Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

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Cemetery view looking South-East.

Cemetery view looking North-East.

The crypt of Marilyn Monroe on the North side.

The Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 1218 Glendon Avenue in the Westwood Village area of Los Angeles, California.

It is the resting place of some of the entertainment industry's greatest names, although it was not always sought-after. Indeed, when it was announced Marilyn Monroe was to be buried there in 1962, observers were astonished. Joe DiMaggio, responsible for the funeral arrangements, chose Westwood for its obscurity. However Marilyn Monroe's burial turned it into one of the prime cemeteries in Los Angeles.

That changed over the years, however, and now Westwood Village has become on par with Forest Lawn as the ultimate Hollywood hereafter "hot spot".

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(Note this is a partial list.)

Use the following alphabetical links to find someone.

Contents: Top - 0–9 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

[edit] 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
Shana Alexander (1925-2005), journalist, columnist and television commentator
Claud Allister (1888-1970), actor
Gitta Alpar (1903-1991), actress, opera singer
Eve Arden (1908-1990), actress, played Our Miss Brooks
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

[edit] B

Henny Backus (1911-2004), author, wife of Jim
Jim Backus (1913-1989), actor, Mr. Howell on TV's Gilligan's Island
Arthur Ball (1894-1951), cinematographer
Edgar Barrier (1907-1964), actor
Eileen Barton (1929?-2006, singer
Richard Basehart (1914-1984), actor, Admiral Nelson on TV's Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Greg Bautzer (1911-1987), attorney
Roberta Beatty (1890-1978), actress
William Joseph Bell (1927-2005), producer
Whit Bissell (1909-1996), actor
Robert Bloch (1917-1994), writer
Benedict Bogeaus (1904-1968), producer
John Boles (1895-1969), actor
George Boemler (1902-1968), editor
Raleigh Bond (1935-1989), actor
Dorris Bowdon (1914-2005), actress
Bobbi Brat (1962-1988), lead singer of Gothic rock band Red Scare
Fanny Brice (1891-1951), comedic actor, Vaudeville performer
Les Brown (1912-2001), bandleader
Marguerite McClure Bradbury (1922-2003), wife of Ray Bradbury
Clarence Bull (1896-1979), photographer

[edit] C

Sebastian Cabot (1918-1977), actor, played Mr. French on TV's Family Affair
Sammy Cahn (1913-1993), songwriter
Truman Capote (1924-1984), actor, author, wrote In Cold Blood
Ken Carpenter (1900-1984), actor
Edward Carrere (1906-1984), director
John Jay Carsey (1921-2002), producer
John Cassavetes (1929-1989), actor, screenwriter, director, producer
Kevin Casselman (1925-1993), produce
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968), composer
James Coburn (1928-2002), actor
Ray Conniff (1916-2002), musician
Richard Conte (1910-1975), actor
Lawrence Cook (1930-2003), actor
Ian Copeland (1949-2006), music promoter
Kate Coscarelli (1927-1999), novelist
Bob Crane (1928-1978), actor, played Hogan on TV's Hogan's Heroes, murder victim
Norma Crane (1928-1973), actress, Golde in "Fiddler on the Roof"
Dick Crawford (1915-1990), actor

[edit] D

Rodney Dangerfield (1921-2004), comedian, actor
Helmut Dantine (1918-1982), actor
Danny Dark (1939-2004), announcer
Steve Darrell (1904-1970), actor
Marvin Davis (1925-2004), oil tycoon and businessman
Don DeFore (1913-1993), actor
Vigen Derderian (1929-2003), Armenian-Iranian singer
Edmund M. DiGiulio (1927-2004), important pioneer film technician
Lyn Donelson (1891-1966), actress
Philip Dorn (1901-1975), actor
Eric Douglas (1958-2004), actor; son of Kirk Douglas
Dominique Dunne (1959-1982), actress Poltergeist; daughter of writer Dominick Dunne, sister of actor-director Griffin Dunne
Ariel Durant (1898-1981), historian, Pulitzer Prize in literature
Will Durant (1885-1981), historian, Pulitzer Prize in literature

[edit] E

Nora Eddington (1924-2001), actress
Roger Edens (1905-1970), vocal coach
Jack Elliott (1927-2001), songwriter
Harry Essex (1910-1997), writer

[edit] F

Jay C. Flippen (1899-1971), actor
Coleman Francis (1919-1973), film director

[edit] G

Eva Gabor (1919-1995), actress, Lisa Douglas on TV
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
Paul Gleason (1939-2006), actor
Bebe Goddard (1926-2000), long time friend of Marilyn Monroe
Grace Goddard (1894-1953), was Marilyn Monroe's "Mother Figure"
Thomas Gomez (1905-1971), actor
Robert Gottschalk (1918-1982), camera technician
Jane Greer (1924-2001), actress

[edit] H

Carrie Hamilton (1963-2002), actress, singer, daughter of Carol Burnett
Armand Hammer (1898-1990), oil tycoon and art collector
Bong Soo Han (1933-2007), martial artist
Betty Hanna (1903-1976), actress
Jonathan Harris (1914-2002), actor
Harold Hecht (1907-1985), film producer
Heideh (1942-1990), legendary Iranian singer
Percy Helton (1894-1971), actor
Jonathon Hole (1904-1998), actor
James Wong Howe (1899-1976), cinematographer
Mark Hughes (1956-2000), founder of HerbaLife
Ronald Hughes (1935-1970), lawyer
Ross Hunter (1920-1996), producer, director
Jim Hutton (1934-1979), actor

[edit] I

Steve Ihnat (1934-1972), actor

[edit] J

Donald G. Jackson (1943-2003), filmmaker
Nunnally Johnson (1897-1977), filmmaker
Louis Henry Jourdan (1951-1981), son of French actor Louis Jourdan, died from a drug overdose
Janis Joplin, singer. She was cremated here and her ashes were later scattered in the Pacific Ocean

[edit] 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 his daughter, Daisy. Both committed suicide.
Cecil Kellaway (1890-1973), actor
Gene Kelly, actor, dancer, singer, director was cremated here ashes scatterd at sea.
Nancy Kelly (1921-1995), actress
Stan Kenton (1911-1979), bandleader
Victor Kilian (1891-1979), actor
Don Knotts (1924-2006), actor, comedian
Miliza Korjus (1909-1980), opera singer

[edit] L

Perry Lafferty (1917-2005), director
Karen Lamm (1952-2001), model, actress
Burt Lancaster (1913-1994), actor
Sidney Lanfield (1898-1972), film and television director
Peter Lawford, actor, was cremated and ashes originally buried at Westwood. His ashes were later removed and scattered in the Pacific.
Marc Lawrence (1910-2005), actor
Irving Paul Lazar (1907-1993), agent
Anna Lee (1913-2004), actress, she was cremated and was scatterd at sea along with her husband Robert Nathan, she has a memorial in the garden.
Peggy Lee (1920-2002), singer
Ernest Lehman (1915-2005), screenwriter
Oscar Lehrman (1919-1992), businessman
Jack Lemmon (1925-2001), actor
Queenie Leonard (1905-2002), actress
Oscar Levant (1906-1972), actor, pianist
Richard Levinson (1934-1987), writer
Jay Livingston (1915-2001), composer
Louis Loeffler (1897-1972), editor

[edit] M

Alexander Mackendrick (1912-1993), director
Janet Margolin (1943-1993), actress, married to Ted Wass
Dean Martin (1917-1995), actor, singer
Samuel Marx (1902-1992), producer
Pamela Mason (1916-1996), actress
Shirley Mason (1900-1979), actress
Curt Massey (1910-1991), actor
Edith Massey (1918-1984), actress
Carol Matthau (1925-2003), actress, wife of Walter
Walter Matthau (1920-2000), actor
Ruth McDevitt (1895-1976), actress
Lewis Milestone (1895-1980), film director
Marvin E. Miller (1913-1985), actor
Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), actress, singer, model and pop icon.
Elizabeth Montgomery, actress, she was cremated here
Constance Moore (1921-2005), singer, actress
Dolores Moran (1926-1982), actress
Jeff Morris (1934-2004), actor
Richard Barzen Murrow (1912-2002), designer

[edit] N

Nader Naderpour (1929-2000), poet
Robert Nathan (1894-1985), author, husband of Anna Lee, he was cremated and scatterd at sea along with his wife Anna.
Chrisine Nelson (1920-1988), actress
Robert Newton (1905-1956), actor
Lloyd Nolan (1902-1985, actor

[edit] O

Carroll O'Connor (1924-2001), actor, played Archie Bunker on TV's All In The Family
Hugh O'Connor (1962-1995), actor
Heather O'Rourke (1975-1988), actress, the little girl from the Poltergeist film series.
Roy Orbison (1936-1988), singer, Rock and Roll pioneer. Grave unmarked

[edit] P

Dorothy Patrick (1921-1987), actress
Gregor Piatigorsky (1903-1976), cellist
Richard Poncher (1905-1986), folk figure

[edit] Q

[edit] R

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 Reynolds (1862-1961), actress
Renie Riano (1899-1971), actress
Buddy Rich (1917-1987), drummer, bandleader
Minnie Riperton (1947-1979), singer
Marjorie Riordan (1921-1984), actress
Ava Archer Syme-Reeves (1999-1999), Keanu Reeves's daughter
Eugene Rodney (1898-1985), producer
Hillevi Rombin (1933-1996), Miss Universe 1955
Ruth Rose (1896-1978), screenwriter
Herbert Ross (1925-2001), film director

[edit] S

William Sackheim (1921-2004), screenwriter, producer
Mark Sandrich Jr. (1928-1995), director, son of Mark Sandrich
Franklin Schaffner (1920-1989), film director
G. David Schine (1927-1996), film producer
Ernest B. Schoedsack (1893-1979), film director
Portland Mason Schuyler (1948-2004), actress, daughter of Pamela and James Mason
George C. Scott (1927-1999), actor, won the Oscar for the title role in Patton Grave unmarked
Vivienne Segal (1897-1992), singer, actress
Anne Seymour (1909-1988), actress
Ed Simmons (1919-1998), producer
Robert Slatzer (1927-2005), author
Robert Stack (1919-2003), actor, The Untouchables, Unsolved Mysteries
Ray Stark (1915-2004), film producer
Josef von Sternberg (1894-1969), film director
Donald Stewart (1930-1999), screenwriter
Dorothy Stratten (1960-1980), actress, Playboy Playmate, (murdered)
Danny Sugerman (1954-2005), writer, rock band manager
Jennifer Syme (1972-2001), actress, (buried with her daughter by Keanu Reeves)

[edit] T

Don Taylor (1920-1998), actor
Kent Taylor (1906-1987), actor.
Sara Sothern (1895-1994), mother of Liz Taylor
Irene Tedrow (1907-1995), actress
William C. Thomas (1903-1984), film producer
Ernst Toch (1887-1964), composer
Mel Tormé (1925-1999), singer
Frank Tours (1877-1963), music director
Helen Traubel (1899-1972), opera soprano
Frank Tuttle (1892-1963), screenwriter, producer

[edit] U

[edit] V

John N. Vincent (1902-1977)
John Vivyan (1916-1983), actor

[edit] W

June Walker (1900-1966), actress
Ray Walston, actor, he was cremated here and the ashes are with his daughter
Pat Walshe (1900-1991), actor
Harry Warren (1893-1981), songwriter
Brooks West (1916-1984), actor
Chrissie White (1895-1989, silent film actress
Herbert Wiere (1908-1999), performer
Cornel Wilde (1915-1989), actor
Billy Wilder (1906-2002), movie director
Carl Wilson (1946-1998), singer - The Beach Boys
Darbi Winters (1946-1962), actress
Estelle Winwood (1883-1984), actress
Natalie Wood (1938-1981), actress

[edit] X

[edit] Y

[edit] Z

Darryl F. Zanuck (1902-1979), head of 20th Century Fox studios
Virginia Zanuck (1908-1982), actress, wife of Darryl
Frank Zappa (1940-1993), composer, musician, satirist, leader of Mothers Of Invention.

Category: Cemeteries in Los Angeles