Professional Children's School

**Professional Children's School** (PCS) is a not-for-profit, college preparatory school geared toward working and aspiring child actors and dancers in grades six through twelve. The school was founded in New York City in 1914 to provide an academic education to young people working on the New York stage, in Vaudeville, or "on the road".

PCS was co-founded by Jean Greer and Jane Harris Hall when they learned that children who were working in entertainment were not able to attend traditional school. The school's original premises were at The Rehearsal Club on West 45th Street in Midtown before it moved to 1860 Broadway, near West 61st Street on the Upper West Side. Its curriculum and hours have changed over time.

## Notable alumni

### Dance

* Jerry Ames
* Jared Angle
* Tyler Angle
* Alexandra Ansanelli
* Merrill Ashley
* Debra Austin
* Peter Boal
* Ruthanna Boris
* Ashley Bouder
* Leslie Browne
* Fernando Bujones
* Emily Coates
* Daniel Duell
* Megan Fairchild
* Robert Fairchild
* Suzanne Farrell
* Eliot Feld
* Savion Glover
* Susan Hendl
* Adam Hendrickson
* Darla Hoover
* Sterling Hyltin
* Allegra Kent
* Gelsey Kirkland
* Darci Kistler
* Maria Kowroski
* Carla Körbes
* Rebecca Krohn
* Lourdes Lopez
* Savannah Lowery
* Amanda Marks
* Nilas Martins
* Steven Melendez
* Colleen Neary
* Kyra Nichols
* Tiler Peck
* Unity Phelan
* Susan Pilarre
* Rachel Piskin
* Teresa Reichlen
* Nancy Reynolds
* Carrie Lee Riggins
* Jenifer Ringer
* John Selya
* Lindsey Shaw
* Jennie Somogyi
* Ethan Stiefel
* Marianna Tcherkassky
* Ashley Tuttle
* Sheryl Ware
* Heather Watts
* Wendy Whelan
* Deborah Wingert

### Music

* Loni Ackerman
* Anastacia
* Jack Antonoff
* Emanuel Ax
* Jessie Baylin
* Vanessa Carlton
* Kyung Wha Chung
* Dana Dawson
* Peng-Peng Gong
* Andreas Haefliger
* Marvin Hamlisch
* Lorin Hollander
* Caroline Jones
* Ida Kavafian
* Cho-Liang Lin
* Frankie Lymon
* Yo-Yo Ma
* Jack Metzger
* Midori Gotō
* Buddy Rich
* Beverly Sills
* Arlene Smith
* Martha Strongin Katz
* Conrad Tao
* Pinchas Zukerman

### Theater, film, and television

* Brooke Adams
* Trini Alvarado
* Adam Arkin
* Alex Paez
* Essence Atkins
* Kaye Ballard
* Mischa Barton
* Bonnie Bedelia
* Milton Berle
* Zina Bethune
* Nadia Bjorlin
* Tempestt Bledsoe
* Joan Blondell
* Ann Blyth
* Laura Bell Bundy
* Eddie Bracken
* Irene Cara
* Phoebe Cates
* Miles Chapin
* Kathleen Cody
* Holly Marie Combs
* Kieran Culkin
* Macaulay Culkin
* Rory Culkin
* Charlotte d'Amboise
* Alexandra Daddario
* Sandra Dee
* Brandon deWilde
* Barrett Doss
* Giancarlo Esposito
* Donald Faison
* Carrie Fisher
* Anne Francis
* Rebecca Gayheart
* Helen Gallagher
* Sarah Michelle Gellar
* Elliott Gould
* Todd Graff
* Karron Graves
* Lukas Haas
* Albert Hackett
* Anthony Michael Hall
* Huntz Hall
* Patti Hansen
* Melissa Joan Hart
* Amy Irving
* Scarlett Johansson
* Brad Caleb Kane
* Carol Kane
* Ruby Keeler
* Jean Louisa Kelly
* Patsy Kelly
* Jane Krakowski
* Ricki Lake
* Diane Lane
* Jennifer Lien
* Peggy Lipton
* Lorna Luft
* Sidney Lumet
* Ida Lupino
* Helen Mack
* Jena Malone
* Nancy Malone
* Daniel Mann
* Patty McCormack
* Leighton Meester
* Lisa Mordente
* Rita Moreno
* Phyllis Newman
* Jerry O'Connell
* Donald O'Connor
* Jennifer O'Neill
* Sarah Jessica Parker
* Martha Plimpton
* Laura Prepon
* Martha Raye
* Tara Reid
* Rosemary Rice
* Christina Ricci
* Eden Riegel
* Tanya Rivero
* Christy Carlson Romano
* Rose Marie
* Sara Rue
* Michael Rupert
* Rebecca Schaeffer
* Aaron Schwartz
* Shim Eun-kyung
* Jonathan Silverman
* Penny Singleton
* Christian Slater
* John Spencer
* Julia Stiles
* Susan Strasberg
* Eddie Kaye Thomas
* Uma Thurman
* Rachel Ticotin
* Ashley Tisdale
* Janine Turner
* Leslie Uggams
* Dick Van Patten
* Joyce Van Patten
* Christopher Walken
* Nancy Walker
* Malcolm-Jamal Warner
* Lesley Ann Warren
* Tuesday Weld
* Nat Wolff
* Lee Thompson Young

### Sports

* Kristie Ahn
* Carol Heiss
* Reed Kessler
* Sonya Klopfer
* Yvonne Sherman
* Ashima Shiraishi
* Josh Waitzkin

### Literature

* Michael McGarrity
* Linn Ullmann

### Fashion

* Rachel Antonoff
* Claudia Mason
* Vera Wang
* Lily Chee
* Paris Hilton