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Alma Maters of Actors

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• Adam Sandler: New York University (New York, NY)
• Adam West: Whitman College (Walla Walla, WA)
• Allison Janney: Kenyon College (Gambier, OH)
• Andy Samberg: New York University (New York, NY)
• Angela Bassett: Yale University (New Haven, CT)
• Anna Faris: University of Washington, Seattle (Seattle, WA)
• Anna Paquin: Columbia University (New York, NY)
• Annette Bening: San Francisco State University (San Francisco, CA)
• Annie Potts: Stephens College (Columbia, MO)
• Ashton Kutcher: University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)
• Beau Bridges: University of Hawaii at Manoa (Honolulu, HI)
• Bill Mahr: Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
• Billy Crudup: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
• Billy Crystal: Nassau Community College (Garden City, NY)
• Blair Underwood: Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Blythe Danner: Bard College (Annandale on Hudson, NY)
• Brad Pitt: University of Missouri — Columbia (Columbia, MO)
• Bradley Cooper: Georgetown University (Washington, DC)
• Brooke Shields: Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
• Bruce Lee: University of Washington, Seattle (Seattle, WA)
• Bryce Dallas Howard: New York University (New York, NY)
• Calista Flockhart: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey — New Brunswick (Piscataway, NJ)
• Chevy Chase: Bard College (Annandale on Hudson, NY)
• Chris Farley: Marquette University (Milwaukee, WI)
• Chris Noth: Yale University (New Haven, CT)
• Chris O'Donnell: Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA)
• Chris Pine: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
• Christopher Reeve: Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
• Christopher Walken: Hofstra University (Hempstead, NY)
• Clint Eastwood: Los Angeles City College (Los Angeles, CA)
• Courtney B. Vance: Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
• Cynthia Nixon: Barnard College (New York, NY)
• Daniel Dae Kim: Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, PA)
• David Boreanaz: Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY)
• David Duchovny: Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
• David Hyde Pierce: Yale University (New Haven, CT)
• Debra Messing: Brandeis University (Waltham, MA)
• Denzel Washington: Fordham University (New York, NY)
• Dom DeLuise: Bates College (Lewiston, ME)
• Don Cheadle: California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, CA)
• Dustin Hoffman: Santa Monica College (Santa Monica, CA)
• Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson: University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL)
• Ed Harris: California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, CA)
• Ed Norton: Yale University (New Haven, CT)
• Elizabeth Banks: University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
• Elizabeth Mitchell: Stephens College (Columbia, MO)
• Emma Watson: Brown University (Providence, RI)
• Ethan Hawke: Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Evangeline Lilly: The University of British Columbia (Vancouver, CN)
• Fred Savage: Stanford University (Stanford, CA)
• Geena Davis: Boston University (Boston, MA)
• George Clooney: Northern Kentucky University (Highland Heights, KY)
• Glenn Close: College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, VA)
• Hank Azaria: Tufts University (Medford, MA)
• Harrison Ford: Ripon College (Ripon, WI)
• Henry Winkler: Emerson College (Boston, MA)
• Hugh Grant: Oxford University (Oxford, GBR)
• James Earl Jones: University of Michigan — Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI)
• James Franco: Warren Wilson College (Asheville, NC)
• Jennifer Beals: Yale University (New Haven, CT)
• Jennifer Garner: Denison University (Granville, OH)
• Jennifer Tilly: Stephens College (Columbia, MO)
• Jeremy Piven: Drake University (Des Moines, IA)
• Jerry Seinfeld: CUNY — Queens College (Flushing, NY)
• Jim Belushi: Southern Illinois University — Carbondale (Carbondale, IL)
• Jodie Foster: Yale University (New Haven, CT)
• John C. Reilly: DePaul University (Chicago, IL)
• John Cho: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
• John Corbett: Cerritos College (Norwalk, CA)
• John Lithgow: Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
• Jon Hamm: University of Missouri — Columbia (Columbia, MO)
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Columbia University (New York, NY)
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
• Julia Stiles: Columbia University (New York, NY)
• Julianna Margulies: Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, NY)
• Katharine Hepburn: Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, PA)
• Kevin Costner: California State University — Fullerton (Fullerton, CA)
• Kevin Nealon: Sacred Heart University (Fairfield, CT)
• Kirk Douglas: St. Lawrence University (Canton, NY)
• Kristin Davis: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey — New Brunswick (Piscataway, NJ)
• Larry David: University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, MD)
• Laura Linney: Brown University (Providence, RI)
• Lauren Graham: Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX)
• Lisa Kudrow: Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, NY)
• Lou Gossett, Jr.: New York University (New York, NY)
• Mary Louise Parker: University of North Carolina School of the Arts (Winston-Salem, NC)
• Matthew Fox: Columbia University (New York, NY)
• Meryl Streep: Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, NY)
• Michael C. Hall: Earlham College (Richmond, IN)
• Michael Douglas: University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)
• Michael Emerson: Drake University (Des Moines, IA)
• Monique Coleman: DePaul University (Chicago, IL)
• Natalie Portman: Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
• Olivia de Havilland: Mills College (Oakland, CA)
• Paul Michael Glaser: Tulane University (New Orleans, LA)
• Paul Newman: Kenyon College (Gambier, OH)
• Paul Rudd: University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS)
• Paula Zahn: Stephens College (Columbia, MO)
• Philip Seymour Hoffman: New York University (New York, NY)
• Phylicia Ayers-Allen Rashad: Howard University (Washington, DC)
• Reese Witherspoon : Stanford University (Stanford, CA)
• Reiko Aylesworth: University of Washington, Seattle (Seattle, WA)
• Renee Zellweger: The University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)
• Rob Estes: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
• Robert Klein: Alfred University (Alfred, NY)
• Robert Redford: University of Colorado, Boulder (Boulder, CO)
• Robert Wuhl: University of Houston (Houston, TX)
• Robin Williams: Juilliard School (New York, NY)
• Samuel L. Jackson: Morehouse College (Atlanta, GA)
• Sandra Bullock: East Carolina University (Greenville, NC)
• Scott Glenn: College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, VA)
• Scott Wolf: The George Washington University (Washington, DC)
• Seann William Scott: Glendale Community College (Glendale, CA)
• Sherry Stringfield: SUNY — Purchase College (Purchase, NY)
• Steve Carell: Denison University (Granville, OH)
• Susan Sarandon: Catholic University of America (Washington, DC)
• Sylvester Stallone: University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL)
• Tate Donovan: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
• Ted Danson: Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Tom Hanks: Chabot College (Hayward, CA)
• Tom Selleck: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
• Tommy Lee Jones: Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
• Vanessa Williams: Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)
• Wesley Snipes: SUNY — Purchase College (Purchase, NY)
• William Baldwin: SUNY — Binghamton (Binghamton, NY)
• William H. Macy: Goddard College (Plainfield, VT)
• Woody Harrelson: Hanover College (Hanover, IN)
• Yunjin Kim: Boston University (Boston, MA)
• Zachary Quinto: Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA)