Legacy and Honors
- 1981, Channing was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame.
- 1995, she was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Tony Award.
- The city of San Francisco, California, proclaimed February 25, 2002, to be Carol Channing Day, for her advocacy of gay rights and her appearance as the celebrity host of the Gay Pride Day festivities in Hollywood.
- 2004, she was awarded an honorary doctorate in Fine Arts by California State University, Stanislaus.
- 2004, she also received the Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre.
- 2010, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to her.
- Lowell High School renamed its auditorium "The Carol Channing Theatre" in her honor.
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