Westchester Hills Cemetery

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The main office of Westchester Hills Cemetery

The Westchester Hills Cemetery, approximately 20 miles north of New York City, was established at 400 Saw Mill River Road in Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York. It welcomes the burial of Christians and Jews, and many well-known entertainers and performers are interred there. It contains both Mount Hope and the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue cemeteries.

Amongst its famous residents are composer George Gershwin (1898-1937) and his brother, lyrical composer Ira Gershwin (1896-1983). Well-regarded drama teachers of The Actors Studio, Lee Strasberg and his wife, Paula Strasberg, are also buried in Westchester Hills Cemetery.

Some of the notables interred here are:

• Barricini family, boxed candy
• Mischa Elman (1891-1967), violinist
• I.J. Fox, Furrier
• Stanley P. Friedman, writer
• John Garfield (1913-1952), actor
• George Gershwin (1898-1937), composer
• Ira Gershwin (1896-1983), lyrical composer
• Ben Grauer (1908-1977), television and radio personality
• Guggenheim family, Guggenheim museum
• Sidney Hillman (1887-1946), first president of Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
• Judy Holliday (1921-1965), actress
• Lucille Lortel (1900-1999), actress and producer
• Tony Randall (1920-2004), actor
• Max Reinhardt (1873-1943),producer-director
• Billy Rose (1899-1966), Broadway producer
• A.M. Rosenthal (1922-2006), Pulitzer Prize winning journalist
• Robert Rossen (1908-1966), motion picture director and screenwriter
• Lee Strasberg (1901-1982), actor-teacher
• Paula Strasberg (1909-1966), actress-teacher
• David Susskind (1920-1987), Emmy award winning producer
• Laurence Tisch (1923-2003), head of CBS and co-founder of Loews
• Preston Robert Tisch (1926-2005), financier and business magnate
• Rabbi Stephen Wise (1874-1949), religious leader
• Charles E. Bloch (1927-2006), President Bloch Publishing Company established in 1854 [[1]]