Hollywood High School - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

• Arthur Alber, Los Angeles City Council member, 1927–29 (1912)
• Anthony Anderson, actor (1988)
• John Archer, actor (1933)
• Meredith Baxter, actress (1965)
• Mary Kay Bergman, actress (1978)
• David Bryant, songwriter (1978)
• Vincent Bugliosi, attorney, author (1952)
• Carol Burnett, actress/comedien (1951)
• Valerie Bertenelli, actress (1978)
• Diana Canova, actress/singer (1971)
• Keith Carradine, actor (1966)
• Robert Carradine, actor (1971)
• Adriana Caselotti, actress/singer (1934)
• Henry P. Caulfield, Jr., political science professor
• Marge Champion, dancer/choreographer (1936)
• Norman Chandler, newspaper publisher (1917)
• Lon Chaney, Jr., actor (1924)
• Warren Christopher, diplomat/former U.S. Secretary of State (1942)
• John Clifford, choreographer (1965)
• Lisa Coleman, musician (1978)
• Porscha Coleman, actress/singer/dancer (2003)
• Johnny Crawford, actor (1962)
• Frank Darabont, director/screenwriter (1977)
• Edward Dmytryk, director/member of Hollywood Ten (1926)
• James Dannaldson, actor, animal handler
• Harley Earl, auto designer
• Stephen Eckelberry, director (1979)
• Norman Eisen Obama Adm. Ambassador to Prague (1980)
• Linda Evans, actress (1960)
• Nanette Fabray, actress (1939)
• Mimsy Farmer, actress (1963)
• Mike Farrell, actor (1957)
• Lorraine Feather, lyricist (1965)
• Jay R. Ferguson, actor
• Laurence Fishburne, actor (1980)
• Anthony M. Frank, U.S. Postmaster General (1949)
• Judy Garland, singer/actress (1940)
• James Garner, actor (1944)
• Lowell George, musician (1963)
• Gigi Levangie Grazer, writer/author (1990)
• Rob Grill, singer/musician (1962)
• Horacio Gutiérrez, classical pianist (1966)
• Alan Hale Jr., actor (1936)
• Richard Halsey, Oscar-winning film editor
• Linda Hart, actress, singer (1965)
• Stephanie K. Hoffman, artist (1980)
• Karl Hubenthal, cartoonist
• Gloria Grahame, actress (1942)
• Barbara Hershey, actress (1965)
• John Huston, director/writer (1923)
• Chuck Jones, animator (1930)
• Dickie Jones, actor (1945)
• Stephen Kay, Los Angeles Assistant District Attorney/Manson prosecutor (1961)
• Sally Kellerman, actress (1954)
• William Kennard, FCC chairman (1974)
• Enid Kent, actress (1962)
• Swoosie Kurtz, actress (1962)
• Alan Ladd, actor (1931)
• Ruta Lee, actress (1954)
• Carole Lombard, actress (1923)
• Richard Long, actor (1945)
• Stephen Marglin, economist
• Benito Martinez, actor (1989)
• Jerry Martinez, crime fighter
• Gladys McConnell, actress and aviatrix (1924)
• Joel McCrea, actor (1924)
• Leighton Meester, actress/song-writer (2001)
• Heather Menzies, actress (1967)
• Ann Miller, dancer/actress (1937)
• Judith Miller, journalist (1965)
• Aprile Millo, Metropolitan Opera singer (1977)
• Yvette Mimieux, actress (1960)
• David Nelson, actor/singer (1954)
• Ricky Nelson, actor/singer (1958)
• Marni Nixon, singer (1948)
• Brandy Norwood, singer/actress (1996) (dropped out)
• Marcel Ophüls, film director (1945)
• Sarah Jessica Parker, actress
• Susan Patron, author (1965)
• Richard Perle, Assistant Secretary of Defense (1959)
• Stefanie Powers, actress (1960)
• John Ritter, actor (1966)
• Jason Robards, actor (1940)
• Ruth Roland, actress (1908)
• Mickey Rooney, actor
• Fred Roos, motion picture producer
• Debbie Rowe, ex-wife of singer Michael Jackson (1977)
• Jason Saville2nd Unit Director of Seinfeld (1980)
• Catherine Share, Manson Family follower (1960)
• Scott Shaw, filmmaker/actor/writer (1976)
• William Shockley, inventor of the transistor, Nobel laureate in physics (1927)
• Ione Skye, actress (1986)
• Michael Sloane, writer (1976)
• Alexis Smith, actress (1938)
• Rick Sloane, filmmaker/writer/producer (1979)
• Andrew Solt (1965), screenwriter, director
• Don Steele, Boss Radio disk jockey
• Jill St. John, actress (1957)
• Togo Tanaka (1939), newspaper editor later sent to the Manzanar internment camp.
• Sharon Tate, actress murdered by the Manson Family
• Vince Taylor, singer (1958)
• Charlene Tilton, actress (1976)
• Joe Trippi, political activist, chairman of Howard Dean 2004 presidential campaign
• Lana Turner, actress (1936)
• Victoria Vetri, actress (1963)
• Michael G. Vickers, Under Secretary of Defense for Special Operations
• Joseph Wapner, judge, featured on The People's Court (1937)
• Tuesday Weld, actress (1960)
• Rita Wilson, actress (1974)
• Beatrice Wood, ceramist