Editing Woodland Hills, Los Angeles (section)

==Notable people==
The [[Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital]], a private retirement, nursing care and acute-care hospital facility is reserved for industry professionals. The section includes some people who lived and/or died there, among other residents.

* [[Sara Paxton]], actress<ref name="family">{{cite news |title=All is going swimmingly for Aquamarine star Paxton |publisher=[[Kalamazoo Gazette]] |date=March 17, 2006 |url=http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/features-2/1142616006132450.xml&coll=7&thispage=2 |access-date=January 12, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060320063014/http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/features-2/1142616006132450.xml&coll=7 |archive-date=March 20, 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Christopher Mintz-Plasse]], actor<ref name=cineplex>{{Cite news |last=Strauss |first=Bob |title=Christopher Mintz-Plasse's big sacrifice |publisher=Cineplex.com |date=June 2009 |url=http://www.cineplex.com/Movies/FamousNews/FamousMagazine/June%202009.aspx?FamousArticles=31317 |access-date=April 24, 2010 |archive-date=June 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603070724/http://www.cineplex.com/Movies/FamousNews/FamousMagazine/June%202009.aspx?FamousArticles=31317 |quote=Chris, who’ll turn 20 on June 20th [2009]&nbsp;...}}</ref>
* [[Bud Abbott]], actor<ref name=nytobit>{{cite news |title=Bud Abbott, Straight Man To Lou Costello, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/04/25/archives/bud-abbott-straight-man-to-lou-costello-is-dead.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 25, 1974}}</ref>
* [[Jacques Aubuchon]], actor, lived in Woodland Hills at the time of his death<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/03/arts/jacques-aubuchon-67-an-actor-in-movies-plays-and-tv-dramas.html |title=Jacques Aubuchon, 67, an Actor In Movies, Plays and TV Dramas |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 3, 1992 |access-date=March 24, 2017 |last1=Collins |first1=Glenn}}</ref> 
* [[Rick Auerbach]], [[Major League Baseball]] player<ref name="Rick Auerbach Stats">{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=kaplehttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=auerbri01ga01 |title=Rick Auerbach Stats |website=Baseball Almanac |access-date=November 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728125804/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=kaplehttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-almanac.com%2Fplayers%2Fplayer.php%3Fp%3Dauerbri01ga01 |archive-date=July 28, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Orr Barouch]], Israeli professional soccer player<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chicago-fire.com/news/2011/12/fire-sign-orr-barouch |title=Fire Sign Orr Barouch |website=Chicago Fire Communications |date=December 2, 2011 |access-date=December 4, 2017 |archive-date=February 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211000220/http://www.chicago-fire.com/news/2011/12/fire-sign-orr-barouch |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Justine Bateman]], actress<ref name="Fast">{{cite web |url=http://www.fastcompany.com/3037944/most-creative-people/justine-bateman-on-pulling-off-a-major-midlife-career-pivot?position=3&partner=newsletter&campaign_date=11142014 |title=Justine Bateman On Pulling Off A Major Midlife Career Pivot |first=Nicole |last=LaPorte |date=November 5, 2014 |website=Fast Company |access-date=November 23, 2014}}</ref> (Originally from [[Rye, New York]])
* [[Roy Campanella]], Major League Baseball player<ref name="Rick Auerbach Stats"/>
* [[Helena Carroll]], actress<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/11/movies/helena-carroll-actress-and-irish-players-co-founder-dies-at-84.html |title=Helena Carroll, 84, Actress of Stage and Screen, Dies |last=Fox |first=Margalit |date=April 10, 2013 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=May 6, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Mary Carver]], actress<ref name=emmy>{{cite news |title=Mary Carver |url=http://www.emmys.com/bios/mary-carver |website=[[Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]] |date=October 27, 2013 |access-date=November 13, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Ted Cassidy]], actor; his cremated remains are buried in an unmarked location at his former Woodland Hills residence<ref>{{cite book |title=Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory |year=2001 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-78640-983-9 |page=227 |first=Allan R. |last=Ellenberger}}</ref>
* [[Mary Dodson]], art director<ref name=thr>{{cite news |first=Mike |last=Barnes |title=Mary Weaver Dodson, Art Director on 'Murder, She Wrote,' Dies at 83 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mary-weaver-dodson-dead-murder-868089 |newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=February 21, 2016 |access-date=March 13, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Dr. Dre]], rapper, producer, entrepreneur<ref name=lat>{{cite news |first=Neal |last=Leitereg |title=Dr. Dre lists longtime Woodland Hills manor for $5.25 million |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-dr-dre-woodland-hills-home-for-sale-20190716-story.html |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=July 16, 2019 |access-date=August 13, 2019}}</ref>
* [[John Feldmann]], musician, songwriter, and producer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sanfernandovalleyblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/celebrity-real-estate-music-producer.html |title=Celebrity Real Estate: Music Producer and Musician John Feldmann Lists in Woodland Hills |date=November 19, 2012 |website=San Fernando Valley Blog |access-date=January 15, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Jeff Fisher]], NFL head coach, attended high school in Woodland Hills<ref>{{cite web |url=http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2016/09/jeff-fisher-show-debuts-espnla-710-september-13/ |title=The Jeff Fisher Show Debuts on ESPNLA 710 on September 13 |website=ESPN MediaZone.com |date=September 7, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Andy Gibb]], singer<ref>{{cite web |title=In Memory of Andy and Hugh Gibb |url=http://www.brothersgibb.org/andyinmemory2.html |website=BrothersGibb.org |access-date=January 1, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Raymond Greenleaf]], actor<ref name=IMdB>{{cite web |title=Raymond Greenleaf |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0339121/bio |website=IMDb |access-date=May 4, 2014}}</ref> 
* [[Ryan Hurst]], actor, producer, and director<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmz.com/2013/07/18/sons-of-anarchy-ryan-hurst-new-house-million/ |title='Sons of Anarchy' Star Ryan Hurst – Drops $1.7 Million ... On Mansion To Die For |website=TMZ.com |date=July 18, 2013 |access-date=December 4, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Buster Keaton]], actor and director<ref>{{cite book |title=Buster Keaton: Cut to the Chase |last=Meade |first=Marion |year=1997 |publisher=Da Capo |isbn=0-306-80802-1 |page=284}}</ref>
* [[Chief Keef]], rapper<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2014/11/06/was-chief-keef-too-gangster-for-interscope?page=3 |title=Was Chief Keef Too Gangster for Interscope? |first=Isaac |last=Simpson |date=November 6, 2014 |newspaper=[[LA Weekly]] |access-date=December 4, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109194313/http://www.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2014/11/06/was-chief-keef-too-gangster-for-interscope?page=3 |archive-date=November 9, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Jack Klugman]], actor<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmz.com/2013/01/04/jack-klugman-cause-of-death-prostate-cancer/ |title=Jack Klugman Died from Prostate Cancer |date=January 4, 2013 |website=TMZ.com |access-date=January 5, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=December 24, 2012 |title=Jack Klugman, Actor of Everyman Integrity, Dies at 90 |first=Bruce |last=Weber |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/25/arts/television/jack-klugman-stage-and-screen-actor-is-dead-at-90.html}}</ref>
* [[Ryan Lavarnway]], Major League Baseball catcher<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |url=http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/stories/071707aae.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622005441/http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/stories/071707aae.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 22, 2011 |title=Jewish Sports Review Tabs Adam Amar and Joey Lieberman 2007 All-Americans |website=CSTV |date=July 17, 2007 |access-date=August 19, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/ |title=One man's ceiling is another man's floor |website=[[New Jersey Jewish News]] |first=Ron |last=Kaplan |date=August 18, 2011 |access-date=August 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818021334/http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/ |archive-date=August 18, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="jewishbaseballnews1">{{cite news |url=http://www.jewishbaseballnews.com/red-sox-prospect-ryan-lavarnway-gets-call-up-will-play-tonight/ |title=Red Sox prospect Ryan Lavarnway gets call-up, will play tonight |newspaper=Jewish Baseball News |date=August 16, 2011 |access-date=August 20, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Geoffrey Lewis (actor)|Geoffrey Lewis]], actor<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.inquisitr.com/1988834/geoffrey-lewis-actor-dead-death-obituary-clint-eastwood-robert-redford-movies-woodland-hills/ |title=Geoffrey Lewis, Dead: Hollywood Actor Known For Robert Redford, Clint Eastwood Movies Dies At Woodland Hills Home |first=Traciy |last=Reyes |date=April 8, 2015 |website=Inquisitr.com}}</ref>
* [[Mikey Madison]], [[Academy Award]] winning actress <ref>{{Cite web |last=Madievsky |first=Ruth |date=March 2, 2025 |title=Anora Star Mikey Madison Is Having a Fairy-Tale Year |url=https://www.thecut.com/article/mikey-madison-anora-lady-in-the-lake-interview.html |access-date=March 3, 2025 |website=[[The Cut (New York)|The Cut]] |language=en}}</ref> 
* [[Luchasaurus|Austin Matelson (aka Luchasaurus)]], professional wrestler, grew up in Woodland Hills<ref>{{cite web |url=https://csunshinetoday.csun.edu/csun-profiles/luchasaurus-a-reptilian-antihero-and-csun-alum-takes-the-ring/ |title='Luchasaurus,' a Reptilian Antihero and CSUN Alum, Takes the Ring |first=Cary |last=Osborne |website=California State University, Northridge |date=June 17, 2019 |access-date=April 4, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Charles McPhee]], author, talk-show host, "The Dream Doctor Show", Dream Researcher, 1962–2011<ref>{{cite web |date=March 14, 2011 |title=Charles McPhee, Host of 'Dream Doctor' on Radio, Dies at 49 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/15/nyregion/charles-mcphee-dream-doctor-radio-host-dies-at-49.html |access-date=August 25, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Meghan, Duchess of Sussex]], actress <ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.laweekly.com/mapping-meghan-markles-los-angeles-life-before-the-royal-wedding/ |title=Mapping Meghan Markle's Los Angeles Life Before the Royal Wedding |last=Derrick |first=Lisa |date=May 18, 2018 |newspaper=LA Weekly |language=en-US |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Janel Moloney]], actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Janel Moloney |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/1241467%7C0/Janel-Moloney/ |website=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=May 19, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Dolores Moran]], actress
* [[Nichelle Nichols]], actress on ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'', recruiter for [[NASA]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/nichelle-nichols/ |title=Nichelle Nichols Hollywood Star Walk of Fame |newspaper=[[LA Times]] |access-date=February 15, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Joy Picus]], City Council member, 1977–91; ''Ms.'' magazine Woman of the Year<ref name=SpotlightOn>{{Cite web |url=http://dbase1.lapl.org/webpics/calindex/documents/07/518083.pdf |title=Spotlight on . . . Third District Councilwoman Joy Picus |website=Civic Center NewSource |date=June 24, 1991 |pages=1 & 2}}</ref>
*[[Rafa Sardina]], 4-time [[Grammy Award]] and 10-time [[Latin Grammy Award]] winner recording and mixing engineer resides in Woodland Hills<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.studioexpresso.com/profiles/rafasardina.htm |title=Producer Rafa Sardina |website=StudioExpresso.com |access-date=March 26, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Tupac Shakur]], rapper, writer, and actor<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ryon |first1=Ruth |title=Burning His 'Bridges' in Beverly Hills |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-06-cl-51132-story.html |access-date=May 19, 2019 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=January 6, 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Barragan |first1=Bianca |title=Tupac Shakur's last home hits the market for $2.66M |url=https://la.curbed.com/2017/7/7/15938224/tupac-shakur-last-home-for-sale-woodland-hills-calabasas |website=Curbed |date=July 7, 2017 |publisher=Vox Media, Inc. |access-date=May 19, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Thomas D. Shepard]], City Council member, 1961–67<ref>{{Cite news |id={{ProQuest|167157170}} |title=Shepard Appointed |date=July 5, 1957 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref name=CityCouncilCandidates>{{Cite news |id={{ProQuest|167839749}} |title=City Council Candidates |date=March 19, 1961 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |id={{ProQuest|167874572}} |title=Shepard Asks End of Public Works Group |date=June 2, 1961 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref name=IncumbentCouncilman>{{Cite news |id={{ProQuest|155144341}} |title=Incumbent Councilman One of Three in 3rd District Race |date=March 28, 1965 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>
* [[Tyler Skaggs]], Major League Baseball player for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
* [[Dean Smith]], Olympic sprinter, John Wayne's stuntman, and actor
* [[Jan Smithers]], actress<ref name="Kassel(B.)1993">{{cite book |first=Michael B. |last=Kassel |title=America's Favorite Radio Station: WKRP in Cincinnati |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x-esBmJWj3sC&pg=PA28 |date=June 15, 1993 |publisher=Popular Press |isbn=978-0-87972-584-6 |pages=28–}}</ref>
* [[Russell Thacher]] (1919-1990), author and film producer who co-produced the films ''[[Soylent Green]]'' and ''[[The Last Hard Men (film)|The Last Hard Men]]'' together with [[Walter Seltzer]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/04/obituaries/russell-thacher-71-producer-and-writer.html |title=Russell Thacher, 71, Producer and Writer |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=October 4, 1990 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |quote=Russell Thacher, a film producer and writer, died on Monday at the U.C.L.A. Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 71 years old and lived in Woodland Hills, Calif. |access-date=November 25, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Laurence Trimble]], actor, writer, film director<ref name="NYT Obit">{{cite news |date=February 10, 1954 |title=Laurence Trimble Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1954/02/10/archives/-auec_e-t__sle-ies-silent-film-director-and-dogi-_-trainer-succumbs.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=November 28, 2015}}</ref>
*[[Troy Van Leeuwen]], musician and record producer<ref>{{cite web |last1=Flemming |first1=Jack |title=Guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen lands a secluded spot in Woodland Hills |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/real-estate/story/2019-12-24/guitarist-troy-van-leeuwen-woodland-hills#:~:text=Rock%20musician%20Troy%20Van%20Leeuwen,different%20properties%20in%20Southern%20California. |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=December 11, 2020 |date=December 24, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Captain Beefheart|Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)]], musician, singer and composer. Captain Beefheart's definitive album ''[[Trout Mask Replica]]'' was composed and rehearsed in a [[Intentional community|communal]] house in Woodland Hills in 1968–1969<ref name="curbedla1">{{cite web |url=http://la.curbed.com/archives/2010/09/captain_beefhearts_cabin_in_woodland_hills.php |first=Pauline |last=O'Connor |title=Captain Beefheart's Cabin in Woodland Hills |website=Curbed Los Angeles |date=September 10, 2010 |access-date=April 24, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Robin Yount]], [[List of members of the Baseball Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] baseball player<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hoffarth |first1=Tom |title=Sunday Q&A: Scout's honor: Yount was one of the Valley's best |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2011/01/08/sunday-qa-scouts-honor-yount-was-one-of-the-valleys-best/ |access-date=May 19, 2019 |newspaper=Los Angeles Daily News |date=January 8, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Cooper Koch]], actor and model<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Chris |date=October 10, 2024 |title=Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Cooper Koch Don’t Think the Menendez Brothers Are 'Monsters' |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/nicholas-alexander-chavez-and-cooper-koch-dont-think-the-menendez-brothers-are-monsters |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241010211127/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/nicholas-alexander-chavez-and-cooper-koch-dont-think-the-menendez-brothers-are-monsters |archive-date=October 10, 2024 |access-date=October 17, 2024 |website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |language=en-US}}</ref>