of the Baseball Hall of Fame George Grosz (1893–1959), artist Hedda Hopper (1885–1966), gossip columnist, actress Jill Johnston (1929–2010), cultural critic for the Village Voice Alan Kalter (born 1943), announcer on the Late Show with David Letterman Philip La Follette (1897–1965), three-term Governor of Wisconsin Angela Lansbury (born 1925), actress Crystal Liu, (born 1987) Chinese actress, model and singer Dick Lynch (1936–2008), defensive back who played in the NFL for the Washington Redskins and the New York Giants. Harold McCracken (1894–1983), explorer and author of books on Frederic Remington and George Catlin John McEnroe (born 1959), tennis player Patrick McEnroe (born 1966), tennis player Thomas Merton (1915–1968), Trappist monk and author of The Seven Storey Mountain Robert Neffson (born 1949), painter of street scenes Jean Nidetch (1923–2015), founder of Weight Watchers Ginger Rogers (1911–1995), actress and dancer Anthony Saidy (born 1937), chess champion Fred Saidy (1907–1982), playwright and screenwriter, whose works included Finian's Rainbow C. I. Scofield (1843–1921), theologian, minister and writer who was the creator of the Scofield Reference Bible Oscar Shaw (1887–1967), stage and screen actor and singer Frank Spangenberg, record-holding Jeopardy! champion George Tenet (born 1953), Director of Central Intelligence for the United States Arthur Treacher (1894–1975), actor In popular culture Scenes from the movies American Gangster, Black Rain, Little Children, The Arrangement, I Never Sang for My Father, Cops and Robbers, and After-Life were filmed in the community. The films Rabbit Hole (2010), Son of No One (2011), and Run All Night (2014) were shot in Douglaston–Little Neck. In the 30 Rock episode "Hiatus", the community stood in for Needmore, Pennsylvania. Mary Hudson, a character in "The Laughing Man", a short story by J. D. Salinger, is from this community. "Machine", the masked character from the 1999 film 8mm, lived with his mother in Douglaston–Little Neck and some of the film was shot in the neighborhood. The Zion Episcopal Church was the setting for the movie First Reformed starring Ethan Hawke as well as the television series The Blacklist. In Jessica Jones season 1, the neighborhood served as the location of Jessica's childhood home. Douglaston also appeared in Daredevil season 3 as the location of Ray Nadeem's house. References External links Douglaston Little Neck Historical Society Douglaston Yacht Squadron Douglaston Park Golf Course Douglaston Community website and Social Network Community website Little Neck Pines Civic Association, Inc. Neighborhoods in Queens, New York Populated coastal places in