Possible Clues:

• -- Cogan, singer known as 'The Girl With A Laugh In Her Voice'
• - - Cogan, in 1955 she became the youngest female to top the charts
• The old school is the . . . . mater
• One's university
• Name from the Latin for 'nourishing'
• . . . mater is the old school
• You'll find this mater at a place in Russia
• Hitchcock's wife
• "Summer and Smoke" heroine
• Donna Reed's 'From Here to Eternity' role