Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

The Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery is a cemetery at 1218 Glendon Avenue in Westwood Village district of Los Angeles in California . It is known as the final resting place of several great names in the entertainment industry. The cemetery is owned by the private funeral home Service Corporation International .

List of buried personalities

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.

• Milton Ager (1893–1979), composer
• Charles Aidman (1925-1993), actor
• Eddie Albert (1906-2005), actor
• Margo Albert (1917–1985), actress, wife of Eddie Albert
• Shana Alexander (1925-2005), journalist
• Claud Allister (1888–1970), actor
• Gitta Alpár (1903–1991), actress, opera singer
• Patty Andrews (1918–2013), singer, member of the Andrews Sisters
• Ken Annakin (1914-2009), director
• Eve Arden (1908–1990), actress
• Jack Arnold (1916-1992), director
• Robert Armstrong (1890–1973), actor
• James Aubrey (1918-1994), producer
• Hy Averback (1920-1997), director
• Lew Ayres (1908-1996), actor

B.

• Henny Backus (1911–2004), author, wife of Jim Backus
• Jim Backus (1913-1989), actor
• Arthur Ball (1894–1951), cameraman
• Edgar Barrier (1907–1964), actor
• Eileen Barton (1924-2006), singer
• Richard Basehart (1914–1984), actor
• Roberta Beatty (1890–1978), actress
• William Joseph Bell (1927-2005), producer
• Whit Bissell (1909-1996), actor
• Hilary Blake (1950–2007), musician
• Robert Bloch (1917–1994), screenwriter
• Lloyd Bochner (1924–2005), actor
• George Boemler (1902–1968), film editor
• Benedict Bogeaus (1904–1968), producer
• John Boles (1895–1969), actor
• Raleigh Bond (1935-1989), actor
• Philip Hilare Bourneuf (1908–1979), actor
• Dorris Bowdon (1914-2005), actress
• Rosemarie Bowe (1932–2019), actress and model, wife of Robert Stack
• Ray Bradbury (1920–2012), American writer and screenwriter
• Bobbi Brat (1962–1988), singer in the Gothic rock band Red Scare
• Fanny Brice (1891–1951), actress, comedian
• William Brice (1921–2008), artist, son of Fanny Brice
• Les Brown (1912-2001), band leader
• Vanessa Brown (1928–1999), actress
• Clarence Bull (1896–1979), photographer

C.

• Sebastian Cabot (1918–1977), actor
• Sammy Cahn (1913–1993), composer
• Truman Capote (1924–1984), actor, author
• Harry Carey junior (1921–2012), actor
• Mary Carlisle (1914-2018), actress, singer
• Ken Carpenter (1900-1984), actor
• Edward Carrere (1906-1984), director
• John Jay Carsey (1921-2002), producer
• John Cassavetes (1929–1989), actor, director, producer
• Kevin Casselman (1925-1993), producer
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968), composer
• James Coburn (1928–2002), actor, director
• Paula Coburn (1955-2004), actress, wife of James Coburn
• Ray Conniff (1916-2002), musician
• Richard Conte (1910–1975), actor
• Lawrence Cook (1930-2003), actor
• Ian Copeland (1949-2006), music promoter
• Alexander Courage (1919–2008), composer of Star Trek music
• Bob Crane (1928–1978), actor
• Norma Crane (1928–1973), actress
• Dick Crawford (1915–1990), actor

D.

Grave of Rodney Dangerfield

Dominique Dunne's grave

• Rodney Dangerfield (1921-2004), comedian, actor
• Helmut Dantine (1918–1982), actor
• Danny Dark (1939-2004), voice actor
• Steve Darrell (1904–1970), actor
• Marvin Davis (1925-2004), oil tycoon and businessman
• Richard Dawson (1932–2012), actor and presenter
• Don DeFore (1913-1993), actor
• Rubye De Remer (1892–1984), silent film actress
• Richard H. Dodge (1926-2003), author
• Lyn Donelson (1891–1966), actress
• Philip Dorn (1901–1975), actor
• Eric Douglas (1958–2004), actor, son of Kirk Douglas
• Kirk Douglas (1916-2020), actor
• Josephine Dunn (1906–1983), actress
• Dominique Dunne (1959–1982), actress
• Ariel Durant (1898–1981), historian
• Will Durant (1885–1981), historian

E.

• Nora Eddington (1924–2001), actress, author, second wife of Errol Flynn
• Roger Edens (1905–1970), composer, film composer and film producer
• Jack Elliott (1927-2001), songwriter
• Harry Essex (1910-1997), director
• Ray Evans (1915-2007), composer

F.

Farrah Fawcett's grave

• Peter Falk (1927–2011), actor
• Farrah Fawcett (1947–2009), actress
• Freddie Fields (1923–2007), Hollywood agent and film producer
• Jay C. Flippen (1899–1971), actor
• Michael Fox (1921–1996), actor
• Coleman Francis (1919–1973), director

G

• Eva Gabor (1919–1995), actress
• Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917–2016), actress
• June Gale Levant (1911–1996), actress, wife of Oscar Levant
• Michael V. Gazzo (1923–1995), actor
• Christopher George (1931–1983), actor
• Leonard Gershe (1922–2002), composer
• Master Henry Gibson (1942–2002), musician
• Paul Gleason (1939-2006), actor
• Thomas Gomez (1905–1971), actor
• Robert Gottschalk (1918–1982), camera technician
• Howard Greer (1886–1974), fashion designer
• Jane Greer (1924-2001), actress
• Merv Griffin (1925-2007), moderator

H

• Loretta King Hadler (1917-2007), actress
• Hayedeh (1942–1990), singer
• Carrie Hamilton (1963–2002), actress, singer, daughter of Carol Burnett
• Armand Hammer (1898–1990), industrialist and art collector
• Han Bong-soo (1933-2007), martial artist
• Betty Hanna (1903–1976), actress
• Jonathan Harris (1914–2002), actor
• Harold Hecht (1907–1985), producer
• Hugh Hefner (1926–2017), publisher, founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine
• Percy Helton (1894–1971), actor
• Heinz Herald (1890–1964), German theater director, director and screenwriter
• Jonathon Hole (1904-1998), actor
• James Wong Howe (1899–1976), cinematographer
• Mark Hughes (1956–2000), businessman, entrepreneur, and Herbalife founder
• Ross Hunter (1920–1996), producer, director
• Jim Hutton (1934–1979), actor

I.

• Steve Ihnat (1934–1972), actor
• Franklin D. Israel (1945–1996), architect

J

• Sam Jaffe (1891-1984), actor
• Donald G. Jackson (1943-2003), filmmaker
• Nunnally Johnson (1897–1977), filmmaker
• Janis Joplin (1943–1970), singer (mortal remains burned here, ashes later scattered in the Pacific )
• Louis Jourdan (1921-2015), actor
• Brenda Joyce (1917–2009), actress

K

• Louis Kaufman (1905-1994), violinist
• Beatrice Kay (1907–1986), actress
• Nora Kaye Ross (1920–1987), ballerina, wife of Herbert Ross
• Brian Keith (1921-1997), actor. Buried with daughter Daisy
• Cecil Kellaway (1890–1973), actor
• Gene Kelly (1912–1996), actor, dancer, singer (mortal remains burned here, ashes later scattered in the sea)
• Nancy Kelly (1921–1995), actress
• Stan Kenton (1911–1979), jazz pianist
• Victor Kilian (1891–1979), actor
• James Howard "Dutch" Kindelberger (1895–1962), aircraft designer
• Louis King (1898–1962), director
• Don Knotts (1924-2006), actor, comedian
• Miliza Korjus (1909–1980), opera singer

L.

Jack Lemmon's grave

• Perry Lafferty (1917-2005), director
• Karen Lamm (1952–2001), model, actress
• Burt Lancaster (1913-1994), actor
• William Lancaster (1947–1997), film producer, screenwriter. Actor, son of Burt Lancaster
• Hal Landers (1928-1991), producer
• Sidney Lanfield (1898–1972), director
• Peter Lawford (1923-1984), actor
• Marc Lawrence (1910-2005), actor
• Irving Paul Lazar (1907-1993), agent
• Robert S. Lechy (1937–1998), producer, author, minister
• Anna Lee (1913-2004), actress
• Peggy Lee (1920-2002), singer
• Ernest Lehman (1915-2005), screenwriter
• Janet Leigh (1927-2004), actress
• Jack Lemmon (1925-2001), actor
• Queenie Leonard (1905-2002), actress
• Bruce Lester (1912-2008), actor
• Oscar Levant (1906–1972), actor, pianist
• Richard Levinson (1934-1987), author
• Jay Livingston (1915-2001), composer
• Louis R. Loeffler (1897–1972), film editor
• Robert Loggia (1930–2015), actor

M.

Dean Martin's grave

Grave of Marilyn Monroe

• Mahasti (1946-2007), singer
• Alexander Mackendrick (1912-1993), director
• Karl Malden (1912–2009), actor
• Janet Margolin (1943–1993), actress, wife of Ted Wass
• Dean Martin (1917–1995), actor, singer
• Andrew Marton (1904-1992), actor
• Samuel Marx (1902-1992), producer
• Pamela Mason (1916–1996), actress
• Shirley Mason (1900–1979), actress
• Osa Massen (1914–2006), actress
• Curt Massey (1910-1991), actor
• Edith Massey (1918–1984), actress
• Dorothy Mathews (1912–1977), actress
• Carol Matthau (1925–2003), actress, wife of Walter Matthau
• Walter Matthau (1920–2000), actor
• Ruth McDevitt (1895–1976), actress
• Allen Melvin (1923-2008), actor
• Lewis Milestone (1895-1980), director
• Marvin E. Miller (1913–1985), actor
• Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), actress
• Elizabeth Montgomery (1933–1995), actress
• Constance Moore (1921–2005), singer, actress
• Dolores Moran (1926–1982), actress
• Jeff Morris (1934-2004), actor
• Richard Barzen Murrow (1912-2002), designer

N

• Nader Naderpour (1929-2000), poet
• Robert Nathan (1894–1985), author, husband of Anna Lee , (mortal remains burned here, ashes later scattered in the sea)
• Christine Nelson (1920–1988), actress
• William Newell (1894–1967), actor
• Robert Newton (1905–1956), actor
• James Burl Nielsen (1962-2005), dancer
• Lloyd Nolan (1902–1985), actor

O

Carroll O'Connor's grave

• Carroll O'Connor (1924-2001), actor
• Hugh O'Connor (1962–1995), actor, son of Carroll O'Connor
• Heather O'Rourke (1975–1988), actress
• Roy Orbison (1936–1988), singer

P

• Bettie Page (1923-2008), model
• Dorothy Patrick (1921–1987), actress
• Waite Phillips (1883-1964), oil tycoon
• Gregor Piatigorsky (1903–1976), cellist

R.

Grave of Minnie Riperton

• Ford Rainey (1908-2005), actor
• Donna Reed (1921–1986), actress
• Jimmie Reese (1901-1994), baseball player
• Stuart Regen (1959–1998), actor
• Ken Renard (1905-1993), actor
• Adeline De Walt Reynolds (1862–1961), actress
• Renie Riano (1899–1971), actress
• Buddy Rich (1917–1987), drummer, band leader
• Minnie Riperton (1947–1979), singer
• Marjorie Riordan (1921-1984), actress
• Ben Roberts (1916–1984), screenwriter and producer
• Mark Roberts (1921-2006), actor
• Eugene Rodney (1898-1985), producer
• Hillevi Rombin (1933-1996), Miss Universe 1955
• Jack Roper (1904–1966), actor
• Ruth Rose (1896–1978), screenwriter
• Herbert Ross (1927-2001), director

S.

Grave of Dorothy Stratten

• William Sackheim (1921-2004), producer
• Mark Sandrich Jr. (1928–1995), director, son of Mark Sandrich
• Franklin Schaffner (1920–1989), film director
• G. David Schine (1927-1996), producer
• Ernest B. Schoedsack (1893–1979), director
• Portland Mason Schuyler (1948–2004), actress, daughter of Pamela and James Mason
• George C. Scott (1927–1999), actor
• Vivienne Segal (1897–1992), singer, actress
• Anne Seymour (1909–1988), actress
• Sidney Sheldon (1917-2007), author
• Dorothy Shay (1921–1978), actress, singer
• Ed Simmons (1919-1998), producer
• Sam Simon (1955-2015), television producer ( The Simpsons )
• Robert Slatzer (1927-2005), author
• Sara Sothern (1895–1994), stage actress, mother of Elizabeth Taylor
• Robert Stack (1919–2003), actor
• Sage Stallone (1976–2012), actor
• Ray Stark (1914-2004), producer
• Josef von Sternberg (1894–1969), film director
• Donald E. Stewart (1930-1999), screenwriter
• Viola Kates Stimpson (1906–2008), actress
• Dorothy Stratten (1960–1980), actress, Playboy Playmate
• Danny Sugerman (1954-2005), manager of Ray Manzarek
• Jennifer Syme (1972-2001), actress

T

• Don Taylor (1920–1998), actor
• Kent Taylor (1906–1987), actor
• Irene Tedrow (1907–1995), actress
• Rosemary Theby (1892–1973), actress
• William C. Thomas (1903-1984), producer
• Marshall Thompson (1925–1992), actor
• Ernst Toch (1887–1964), composer
• Mel Tormé (1925–1999), singer
• Frank Tours (1877–1963), composer
• Helen Traubel (1899–1972), soprano
• Les Tremayne (1913–2003), actor
• Frank Tuttle (1892–1963), director

V

• Sigrid Valdis (1935–2007), actress, wife of Bob Crane
• John Vivyan (1916–1983), actor

W.

Grave of Carl Wilson

Billy Wilder's grave

• Charles Wagenheim (1896–1979), actor
• June Walker (1900–1966), actress
• Ray Walston (1914-2001), actor
• Pat Walshe (1900–1991), actor
• Harry Warren (1893-1981), songwriter
• Joe Weider (1919–2013), entrepreneur, bodybuilder and strength training pioneer
• Brooks West (1916–1984), actor
• Winifred Westover (1899–1978), actress
• Chrissie White (1895–1989), silent film actress
• Cornel Wilde (1915–1989), actor
• Billy Wilder (1906-2002), director
• Carl Wilson (1946–1998), guitarist and singer with the Beach Boys
• Darbi Winters (1946–1962), actress
• Estelle Winwood (1883–1984), actress
• Clay Womack (1892–1948), actor
• Natalie Wood (1938–1981), actress

Y

• Edward Yang (1947-2007), filmmaker

Z

• Darryl F. Zanuck (1902–1979), head of the 20th Century Fox film studio
• Virginia Zanuck (1908–1982), actress, wife of Darryl F. Zanuck
• Frank Zappa (1940–1993), musician
• Gail Zappa (1945–2015), entrepreneur, wife of Frank Zappa

See also

• List of burial places of famous people

Coordinates: 34 ° 3 '30 "  N , 118 ° 26' 28.1"  W.

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