Beachwood Canyon is a community in the Hollywood Hills, in the northern portion of Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. The upper portion of the canyon is the Hollywoodland that was originally advertised in the 1920s by the Hollywood Sign. The canyon features its own market, coffee shop and stables.
[edit] Notable residents (Past and Present)
- Aldous Huxley, English writer and novelist
- Laura Huxley, Author and lecturer
- D.W. Moffett, American actor, writer and director
- Mac Danzig, American Mixed-Martial artist
- Brooke Smith, American actress[1]
- Robert Townsend, actor and director
- Keanu Reeves, actor
- Humphrey Bogart, actor
- Ray Manzarek, singer and songwriter
- Dean Torrence, singer
- Brian Burchfield, American artist
- Samantha Ronson, DJ
- Kim Gardner, singer and restaurateur
- Marion Sherman, model and actress
- Madonna, singer and director
- Michael Sopkiw, actor
- James Duval, actor
- Jane Wiedlin, guitarist and current member of the all female band The Go-Go's
- Anthony Kiedis, singer and songwriter
- Forest Whitaker, actor, director and producer
- Grant Show, actor
- Peg Entwistle, Broadway actress who committed suicide from atop the HOLLYWOODLAND sign in 1932.
- Gustavo Dudamel, Music Director of Los Angeles Philharmonic[2]
- Heath Ledger, Australian actor[3]
- Mayra Veronica, singer and author, Miss USO
- Peter Deuel, aka Pete Duel, actor
- Axl Rose, musician
- Jack Black, Actor[4]
- Steve Coogan, English comic actor
- David Thewlis, British actor
- Anna Friel, British actress
- Adam Carolla, Radio and TV
- Charlie Chaplin
- Elizabeth Tagg, Costumer and Artist
- Jamie Bell, British Actor
- Jack Webb, Actor
- Ralph Story, Radio and TV
- Guy Chambers, English songwriter and record producer
- Moby, American musician, DJ and photographer
- Heather Graham, American actress
- Jack McBrayer, American actor
George Furth, American Actor
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The neighborhood is zoned to LAUSD schools.[5]
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Coordinates: 34°06′49″N 118°19′17″W / 34.113556°N 118.321329°W / 34.113556; -118.321329
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