EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

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.)

Location:
New York City

Founding Date:
1884

Enrollment:
400

Official Website:
http://www.aada.org/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Roger S. Berlind	Film/TV Producer	27-Jun-1930		Broadway producer

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