Hollywood High School

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This article is about Hollywood High school, a secondary school. For the computer game, see Hollywood High.

Hollywood High School is a secondary school located on the intersection of Highland Ave and Sunset Blvd in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California.

The school serves Hollywood and Outpost Estates.

Hollywood High School was established in 1903. The school, which covers grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

The school's colors are red and white and it sports teams are called the Sheiks, based on the Rudolph Valentino movie named The Sheik. A picture of Valentino as "The Shiek" adorns the backside of the auditorium, facing the football field.

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.

Bancroft Middle School and Le Conte Middle School feed into Hollywood High School.

[edit] Notable alumni

Hollywood High School has over 500 notable graduates, including:

• Meredith Baxter, actress
• Brandy Norwood, singer/actress
• Carol Burnett, actress/comedian
• Carlos Castaneda, anthropologist (apocryphal, Castaneda makes the claim to have attended HHS in his books, but it is disputed elsewhere)
• Norman Chandler, newspaper publisher
• Lon Chaney, Jr., actor
• Warren Christopher, diplomat/U.S. Secretary of State
• Frank Darabont, director/screenwriter
• Edward Dmytryk, film director/one of the Hollywood 10
• Harley Earl, auto designer
• Linda Evans, actress
• Mike Farrell, actor
• Laurence Fishburne, actor
• Judy Garland, actress
• James Garner, actor
• Gloria Grahame, actress
• Barbara Hershey, actress
• John Huston, film director
• Chuck Jones, animator
• Sally Kellerman, actress
• William Kennard, FCC Chairman
• Alan Ladd, actor
• Carole Lombard, actress
• Joel McCrea, actor
• Ann Miller, dancer/actress
• Judith Miller, journalist
• Yvette Mimieux, actress
• Ricky Nelson, singer
• Marni Nixon, singer
• Marcel Ophuls, film director
• Richard Perle, political advisor
• Stephanie Powers, actress
• John Ritter, actor
• Mickey Rooney, actor
• Jason Robards, actor
• Scott Shaw, author, actor, filmmaker
• William Shockley, Nobel laureate/inventor of the transistor
• Alexis Smith, actress
• Charlene Tilton, actress
• Mel Torme, singer
• Joe Trippi, Political Activist (chairman of Howard Dean 2004 campaign)
• Lana Turner, actress
• Joseph Wapner, Judge of The People's Court
• Rita Wilson, actress (and Mrs. Tom Hanks)
• Beatrice Wood, ceramist
• Fay Wray, actress

[edit] External links

• Hollywood High School website