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Hollywood Professional School was a private school in Hollywood, California. Initially established as a music conservatory by pianist Gladys T. Littell in 1921 under the name Hollywood Conservatory of Music and Arts, the school quickly expanded its offerings into
And so, the Hollywood Professional School came into being, offering classes to grades K through 12. The two-story building was located on the east end of Hollywood Boulevard, about a mile northeast of Paramount Studios, and even closer to the Gower Gulch area of Sunset (which formerly housed such studios as Warner Bros and Columbia .)
In Alan Simon's fine history of Viola Lawlor's career as an educator and the schools she founded, he relates that the school changed its name in 1930 to the Lawlor Professional School, and then that school and Mrs. Lawlor moved away from the building at Hollywood and Serrano in 1935.
Learn about the success stories of young actors who have trained at The Hollywood Professional School. See how this school has helped launch the careers of some of Hollywood's brightest stars...
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Learn about the history and famous attendees of this old school that catered to actors and musicians from 1925 to 1984. See photos, location and yearbook of the Hollywood Professional School.
A photograph of TV stars Cubby O'Brien and Bob Wagner at the Hollywood Professional School in 1959. The school was a private school for working children in the entertainment business from 1935 to 1984.
