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Juilliard School

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
New York City

Founding Date:
1905

Enrollment:
800

Official Website:
http://www.julliard.edu/

STUDENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Edie Adams
Actor
16-Apr-1925 15-Oct-2008 Lover Come Back
Jane Adams
Actor
1-Apr-1965   Dr. Mel Karnofsky on Frasier
Morena Baccarin
Actor
2-Jun-1979   Inara Serra on Firefly
Christine Baranski
Actor
2-May-1952   Mary Sunshine in Chicago
John Barth
Novelist
27-May-1930   Lost in the Funhouse
Michael Beach
Actor
30-Oct-1963   Doc Parker on Third Watch
Wes Bentley
Actor
4-Sep-1978   American Beauty
Elmer Bernstein
Composer
4-Apr-1922 18-Aug-2004 Scored The Magnificent Seven
Herbert Blomstedt
Conductor
11-Jul-1927   Director, Leipzig Gewandhaus, 1998-2005
Andre Braugher
Actor
1-Jul-1962   Det. Pembleton on Homicide
Sid Caesar
Comic
8-Sep-1922 12-Feb-2014 Your Show of Shows
Jeffrey Carlson
Actor
23-Jun-1975   Broadway actor, transgender soap star
Jennifer Carpenter
Actor
7-Dec-1979   The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Phoebe Cates
Actor
16-Jul-1963   Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Jessica Chastain
Actor
29-Mar-1981   The Tree of Life
Leonardo Cimino
Actor
4-Mar-1917 3-Mar-2012 Dune
Van Cliburn
Pianist
12-Jul-1934 27-Feb-2013 Piano prodigy
Lynn Collins
Actor
16-May-1977   X-Men Origins: Wolverine
David Conrad
Actor
17-Aug-1967   Jim Clancy on Ghost Whisperer
Frances Conroy
Actor
13-Nov-1953   Ruth Fisher on Six Feet Under
Marcia Cross
Actor
25-Mar-1962   Desperate Housewives
Viola Davis
Actor
11-Aug-1965   Nurse Peeler on City of Angels
John de Lancie
Actor
20-Mar-1948   Q on Star Trek: TNG
Reed Diamond
Actor
20-Jul-1967   Det. Mike Kellerman on Homicide
Adam Driver
Actor
19-Nov-1983   Kylo Ren in The Force Awakens
Nelsan Ellis
Actor
30-Nov-1977   Lafayette Reynolds on True Blood
JoAnn Falletta
Conductor
27-Feb-1954   Music Director, Buffalo Philharmonic
Renée Fleming
Singer
14-Feb-1959   The Beautiful Voice
Dann Florek
Actor
1-May-1950   Law & Order: SVU
Megan Gallagher
Actor
6-Feb-1960   Tina Russo on Hill Street Blues
Thomas Gibson
Actor
3-Jul-1962   Greg on Dharma & Greg
Philip Glass
Composer
31-Jan-1937   Einstein on the Beach
Kelsey Grammer
Actor
21-Feb-1955   Frasier
Alan Greenspan
Economist
6-Mar-1926   Federal Reserve Chairman, 1987-2006
Bruce Haack
Musician
4-May-1932 26-Sep-1988 The Electric Lucifer
Lisa Gay Hamilton
Actor
25-Mar-1964   Rebecca Washington in The Practice
Marvin Hamlisch
Composer
2-Jun-1944 6-Aug-2012 The Way We Were
Harriet Sansom Harris
Actor
8-Jan-1955   Thoroughly Modern Millie
James B. Harris
Film Director
3-Aug-1928   The Bedford Incident
Skitch Henderson
Conductor
27-Jan-1918 1-Nov-2005 Original Tonight Show bandleader
Bernard Herrmann
Composer
29-Jun-1911 24-Dec-1975 Scored Psycho, Citizen Kane
Glenn Howerton
Actor
13-Apr-1976   Dennis Reynolds on It's Always Sunny
Doug Hutchison
Actor
26-May-1960   The Green Mile
Oscar Isaac
Actor
9-Mar-1979   Poe Dameron in The Force Awakens
Gillian Jacobs
Actor
20-Oct-1982   Britta Perry on Community
Peter Jacobson
Actor
24-Mar-1965   Dr. Chris Taub on House
Penny Johnson Jerald
Actor
14-Mar-1961   Beverly on The Larry Sanders Show
Norman Dello Joio
Composer
24-Jan-1913 24-Jul-2008 Meditation on Ecclesiastes
Matt Keeslar
Actor
15-Oct-1972   Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen
Nigel Kennedy
Violinist
28-Dec-1956   British 'punk' violinist
Perry King
Actor
30-Apr-1948   Class of 1984
Kevin Kline
Actor
24-Oct-1947   A Fish Called Wanda
Linda Kozlowski
Actor
7-Jan-1958   Crocodile Dundee
Erin Krakow
Actor
6-Sep-1984   Elizabeth Thatcher on When Calls the Heart
Eriq La Salle
Actor
23-Jul-1962   ER
Audrey Landers
Actor
18-Jul-1959   Afton Cooper on Dallas
Judy Landers
Actor
7-Oct-1958   Stewardess School
James Levine
Conductor
23-Jun-1943   Music Director, NY Metropolitan Opera
David Lindsay-Abaire
Playwright
30-Nov-1969   Rabbit Hole
Laura Linney
Actor
5-Feb-1964   Meryl in The Truman Show
Cleavon Little
Actor
1-Jun-1939 22-Oct-1992 Blazing Saddles
Andrew Litton
Conductor
16-May-1959   Music Director, Bergen Philharmonic
Patti LuPone
Actor
21-Apr-1949   Won Tony for Evita
Yo-Yo Ma
Cellist
7-Oct-1955   Cellist, The Silk Road Ensemble
Luke MacFarlane
Actor
19-Jan-1980   Over There
Anthony Mackie
Actor
23-Sep-1979   The Manchurian Candidate
Jean Madeira
Singer
14-Nov-1924 11-Jul-1972 Operatic contralto, Carmen
Henry Mancini
Composer
16-Apr-1924 14-Jun-1994 Moon River
Barry Manilow
Singer/Songwriter
17-Jun-1943   I Write The Songs
James Marsters
Actor
20-Aug-1962   Spike on Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Leigh McCloskey
Actor
21-Jun-1955   Mitch Cooper on Dallas
Audra McDonald
Actor
3-Jul-1970   A Raisin in the Sun
Kelly McGillis
Actor
9-Jul-1957   Love interest in Top Gun
Elizabeth McGovern
Actor
18-Jul-1961   Cora on Downton Abbey
Robert Duncan McNeill
Actor
9-Nov-1964   Tom Paris on Star Trek: Voyager
John McTiernan
Film Director
8-Jan-1951   The Hunt for Red October
Thelonious Monk
Jazz Musician
10-Oct-1917 17-Feb-1982 Influential Bebop pianist and composer
Garrett Morris
Comic
25-Jan-1937   Saturday Night Live
Peter Nero
Pianist
22-May-1934   Philly Pops
Bebe Neuwirth
Actor
31-Dec-1958   Dr. Lilith Sternin-Crane on Cheers
Michael O'Hare
Actor
6-May-1952 28-Sep-2012 Jeffrey Sinclair on Babylon 5
Lee Pace
Actor
25-Mar-1979   Pushing Daisies
Itzhak Perlman
Violinist
31-Aug-1945   Israeli violinist
Edward Platt
Actor
14-Feb-1916 19-Mar-1974 Chief on Get Smart
Carrie Preston
Actor
21-Jun-1967   Arlene Fowler on True Blood
Leontyne Price
Singer
10-Feb-1927   Operatic soprano
Sara Ramirez
Actor
31-Aug-1975   Dr. Callie Torres on Grey's Anatomy
Wes Ramsey
Actor
6-Oct-1977   Latter Days
Elizabeth Reaser
Actor
15-Jun-1975   Amnesiac on Grey's Anatomy
Alfred Reed
Composer
25-Jan-1921 17-Sep-2005 Russian Christmas Music
Christopher Reeve
Actor
25-Sep-1952 10-Oct-2004 Superman
Judith Regan
Publisher
1953   ReganBooks
Steve Reich
Composer
3-Oct-1936   Minimalist composer, Different Trains
Nicola Rescigno
Conductor
28-May-1916 4-Aug-2008 Conductor, Dallas Opera, 1957-90
Ving Rhames
Actor
12-May-1959   Marsellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction
Larry Rivers
Painter
17-Aug-1923 14-Aug-2002 American pop artist
Dallas Roberts
Actor
10-May-1970   Miles Fiedler on Rubicon
Richard Rodgers
Composer
28-Jun-1902 30-Dec-1979 Rodgers and Hammerstein
Matt Ross
Actor
3-Jan-1970   Alby Grant on Big Love
Mark Rydell
Film Director
23-Mar-1934   On Golden Pond
William Schuman
Composer
4-Aug-1910 15-Feb-1992 Symphony No. 6
Gerard Schwarz
Conductor
19-Aug-1947   Music Director, Seattle Symphony
Raymond Scott
Musician
10-Sep-1908 8-Feb-1994 Powerhouse, invented the sequencer
Neil Sedaka
Singer/Songwriter
13-Mar-1939   Laughter In The Rain
Leif Segerstam
Conductor
2-Mar-1944   Conductor, Helsinki Philharmonic, 1995-2007
Adam Shankman
Film Director
27-Nov-1964   Hairspray 2007
Harry Simeone
Musician
9-May-1911 22-Feb-2005 The Harry Simeone Chorale
Jacques Singer
Conductor
9-May-1910 11-Aug-1980 Music Director, Oregon Symphony, 1962-72
Lori Singer
Actor
6-Nov-1957   Footloose
Leonard Slatkin
Conductor
1-Sep-1944   Music Director, Detroit Symphony
Bern Nadette Stanis
Actor
22-Dec-1953   Thelma on Good Times
Risë Stevens
Singer
11-Jun-1913 20-Mar-2013 Mezzo-Soprano at the Metropolitan Opera
David Ogden Stiers
Actor
31-Oct-1942   Maj. Winchester on M*A*S*H
Maureen Teefy
Actor
26-Oct-1953   Grease 2
James Tenney
Composer
10-Aug-1934 24-Aug-2006 A History of 'Consonance' and 'Dissonance'
Jon Tenney
Actor
16-Dec-1961   Brooklyn South
Maria Thayer
Actor
30-Oct-1975   Redhead on Strangers with Candy
Tracie Thoms
Actor
19-Aug-1975   Kat Miller on Cold Case
Lorraine Toussaint
Actor
4-Apr-1960   Renée Jackson on Any Day Now
Jeanne Tripplehorn
Actor
10-Jun-1963   Office Killer
Tatiana Troyanos
Singer
12-Sep-1938 21-Aug-1993 Operatic Mezzo-Soprano
Alan Tudyk
Actor
16-Mar-1971   Hoban Washburne on Firefly
Leslie Uggams
Actor
25-May-1943   Roots
Michael Urie
Actor
8-Aug-1980   Marc St. James on Ugly Betty
Jaap van Zweden
Conductor
12-Dec-1960   Music Director, Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Diane Venora
Actor
10-Aug-1952   Bird
Shirley Verrett
Singer
31-May-1931 5-Nov-2010 Mezzo-soprano at the Met
Jake Weber
Actor
19-Mar-1964   Joe Dubois on Medium
Frederick Weller
Actor
1966   Marshall Mann on In Plain Sight
Bradley Whitford
Actor
10-Oct-1959   The West Wing
Samira Wiley
Actor
15-Apr-1987   Poussey Washington on Orange Is the New Black
Robin Williams
Comic
21-Jul-1951 11-Aug-2014 Mork from Ork
Meredith Willson
Composer
18-May-1902 15-Jun-1984 The Music Man
Michael Wincott
Actor
21-Jan-1958   The Crow
Sam Witwer
Actor
20-Oct-1977   Being Human
Bernie Worrell
Musician
19-Apr-1944 24-Jun-2016 Blacktronic Scientist
Stephanie Zimbalist
Actor
8-Oct-1956   Remington Steele

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Milton Babbitt
Composer
10-May-1916 29-Jan-2011 Music for Synthesizer
Rose Bampton
Singer
28-Nov-1907 21-Aug-2007 Operatic soprano
Georges Barrère
Musician
31-Oct-1876 14-Jun-1944 Franco-American flautist
Arthur Berger
Composer
15-May-1912 7-Oct-2003 Ideas of Order
Luciano Berio
Composer
24-Oct-1925 27-May-2003 Italian Avant-garde composer
Maria Callas
Singer
2-Dec-1923 16-Sep-1977 Operatic Soprano
Vivian Fine
Composer
28-Sep-1913 20-Mar-2000 Drama for Orchestra
Rudolf Firkusny
Pianist
11-Feb-1912 19-Jul-1994 Czech-American piano prodigy
Walter Hendl
Conductor
12-Jan-1917 10-Apr-2007 Music Director, Dallas Symphony, 1949-58
Leon Kirchner
Composer
24-Jan-1919 17-Sep-2009 Quartet No. 3
Gene Lockhart
Actor
18-Jul-1891 31-Mar-1957 Algiers
Nathan Milstein
Violinist
13-Jan-1904 21-Dec-1992 Virtuoso violinist, interpreter of Bach
Carroll O'Connor
Actor
2-Aug-1924 21-Jun-2001 Archie Bunker in All in the Family
Leonard Rose
Cellist
28-Jul-1918 16-Nov-1984 Virtuoso cellist
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Singer
9-Sep-1915 3-Aug-2006 Operatic soprano
Renata Scotto
Singer
24-Feb-1934   Italian operatic soprano
Charles Seeger
Musicologist
14-Dec-1886 7-Feb-1979 American musicologist
Roger Sessions
Composer
28-Dec-1896 16-Mar-1985 Concerto for Orchestra
Albert Spalding
Violinist
15-Aug-1888 26-May-1953 American violin virtuoso
Eleanor Steber
Singer
17-Jul-1914 3-Oct-1990 Operatic soprano, NY Metropolitan Opera
Risë Stevens
Singer
11-Jun-1913 20-Mar-2013 Mezzo-Soprano at the Metropolitan Opera

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Mary Graham
Author
c. 1944   Wife of Donald Graham
Bruce Kovner
Activist
Feb-1945   Caxton Associates billionaire
Charles O. Prince
Business
13-Jan-1950   CEO of Citigroup, 2003-07
William Schuman
Composer
4-Aug-1910 15-Feb-1992 Symphony No. 6
Alfred Wallenstein
Cellist
7-Oct-1898 8-Feb-1983 Music Director, LA Philharmonic, 1943-56




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