Stockard Channing was in films.
Inger McCabe Elliott . A fictionalized version of her life involving the 1983 encounter she had with con artist David Hampton was chronicled in the film Six Degrees of Separation , in which she was portrayed by Stockard Channing , who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance . Practical Magic is a 1998 American romantic comedy film based on the 1995 novel of the same name by Alice Hoffman . Stockard Channing . She is also known for originating the role of Ouisa Kittredge in the stage and film versions of Six Degrees of Separation , for which she was nominated for a Tony Award and the Academy Award for Best Actress . The Big Bus is a 1976 American comedy film starring Stockard Channing and Joseph Bologna , and directed by James Frawley . The Cheap Detective is a 1978 American satirical comedy film written by Neil Simon and directed by Robert Moore as a follow-up to their successful Murder by Death ( Columbia , 1976 ) .