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American Academy of Dramatic Arts

Two-year training conservatory for actors, with campuses on Madison Avenue in New York City (1884, about 200 enrolled) and Hollywood, CA (1974, about 200 enrolled.)

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for Walter Abel Actor 6-Jun-1898 26-Mar-1987 The Three Musketeers Tige Andrews Actor 19-Mar-1920 27-Jan-2007 Capt. Greer on The Mod Squad Nelson Ascencio Comic 30-Aug-1964   MADtv Katie Aselton Actor 1-Oct-1978   Jenny on The League Phyllis Avery Actor 14-Nov-1922 19-May-2011 Peggy McNulty on Meet Mr. McNulty Eion Bailey Actor 8-Jun-1976   Mindhunters Conrad Bain Actor 4-Feb-1923 16-Jan-2013 Phillip Drummond on Diff'rent Strokes Brenda Bakke Actor 15-May-1963   Devil's concubine on American Gothic Anne Bancroft Actor 17-Sep-1931 6-Jun-2005 Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate Gil Bellows Actor 28-Jun-1967   Billy Thomas on Ally McBeal Peter Bergman Actor 11-Jun-1953   The Young and the Restless Lyle Bettger Actor 13-Feb-1915 24-Sep-2003 The Greatest Show on Earth Elayne Boosler Comic 18-Aug-1952   Has had 7 cable comedy specials Lee Bowman Actor 28-Dec-1914 25-Dec-1979 Smash-Up Beth Broderick Actor 24-Feb-1959   Aunt Zelda on Sabrina Catherine Burns Actor 24-Sep-1945   Last Summer John Cassavetes Actor 9-Dec-1929 3-Feb-1989 Rosemary's Baby Kim Cattrall Actor 21-Aug-1956   Samantha on Sex and the City George Coe Actor 10-May-1929 18-Jul-2015 Woodhouse on Archer Enrico Colantoni Actor 14-Feb-1963   Elliot DiMauro on Just Shoot Me! Jennifer Coolidge Actor 28-Aug-1961   Legally Blonde Amanda Crew Actor 5-Jun-1986   Carrie Miller on Whistler Bob Cummings Actor 10-Jun-1908 2-Dec-1990 The Bob Cummings Show Charles Cyphers Actor 28-Jul-1939   Halloween Jeremy Davies Actor 8-Oct-1969   Saving Private Ryan Brad Davis Actor 6-Nov-1949 8-Sep-1991 Midnight Express Cecil B. DeMille Film Director 12-Aug-1881 21-Jan-1959 Pioneering film director William Devane Actor 5-Sep-1937   Greg Sumner on Knots Landing Colleen Dewhurst Actor 3-Jun-1924 2-Aug-1991 Murphy Brown's mother Kim Dickens Actor 18-Jun-1965   Joanie Stubbs on Deadwood Diana Douglas Actor 22-Jan-1923 3-Jul-2015 Actress, mother of Michael Douglas Illeana Douglas Actor 25-Jul-1965   Grace of My Heart Kirk Douglas Actor 9-Dec-1916   Spartacus Peter Duel Actor 24-Feb-1940 31-Dec-1971 Alias Smith and Jones Charles Durning Actor 28-Feb-1923 24-Dec-2012 The Muppet Movie René Enríquez Actor 24-Nov-1933 23-Mar-1990 Lt. Ray Calletano on Hill Street Blues John Ericson Actor 23-Sep-1926   The Return of Jack Slade William Fichtner Actor 27-Nov-1956   Agent Mahone on Prison Break Betty Field Actor 8-Feb-1913 13-Sep-1973 Picnic Gail Fisher Actor 18-Aug-1935 2-Dec-2000 Peggy Fair on Mannix Mark Goddard Actor 24-Jul-1936   Maj. Don West on Lost in Space Joanna Going Actor 22-Jul-1963   Phantoms Leo Gordon Actor 2-Dec-1922 26-Dec-2000 Riot in Cell Block 11 Currie Graham Actor 26-Feb-1967   Nick Balco on Raising the Bar Bruce Greenwood Actor 12-Aug-1956   Dr. Griffin on St. Elsewhere Tim Guinee Actor 18-Nov-1962   Impostor Leisha Hailey Singer 11-Jul-1971   The L Word Charles Halton Actor 16-Mar-1876 16-Apr-1959 Bespectacled character actor William Hanley Playwright 22-Oct-1931 25-May-2012 Slow Dance on the Killing Ground Tim Hardin Singer/Songwriter 23-Dec-1941 29-Dec-1980 If I Were a Carpenter David Hartman Talk Show Host 19-May-1935   Good Morning America Dennis Haysbert Actor 2-Jun-1954   President David Palmer on 24 Toby Hemingway Actor 28-May-1983   The Covenant Gloria Holden Actor 5-Sep-1908 22-Mar-1991 Dracula's Daughter David Huddleston Actor 17-Sep-1930 2-Aug-2016 The Big Lebowski Kate Jackson Actor 29-Oct-1948   Sabrina Duncan on Charlie's Angels John James Actor 18-Apr-1956   Jeff Colby on Dynasty Rick Jason Actor 21-May-1923 16-Oct-2000 Lt. Gil Hanley on Combat! Allen Jenkins Actor 9-Apr-1900 20-Jul-1974 American character actor Garson Kanin Screenwriter 24-Nov-1912 13-Mar-1999 It Should Happen to You Johnny Knoxville Daredevil 11-Mar-1971   MTV Jackass Elias Koteas Actor 11-Mar-1961   Crash Judy Landers Actor 7-Oct-1958   Stewardess School Matthew Lillard Actor 24-Jan-1970   Scream, Scooby-Doo, SLC Punk Howard Lindsay Playwright 29-Mar-1889 11-Feb-1968 The Sound of Music Margaret Lindsay Actor 19-Sep-1910 9-May-1981 The House of the Seven Gables John Lone Actor 13-Oct-1952   The Last Emperor Marion Lorne Actor 12-Aug-1883 9-May-1968 Aunt Clara on Bewitched Dorothy Loudon Actor 17-Sep-1933 15-Nov-2003 American stage actress Barton MacLane Actor 25-Dec-1902 1-Jan-1969 Gen. Peterson on I Dream of Jeannie Shelley Malil Actor 23-Dec-1964   Actor, incarcerated for attempted murder Randolph Mantooth Actor 19-Sep-1945   Emergency! April Matson Actor 20-Jun-1985   Lori Trager on Kyle XY Melanie Mayron Actor 20-Oct-1952   thirtysomething Stephen McHattie Actor 3-Feb-1947   Cold Squad Dina Merrill Actor 9-Dec-1925   EF Hutton heiress and actress Katherine Moennig Actor 29-Dec-1977   The L Word Michael Mosley Actor 16-Sep-1978   Ted Vanderway on Pan-Am Carrie-Anne Moss Actor 21-Aug-1967   Trinity in The Matrix Mary Nash Actor 15-Aug-1884 3-Dec-1976 The Philadelphia Story Cathy O'Donnell Actor 6-Jul-1923 11-Apr-1970 They Live by Night Timothy Omundson Actor 29-Jul-1969   Carlton Lassiter on Psych Jimmy Pardo Comic 28-Jul-1966   Sprezzatura Sarah Paulson Actor 17-Dec-1974   Down with Love Tom Poston Actor 17-Oct-1921 30-Apr-2007 Handyman on Newhart William Powell Actor 29-Jul-1892 5-Mar-1984 My Man Godfrey Tom Powers Actor 7-Jul-1890 9-Nov-1955 Double Indemnity Nicolas Winding Refn Film Director 29-Sep-1970   Bronson Thelma Ritter Actor 14-Feb-1905 4-Feb-1969 Stella in Rear Window Jason Robards Actor 26-Jul-1922 26-Dec-2000 All The President's Men Eric Roberts Actor 18-Apr-1956   Restraining Order Edward G. Robinson Actor 12-Dec-1893 26-Jan-1973 Key Largo Hayden Rorke Actor 23-Oct-1910 19-Aug-1987 Dr. Bellows on I Dream of Jeannie Gena Rowlands Actor 19-Jun-1930   A Woman Under The Influence Melanie Safka Singer/Songwriter 3-Feb-1947   Brand New Key Diana Scarwid Actor 27-Aug-1955   Mommie Dearest Annabella Sciorra Actor 29-Mar-1960   The bride in True Love Brooke Smith Actor 22-May-1967   Grey's Anatomy French Stewart Actor 20-Feb-1964   Third Rock from the Sun Maxine Stuart Actor 28-Jun-1918 6-Jun-2013 Amanda Earp on The Rousters Claire Trevor Actor 8-Mar-1910 8-Apr-2000 Key Largo Helen Twelvetrees Actor 25-Dec-1908 13-Feb-1958 The Painted Desert Scott Valentine Actor 3-Jun-1958   Det. Rafferty on Black Scorpion Tom Villard Actor 19-Nov-1953 14-Nov-1994 Popcorn John Vivyan Actor 31-May-1915 20-Dec-1983 Mr. Lucky Robert Walker Actor 13-Oct-1918 28-Aug-1951 Strangers on a Train Deborah Walley Actor 12-Aug-1943 10-May-2001 Gidget Goes Hawaiian Peter Weller Actor 24-Jun-1947   The original RoboCop Helen Westley Actor 28-Mar-1875 12-Dec-1942 Death Takes a Holiday Warren William Actor 2-Dec-1894 24-Sep-1948 Imitation of Life Elizabeth Wilson Actor 4-Apr-1921 9-May-2015 The Graduate Thomas F. Wilson Actor 15-Apr-1959   Biff Tannen in Back to the Future Anzia Yezierska Novelist c. 1880 21-Nov-1970 Bread Givers Constance Zimmer Actor 11-Oct-1970   Claire Simms on Boston Legal