List of University High School (Los Angeles) alumni
The following is a list of notable alumni of University Senior High School. The list includes all notable former pupils who attended the school anytime since opening its doors in 1924, including for the four years it was named "Warren G. Harding High School".
- Desi Arnaz Jr. (actor, son of Desi Arnaz)
- Mackenzie Astin 1991 (actor)[1]
- Eric Avery (rock bassist, Jane's Addiction)
- Sondra E. Berchin 1970 (entertainment attorney and executive, MCA Universal)
- Jan Berry 1959 (singer and songwriter, Jan and Dean)[1]
- David Bonderman (billionaire)[2]
- Karla Bonoff (singer/songwriter, "Someone To Lay Down Beside Me", "Lose Again", "Tell Me Why")[3]
- Jeff Bridges 1967 (Oscar-winning actor)[1]
- Susie Bright (author and activist)
- James Brolin (actor, Marcus Welby, M.D., Westworld)[1]
- David Cassidy (actor, The Partridge Family)[4]
- David Charvet 1991 (actor, Baywatch)
- Alex Cline 1974 (drummer, Homogenized Goo)
- Nels Cline 1974 (guitarist, Wilco and The Nels Cline Singers)
- Glenn Cowan (table tennis player)
- Darby Crash, born Jan Paul Beahm (punk rock pioneer, the Germs)[1][5]
- Faye Dancer 1941 (baseball player)
- Richard Dean, born Richard Cowen (athlete, model, photographer)[6]
- Sandra Dee, born Alexandra Zuck, 1958 (actress, Gidget)[1]
- John Densmore (rock drummer, The Doors)[1]
- Pat Doyle (baseball coach)
- Bobby Driscoll (Academy Award-winning child star)
- Elonka Dunin 1976 (cryptographer and game developer)[7]
- John Ecker 1966 (basketball player and coach)[8]
- Danny Elfman (musician, Oingo Boingo, film composer)[1]
- Raymond C. Fisher (jurist)
- Vince Flaherty (film producer, actor, songwriter, musician and recording artist)[9]
- Megan Follows 1986 (actress)
- Kim Fowley 1958 (rock musician, music producer)[10]
- Gil Fronsdal (Buddhist teacher and author)
- Annette Funicello 1960 (actress, Mickey Mouse Club)
- Judy Garland (singer, actress, Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz)[1]
- Peggy Ann Garner (actress, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn)
- Jill Gibson 1960 (singer and artist)
- Omar Gooding (actor)[citation needed]
- Barry Gordon 1966 (actor, A Thousand Clowns; longest-running president of Screen Actors Guild)[11][12]
- Kim Gordon (rock bassist, Sonic Youth)[1]
- Gregory Phillip Grunberg 1984 (actor in Felicity, Heroes, Alias)
- Jane Harman 1962 (Congresswoman for California's 36th Congressional District 1993–99, 2001–11)[1]
- Jason Hervey 1990 (actor, Wayne Arnold on The Wonder Years)
- Andy Hill 1968, 3x college national champion basketball player, President of CBS Productions and Channel One News, author, and motivational speaker[13]
- Leonard Hill, television producer and real estate developer[14]
- Daryl Hobbs 1987 (professional football player for Oakland Raiders, New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks)
- Tony Horton professional baseball player for Boston Red Sox, and Cleveland Indians
- Bruce Johnston (Beach Boys singer-songwriter, Grammy Award winner 1976 for Song of the Year "I Write The Songs")
- Jack Jones 1957 (singer)[citation needed]
- Ethan Katz (born 1983), assistant pitching coach for the San Francisco Giants
- Brian Kingman 1971 (professional baseball player for Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants)[15]
- Werner Klemperer (actor)[16]
- Kathy Kohner-Zuckerman 1958 (the actual Gidget, on whom the novel Gidget, The Little Girl With the Big Ideas and subsequent film and television adaptations was based)
- Patricia Krenwinkel, convicted murderer, member of Manson Family[17]
- Robby Krieger (rock guitarist and songwriter, The Doors)[1]
- Bill Lancaster (son of Burt Lancaster; writer of The Bad News Bears)
- David Lang 1974 (Pulitzer prize-winning composer)
- Nan Leslie (actress, Martha McGivern on TV series The Californians)[18]
- Lorna Luft 1968-70 (singer and actress, daughter of Judy Garland)
- Betty Lynn (actress, Thelma Lou in The Andy Griffith Show)[6]
- Sue Lyon (actress, Lolita, Night of the Iguana)
- Bryan MacLean 1964 (singer/composer, rock musician, Love)
- Samantha Mathis 1988 (actress, The American President, Broken Arrow)
- Doug McClure (TV and film actor, The Virginian)
- Roddy McDowall, born Roderick McDowall, 1946 (actor, Planet of the Apes, Cleopatra)[19]
- Maria McKee 1982 (rock musician, Lone Justice)
- Kevin Millar (professional baseball player)[20]
- Penelope Ann Miller (actress, Carlito's Way, Kindergarten Cop)
- Andrew Mishkin 1976 (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineer, author)[21]
- Marilyn Monroe (iconic actress)[1]
- Jim Moret 1974 (television anchor)
- Shelley Taylor Morgan (actress)
- Remi Nadeau (Historian/author -City-Makers: The Men Who Transformed Los Angeles from Village to Metropolis During the First Great Boom, 1868-1876, The Water Seekers, Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of California: A History & Guide)
- Dave Navarro (rock musician, Jane's Addiction)[1]
- Randy Newman (singer/composer, "I Love L.A.")[3]
- Barbara Nwaba 2007 (heptathlete)
- David Nwaba 2011 (basketball player, Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers)
- Ryan O'Neal (actor, Love Story, Barry Lyndon)[1]
- Pepper Paire 1942 (baseball player)
- Mel Patton (1948 Olympic gold medal sprinter; former world record holder, 100 yd & 220 yd dash)
- Paul Petersen (actor, The Donna Reed Show)
- Stephen Reinhardt 1949 (judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit)
- Tommy Rettig 1958 (Jeff Miller in Lassie)[1]
- Herb Ritts (photographer)
- Mary Lee Robb, born Mary Lee Robb Cline, 1944 (radio actress, The Great Gildersleeve)[22]
- Kira Roessler (Black Flag bassist)[10]
- Karly Rothenberg (actress, voice actor, The Office, American Vandal, Archibald’s Next Big Thing, That’s So Raven)
- Bruce Schwartz 1973 (puppeteer)
- Frank Sinatra Jr. (singer, conductor, son of Frank Sinatra)[10]
- Nancy Sinatra 1958 (singer, actress, daughter of Frank Sinatra)[1]
- Pat Smear, born George Ruthenberg (punk rock pioneer, the Germs, Nirvana and Foo Fighters musician)[5]
- Steve Smith Sr. (NFL wide receiver)[23]
- Felicia Stewart (doctor, author, advocate for morning-after pill)[24]
- Peter Stone (writer for theater, television and film)
- Glenn Sundby (gymnast)[25]
- Elizabeth Taylor (Oscar-winning actress)[1]
- Marshall Thompson (actor, To Hell and Back)[1]
- Tone Lōc, born Anthony Terrell Smith (hip-hop artist known for "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina")[1]
- Dean Torrence 1958 (singer, Jan & Dean)[1]
- 1980 (co-founder Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival) [26]
- Jay Walker (NFL quarterback, 1994–1998; Maryland House of Delegates District 26, 2006–present)
- David Weissman (documentary filmmaker known for We Were Here and The Cockettes)
- Howard Wolpe 1956 (Congressman for Michigan's 3rd Congressional District from 1979 to 1993)[1]
- Steve Wynn (musician, songwriter, The Dream Syndicate)
- Titus Young (NFL wide receiver)
- Jordan Zevon 1988 (musician, music producer, son of Warren Zevon)
- 2002 (Badass, POT Owner)
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Richard Anderson - actor ' Six Million Dollar Man' University High School, Los Angeles, CA at NNDB
- ^ Bryant, Adam (November 11, 1992). "Deal Maker Takes Aim at Skies". New York Times. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ^ a b White, Timothy (2001). "Long Ago and Far Away: James Taylor, his life and music". Omnibus Press. p. 144. ISBN 9780711988033. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
- ^ Green, Robin (July 24, 2003). "Naked Lunch Box; The David Cassidy story". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 28, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
- ^ a b Cromelin, Richard (January 5, 2004). "Obituaries; Rick Van Santen, 41; L.A. Promoter Helped to Advance Punk Rock Bands". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2007-04-26.
- ^ a b Thompson, Janet. "A Lifetime Story; Marshall Thompson". http://www.marshall-thompson.com (The Official Website of Marshall Thompson). Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-04-26. External link in
|publisher=(help) - ^ Elonka Dunin's Online Autobiography
- ^ Wilson, Wayne (February 11, 1965). "Paul Hoffman Selected As Best Player On Helms' All-West Valley League Team". The Valley News. p. 48–B. Retrieved August 7, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Biography of Vince Flaherty at http://www.vinceflaherty.net
- ^ a b c Bartel, Bill (December 6, 1995). "the liner notes from A Small Circle of Friends: A Germs Tribute". Retrieved 2007-05-23.
- ^ "Lock and Load High, Part I: The Vietnam War Comes to a Los Angeles Secondary School".
- ^ "Image of Barry Gordon in 'A Thousand Clowns'".
- ^ "Halpin on All-City 2nd Team; Four Valley Men on 3rd Unit". The Van Nuys News. February 13, 1968. p. 24–A. Retrieved June 1, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Leovy, Jill (2016-06-09). "Leonard Hill dies at 68; developer converted old downtown L.A. buildings into lofts". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
- ^ "Brian Kingman Baseball Stats | Baseball Almanac".
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Werner Klemperer--1992 TV Interview, Hogan's Heroes. YouTube.
- ^ 1935-2016., Gilmore, John (2000). Manson : the unholy trail of Charlie and the Family. Kenner, Ron., Gilmore, John, 1935-2016. (Rev. ed.). Los Angeles, Calif.: Amok. ISBN 1878923137. OCLC 44532998.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- ^ "Nan Leslie". Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
- ^ Roddy McDowall at NNDB
- ^ Berkow, Ira (March 29, 2005). "BASEBALL; Keeper of the Red Sox Spirit". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
- ^ JPL Official Bio
- ^ Times Staff and Wire Reports (September 8, 2006). "Obituaries; PASSINGS; Mary Lee Robb Cline, 80; Played Gildy's Niece on 'The Great Gildersleeve'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2007-04-23.
- ^ Farmer, Sam (November 7, 2005). "Panthers' Smith Is Mad Money". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2007-04-26.
- ^ Stewart, Jocelyn Y. (April 19, 2006). "Felicia Stewart, 63; Doctor Pushed for 'Morning-After Pill' Contraceptive". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2007-04-23.
- ^ Noland, Claire, "Glenn Sundby dies at 87; gymnast founded Hall of Fame", Los Angeles Times, March 21, 2009
- ^ Cromelin, Richard "Rick Van Santen, 41; L.A. Promoter Helped to Advance Punk Rock Bands", Los Angeles Times, January 03, 2004
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