Studio City, Los Angeles

Studio City
Neighborhood of Los Angeles
Ventura and Laurel Canyon boulevards, July 2008
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Coordinates: 34.14357°N 118.39526°W / 34.14357; -118.39526
Named for	The studio lot now known as CBS Studio Center

Studio City is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California, in the San Fernando Valley. It is named after the studio lot that was established in the area by film producer Mack Sennett in 1927, now known as CBS Studio Center.

Notable residents

Film and television

• Ernie Anderson, television and radio announcer/voiceover artist^[1]
• Paul Thomas Anderson, film director
• Dana Andrews, film actor and past president of the Screen Actors Guild.^[2]
• Ed Asner, film, television, stage, and voice actor, past president of SAG.^[3]
• Gene Autry, actor, singer and baseball team owner^[4]
• Joe Barbera, director and co-founder of Hanna Barbera studios
• Bonnie Bartlett, television and film actress.^[5]
• Ed Begley, Jr., actor and environmentalist^[6]
• Mayim Bialik, film and television actress.^[7]
• Robert Blake, actor^[8]
• Julie Bowen, actress^[9]
• Clancy Brown, actor^[10]
• Smiley Burnette, country music performer and a comedic actor.^[11]
• George Clooney, actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter^[12][13]
• Gary Cole, actor^[14]
• Jon Cryer, actor^[15]
• Miley Cyrus, actress and pop singer-songwriter^[16]
• William Daniels, actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild^[5]
• Brad Davis, actor.^[17]
• Yvonne De Carlo, actress of film, television, and theater^[18]
• Zooey Deschanel, actress^[9]
• Charles S. Dutton, stage, film, and television actor and director^[19]
• Zac Efron, actor^[20]
• Erik Estrada, actor^[21]
• Selena Gomez, actress, singer^[22]
• Meagan Good, actress, film producer^[23][24]
• Cuba Gooding, Jr., actor^[25]
• Ryan Gosling, actor^[26]
• Gary Graver, film director and cinematographer^[27]
• Tom Green, actor, comedian^[28]
• Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka^[29]
• Vanessa Hudgens, actress and singer^[30]
• Mila Kunis, actress^[9]
• Jennette McCurdy, actress^[31]
• Roddy McDowall, actor and photographer^[32]
• Kevin McKidd, film and television actor^[33]
• Seth MacFarlane, actor, singer, comedian and producer^[34]
• Fred Melamed, film and television actor, writer
• Alyssa Milano, actress^[35]
• Dennis Miller, TV host and comedian^[36]
• Stu Nahan, sportscaster and actor
• Bill Nye, science educator, comedian, television host, actor, and mechanical engineer^[37]
• Jason Priestley, television actor^[38]
• Michael Richards, actor, comedian, writer and television producer^[39]
• Mickey Rooney, actor
• Aaron Seltzer, director and screenwriter^[40]
• William Shatner, actor, musician, recording artist, and author.^[41]
• Mason Shefa, director of experimental films^[42]
• Anna Nicole Smith, model, actress and television personality^[43]
• Sage Stallone, actor and producer^[44]
• Linda Stirling, showgirl, model and actress^[45]
• Alex Trebek, game show host.^[46]
• Sofía Vergara, actress^[9]
• Nancy Walker, actress, comedienne and director^[47]
• Lucy Hale, actress and singer ^[48]

Music

• Pete Candoli, swing and West Coast jazz trumpeter^[49]
• Mac Miller, hip-hop artist.
• Morty Corb, jazz double-bassist^[50]
• Daryl "The Captain" Dragon, keyboardist
• Clare Fischer, composer, arranger, keyboardist^[51]
• Peggy Gilbert, jazz saxophonist and bandleader^[52]
• HAIM, Band consisting of 3 sisters, Este, Danielle and Alana Haim. BBC Sound of 2013, Album: Days are Gone.^[53]
• Darlene Koldenhoven, singer^[54]
• Steve Lukather, electric guitarist^[55]
• Uan Rasey, trumpet player^[56]
• Hans J. Salter, film composer^[57]
• Eddie Van Halen, guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter and producer^[58]
• Al Viola, jazz guitarist^[59]
• Pete Wentz, lyricist and bassist^[60]
• Dweezil Zappa, rock guitarist^[61]
• Frank Zappa, composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director^[62]

Other

• Clayton Kershaw, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers
• Zack Greinke, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers^[63]
• Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, journalist and playwright^[64]
• Peter Hurkos, allegedly manifested extra-sensory perception^[65]
• James B. Potter, Jr., Los Angeles City Council member^[66]
• Jerry Pournelle, science-fiction author and blogger^[67]
• Israel Regardie, occultist^[68]
• Jerome Vered, record-setting contestant on the game show Jeopardy!^[69]
• Joel Wachs, Los Angeles City Council member^[70]
• Sam Yorty, mayor of Los Angeles^[71]
• Jack Osbourne, reality show star^[72]

Education

Almost half of Studio City residents aged 25 and older (49.4%) had earned a four-year degree by 2000, a high percentage for both the city and the county. The percentages of those residents with a master's degree was also high for the county.^[73]

Schools

Athletic field at Upper Campus, Harvard-Westlake School

Schools within the Studio City boundaries are:^[74]

• Harvard-Westlake School, private, grades 10-12, 3700 Coldwater Canyon.^[75]
• Campbell Hall School, private K-12, 4533 Laurel Canyon Boulevard, Founded in 1944 by Alexander Campbell, the school is home to approximately a thousand students from kindergarten through high school.
• Walter Reed Middle School, LAUSD, 4525 Irvine Avenue
• Bridges Academy, private, 3921 Laurel Canyon Boulevard. It is a grade 5-12 middle and college preparatory high school dedicated to educating students who are twice exceptional, or "2e," (gifted and highly gifted with learning disabilities).
• ABC Little School, private elementary, 11728 Moorpark Street
• Oakwood Elementary School, private, 11230 Moorpark Street
• St. Charles Borromeo, private elementary, 10850 Moorpark Street
• Berenece Carlson Home Hospital, LAUSD special education, 10952 Whipple Street
• Rio Vista Elementary School, LAUSD, 4243 Satsuma Avenue
• Carpenter Community Charter, 3909 Carpenter Avenue
• Morning Star Christian Academy, private, 11000 Ventura Boulevard

Public library

• Los Angeles Public Library operates the Studio City branch.^[76]

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