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] Date Posted: 21:18:01 05/01/06 Mon Author Host/IP: cache-ntc-ad04.proxy.aol.com/207.200.116.198 Beverly Hills High School Celebrity Alumni -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >1 Christopher Lloyd >Actor >31.79% (55 of 173 votes) >2 Julie Kavner >Actress >34.78% (40 of 115 votes) >3 Kelli Williams >Actress >40.62% (39 of 96 votes) >4 Betty White >Actress >42.34% (199 of 470 votes) >5 Richard Dreyfuss >Actor >42.63% (107 of 251 votes) >6 Rob Reiner >Actor/Director >42.84% (335 of 782 votes) >7 Carrie Fisher >Actress/Author >43.00% (215 of 500 votes) >8 Gina Gershon >Actress >43.23% (131 of 303 votes) >9 Joely Fisher >Actress >47.15% (58 of 123 votes) >10 Albert Brooks >Comedian >50.69% (73 of 144 votes) >11 Joel Grey >Actor >53.38% (71 of 133 votes) >12 Nicolas Cage >Actor >55.34% (140 of 253 votes) >13 Laraine Newman >Comedienne/Actress >57.14% (72 of 126 votes) >14 Marlo Thomas >Actress >58.33% (84 of 144 votes) >15 David Schwimmer >Actor >59.14% (152 of 257 votes) >16 David Harrison Levi >Actor/Nightclub/Restaurateur >59.18% (58 of 98 votes) >17 Richard Chamberlain >Actor >59.82% (67 of 112 votes) >18 Antonio Sabato, Jr. >Soap Actor/Model >59.82% (67 of 112 votes) >19 Alicia Silverstone >Actress >59.90% (248 of 414 votes) >20 Andre Previn >Conductor >65.22% (75 of 115 votes) >21 Monica Lewinsky >White House Intern/Purse Maker >Host of Fox's “Mr. Personality” TV Reality Show (2003) >67.91% (201 of 296 votes) >22 Shaun Cassidy >Vocalist/Actor >68.99% (89 of 129 votes) >23 Lyle and Erik Menendez >Murderers >70.80% (291 of 411 votes) >24 Tori Spelling >Actress >71.46% (348 of 487 votes) >25 Lenny Kravitz >71.49% (267 of 487 votes) > >the School of the Stars. > > > >241 Moreno Drive, >Beverly Hills, CA. / (310) 201-0661 > > > > > >Considering its name, you might assume that Beverly >Hills High School was the school used as the location >for "West Beverly High" in the hit Fox TV show >"Beverly Hills, 90210." Guess again. The exterior >shots for that popular TV series were actually filmed >at Torrance High School, almost twenty miles away. And >ironically, since Beverly Hills High is situated in >the city's southern section, the school's actual zip >code isn't even 90210 - it's 90212. > > > > > >But this is the real Beverly Hills High, boasting >celebrity alumni as David Schwimmer (Ross on >"Friends"), Jonathan Silverman ("The Single Guy"), >Alicia Silverstone ("Clueless"), Richard Dreyfuss >("Close Encounters of the Third Kind"), Gina Gershon >("Bound"), Marlo Thomas ("That Girl"), Richard >Chamberlain ("Dr. Kildare"), Rob Reiner ("All in the >Family"), Betty White ("The Golden Girls"), Tori >Spelling ("90210"), Carrie Fisher ("Star Wars"), >singer/actor Shaun Cassidy, ("The Hardy Boys >Mysteries"), Albert Brooks ("Mother"), Rhonda Fleming >("A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"), Joel >Grey ("Cabaret"), Lorraine Newman ("Saturday Night >Live"), Julie Kavner ("Rhoda"), David Harrison Levi >(Actor/Chippendales/Restauranteur), Joely Fisher >("Ellen"), Kelli Williams ("The Practice"), Antonio >Sabato Jr. ("General Hospital"), singer Lenny Kravitz >and conductor Andre Previn. > > > > > >Nicolas Cage ("Con Air") went here, even though his >parents weren't rich - he hated the school, and >dropped out in the 11th grade (after passing the GED >exam). Gina Gershon reports that she was surprised to >find that the school offered surfing as a credit >course... > >On the negative side, the infamous Menendez brothers, >Lyle and Erik, were students at Beverly Hills High, as >was the focus of the Clinton sex scandal, Monica >Lewinsky (although she left in 1990 at age 16 to >attend an exclusive Bel-Air prep school.) > >Even though it isn't the shooting site for "Beverly >Hills 90210," the high school has still seen its fair >share of movie cameras on campus... > > "It's A Wonderful Life" has become a Christmas >classic, and part of that 1946 fantasy was shot here. >Remember the scene where young Jimmy Stewart and Donna >Reed are dancing at a high school prom, when a hidden >swimming pool beneath them slides open, and the >dancers fall into the water? Well, Frank Capra filmed >that famous pool scene here at Beverly Hills High. >(What other high school would have a covered swimming >pool in 1946?) > > >(A bit of Hollywood trivia: the student who opened the >pool was played by Carl Switzer, the actor who was >famous as 'Alfalfa' in the "Our Gang" comedies.) > > >The high school was also featured in the 1993 movie >version of "The Beverly Hillbillies." It was where >'Ellie May Clampett' went to school (and where she >whipped the boy's wrestling team in the gym). > >And the school was also seen in the 1999 film >"Anywhere But Here" - it was where Susan Sarandon's >daughter 'Heather' (Natalie Portman) went to school. > > >Getting there: Beverly Hills High school is located >just two blocks east of the Century City Shopping >Center, on Moreno Drive, (between Santa Monica Blvd. & >Olympic Blvd). / From Rodeo Drive, go north to Santa >Monica Boulevard, and turn left (west). Follow Santa >Monica Boulevard southwest (about three quarters of a >mile) to Moreno Drive. Turn left (southeast) on Moreno >Drive, and go three blocks to the school, which will >be on your right (west) side. The gym (with the >sliding pool) is located near the athletic track, on >the southeast side of the campus. > > > If you would prefer to see the real high school where >the TV series "Beverly Hills 90210" was actually >filmed, head out to the city of Torrance, and 2200 W. >Carson Street. If you're a fan of the show, you'll >recognize Torrance High School's familiar Moorish >arches, which Brenda & Dylan (Shannon Doherty & Luke >Perry) strolled past each week on the popular TV >series. / To reach Torrance High, take the San Diego >(405) Freeway to the Crenshaw Boulevard offramp, and >head south on Crenshaw (about two and a half miles) to >Carson Street. Turn left (east) on Carson Street, and >go three blocks east (to just past Plaza Del Amo). The >school will be on your right (south) side. Beverly Hills High School Celebrity Alumni [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |