List of alumni of University High School (Los Angeles, California)

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".

*Rachel Ames (actress; General Hospital) [cite news
last = Torrence
first = Linda
title = Biography of Rachel Ames
publisher = About, Inc., A part of The New York Times Company
url = http://generalhospital.about.com/od/thecast/a/biorames.htm
accessdate = 2007-05-23]
*Mackenzie Astin (actor) [http://www.nndb.com/edu/073/000115725/ University High School, Los Angeles, CA] at NNDB]
*Eric Avery (rock bassist - Jane's Addiction)
*Jan Berry 1959, (singer and songwriter of Jan & Dean fame)
*Karla Bonoff (singer/songwriter; 'Someone To Lay Down Beside Me, 'Lose Again', 'Tell Me Why' ) cite news
last = White
first = Timothy
title = Long Ago and Far Away: James Taylor, his life and music
publisher = Omnibus Press
page = 144
date = 2001
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=u9D0Mj_uJRoC&pg=PA144&lpg=PA144&dq=%22randy+newman%22+%22university+high%22+%22los+angeles%22&source=web&ots=7PkinqA1xP&sig=Xw4LyQmQ5EtIweH-rqM3Ecg-Rt0#PPA144,M1
accessdate = 2007-05-23]
*Jeff Bridges (actor)
*James Brolin (actor)
*David Cassidy (actor; The Partridge Family) [cite news
last = Green
first = Robin
title = Naked Lunch Box; The David Cassidy story
publisher = Rolling Stone
date = Jul 24, 2003
url = http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939503/naked_lunch_box/
accessdate = 2007-05-23]
*Nels Cline 1973, (guitarist: Wilco and The Nels Cline Singers)
*Darby Crash "born" Jan Paul Beahm (punk rock pioneer, The Germs) cite news
last = Cromelin
first = Richard
title = Obituaries; Rick Van Santen, 41; L.A. Promoter Helped to Advance Punk Rock Bands
publisher = Los Angeles Times
date = January 5, 2004
url = http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/520887051.html?dids=520887051:520887051&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+3%2C+2004&author=Richard+Cromelin&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=B.18&desc=Obituaries
accessdate = 2007-04-26]
*Richard Dean "born" Richard Cowen, (athlete, model, photographer) cite news
last = Thompson
first = Janet
title = A Lifetime Story; Marshall Thompson
publisher = http://www.marshall-thompson.com (The Official Website of Marshall Thompson)
url = http://www.marshall-thompson.com/biography/lifetimestory.htm
accessdate = 2007-04-26]
*Sandra Dee "born" Alexandra Zuck (actress best known for her role as Gidget)
*John Densmore (rock drummer - The Doors)
*Elonka Dunin 1976, (cryptographer and game developer) [ [http://elonka.com/autobiography.html Elonka Dunin's Online Autobiography] ]
*Danny Elfman (Oingo Boingo, film composer)
*Vince Flaherty (film producer, actor, songwriter, musician and recording artist) [ [http://www.vinceflaherty.net Biography of Vince Flaherty] at [http://www.vinceflaherty.net http://www.vinceflaherty.net] ]
*Megan Follows 1986, (actress)
*Kim Fowley (rock musician/music producer) cite news
last = Bartel
first = Bill
title = the liner notes from
date = December 6, 1995
url = http://www.hootpage.com/hoot_germs-trib.html
accessdate = 2007-05-23 ]
*Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme (Manson Family member/attempted assassin of Gerald R. Ford)
*Judy Garland (Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz)"
*Peggy Ann Garner (actress, "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn")
*Jill Gibson 1960, (singer and artist)
*Kim Gordon (rock bassist - Sonic Youth)
*Omar Gooding (actor)Fact|date=November 2007
*Jane Harman 1962, (Congresswoman for California's 36th Congressional District 1993 - present)
*Jason Hervey 1990, (actor, best known for the character Wayne Arnold on "The Wonder Years")
*Jack Jones 1957, (singer)Fact|date=July 2007
*Kathy Kohner-Zuckerman 1958, (the actual Gidget, whom the novel "Gidget, The Little Girl With the Big Ideas" and subsequent film and television adaptations was based on)
*Robby Krieger (rock guitarist and songwriter - The Doors)
*Betty Lynn (actress best known as Thelma Lou in The Andy Griffith Show)
*Samantha Mathis 1988, (actress)
*Roddy McDowall "born" Roderick McDowall, 1946, (actor best known for "Planet of the Apes") [ [http://www.nndb.com/people/509/000031416/ Roddy McDowall] at NNDB]
*Maria McKee 1982, (rock musician - Lone Justice)
*Kevin Millar (professional baseball player - Baltimore Orioles) [cite news
last = Berkow
first = Ira
title = BASEBALL; Keeper of the Red Sox Spirit
publisher = New York Times
date = March 29, 2005
url = http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/29/sports/baseball/29millar.html
accessdate = 2008-04-11]
*Penelope Ann Miller (actress)
*Andrew Mishkin (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineer, author) [ [http://zipcodemars.jpl.nasa.gov/bio-contribution.cfm?bid=279&cid=257&pid=255&country_id=US&state_id=CA JPL Official Bio] ]
*Marilyn Monroe (actress)
*Shelley Taylor Morgan (actress)
*Dave Navarro (rock musician - Jane's Addiction)
*Randy Newman (singer/composer; 'I Love L.A.')
*Ryan O'Neal (actor)
*Steve Reed (bear rider, vampire slayer, UN Diplomat
*Stephen Reinhardt 1949, (judge - United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit)
*Tommy Rettig 1958, (Jeff Miller in "Lassie")
*Herb Ritts (photographer)
*Mary Lee Robb 1944, "born" Mary Lee Robb Cline, (radio actress best known for her role as Marjorie, The Great Gildersleeve) [cite news
last = Times Staff and Wire Reports
title = Obituaries; PASSINGS; Mary Lee Robb Cline, 80; Played Gildy's Niece on `The Great Gildersleeve'
publisher = Los Angeles Times
date = September 8, 2006
url = http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/1124101541.html?dids=1124101541:1124101541&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+8%2C+2006&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=B.10&desc=Obituaries
accessdate = 2007-04-23]
*Kira Roessler (Black Flag bassist)
*Frank Sinatra Jr. (singer, conductor)
*Nancy Sinatra 1958, (singer)
*Pat Smear "born" George Ruthenberg (punk rock pioneer, The Germs musician)
*Steve Smith (Carolina Panthers wide receiver) [cite news
last = Farmer
first = Sam
title = Panthers' Smith Is Mad Money
publisher = Los Angeles Times
date = November 7, 2005
url = http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/922556701.html?dids=922556701:922556701&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+7%2C+2005&author=Sam+Farmer&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=D.1&desc=Panthers%27+Smith+Is+Mad+Money
accessdate = 2007-04-26]
*Felicia Stewart (doctor, author, advocate for morning-after pill) [cite news
last = Stewart
first = Jocelyn Y.
title = Felicia Stewart, 63; Doctor Pushed for `Morning-After Pill' Contraceptive
publisher = Los Angeles Times
date = April 19, 2006
url = http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/1022983701.html?dids=1022983701:1022983701&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+19%2C+2006&author=Jocelyn+Y.+Stewart&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=B.10&desc=Obituaries
accessdate = 2007-04-23]
*Peter Stone (writer for theater, television and film)
*Elizabeth Taylor (actress)
*Marshall Thompson (actor - "To Hell and Back")
*Tone Lōc "born" Anthony Terrell Smith (hip-hop artist known for Wild Thing and Funky Cold Medina)
*Dean Torrence 1958, (singer from Jan & Dean)
*Howard Wolpe 1956, (Congressman for Michigan's 3rd Congressional District from 1979 to 1993.)
*Diva Zappa (actress, garment designer, daughter of late rock legend Frank Zappa)
*Jordan Zevon 1988, (musician/music producer, son of late singer/songwriter Warren Zevon)

Notes

Marc Wanamaker (writer, researcher, historian)Bill Lancaster (son of Burt Lancaster) (writer of "Bad News Bears")

External links

* [http://www.universityhs.org/unisite/Alumni/alumni.htm University High School Alumni (links to class sites)]
* [http://universitywildcats.org/apps/directory/directory_list.jsp?sortCriteria=directoryLName&rn=108585 Alumni Directory (self-registered)]