Pound Ridge, New York - Notable Residents, Past and Present

Notable Residents, Past and Present

• Max Abramovitz, architect and long term resident who died here in 2004
• Eva Amurri, lifelong resident and actor
• Tallulah Bankhead, actor
• Ellen Barkin, actor who lived in town in the 1990s
• Phyllis Battelle, syndicated journalist and author
• David Bloom, journalist
• Jerry Bock, composer and long-term resident
• Tom Brokaw, journalist and author
• Blackleach Burritt, a noted Congregational clergyman in the American Revolution
• Gabriel Byrne, actor who resided here in the 1990s
• Zoe Caldwell, long-term resident and stage actor
• Howard Cosell, sportscaster
• Hume Cronyn, long-term resident and actor, husband of Jessica Tandy
• Melissa Claire Egan, actress
• Ari Fleischer, press secretary for U.S. President George W. Bush (2001 to 2003) who grew up here and returned to raise his family here
• Richard Gere, actor
• Benny Goodman, musician
• Fred Gwynne, actor
• Hiram Halle, philanthropist, inventor and businessman who died here in 1944
• Elizabeth Hand, author who grew up here
• Evan Hunter, aka Ed McBain, author and screenwriter
• Anne Jackson, actor
• Stephen Jenks, composer and singing master
• Eartha Kitt, long term resident and actress
• Stanley Lomas, television and advertising pioneer, produced first televised college football game
• Carey Lowell, actor, wife of Richard Gere
• Ali MacGraw, actress, spouse of Steve McQueen
• Robert Morgan, actor
• Mike Myers, actor
• Stuart Ostrow, Broadway producer, resident 1966-1995
• Jane Pauley, journalist and author
• Christopher Reeve, long-time resident and actor who died here in 2004
• Dana Reeve, long-time resident and actor who died here in 2006
• Steve Reich, composer
• Tim Robbins, long-time resident, Little League sponsor, and actor
• Steven C. Rockefeller, professor, philanthropist
• Robert Rubin, 70th United States Treasury Secretary
• Susan Sarandon, long-time resident and actor
• Martin Stone, producer of Howdy Doody and owner of WVIP radio
• Jessica Tandy, long-time resident and actor, wife of Hume Cronyn
• Art Van Horn, ABC radio correspondent and broadcaster
• John Waite, prolific lyricist / balladier, of The Babys and Bad English fame, who wrote many tunes while living here
• Eli Wallach, actor
• Jessica Walter, actor
• Vera Wang, lifelong resident and fashion designer
• Robert Whitehead, producer
• Sloan Wilson, author
• William C. Harding, noted environmentalist, former Town Supervisor (Town of Somers, Westchester County)