Beaver Country Day School - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

  • Dr. Tenley Albright, physician and winner of the 1956 Olympic Gold Medal in Ladies Figure Skating
  • Jane Alexander, stage and film actor and former chair of the National Endowment of the Arts
  • Eliza Dushku, actress most noted for her roles as Faith in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel and as Echo in Dollhouse
  • Brad Falchuk, co-creator, executive producer, writer, and director of Glee; writer on Nip\Tuck
  • Jeffrey Finn, Broadway producer, nominated for 2005 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play for On Golden Pond
  • Lucinda Franks, journalist and winner of a Pulitzer Prize
  • Temple Grandin, created humane cow slaughtering device. Also noted for overcoming the barriers of her autism.
  • Joyce Ballou Gregorian, 1963, author
  • Tammy Grimes, stage and film actress who originated the title role in The Unsinkable Molly Brown on Broadway
  • Fanny Howe and Susan Howe, poets and sisters
  • Jan Miner, stage actress who gained fame as Madge, the manicurist in Palmolive television ads
  • Meg Rosoff, novelist, young adult fiction, How I Live Now
  • Matt Selman, writer and producer for The Simpsons
  • Wayne Turner, former University of Kentucky basketball star and professional basketball player

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