Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Entrance to the cemetery

Location in Los Angeles

The Hollywood Forever Cemetery is a cemetery in Hollywood ( California ). It is located on Santa Monica Boulevard and is adjacent to Paramount Studios . Some of the most famous Hollywood greats are buried in the cemetery. The cemetery has been listed as a Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places since May 14, 1999 .

history

Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery was established in 1899 on an area of ​​approximately 40 hectares (100 acres ). In 1920 the entire site was bought by Paramount Studios and RKO Pictures . Due to mismanagement, the cemetery fell into disrepair at the end of the 20th century, and in some cases the sale of graves was even banned by the California government. In 1998, in bankruptcy proceedings, the cemetery was sold for $ 375,000 to Forever Enterprises , which renovated and renamed the cemetery. Since then, the ban on selling graves has also been lifted.

Known graves

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A.

• Don Adams (1923-2005), actor
• Renée Adorée (1898–1933), actress
• Gilbert Adrian (1903–1959), fashion designer
• James Alexander (1914–1961), actor
• Gertrude Astor (1887–1977), actress
• Charles Avery (1873-1926), actor
• Agnes Ayres (1898–1940), actress

B.

Mel Blanc's grave

• Leah Baird (1883–1971), actress
• Peter Bardens (1944–2002), keyboardist and singer in the band Camel
• William Beaudine (1892-1970), director
• Robert Bischoff (1899–1945), film editor
• Richard Blackwell (1922-2008), critic
• Mel Blanc (1908–1989), actor and voice actor (for Bugs Bunny, among others )
• Coral Browne (1913–1991), actress
• Edward Bunker (1933-2005), actor
• R. Dale Butts (1910–1990), film music composer

C.

• Louis Calhern (1895–1956), actor
• Lynn Cartwright (1927-2004), actress
• Charles Chaplin junior (1925–1968), actor, son of Charlie Chaplin
• Hannah Chaplin (1865–1928), actress, mother of Charlie Chaplin
• Al Christie (1881–1951), director and producer
• Lana Clarkson (1962-2003), actress
• Harry Cohn (1891–1958), founder of Columbia Pictures
• Cornelius Cole (1822-1924), politician
• Chris Cornell (1964-2017), rock musician

D.

• Viola Dana (1897–1987), actress
• Karl Dane (1886–1934), actor
• Bebe Daniels (1901–1971), actress
• Joe Dassin (1938–1980), French Singer
• Marion Davies (1897–1961), actress
• Cecil B. DeMille (1881–1959), producer and director
• William C. de Mille (1878–1955), director

E.

• Nelson Eddy (1901-1967). Actors and singers

F.

• Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939), actor
• Douglas Fairbanks junior (1909-2000), actor
• Maude Fealy (1883–1971), actress
• Perry Ferguson (1901–1963), production designer
• Peter Finch (1916–1977), actor
• Abem Finkel (1889–1948), screenwriter
• Victor Fleming (1889-1949), director
• Kathleen Freeman (1919-2001), actress
• Leo Fuchs (1911–1994), actor

G

Grave of Janet Gaynor

• Ed Gardner (1901–1963), actor
• Judy Garland (1922-1969), singer and actress (reburied from Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, NY)
• Janet Gaynor (1906-1984), actress
• Estelle Getty (1923–2008), actress
• Carmelita Geraghty (1901–1966), actress

H

Grave of John Huston

• Joan Hackett (1934–1983), actress
• Curtis Harrington (1926-2007), director
• Mildred Harris (1901–1944), actress
• George Harrison (1943-2001), musician
• Woody Herman (1913–1987), jazz musician
• Darla Hood (1931–1979), actress
• John Huston (1906–1987), film director, screenwriter and actor

J

• Steve James (1952-1993), actor
• Walter Jurmann (1903–1971), composer

K

• Ferdinand Kahn (1886–1951), lawyer, writer and journalist
• Bronisław Kaper (1902–1983), composer
• Roscoe Karns (1891-1970), actor
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957), composer, conductor and pianist

L.

• Don LaFontaine (1940–2008), spokesman for cinema trailers
• Arthur Lake (1905-1987), actor
• Barbara La Marr (1896–1926), actress
• Dezső Lányi (1879–1951), sculptor
• Jesse L. Lasky (1880-1958), film producer
• Florence Lawrence (1886–1938), actress
• Lester Lee (1903-1956), composer
• Henry Lehrman (1886–1946), director and actor
• Elmo Lincoln (1889–1952), actor
• Peter Lorre (1904–1964), film actor, screenwriter and film director

M.

Cenotaph by Jayne Mansfield

• Jeanie Macpherson (1887–1946), actress
• Jayne Mansfield (1933-1967), actress (Has a cenotaph here , buried in Fairview Cemetery, Pennsylvania)
• Paul Marco (1925-2006), actor
• Tully Marshall (1864–1943), actor, producer and director
• Hattie McDaniel (1895–1952), actress (Has a cenotaph here , buried in Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles)
• Darren McGavin (1922-2006), actor
• Adolphe Menjou (1890–1963), actor
• Charles Middleton (1874–1949), actor
• Paul Muni (1895–1967), actor

N

• Dudley Nichols (1895-1960), screenwriter
• Maila Nurmi (1921–2008), actress

O

• Don Oreck (1930-2006), actor
• Harrison Gray Otis (1837-1917), newspaper publisher for the Los Angeles Times

P

Tyrone Power Grave, May 2012

• Art Pepper (1925–1982), jazz musician
• Eleanor Powell (1912–1982), actress
• Tyrone Power (1914–1958), actor

R.

• Dee Dee Ramone (1951–2002), bass player for the Ramones
• Johnny Ramone (1948-2004, Kenotaph ), guitarist for the Ramones
• Virginia Rappe (1895–1921), actress
• Nelson Riddle (1921–1985), composer
• Theodore Roberts (1861-1928), actor
• Mickey Rooney (1920-2014), actor
• Harold Rosson (1895–1988), cinematographer

S.

• Ann Savage (1921-2008), actress
• Joseph Schildkraut (1896–1964), actor
• Leon Schlesinger (1884–1949), film producer
• L'Wren Scott (1964-2014), fashion designer
• Moe Sedway (1894-1952), mobster
• Peggy Shannon (1907-1941), actress
• Ann Sheridan (1915–1967), actress
• Bugsy Siegel (1906-1947), Mobster
• Luther Standing Bear (1868–1939), actor
• Arthur Stenning (1883–1972), actor
• Ford Sterling (1883–1939), actor
• Frank R. Strayer (1891–1964), film director and producer
• Yma Sumac (1922–2008), singer, actress
• Carl Switzer (1927–1959), actor

T

• Constance Talmadge (1898–1973), actress
• Natalie Talmadge (1896–1969), actress
• Norma Talmadge (1894–1957), actress
• Estelle Taylor (1894–1958), actress
• William Desmond Taylor (1872-1922), director
• Gregg Toland (1904–1948), cameraman

U

• Edgar G. Ulmer (1904–1972), director

V

• Rudolph Valentino (1895-1926), actor

W.

• Jean Wallace (1923–1990), actress
• Clifton Webb (1889-1966), actor
• Rozz Williams (1963-1998), singer
• Fay Wray (1907-2004), actress

Y

• Anton Yelchin (1989–2016), actor
• Victor Young (1900–1956), composer

See also

• List of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles
• List of burial places of famous people
• Hollywood Forever Cemetery at findagrave.com

Web links

Commons : Hollywood Forever Cemetery  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Hollywood Forever Cemetery Site
• Famous Graves of Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry in the National Register Information System . National Park Service , accessed May 23, 2016

Coordinates: 34 ° 5 ′ 20 ″  N , 118 ° 19 ′ 10 ″  W.