List of American Academy of Dramatic Arts people

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Notable alumni

A

• Walter Abel, 1918 ^[1]
• Jay Acovone, 1978 ^[1]
• Marla Adams, 1958 ^[1]
• Derek Ahonen
• Suzanne Alexander ^[2]
• Rae Allen, 1947 ^[1]
• Don Amendolia, 1966 ^[1]
• Gordon Anderson ^[3]
• Tige Andrews, 1946 ^[1]
• Kwaw Ansah, 1965 ^[1]
• Carmen Argenziano, 1964 ^[1]
• Katie Aselton, 2004 ^[1]
• Armand Assante, 1969 ^[1]
• Tom Atkins, 1967 ^[1]
• Hank Azaria, 1980 ^[1]

B

• Lauren Bacall, 1942 ^[4]
• Jim Backus, 1933 ^[4]
• Eion Bailey, 1996 ^[1]
• Conrad Bain, 1948 ^[1]
• Brenda Bakke
• Anne Bancroft, 1950
• Diana Barrymore
• Chris Bauer
• Frances Bavier, 1925 ^[1]
• Douglas Carter Beane, 1980 ^[1]
• Graham Beckel, 1972 ^[1]
• Doris Belack, 1945 ^[1]
• Gaston Bell
• Gil Bellows, 1987 ^[1]
• Robby Benson
• Peter Bergman, 1975 ^[1]
• Samuel Bernstein
• Lyle Bettger, 1937
• William Blinn, 1957 ^[1]
• Linwood Boomer, 1977 ^[1]
• Lee Bowman, 1936 ^[1]
• Jocelyn Brando, 1942 ^[1]
• Michael Brandon, 1967 ^[1]
• Laura Branigan, 1972 ^[1]
• Eileen Brennan, 1956 ^[1]
• Lisa Brescia, 1991 ^[1]
• Beth Broderick, 1977 ^[1]
• Adrien Brody, specialized training 1993 ^[1]
• Rose Marie Brown ^[5]
• Joyce Bulifant, 1958 ^[1]
• Michael J. Burg

C

• J.D. Cannon, 1942 ^[1]
• Dale Carnegie, 1912 ^[1]
• Max Casella, 1987 ^[1]
• John Cassavetes, 1950 ^[1]
• Nick Cassavetes, 1980 ^[1]
• Kim Cattrall, 1974 ^[1]
• Jessica Chastain, 1998 ^[1]
• George Coe, 1956 ^[1]
• Enrico Colantoni, 1985 ^[1]
• Nicholas Colasanto, 1952 ^[1]
• Jennifer Coolidge, 1982 ^[1]
• Amanda Crew
• Hume Cronyn, 1934 ^[1]
• Max Crumm
• Bob Cummings ^[4]
• Helen Curry

D

• Marc Daniels
• Martin Davidson
• Brad Davis ^[4]
• Jeremy Davies, 1990 ^[1]
• Johanna Day, 1984 ^[1]
• Cecil B. DeMille, 1900 ^[1]
• William Devane, 1961 ^[1]
• Danny DeVito, 1966 ^[1]
• Colleen Dewhurst, 1947 ^[1]
• Diana Douglas, 1941 ^[1]
• Illeana Douglas, 1983 ^[1]
• Kirk Douglas, 1941 ^[1]
• Cara Duff-MacCormick
• Julia Duffy, 1972 ^[1]
• Nora Dunblane, 1899 ^[6]
• Charles Durning, 1948 ^[1]
• Alexis Dziena

E

• Clare Eames, 1918 ^[1]
• Christine Ebersole, 1975 ^[1]
• Eric Edwards, 1967
• Vince Edwards, 1950 ^[1]
• Ethyl Eichelberger
• David Eigenberg, 1986 ^[1]
• René Enríquez, 1960 ^[1]

F

• James Farentino, 1958 ^[1]
• Gail Fisher, 1958 ^[1]
• Cristina Fontanelli ^[7]
• Nina Foch, 1942 ^[1]
• Harriet Ford
• Nicole Forester, 1993 ^[1]
• Jorja Fox, 1990 ^[1]
• Elizabeth Franz, 1962 ^[1]
• Deborra-Lee Furness

G

• Troy Garity, 1995 ^[1]
• Sally Gifford
• Gwen Gillen ^[8]
• Larry Gilliard Jr.
• Joanna Going, 1985 ^[1]
• Joan Goodfellow, 1972 ^[9]
• Ruth Gordon, 1914 ^[1]
• Robert Gossett, 1976 ^[1]
• Bruce Greenwood, 1981 ^[1]
• Luke Grimes, 2004 ^[1]
• Burt Grinstead
• Gugu Gumede, 2012

H

• Leisha Hailey
• Ron Hale, 1967 ^[1]
• Emily Wakeman Hartley ^[10]
• David Hartman, 1961 ^[1]
• Susan Haskell, 1991 ^[1]
• Anne Hathaway, specialized training 1993 ^[1]
• Dennis Haysbert, 1977 ^[1]
• Florence Henderson, 1953 ^[1]
• Martin Hewitt
• Judd Hirsch, 1962 ^[1]
• Alice Hirson, 1948 ^[1]
• Sterling Holloway, 1923 ^[1]
• David Huddleston, 1958 ^[1]

I

• Lela Ivey^{[ citation needed ]}

J

• Kate Jackson, 1970 ^[1]
• John James, 1977 ^[1]
• Melissa James Gibson, 1984 ^[1]
• Herbert Jefferson Jr., 1969
• Allen Jenkins, 1922 ^[1]
• Jennifer Jones, 1939 ^[1]

K

• Florence Kahn
• Garson Kanin, 1933 ^[1]
• John Karlen, 1958 ^[1]
• Grace Kelly, 1949 ^[1]
• Elizabeth Kemp
• Sally Kirkland, 1961 ^[1]
• Elias Koteas, 1983 ^[1]
• Stepfanie Kramer, 1977 ^[1]

L

• Casey LaBow, 2007 ^[1]
• Caroline Lagerfelt, 1969 ^[1]
• Ron Leibman, 1958 ^[1]
• Sam Levene, 1927 ^[1]
• Matthew Lillard, 1990 ^[1]
• Howard Lindsay, 1908 ^[1]
• Cleavon Little, 1967 ^[1]
• John Lone, 1978 ^[1]
• Marion Lorne, 1904 ^[1]
• Lucille Lortel, 1921 ^[1]
• James Luisi, 1958 ^[1]
• Anna Lundberg, 2018

M

• Taylor Mac
• Harriet E. MacGibbon
• Rosie Malek-Yonan
• Randolph Mantooth
• Mrinalini Sarabhai
• Marie-Noelle Marquis
• Robin Mathews, 1994 ^[1]
• Melanie Mayron, 1972 ^[1]
• Stephen McHattie, 1968 ^[1]
• George Meeker, 1922 ^[1]
• Leonard Melfi
• Ioannis Melissanidis
• Dina Merrill, 1944 ^[1]
• Justine Miceli, 1982 ^[1]
• Judson Mills, 1991 ^[1]
• Katherine Moennig, 1998 ^[1]
• Samuel Molina, 1950s, ^[11]
• Frank Morgan, 1914 ^[1]
• Michael Mosley
• Elizabeth Montgomery, 1953 ^[1]
• Agnes Moorehead, 1929 ^[1]
• Frank Morgan, 1914 ^[1]
• Anita Morris, 1962 ^[1]
• Carrie-Anne Moss, 1988 ^[1]
• Don Murray, 1948 ^[1]
• Louis Mustillo, 1983 ^[1]

N

• Mary Nash
• Novella Nelson, 1961 ^[1]
• Eric Nenninger, 1999 ^[1]
• Hayley Marie Norman

O

• Pat O'Brien ^[1]
• Michael O'Keefe, specialized training 1974 ^[1]
• Keito Okamoto, 2020^{[ citation needed ]}
• Jim O'Rear
• Timothy Omundson
• Glenn Ordway
• Kelly Overton, 1999 ^[1]
• Catherine Dale Owen

P

• Angel Parker, 1999 ^[1]
• Sarah Paulson, specialized training 1992 ^[1]
• Jimmy Pardo
• Donna Pescow, 1975 ^[1]
• Alex Pettyfer, specialized training 2004 ^[1]
• Michael Pitt, specialized training 1998 ^[1]
• Rick Polizzi, 1983 ^[1]
• Billy Pollina
• Tom Poston, 1947 ^[1]
• William Powell, 1913 ^[1]
• Dory Previn, 1943 ^[1]

R

• Robert Redford, 1959 ^[1]
• Nicolas Winding Refn
• Joe Regalbuto, 1970 ^[1]
• Don Rickles, 1948 ^[1]
• Thelma Ritter, 1922 ^[1]
• Jason Robards, 1948 ^[1]
• Jason Robards Sr., 1911 ^[1]
• Eric Roberts ^[4]
• John Roberts, 1991 ^[1]
• Edward G. Robinson, 1913 ^[1]
• Zuleikha Robinson, 1997 ^[1]
• Hayden Rorke, 1932 ^[1]
• Charlotte Rothwell
• Gena Rowlands, 1952 ^[1]
• Paul Rudd, 1991 ^[1]
• Rosalind Russell, 1929 ^[1]

S

• Melanie Safka
• Gary Sandy, 1968 ^[1]
• John Savage, 1969 ^[1]
• John Saxon ^[4]
• Diana Scarwid, 1975 ^[1]
• Kathryn Leigh Scott, 1966
• Joseph Schildkraut, 1913 ^[1]
• William G. Schilling, 1969 ^[1]
• Annabella Sciorra, 1980 ^[1]
• Adam Scott, 1993 ^[1]
• Kim Shaw
• Brooke Smith
• Jaclyn Smith, 1966
• Keith Randolph Smith, 1986 ^[1]
• French Stewart, 1985 ^[1]
• Timothy D. Stickney, 1985 ^[1]
• Slavko Sobin
• Ezra Stone, 1935 ^[1]
• Kevin Sussman
• Loretta Swit, 1959 ^[1]
• Eric Szmanda, 1996 ^[1]

T

• Renée Taylor, 1951 ^[1]
• Ron Taylor, 1975 ^[1]
• Ernest Thomas, 1974 ^[1]
• Gene Tierney
• Gary Tomlin, 1971 ^[1]
• Constance Towers, 1952 ^[1]
• Spencer Tracy, 1923 ^[1]
• Claire Trevor, 1929 ^[1]
• Manu Tupou

V

• Scott Valentine, 1980 ^[1]

W

• Robert Walker, 1939 ^[1]
• M. Emmet Walsh, 1961 ^[1]
• Lucille Watson, 1902 ^[1]
• Peter Weller, 1972 ^[1]
• Karimah Westbrook
• Shannon Whirry
• Warren William, 1915 ^[1]
• Winter Williams, 1984
• August Wittgenstein

Z

• Helena Zachos
• Constance Zimmer, 1990 ^[1]

Notable faculty

• David Dean Bottrell
• Karen Hensel
• Sandy Martin
• Ian Ogilvy
• Scott Reiniger
• Timothy D. Stickney
• Sara Mildred Strauss

Notes and references

1. "Notable Alumni" Archived 2019-02-16 at the Wayback Machine AADA website
2. Clemens, Samuel. "The Triumph and Tragedy of Suzanne Alexander", Sequoia Press. December 2021
3. "Ex-Local Man And Wife To Star In Film". The Jonesboro Sun. December 21, 1969. pp. 1–2.
4. Alleman, Richard (1988), The Movie Lover's Guide to New York, New York: Harper & Row, ISBN   0060960809 p.165
5. Ward, Matthew (January 26, 2015). "Former Miss Virginia from Suffolk Dies". Suffolk News-Herald . Archived from the original on October 9, 2018. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
6. Annual Catalogue, American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Empire Theatre Archived 2023-02-24 at the Wayback Machine (1904): 73, 75.
7. "Christina Fontanelli sings 'Christmas in Italy' program." Archived 2019-08-13 at the Wayback Machine Union City Reporter , November 28, 2010, Page 20
8. Collins, Bob (February 1, 2017). "Gwen Gillen was much more than the Mary Tyler Moore statue". Minnesota Public Radio . Archived from the original on February 28, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
9. Themal, Harry F. (née Harry Fred Themal; born 1931). "Raters Prune 'Orange' – True to Hypocritical Oath." The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware). (September 25, 1972): p. 32 (accessible via Newspapers.com at www.newspapers.com/image/163904125 ; subscription required).
10. Harry Prescott Hanaford, Dixie Hines, eds., Who's who in Music and Drama Archived 2023-02-24 at the Wayback Machine (H. P. Hanaford 1914): 311.
11. "Muere el legendario actor Samuel Molina". Primera Hora. June 14, 2018.