The List of Famous Brats
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SHORT BIOGRAPHIES OF FAMOUS BRATS

JACQUELINE KEGELES SAINT ANNE   
EMMY WINNER FOR COSTUME DESIGN 

Jacquline Kegeles Saint Anne is an Overseas School Alumnus.  She is a 1964 graduate of Paris High School.  Her most recent TV series credit was being set designer for "Quantum Leap." 

DEBBIE SAPENTER (1952-    ) 
 OLYMPIC MEDALIST 

Debbie Sapenter, a 1970 graduate of George C. Marshall High School, Ankara, Turkey, won a silver medal at the l972 Olympics as a member of the 4x400 Women's Relay.

DIANA SCHACHT
Special Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy

Diana is a Coast Guard Brat and a 1974 graduate of Ramey High School (Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico).

LTC. RICHARD A. SEARFOSS, USAF   
SPACE SHUTTLE ASTONAUT 

LtCol. Searfoss is a Military Brat.  His father is a retired colonel. 

Information from: R. A. Searfoss and NASA Astronaut Bios.

GENERAL NORMAN H. SCHWARZKOPF, USA ret.   
COMMANDER IN CHIEF US CENTRAL COMMAND (CINCCENTCOM).     

General Schwarzkopf  is an Army Brat and Overseas School Alumnus. He attended Frankfurt American High School from 1948-49. He then moved to Heidelberg American High School where as a junior in 1950-51 he played on the school’s championship football team. 

He returned to the United States and graduated from Valley Forge Military Academy in 1952. 

MADOLYN SMITH   
ACTRESS 

Madolyn Smith is an Overseas School Alumnus and was a member of the International School of Bangkok Class of '75 where she attended school 1969-1972. 

She is known for her roles in "Urban Cowboy" (with John Travolta) in 1980 and "Funny Farm." 

WILLIAM JAY SMITH (1918-   )   
AUTHOR - POET

William Jay Smith has authored more than 50 books. His memoir, "Army Brat", has been highly acclaimed.

Smith, described as "a most gifted and original poet" by former U.S. Poet Laureate and 1989 Pulitzer Prize-winner Richard Wilbur, is the author of ten books of poetry. In 1990, Smith's first complete collection of his work, Collected Poems, 1938-1989, was cited as "magical" by New York Times' reviewer Herbert Mitgang. 

Smith has also written a dozen celebrated children's books, including the illustrated Laughing Time: Collected Nonsense (1990) and Birds and Beasts (1990). His credits include numerous translations of French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Swedish and Hungarian poetry, and several volumes of criticism. 

He was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (a position now called U.S. Poet Laureate) from 1968 to 1970. 

Professor emeritus of Hollins College in Virginia, Smith has been poet in residence at Williams College, chairman of the writing division of the Columbia University School of Arts, and on the executive board of the Columbia University Translation Center. The recipient of numerous awards, he has been a member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters since 1975. 

SMOTHERS BROTHERS - TOM (1937-    ) AND DICK (1939-    )
COMEDIANS 

Tom and Dick were both born in Fort Jay on Governor's Island, New York.

Their father, Army Major Smothers, was captured in the Philippines in World War II. He survived the Bataan Death March but died on his way to Japan.

The duo was popular during the 1960s and had their own show for three years.

JAMES TATE (1943-    )   
POET 

James Tate's father, a military pilot shot down over Germany, was the subject of his first book, "The Lost Pilot."  

He was the youngest poet to win Yale's Young Poet's Competition. In addition to winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1991, he has won the National Book Award. Currently, he teaches at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and is a Chancellor of the Academy of Poets.

SHARON TATE  
FILM ACTRESS

Sharon Tate was an Army Brat and an Overseas School Alumnus. Her father was a career Army Officer. She graduated from Vicenza American High School in 1961, where she was Homecoming Queen 1960 and a cheerleader. She lived in Verona and commuted to school daily. 

After high school she went to New York to the Powers Modeling School & Agency and then on to movies. Her tragic death at the hands of the Charles Manson "cult family" gave her an infamous ending her classmates would prefer to forget. 

CDR PIERRE J. THUOT, USN   
SPACE SHUTTLE ASTRONAUT 

Commander Pierre J. Thuot is a Navy Junior. His Father is a retired USN Capt. 

Info From : P.J. Thuot & NASA Bios 

LUCIAN TRUSCOTT IV   
AUTHOR 

Lucian Truscott IV is an Overseas School Alumnus and an Army Brat.  His Father was an Army Officer.  He attended schools in Stuttgart and Oberammergau. 

His books include: "The Boys of St. Julien," "Dress Gray," "Full Dress Gray," "Dress Blue," "The Heart of War,"  and "Rules of the Road: A Novel." 

MARY R. TRUSCOTT   
AUTHOR 

Mary Truscott's father was an Army general. In her book, "Brats: Children of the American Military Speak Out", she details the life of several adult brats. It was one of the first books to discuss growing up in a military family.

KATHLEEN TURNER (1954-    ) 
ACTRESS 

Kathleen Turner’s father was an American diplomat.  She was a member of the Class of 1972 at the American School of London. Known primarily for her roles in movies, she has also appeared on television.

Turner has won two Golden Globe Awards and been nominated for an Oscar.

BLAIR UNDERWOOD (1964-    )   
ACTOR 

Blair Underwood, the son of an Army officer, was nominated for a Golden Globe in his role on LA Law. TV Guide named him one of "The Top Stars of the '90's." He has appeared on Sex and the City, numerous movies and theater productions.

-- Copyright 2000-2006 by Glenn W. Greenwood.