Hollywood Heights is a neighborhood in the

Hollywood Hills The Hollywood Hills are a residential neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California. Geography The Hollywood Hills straddle the Cahuenga Pass within the Santa Monica Mountains. The neighborhood touches Studio City, Univer ...

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, bounded by the

Hollywood Bowl The Hollywood Bowl is an amphitheatre in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It was named one of the 10 best live music venues in America by ''Rolling Stone'' magazine in 2018. The Hollywood Bowl is known for its distin ...

on the north, Highland Avenue on the east, Outpost Estates on the west, and Franklin Avenue on the south. It includes a number of notable historic homes and buildings and has been home to numerous people in the film and music industries, dating back to the

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History

Hollywood Heights is situated in what was the northern part of the

Rancho La Brea Rancho La Brea was a Mexican land grant in present-day Los Angeles County, California, given in 1828 to Antonio Jose Rocha and Nemisio Dominguez by José Antonio Carrillo, the alcalde of Los Angeles. Rancho La Brea consisted of one square leagu ...

Mexican land grant.

H.J. Whitley Hobart Johnstone Whitley (October 7, 1847 – June 3, 1931) was a Canadian-American businessman and real estate developer. Whitley is best known for helping create the Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood subdivision in Los Angeles. He is among th ...

developed the neighborhood as early as 1902 as part of his Hollywood-Ocean View Tract.

Notable places

The

Samuel Freeman House The Samuel Freeman House (also known as the Samuel and Harriet Freeman House) is a Frank Lloyd Wright house in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, California built in 1923. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1 ...

(1962 Glencoe Way) was designed by

Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements o ...

, supervised by

Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright Jr. (March 31, 1890 – May 31, 1978), commonly known as Lloyd Wright, was an American architect, active primarily in Los Angeles and Southern California. He was a landscape architect for various Los Angeles projects (192 ...

, and furnished and expanded by Rudolph Schindler. Built in 1923, it is one of four

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s built by Frank Lloyd Wright in Los Angeles between 1922 and 1924, and it has the world's first glass-to-glass corner windows. It was known as an avant-garde

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, and the list of individuals who spent significant periods of time there or lived in the house's two Schindler-designed apartments includes

John Bovingdon John Bovingdon (1890–1973) was a modern dancer-turned-economic analyst who performed regularly at the Kings Road House of architect R.M. Schindler in Los Angeles in the 1920s. He studied economics at Harvard and graduated with high honors in 191 ...

Beniamino Bufano Beniamino "Bene" Bufano (October 15, 1890August 18, 1970) was an Italian American sculptor, best known for his large-scale monuments representing peace and his modernist work often featured smoothly rounded animals and relatively simple shapes ...

Xavier Cugat Xavier Cugat (; 1 January 1900 – 27 October 1990) was a Spanish musician and bandleader who spent his formative years in Havana, Cuba. A trained violinist and arranger, he was a leading figure in the spread of Latin music. In New York City ...

Rudi Gernreich Rudolf "Rudi" Gernreich (August 8, 1922 April 21, 1985) was an Austrian people, Austrian-born American fashion designer whose avant-garde clothing designs are generally regarded as the most innovative and dynamic fashion of the 1960s. He purposef ...

Martha Graham Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 – April 1, 1991) was an American modern dancer and choreographer. Her style, the Graham technique, reshaped American dance and is still taught worldwide. Graham danced and taught for over seventy years. She wa ...

Philip Johnson Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) was an American architect best known for his works of modern and postmodern architecture. Among his best-known designs are his modernist Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut; the pos ...

Peter Krasnow Peter Krasnow (20 August 1886 – 30 October 1979), born Feivish Reisberg, was a modernist and colorist artist known for his abstract wood sculptures and architectonic hard-edge paintings and drawings which were often based on Hebrew calligraphy ...

Bella Lewitzky Bella Lewitzky (January 13, 1916, Los Angeles, California – July 16, 2004, Pasadena, California) was a modern dance choreographer, dancer and teacher. Biography Born to Jewish Russian immigrants, Lewitzky spent her childhood on a ranch in San Be ...

Jean Negulesco Jean Negulesco (born Ioan Negulescu; – 18 July 1993) was a Romanian-American film director and screenwriter.Oliver, Myrna"Jean Negulesco 1900–1993 ''The Los Angeles Times'', 22 July 1993. He first gained notice for his film noirs and later ...

Richard Neutra Richard Joseph Neutra ( ; April 8, 1892 – April 16, 1970) was an Austrian-American architect. Living and building for the majority of his career in Southern California, he came to be considered a prominent and important modernist architect. He ...

Claude Rains William Claude Rains (10 November 188930 May 1967) was a British actor whose career spanned almost seven decades. After his American film debut as Dr. Jack Griffin in ''The Invisible Man'' (1933), he appeared in such highly regarded films as '' ...

, Herman Sachs,

Galka Scheyer Galka Scheyer (born Emilie Esther Scheyer; 15 April 1889, Braunschweig – 13 December 1945, Los Angeles) was a German-American painter, art dealer, art collector, and teacher. She was the founder of the "Blue Four," an artists' group that consist ...

Edward Weston Edward Henry Weston (March 24, 1886 – January 1, 1958) was a 20th-century American photographer. He has been called "one of the most innovative and influential American photographers..." and "one of the masters of 20th century photography." ...

, Olga Zacsek, and

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. It also served as an intellectual sanctuary for individuals blacklisted by the

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. It is on the

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. The High Tower (2178 High Tower Drive) is a five-story, over 100-foot-high tower housing a private elevator. It was built circa 1920 in the style of a Bolognese ''

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''. The tower provides access to a

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fourplex known as High Tower Court, built between 1935 and 1936. Architect

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designed both. The High Tower was featured in '' The Long Goodbye'', ''

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'', ''

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'',

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's novels ''

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'' and ''

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'', and a 1961 episode of '' Naked City''. It also leads to the Alta Loma Terrace neighborhood, which includes the Otto Bollman House – one of

's first projects – and the B.A.G. Fuller House (6887 W. Alta Loma Terrace), which is a

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. Residents of the hillside enclave around the tower have included

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Timothy Hutton Timothy Tarquin Hutton (born August 16, 1960) is an American actor and film director. He is the youngest recipient of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, which he won at age 20 for his performance as Conrad Jarrett in ''Ordinary People ...

Kurt Cobain Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994) was an American musician who served as the lead vocalist, guitarist and primary songwriter of the rock band Nirvana. Through his angst-fueled songwriting and anti-establishment persona ...

, and

Courtney Love Courtney Michelle Love (née Harrison; born July 9, 1964) is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and actress. A figure in the alternative and grunge scenes of the 1990s, her career has spanned four decades. She rose to prominence as t ...

. The Yamashiro Historic District (1999 Sycamore Avenue) is listed on the

and consists of nine buildings, including the Yamashiro restaurant. It was built between 1911 and 1914 as a residence by two brothers, Adolph and Eugene Bernheimer, and is said to be a replica of a 17th-century palace in

Yamashiro Province was a province of Japan, located in Kinai. It overlaps the southern part of modern Kyoto Prefecture on Honshū. Aliases include , the rare , and . It is classified as an upper province in the ''Engishiki''. Yamashiro Province included Kyoto its ...

in Japan. It has a 600-year-old pagoda imported from Japan. Many films and television shows have been filmed here, including ''

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'' and ''

Sayonara ''Sayonara'' is a 1957 American Technicolor drama film starring Marlon Brando in Technirama. It tells the story of an American Air Force fighter pilot during the Korean War who falls in love with a famous Japanese dancer. The picture won four Ac ...

''.

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, Joe Flynn, and

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lived in apartments on the grounds.

The Magic Castle The Magic Castle is a clubhouse for magicians and magic enthusiasts, as well as the clubhouse for the Academy of Magical Arts. It is in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California and it bills itself as "the most unusual private club in t ...

(7001 Franklin Avenue) is a private nightclub for magicians and magic enthusiasts. It is the premier venue for magic in the United States and is the clubhouse for the

Academy of Magical Arts The Magic Castle is a clubhouse for magicians and magic enthusiasts, as well as the clubhouse for the Academy of Magical Arts. It is in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California and it bills itself as "the most unusual private club in t ...

. Originally constructed in 1909 as a

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mansion for banker, real estate developer, and philanthropist Rollin B. Lane, it is a

. Highland-Camrose Bungalow Village (2103 N. Highland Avenue) is on the

. The Eagles'

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and

Bernie Leadon Bernie Leadon (pronounced ''led-un''; born July 19, 1947) is an American singer, musician, songwriter and founding member of the Eagles, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Prior to the Eagles, he was a member ...

wrote "

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" in a bungalow here shared by

Linda Ronstadt Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is a retired American singer who performed and recorded in diverse genres including rock, country, light opera, the Great American Songbook, and Latin. She has earned 11 Grammy Awards, three American ...

and

J. D. Souther John David "J. D." Souther (born November 2, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He has written and co-written songs recorded by Linda Ronstadt and the Eagles. Souther is probably best known for his songwriting abilities, especi ...

. The

Villa Bonita Villa Bonita is an historic apartment building on Hillcrest Road in Hollywood, California. The building is located a short walk from the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, just north of Franklin Avenue and west of Highland. It was ...

(1817 Hillcrest Road) is a

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-style apartment building designed by architect Frank Webster and built in 1929. It is on the

. Residents have included

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Emma Dunn Emma Dunn (26 February 1875 – 14 December 1966) was an English actress. After starting her acting career on stage in London, she became known for her works in numerous films and Broadway productions. Career Emma Dunn appeared onstage in ...

Lois Collier Lois Collier (born Madelyn Earle Jones; March 21, 1919 – October 27, 1999) was an American actress born in Salley, South Carolina. She was sometimes credited as Lois Collyer. Early years Collier's father was Ernest Jones, a pharmacist, of S ...

Ethelind Terry Ethelind Terry (14 August 1899 – 17 March 1984) was an American stage and film actress. Career Terry starred in one of the most famous Broadway shows of the 1920s, the musical '' Rio Rita'' produced by Florenz Ziegfeld. She also starre ...

, Sarah Marshall,

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, and Jim Thompson.

Hollywood United Methodist Church Hollywood United Methodist Church is a United Methodist church located at the intersection of Franklin Avenue and Highland Avenue in the Hollywood Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Its English Gothic architecture and the giant ...

(6817 Franklin Avenue) was designed by

Thomas P. Barber Thomas Pellatt Barber (January 31, 1863, Colchester, England – December 27, 1932, Glendale, California) was an architect active in the Southwestern United States. Several of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places ...

and built from 1927 to 1930. It is a

. It is built on land that includes the location of

William C. deMille William Churchill deMille (July 25, 1878 – March 5, 1955), also spelled de Mille or De Mille, was an American screenwriter and film director from the silent film era through the early 1930s. He was also a noted playwright prior to moving into ...

and daughter

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's first home in Hollywood. American Legion Post 43 (2035 N. Highland Avenue) is a distinctive example of

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and Moroccan Art Deco architecture. Designed by Weston & Weston architects and completed in 1929, the building is a

. Its members have included

Clark Gable William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901November 16, 1960) was an American film actor, often referred to as "The King of Hollywood". He had roles in more than 60 motion pictures in multiple genres during a career that lasted 37 years, three decades ...

Stan Lee Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber ; December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018) was an American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer. He rose through the ranks of a family-run business called Timely Publications which ...

Mickey Rooney Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr.; other pseudonym Mickey Maguire; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor. In a career spanning nine decades, he appeared in more than 300 films and was among the last surviving stars of the ...

Gene Autry Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American singer, songwriter, actor, musician, rodeo performer, and baseball owner who gained fame largely by singing in a crooning s ...

Charlton Heston Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter; October 4, 1923April 5, 2008) was an American actor and political activist. As a Hollywood star, he appeared in almost 100 films over the course of 60 years. He played Moses in the epic film ''The Ten C ...

, and

Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...

. It served as the venue for Los Angeles' longest-running play, '' Tamara'', from 1984 to 1993. It has a 482-seat, state-of-the-art movie theater that was previously a live music venue played by groups including

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. The Hollywood Art Center School (2025-2027 N. Highland Avenue) is a

. Originally built in 1904 for the artist Otto Classen as his residence and art studio, the estate was designed by famed architects Dennis & Farwell, who also designed the

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and

Magic Castle The Magic Castle is a clubhouse for magicians and magic enthusiasts, as well as the clubhouse for the Academy of Magical Arts. It is in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California and it bills itself as "the most unusual private club in t ...

. The Hollywood Art Center School operated at this location from 1950 to 2000.

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studied at the school. Las Orquideas Apartments (1901 N. Orchid Avenue), designed and built by

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in the late 1920s, are an example of

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meant to evoke an

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n village. A

, its residents have included

Ellen Burstyn Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayals of complicated women in dramas, she is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two Primetime Em ...

Ray Heindorf Raymond John Heindorf (August 25, 1908 – February 3, 1980) was an American composer and songwriter who was noted for his work in film. Early life Born in Haverstraw, New York, Heindorf worked as a pianist in a movie house in Mechanicville in ...

Arthur Lange Arthur Lange (April 16, 1889 – December 7, 1956) was a United States bandleader and Tin Pan Alley composer of popular music. He composed music for over 120 films, including ''Grand Canary'' and ''Woman on the Run''. Lange shared an Oscar nomin ...

, and

Robert Vaughn Robert Francis Vaughn (November 22, 1932 – November 11, 2016) was an American actor noted for his stage, film and television work. His television roles include the spy Napoleon Solo in the 1960s series ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.''; the ...

. The DeKeyser Duplex (1911 N. Highland Avenue) was designed by Rudolph Schindler and completed in 1935. The Abraham Koosis House (1941 Glencoe Way) was designed by

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and completed in 1940. Koning Eizenberg's Hollywood Duplex (6947 and 6949 Camrose Drive) was built in 1990. The End of the Road (2042 Pinehurst Road) is the name

Carrie Jacobs-Bond Carrie Minetta Jacobs-Bond (August 11, 1862 – December 28, 1946) was an American singer, pianist, and songwriter who composed some 175 pieces of popular music from the 1890s through the early 1940s. She is perhaps best remembered for writing t ...

gave to her home and was the title of her final book of poetry, published in 1940. The Franklin Garden Apartments (6917-6933 Franklin Avenue) were an example of

. Built in 1920, they became a

on June 7, 1978, but were demolished on July 1, 1978, to expand the

's parking lot. The Shrader House (1927 N. Highland Avenue) was another example of

. Designed by Mead & Requa and built about 1915, a committee of architects representing the

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selected it as one of the best small houses in Los Angeles; in its February 1920 issue, ''

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'' magazine called it one of the three best homes in Los Angeles. It operated as the Hollywood Wedding Chapel beginning in 1931.

Notoriety

From February to April 1964, a ten-week standoff known as the "Siege of Fort Anthony" occurred between Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies and a former Marine named Steven Anthony, who was armed with a shotgun and challenging an

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-based eviction from his home on Alta Loma Terrace. After Anthony's arrest, his home was razed to make room for the Hollywood Museum, which was never built, and parking for the Hollywood Bowl.

Bette Davis Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (; April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress with a career spanning more than 50 years and 100 acting credits. She was noted for playing unsympathetic, sardonic characters, and was famous for her pe ...

had lived in the same house when she first moved to Hollywood. On July 1, 1969,

Charles Manson Charles Milles Manson (; November 12, 1934November 19, 2017) was an American criminal and musician who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California, in the late 1960s. Some of the members committed a series of nine murders at four loca ...

shot a drug dealer named Bernard Crowe in the home of

Charles "Tex" Watson Charles Denton "Tex" Watson (born December 2, 1945) is an American murderer who was a central member of the " Manson Family" led by Charles Manson. On August 9, 1969, Watson, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Susan Atkins murdered pregnant actress Sharon ...

's ex-girlfriend, Rosina Kroner, in the Franklin Garden Apartments. Crowe had threatened the Manson Family after being scammed out of $2500 by Watson. Crowe survived the shooting but did not report it to police. Ten years earlier, Manson had lived directly across the street at 6871 Franklin Avenue, in apartment 306 of what was then called the Bienvenue Hotel Apartments. At that time, he ran a bogus talent agency, 3-Star Enterprises, that also served as a front for a prostitution ring, and he was arrested twice in 1959 while living there. The

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in America was started in a house at 6861 Alta Loma Terrace. Its leader, Guru Maharaj Ji, spoke there in 1971 when he arrived in the United States from India at age 13. The band

Crowded House Crowded House are a rock band, formed in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in 1985. Its founding members were New Zealander Neil Finn (vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter) and Australians Paul Hester (drums) and Nick Seymour (bass). Later ban ...

adopted its name while living in a small, two-bedroom house at 1902 N. Sycamore Avenue (just behind the

) in 1986 while recording their first album, ''

''.

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launched the band at a party at Yamashiro Restaurant, just up the street from the house. On February 22, 2001,

Ashton Kutcher Christopher Ashton Kutcher (; born February 7, 1978) is an American actor, producer, entrepreneur, and former model. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a People's Choice Award, and nominations for two Young Artist Awards, a S ...

discovered his girlfriend stabbed to death in her home on Pinehurst Road by a serial killer dubbed the Hollywood Ripper.

Schools

Residents are zoned to Gardner Street Elementary, Hubert Howe Bancroft Middle School (which contains performing arts and STE a magnets), and

Hollywood High School Hollywood High School is a four-year public secondary school in the Los Angeles Unified School District, located at the intersection of North Highland Avenue and West Sunset Boulevard in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California. Histo ...

in the

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. Hollywood Heights is also home to The Oaks School, a private elementary school (grades K-6) on the grounds of the

Places of worship

Transportation

The nearest

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station is Hollywood/Highland, on the B Line.

Notable residents

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and

Matt Damon Matthew Paige Damon (; born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. Ranked among ''Forbes'' most bankable stars, the films in which he has appeared have collectively earned over $3.88 billion at the North Americ ...

(actors and screenwriters) developed the script to ''

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'' in part while living on Glencoe Way in 1995. *

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, and

(musicians) developed the California Sound of the 1970s while neighbors in the area around High Tower and the Highland-Camrose Bungalow Village. *

(Hollywood's first art director) lived at several locations in the neighborhood, including a house he built a house at 1922 N. Sycamore Avenue as well as 1954 Pinehurst Rd. and 2035 Pinehurst Rd. Buckland designed and built the Las Orquideas Apartments on Orchid Avenue, once known as the Wilfred Buckland Bungalow Apartments. Buckland killed his disabled son and himself at their home on Pinehurst Road in 1946. *

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(writer) began writing ''

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'' while living at 2029 Pinehurst Road in 1934. *

Adriana Caselotti Adriana Elena Loreta Caselotti (May 6, 1916 – January 18, 1997) was an American actress and singer. Caselotti was the voice of the title character of the first Walt Disney animated feature, ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', for which she w ...

(the voice of

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in ''

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'') lived on Alta Loma Terrace from 1930-1975. *

and

(musicians) lived at 6881 Alta Loma Terrace in the early 1990s when their daughter,

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, was born and briefly taken from their custody. They shared the home with

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drummer

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. Cobain wrote much of ''

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'' while living there. ''

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'' features scenes from the home. *

(writer) lived at High Tower in the late 1990s while looking for inspiration for his novels. *

(actress) lived at 6655 Alta Loma Terrace when she first moved to Hollywood in 1930. The house was later the focus of the "Siege of Fort Anthony" and was demolished. *

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(actor) lived at 2029 Pinehurst Road for seven years until his death in 1931. *

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(writer) stayed in the Highland Hotel at 1921 N. Highland Avenue for extended periods of time in the 1940s while working as a screenwriter. *

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, and

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(musicians) of the band

lived at 1902 N. Sycamore in 1986 while recording their first album, ''

''. * B.A.G. Fuller (philosopher) lived at 6887 Alta Loma Terrace for 24 years until his death in 1956. His house is a

. *

(composer) and

(bandleader) shared an apartment in Las Orchidas Apartments at 1903 Orchid Avenue in 1930. *

and Sarah Marshall (actors) lived together in

until her death in 2014. *

Victoria Hochberg Victoria Greene Hochberg (born December 24, 1952) is an American film and television director and writer. She was one of the Original Six, a group of women directors who created the Women's Steering Committee of the Directors Guild of America, ...

(director) is on the board of the Hollywood Heights Association. *

(singer and songwriter) built a home at 2042 Pinehurst Road and lived there from 1917 until her death in 1946. The house was a salon for visiting art lovers and was the

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for her final book of poetry, ''The End of the Road''. *

(criminal) lived and worked in an apartment at 6871 Franklin Avenue when he first moved to Hollywood in the late 1950s. A decade later, in 1969, he shot a man at the Franklin Garden Apartments directly across Orchid Ave. *

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(actress) lived at 6933 Camrose Drive the final 20 years of her life, until her death in 1966. *

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(artist and actor) lived at 2040 High Tower Drive and 2009 Pinehurst Road the final years of his life, until his death in 1935. *

Lloyd Rigler Lloyd Eugene Rigler (May 3, 1915December 7, 2003) was an American businessman and philanthropist. As a businessman, he and a partner, Lawrence E. Deutsch, made Adolph's Meat Tenderizer a national brand. One of his notable philanthropic efforts wa ...

(industrialist) lived at 2047 Pinehurst Road and was a major philanthropist in Hollywood. *

E. Roscoe Shrader E. Roscoe Shrader (14 December 1878 – 18 January 1960) was an American painter and art instructor known for his colorful, post-impressionistic landscapes, figures, and still lifes. He was head of faculty at the Otis Art Institute from 1919 to 19 ...

(artist) lived and worked at 1927 N. Highland Avenue while he was the dean of the

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and during his first two terms as president of the

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. At his studio here, he formed the Group of Eight, which included artists such as

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. *

Doug Timm Douglas Vernon Timm (June 14, 1960 – July 21, 1989) was an American composer and conductor best known for his many music scores, both in television and motion picture films. In a career which was cut short by a tragic event, he composed mu ...

(composer) was murdered in his home on Camrose Drive in 1989. *

Theo Wilson Theo Wilson (born Theodora Nadelstein, May 22, 1917 – January 17, 1997) was an American reporter best known for her coverage of high-profile court cases for the '' Daily News'' of New York. She reported on the trials of Sam Sheppard, Patty ...

(reporter) lived at 2041 Glencoe Way for 25 years until her death in 1997; the intersection of Glencoe Way and Camrose Drive bears her name. *

Morgan Woodward Thomas Morgan Woodward (September 16, 1925 – February 22, 2019) was an American actor who is best known for his recurring role as Marvin "Punk" Anderson on the television soap opera ''Dallas'' and for his portrayal of Boss Godfrey, the sungla ...

(actor) lived at 2111 Rockledge Road until his death in 2019.

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