Alice Low, who along with her family has lived in Briarcliff Manor since the 1950s, is an author of children's books, poems and screenplays.[5](p219) Composer, pianist and local historian Carmino Ravosa lives at the Crossroads and was a trustee of the Briarcliff Manor-Scarborough Historical Society.[162][171] Minimalist painter Brice Marden grew up in the village, and is a 1965 graduate of Briarcliff High School.[172][173] Warren Adelson lived with his family at Rabbit Hill,[174] a Georgian Revival mansion in Scarborough designed around 1929 by Mott Schmidt.[175] Robert Klein, a comedian, singer and actor, has been living in Briarcliff Manor since the 1980s.[176] Simon Schama is a British historian and professor at Columbia University, and writer and host of the BBC series A History of Britain.[177] John Batchelor, host of The John Batchelor Show radio news program, lives in the village with his family. He is an active member of the Briarcliff Congregational Church; his wife, Dr. Bonnie Ann Rosborough, is the church's pastor.[178] Roz Abrams is a national-news anchor known for her work with WABC and WCBS.[179] Director, writer and producer Joseph Ruben lives in Briarcliff Manor,[180] and musician Clifford Carter is a graduate of Briarcliff High School.[181] William N. Valavanis and Yuji Yoshimura both lived and taught in Briarcliff Manor, where they ran the Yoshimura School of Bonsai from 1972 to 1995.[182][183] Thomas Fitzgerald is a senior creative executive at Walt Disney Imagineering.[184] Tom Ortenberg, CEO of Open Road Films and former president of Lionsgate Films, was born and raised in Briarcliff Manor.[185] Doris Downes, a botanical artist and widow of art critic Robert Hughes, owns a farmhouse in the village (where they lived for many years).[186][187] Curler Bill Stopera has lived in the village for over a decade,[188][189] minor league baseball player Bobby Blevins grew up in the village and graduated from its schools in 2003,[190][191] and Olympic swimmer Paola Duguet grew up in Briarcliff Manor.[192] Susanne Rust, an award-winning investigative journalist, was born and raised in the village.[193]
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