24, 2004

Oct. 11, 2005, with husband Harry Kullijian

March 3, 2009

Dec. 7, 2010

Feb. 21, 2011

February 21, 2011

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