and Entertainment: Alexander Calder (artist), Isadora Duncan (dancer), Edna St. Vincent Millay (poet), Audra McDonald (performer), Jerry Pinkney (children's book illustrator) Science and Technology: Frances E. Allen (computer scientist, Turing Award winner), Charles H. Bennett, Helen Purdy Beale (plant virology pioneer) Literature and Writing: William Gaddis, Joseph Heller, Lorraine Hansberry, Roger Kahn, Upton Sinclair Journalism and Media: Alan Abelson (financial writer), Sally Jacobsen (AP international editor), Darlene Rodriguez Music: Manny Albam (composer), Ira Kaplan (Yo La Tengo), Jessye Norman Academia and Thinking: Herman Kahn (Hudson Institute), John Mearsheimer (political scientist) Other Fields: Thomas Secunda (Bloomberg co-founder), Gloria Swanson (actress) ## In Popular Culture The 30 Rock episode "Retreat to Move Forward" featured the village. Films shot here include Daylight (1996), War of the Worlds (2005) at Croton Point, Tenderness (2009), Shriek of the Mutilated (1974), Ganja & Hess, The Toxic Avenger Part II, and Madam Secretary (2016).