Hollywood High School
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Achieve The Honorable
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| 1521 N Highland Ave, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1903 |
| Principal | Jaime Morales (2009- Current) |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) | Crimson, White |
| Mascot | Sheiks |
| Website | hollywoodhighschool.net |
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Hollywood High School Historic District
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| Built: | 1910 et seq |
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| Architectural style: | Art Moderne |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 11000989[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | January 4, 2012 |
Hollywood High School is a Los Angeles Unified School District high school located at the intersection of North Highland Avenue and West Sunset Boulevard in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California.
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[edit] History
In September 1903, a two-room school was opened on the second floor of an empty storeroom at the Masonic Temple on Highland Avenue, north of Hollywood Boulevard (then Prospect Avenue). Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality in November 1903. The Hollywood High Organ Opus 481 was a gift from the class of 1924. After suffering severe water damage from the Northridge earthquake in 1994, it was restored in 2002. The campus was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 4, 2012.[2][3]
[edit] Mural
In 2002 artist Eloy Torrez painted the mural "Portrait of Hollywood" on an east-facing wall of the auditorium of Hollywood High School.[4][5] Torrez's mural was painted to showcase the ethnic diversity in actors and entertainers.[6] After the death of John Ritter on September 11, 2003, it was announced that a 50-foot (15 m) portrait of Ritter would be added to the Torrez mural.[7]
[edit] Sports
The school's colors are crimson and white and its mascot is The Sheik, based on the Rudolph Valentino movie, The Sheik.[citation needed]
In 2009, while playing football against West Adams Preparatory High School, Spencer Juarez was injured. He died the following day, and the death was later declared a "massive cerebral edema due to blunt head trauma" by the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office.[8]
[edit] 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)
- 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)[citation needed]
- 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)
- 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 (1978)
- 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 (1979)
- 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)
- 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)
- Swoosie Kurtz, actress (1962)
- Alan Ladd, actor (1931)
- Ruta Lee, actress (1954)
- Carole Lombard, actress (1923)
- Richard Long, actor (1945)
- Benito Martinez, actor (1989)
- 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[9]
- 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)
- 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)(1916–2009), newspaper editor later sent to the Manzanar internment camp.[10]
- 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
- Fay Wray, actress (1925)
[edit] Filming location
Hollywood High was also used as the site for a skit on Penn & Teller: Bullshit! series on Showtime. (Season 5, Episode 1, "Obesity")
Hollywood High School is seen in Tony Hawk's American Wasteland and in the 2007 film Nancy Drew.
Hollywood High School appears in the movie Made, written and directed by Jon Favreau.[11]
Hollywood High School is used for the lunch set of the hit Nickelodeon show Victorious.
[edit] References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Hollywood HS students; Lazzaretto, Christine (July 21, 2011). "National Regiwster of Historic Places Registration Formn: Hollywood High School Historic District (draft)". National Park Service. http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/pages/1067/files/hollywood%20high%20school%20nr%20nomination%20draft.pdf. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ "Hollywood High named to register of historic places". Los Angeles Times. January 23, 2012. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/01/hollywood-high-named-to-historic-places-register.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lanowblog+%28L.A.+Now%29. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ Deoima, Kate. "Hollywood High School." About.com. Retrieved on March 23, 2010.
- ^ Johnson, Reed. "A marriage as a work of art; Eloy Torrez paints with intensity. Margarita Guzman assists with a sense of calm. But it was her brush with death that helped him see his work in a new light." Los Angeles Times. October 12, 2003. E48. Sunday Calendar, Part E, Calendar Desk. Retrieved on March 23, 2010. "HOLLYWOOD HIGH: Eloy Torrez and his mural on an east-facing wall of the..."
- ^ Kerr, Mike. "“Celebrating Santa Paula’s Latino Culture”." Santa Paula Times. May 21, 2003. Retrieved on March 23, 2010.
- ^ "John Ritter photo added to mural." The Hollywood Reporter. June 5, 2008. Retrieved on March 23, 2010.
- ^ Sondheimer, Eric (20 February 2010). "Cause of high school football players' deaths released". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2010/feb/20/sports/la-sp-football-deaths20-2010feb20. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
- ^ Klein, Alvin. "Actress, 18, Has Some Regrets", The New York Times, October 30, 1983. Accessed December 27, 2007. "Before attending Hollywood High School, she was a student at Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood."
- ^ Woo, Elaine. "Togo W. Tanaka dies at 93; journalist documented life at Manzanar internment camp", Los Angeles Times, July 5, 2009. Accessed July 7, 2009.
- ^ Favreau, Jon (2001). Made script by Jon Favreau. (See page 17, line 23) Retrieved on June 2, 2008.
[edit] External links
- Hollywood High School Official website
- Hollywood High School Alumni Association
- Hollywood High Sheiks Historical Site
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Coordinates: 34°05′57″N 118°20′24″W / 34.0991477°N 118.3400676°W
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