Hollywood High School
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Type | Public |
Motto | Achieve The Honorable |
Established | 1903 |
Principal | Alejandra Sanchez (2012 - Current) |
Grades | 9 - 12 |
Campus | Urban |
Color(s) | Crimson, White |
Mascot | Sheiks |
Website | hollywoodhighschool.net |
Hollywood High School Historic District | |
Built | 1910 et seq |
Architectural style | Art Moderne |
NRHP reference No. | 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.
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]
The school's mascot was derived from the 1921 Rudolph Valentino film of the same name, The Sheik.[4]
Filming location
Hollywood High has been the filming location for movies, television shows, and other productions, including the following:
- Made[5]
- Nancy Drew
- Neon Maniacs
- Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (season 5, episode 1, "Obesity")
- Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
- Victorious
Mural
In 2002, artist Eloy Torrez painted a mural of 13 famous entertainers, titled "Portrait of Hollywood", across the entire east wall of the school's auditorium.[6][7] From left to right, the entertainers displayed are Dorothy Dandridge, Dolores del Rio, Brandy Norwood, Selena, Lana Turner, Laurence Fishburne, Cantinflas, Carol Burnett, Cher, Ricky Nelson, Bruce Lee, Rudolph Valentino, and Judy Garland. In 2007, Torrez added a 50-foot (15 m) tall mural of John Ritter, who died four years earlier, on the connecting portion of the building's north wall.[8] All but four of the entertainers, Cantinflas, Lee, Selena and Valentino, were students at Hollywood High School.[citation needed] The artist said the mural is a celebration of a diverse ethnic range of actors and entertainers.[9]
Notable alumni
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Name | Year of graduation | Note(s) |
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John Aiso | 1926 | First Japanese-American California State Judge |
Arthur Alber | 1912 | Los Angeles City Council member |
Anthony Anderson | 1988 | Actor, comedian, writer |
John Archer | 1933 | Actor |
Meredith Baxter | 1965 | Actress |
Mary Kay Bergman | 1978 | Actress |
Vincent Bugliosi | 1952 | Attorney, author |
Carol Burnett | 1951 | Actress, comedian |
Valerie Bertinelli | 1978 | Actress |
Diana Canova | 1971 | Actress, singer |
Keith Carradine | 1966 | Actor |
Robert Carradine | 1971 | Actor |
Adriana Caselotti | 1934 | Actress, singer |
Henry P. Caulfield, Jr. | 1931 | Political scientist, college professor |
Marge Champion | 1936 | Dancer, choreographer, actress |
Norman Chandler | 1917 | Los Angeles Times publisher |
Lon Chaney, Jr. | 1924 | Actor |
Warren Christopher | 1942 | U.S. Secretary of State |
John Clifford | 1965 | Choreographer |
Lisa Coleman | 1978 | Musician |
Porscha Coleman | 2003 | Actress, singer, dancer |
Johnny Crawford | 1962 | Actor |
James Dannaldson | – | Actor |
Frank Darabont | 1977 | Film director, screenwriter, producer |
Edward Dmytryk | 1926 | Film director, member of the Hollywood Ten |
Harley Earl | – | Automotive designer and executive |
Stephen Eckelberry | 1979 | Filmmaker |
Norman Eisen | 1980 | U.S. Ambassador to Prague |
Linda Evans | 1960 | Actress |
Nanette Fabray | 1939 | Actress |
Mimsy Farmer | 1963 | Actress |
Mike Farrell | 1957 | Actor |
Lorraine Feather | 1965 | Singer, lyricist, songwriter |
Jay R. Ferguson | – | Actor |
Laurence Fishburne | 1980 | Actor |
Anthony M. Frank | 1949 | U.S. Postmaster General |
Judy Garland | 1940 | Singer, actress |
James Garner | 1944 | Actor |
Lowell George | 1963 | Musician, songwriter, producer |
Brian Goodman | 1968 | NFL player |
Gigi Levangie Grazer | 1990 | Novelist, screenwriter |
Rob Grill | 1962 | Singer, songwriter, guitarist |
Horacio Gutiérrez | 1966 | Classical pianist |
Alan Hale Jr. | 1936 | Actor |
Richard Halsey | – | Film editor |
Linda Hart | 1965 | Singer, musician, actress |
Karl Hubenthal | 1935 | Cartoonist |
Gloria Grahame | 1942 | Actress |
Barbara Hershey | 1965 | Actress |
John Huston | 1923 | Film director, screenwriter, actor |
Chuck Jones | 1930 | Animator |
Dickie Jones | 1945 | Actor |
Sally Kellerman | 1954 | Actress |
William Kennard | 1974 | FCC chairman |
Enid Kent | 1962 | Actress |
Swoosie Kurtz | 1962 | Actress |
Alan Ladd | 1931 | Actor |
Ruta Lee | 1954 | Actress |
Carole Lombard | 1923 | Actress |
Richard Long | 1945 | Actor |
Stephen Marglin | – | Economist, college professor |
Benito Martinez | 1989 | Actor |
Gladys McConnell | 1924 | Actress, aviatrix |
Joel McCrea | 1924 | Actor |
Leighton Meester | 2001 | Actress, singer |
Heather Menzies | 1967 | Actress |
Ann Miller | 1937 | Dancer, actress |
Judith Miller | 1965 | Journalist |
Aprile Millo | 1977 | Opera singer |
Yvette Mimieux | 1960 | Actress |
David Nelson | 1954 | Actor, singer |
Ricky Nelson | 1958 | Actor, singer |
Marni Nixon | 1948 | Singer |
Brandy Norwood | 1996 | Singer, actress |
Marcel Ophüls | 1945 | Film director |
Sarah Jessica Parker[10] | 1983 | Actress |
Susan Patron | 1965 | Author |
Richard Perle | 1959 | U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense |
Stefanie Powers | 1960 | Actress |
Terry Richardson | 1983 | Photographer |
John Ritter | 1966 | Actor |
Jason Robards | 1940 | Actor |
Ann Robinson | 1949 | Actress |
Ruth Roland | 1908 | Actress |
Mickey Rooney | 1938 | Actor |
Fred Roos | – | Film producer |
Debbie Rowe | 1977 | Ex-wife of singer Michael Jackson |
Catherine Share | 1960 | "Manson Family" follower |
Scott Shaw | 1976 | Filmmaker, actor, writer |
William Shockley | 1927 | Physicist, inventor of the transistor, Nobel laureate |
Ione Skye | 1986 | Actress |
Michael Sloane | 1976 | Actor, writer, director |
Alexis Smith | 1938 | Actress |
Rick Sloane | 1979 | Filmmaker |
Andrew Solt | 1965 | Film producer, director, and writer |
Don Steele | – | Boss Radio disc jockey |
Jill St. John | 1957 | Actress |
Togo Tanaka[11] | 1939 | Journalist and editor |
Sharon Tate | – | Actress, murdered by the "Manson Family" |
Vince Taylor | 1958 | Singer |
Charlene Tilton | 1976 | Actress |
Virginia Trimble | 1961 | Astronmer |
Joe Trippi | – | Political activist, chairman of the Howard Dean U.S. presidential campaign |
Lana Turner | 1936 | Actress |
Victoria Vetri | 1963 | Model, actress |
Michael G. Vickers | – | U.S. Under Secretary of Defense |
Joseph Wapner | 1937 | Judge, star of The People's Court |
Tuesday Weld | 1960 | Actress |
Rhoda Williams | 1948 | Actress |
Rita Wilson | 1974 | Actress |
Beatrice Wood | – | Studio potter |
Bruce Yarnell | – | Actor |
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Hollywood HS students (July 21, 2011). "National Regiwster of Historic Places Registration Formn: Hollywood High School Historic District (draft)" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
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- ^ LeBlanc, Rena (Fall 2012). "Hollywood High Revisited". Discover Hollywood Magazine.
- ^ Favreau, Jon (2001). Made script by Jon Favreau. (See page 17, line 23) Retrieved on June 2, 2008.
- ^ 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..."
- ^ "John Ritter photo added to mural." The Hollywood Reporter. June 5, 2008. Retrieved on March 23, 2010.
- ^ Kerr, Mike (May 21, 2003). "Celebrating Santa Paula's Latino Culture". Santa Paula News.
- ^ 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.
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