Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

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Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary is a cemetery and mortuary located in the Westwood Village area of Los Angeles. It is located at 1218 Glendon Avenue in Westwood, with an entrance from Wilshire Boulevard.

The cemetery was established as Sunset Cemetery in 1905, but had been used for burials since the 1880s and was renamed with current name in 1926.

Although it is the resting place of some of the entertainment industry's greatest names, it also contains the graves of many uncelebrated people. For example, when Marilyn Monroe died in 1962, Joe DiMaggio, responsible for Monroe's arrangements, chose Westwood not because of its celebrities but because it was the resting place of Monroe's mother's friend, Grace Goddard, and Goddard's aunt, Ana Lower, both of whom had cared for Monroe as a child.

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Notable burials

A

Milton Ager (1893-1979), musician, 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, columnist and television commentator
Claud Allister (1888-1970), actor
Gitta Alpár (1903-1991), actress, opera singer
Patty Andrews (1918-2013), singer
Ken Annakin (1914-2009), director
Eve Arden (1908-1990), actress, comedian
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
Richard Baer (1928-2008), screenwriter
Dave Barbour (1912-1965), musician
Edgar Barrier (1907-1964), actor
Eileen Barton (1924-2006), singer
Richard Basehart (1914-1984), actor
Greg Bautzer (1911-1987), attorney
William J. Bell (1927-2005), producer
Isabel Bigley (1926-2006), actress
Whit Bissell (1909-1996), actor
Hilary Blake (1950-2007), musician
Billy Bletcher (1894-1979), actor, voice artist
Robert Bloch (1917-1994), writer
Lloyd Bochner (1924-2005), actor
Benedict Bogeaus (1904-1968), producer
John Boles (1895-1969), actor
Dorris Bowdon (1914-2005), actress
Ray Bradbury (1920-2012), author; with his wife Marguerite McClure Bradbury
Fanny Brice (1891-1951), actress, comedian, singer (previously buried in Home of Peace Cemetery)
William Brice (1921-2008), artist, son of Fanny Brice
Les Brown (1912-2001), musician
Vanessa Brown (1928-1999), actress
Clarence Bull (1896-1979), photographer

C

Sebastian Cabot (1918-1977), actor
Sammy Cahn (1913-1993), songwriter
Truman Capote (1924-1984), author
Edward Carrere (1906-1984), director
Harry Carey, Jr. (1921-2012), actor, son of actors, Harry Carey, Sr. and Olive Carey
John Cassavetes (1929-1989), actor, screenwriter, director, producer
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968), composer
James Coburn (1928-2002), actor
Paula Coburn (1955-2004), actress, wife of James Coburn
Jackie Collins (1937-2015), novelist, screenwriter and producer
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
Bob Crane (1928-1978), actor
Norma Crane (1928-1973), actress

D

Rodney Dangerfield (1921-2004), comedian, actor
Helmut Dantine (1917-1982), actor
Danny Dark (1938-2004), announcer
Steve Darrell (1904-1970), actor
Marvin Davis (1925-2004), oil tycoon and businessman
Richard Dawson (1932-2012), actor and television host
Don DeFore (1913-1993), actor
Laura Devon (1931-2007), actress
Philip Dorn (1901-1975), actor
Eric Douglas (1958-2004), actor; son of Kirk Douglas, youngest brother of Michael Douglas
Dominique Dunne (1959-1982), actress, daughter of writer Dominick Dunne, sister of actor-director Griffin Dunne, murder victim
Ariel Durant (1898-1981), historian, Pulitzer Prize in literature, co-wrote The Story of Civilization, wife of Will Durant
Will Durant (1885-1981), historian, Pulitzer Prize in literature, co-wrote The Story of Civilization, husband of Ariel Durant

E

Nora Eddington (1924-2001), actress, 2nd wife of Errol Flynn, 3rd wife of Dick Haymes
Roger Edens (1905-1970), vocal arranger, songwriter and producer
Jack Elliott (1927-2001), songwriter
Harry Essex (1910-1997), writer
Ray Evans (1915-2007), songwriter

F

Peter Falk (1927-2011), actor
Farrah Fawcett (1947-2009), actress
Freddie Fields (1923-2007), talent agent
Jay C. Flippen (1899-1971), actor
Michael Fox (1921-1996), actor
Coleman Francis (1919-1973), film director
Stan Freberg (1926-2015), voice actor
Georgia Frontiere (1927-2008), football owner

G

Eva Gabor (1919-1995), actress
Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917-2016), actress and socialite
June Gale (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), character actor
Thomas Gomez (1905-1971), actor
Don Gordon (1926-2017), actor
Robert Gottschalk (1918-1982), camera technician, co-founder of Panavision
Walter Grauman (1922-2015), director
Howard Greer (1896-1974), costume and fashion designer
Jane Greer (1924-2001), actress
Merv Griffin (1925-2007), producer, television host, and singer

H

Loretta King Hadler (1917-2007), actress
Hayedeh (1942-1990), Persian language pop and classic singer from Tehran, older sister of Mahasti
Carrie Hamilton (1963-2002), actress, singer, daughter of Carol Burnett
Armand Hammer (1898-1990), oil tycoon and art collector, former president of Occidental Petroleum
Bong Soo Han (1933-2007), martial artist
Jonathan Harris (1914-2002), actor
Harold Hecht (1907-1985), film producer
Hugh Hefner (1926-2017), magazine publisher and businessman
Percy Helton (1894-1971), actor
Florence Henderson (1934-2016), actress, singer and television host
Francesca Hilton (1947-2015), actress, daughter of Zsa Zsa Gabor
Connie Hines (1931-2009), actress
Jonathan Hole (1904-1998), actor, buried with wife Betty Hanna
Ben Howard (1904-1970), aircraft designer and race pilot
James Wong Howe (1899-1976), cinematographer
Mark R. Hughes (1956-2000), founder of Herbalife
Ronald Hughes (1935-1970), lawyer
Ross Hunter (1920-1996), producer, director, and actor
Jim Hutton (1934-1979), actor

I

Steve Ihnat (1934-1972), actor

J

Donald G. Jackson (1943-2003), filmmaker
Kevin Jarre (1954-2011), screenwriter
Nunnally Johnson (1897-1977), screenwriter and director
Louis Jourdan (1921-2015), actor
Brenda Joyce (1917-2009), actress

K

Phil Karlson (1908-1985), director
Louis Kaufman (1905-1994), violinist
Beatrice Kay (1907-1986), actress and singer
Nora Kaye Ross (1920-1987), ballerina, wife of Herbert Ross
Brian Keith (1921-1997), actor, son of character actor Robert Keith, Uncle Bill on TV's Family Affair, buried with his daughter, Daisy; both committed suicide
Cecil Kellaway (1893-1973), actor
Nancy Kelly (1921-1995), actress
Stan Kenton (1911-1979), musician
Victor Kilian (1891-1979), actor, murdered
James Howard "Dutch" Kindelberger (1895-1962), aviation executive
Louis King (1898-1962), director
Jack Klugman (1922-2012), actor
Don Knotts (1924-2006), actor and comedian
Miliza Korjus (1909-1980), opera singer
Phyllis Kennedy (1914-1998), actress

L

Perry Lafferty (1917-2005), director
Bill Lancaster (1947-1997), actor turned screenwriter, son of Burt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster (1913-1994), actor
Sidney Lanfield (1898-1972), director
Marc Lawrence (1910-2005), actor
Irving Paul Lazar (1907-1993), agent
Joanna Lee (1931-2003), actress
Peggy Lee (1920-2002), singer, songwriter, actress
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, buried next to wife, actress, June Gale Levant
Richard Levinson (1934-1987), writer
Harry Lewis (1920-2013), actor, restaurateur
Marilyn Lewis (1929-2017) fashion designer. producer
Jay Livingston (1915-2001), songwriter
Louis Loeffler (1897-1972), editor
Robert Loggia (1930-2015), actor, director

M

Alexander Mackendrick (1912-1993), director
Mahasti (1946-2007), Persian language pop singer from Tehran, younger sister of Hayedeh
Karl Malden (1912-2009), actor
Janet Margolin (1943-1993), actress, married to Ted Wass
Dean Martin (1917-1995), actor and singer
Andrew Marton (1904-1992), actor
Samuel Marx (1902-1992), producer
Pamela Mason (1916-1996), actress, wife of James Mason and Roy Kellino
Portland Mason (1948-2004), actress, daughter of James Mason and Pamela Mason
Shirley Mason (1900-1979), actress
Osa Massen (1914-2006), actress
Edith Massey (1918-1984), actress
Carol Matthau (1925-2003), actress, wife of Walter Matthau and William Saroyan
Walter Matthau (1920-2000), actor
Ruth McDevitt (1895-1976), actress
Peter McWilliams (1949-2000), author
Allan Melvin (1923-2008), actor, voice actor
Lewis Milestone (1895-1980), director
Marvin E. Miller (1913-1985), actor
Shirley Mitchell (1919-2013), actress, wife of Jay Livingston
Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), actress
Elizabeth Montgomery (1933-1995), actress
Constance Moore (1920-2005), singer and actress
Dolores Moran (1924-1982), actress
Jeff Morris (1934-2004), actor

N

Nader Naderpour (1929-2000), Iranian poet
David Nelson (1936-2011), actor, son of Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, older brother of Ricky Nelson
William Newell (1894-1967), actor
Lloyd Nolan (1902-1985), actor

O

Carroll O'Connor (1924-2001), actor
Heather O'Rourke (1975-1988), actress
Barbara Orbison (1950-2011), wife of Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison (1936-1988), singer; grave unmarked

P

Bettie Page (1923-2008), model
Dorothy Patrick (1921-1987), actress
Frank Pierson (1925-2012), screenwriter and director
Waite Phillips (1883-1964), oil tycoon, philanthropist
Gregor Piatigorsky (1903-1976), cellist

R

Ford Rainey (1908-2005), actor
Donna Reed (1921-1986), actress
Jimmie Reese (1901-1994), baseball player
Renie Riano (1899-1971), actress
Buddy Rich (1917-1987), drummer, bandleader
Minnie Riperton (1947-1979), singer
Ben Roberts (1916-1984), screenwriter
Doris Roberts (1925-2016), actress, philanthropist and author
Wayne Rogers (1933-2015), actor
Hillevi Rombin (1933-1996), Miss Universe 1955
Ruth Rose (1896-1978), screenwriter
Herbert Ross (1927-2001), film director

S

Franklin Schaffner (1920-1989), film director
G. David Schine (1927-1996), film producer
Ernest B. Schoedsack (1893-1979), film director
George C. Scott (1927-1999), actor; grave unmarked
Vivienne Segal (1897-1992), singer, actress
Anne Seymour (1909-1988), actress
Sidney Sheldon (1917-2007), author
Dorothy Shay (1921-1978), actress, singer
Sam Simon (1955-2015), writer, producer and director
Sara Sothern (1895-1994), mother of Elizabeth Taylor
Robert Stack (1919-2003), actor
Sage Stallone (1976-2012), actor, son of Sylvester Stallone
Ray Stark (1915-2004), film producer
Josef von Sternberg (1894-1969), film director
Donald E. Stewart (1930-1999), screenwriter
Dorothy Stratten (1960-1980), actress, Playboy Playmate, murder victim
Danny Sugerman (1954-2005), writer, rock band manager
Jennifer Syme (1972-2001), actress

T

Don Taylor (1920-1998), actor and director
Francis Lenn Taylor (1897-1968), art dealer, father of Elizabeth Taylor
Kent Taylor (1907-1987), actor
Irene Tedrow (1907-1995), actress
William C. Thomas (1903-1984), film producer
Marshall Thompson (1925-1992), actor
Ernst Toch (1887-1964), composer
Alvin Toffler (1928-2016), author
Mel Tormé (1925-1999), singer, actor
Helen Traubel (1899-1972), opera soprano
Les Tremayne (1913-2003), actor
Frank Tuttle (1892-1963), screenwriter, producer

V

Sigrid Valdis (1935-2007), actress, widow of Bob Crane
John Vivyan (1915-1983), actor
Romeo Vasquez (1939-2017), actor

W

June Walker (1900-1966), actress
Pat Walshe (1900-1991), actor
Harry Warren (1893-1981), songwriter
Joe Weider (1919-2013). bodybuilder
Winifred Westover (1899-1978), actress
Chrissie White (1895-1989), silent film actress
Michael White (1936-2016), producer
Sean Whitesell (1963-2015), actor
Margaret Whiting (1924-2011), singer
Herbert Wiere (1908-1999), performer
Cornel Wilde (1915-1989), actor
Billy Wilder (1906-2002), movie director
Carl Wilson (1946-1998), singer and member of The Beach Boys
Estelle Winwood (1883-1984), actress
Albert Wohlstetter (1913-1997), nuclear strategist
Roberta Wohlstetter (1912-2007), historian of military intelligence
Natalie Wood (1938-1981), actress

Y

Edward Yang (1947-2007), filmmaker

Z

Darryl F. Zanuck (1902-1979), head of 20th Century Fox studios, father of Richard D. Zanuck
Virginia Zanuck (1908-1982), actress, wife of Darryl F. Zanuck, mother of Richard D. Zanuck
Frank Zappa (1940-1993), composer, musician, satirist, leader of The Mothers of Invention; grave is unmarked
Gail Zappa (1945-2015), widow of Frank Zappa and trustee of the Zappa Family Trust; buried next to her husband

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References

File:Dorothy Stratten grave at Westwood Village Memorial Park ...

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External links

map showing location of celebrity graves
California Cemetery and Funeral Bureau Certificate of Authority - Cemetery, License Number 506, Funeral Establishment License Number 951
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Westwood Memorial Park

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Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Jumat, 18 Mei 2018