Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles
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For other places with the same name, see Calvary Cemetery (disambiguation).
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|---|---|
| Location | East Los Angeles, California |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 34°1′29.74″N 118°10′43.85″W / 34.0249278°N 118.1788472°WCoordinates: 34°1′29.74″N 118°10′43.85″W / 34.0249278°N 118.1788472°W |
| Type | Roman Catholic |
| Owned by | Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles |
The Calvary Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery operated by the Los Angeles Archdiocese, located at 4201 Whittier Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. It is also called "New Calvary Cemetery" because the original 1896 cemetery on North Broadway was moved to make way for Cathedral High School.
[edit] Notable burials
- Kathryn Adams (1893–1959), actress
- King Baggot (1879–1948), actor, screenwriter/director
- Lionel Barrymore (1878–1954), actor
- Ethel Barrymore (1879–1959), actress
- Eugenie Besserer (1868–1934), actress
- Francelia Billington (1895–1934), actress
- Richard Boleslawski (1889–1937), polish film director
- Mary Carr (1874–1973), actress
- Helene Costello (1906–1957), actress
- Lou Costello (1906–1959), actor, part of comedy team, "Abbott & Costello"
- Dolores Costello (1903–1979), actress
- Mae Costello (1882–1929), actress
- Maurice Costello (1877–1950) actor
- Edward L. Doheny (1856–1935), oil tycoon
- Jack Dragna (1891–1956), Los Angeles crime family Boss
- William W. Dixon (1838–1910) U.S. Representative (Democrat, Fifty-Second Congress). Later moved to Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
- Irene Dunne (1898–1990), actress
- Henry Gage (1852–1924), governor of California
- Cedric Gibbons (1893–1960), prolific film art director and production designer
- Elaine Hammerstein (1897–1948), actress
- Ted Healy (1896–1937), actor
- John Hodiak (1914–1955), actor
- Mervin King (1914–2008) Los Angeles Police Department Captain
- Emilio Kosterlitzky (1853–1928), Russian-born linguist and soldier of fortune
- Leno La Bianca (1925–1969), murdered by the Charles Manson family
- Timothy Manning (1909–1989), Roman Catholic cardinal, third Archbishop of Los Angeles
- Bull Montana (1887–1950), wrestler, actor
- Matt Moore (1888–1960), actor
- Owen Moore (1886–1939), actor
- Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton (1885–1941), musician/composer of jazz and blues
- J. Carrol Naish (1897–1973), actor
- Pola Negri (1894–1987), polish actress
- Mabel Normand (1892–1930), actress
- Ramón Novarro (1899–1968), actor
- Mary Philbin (1903–1993), actress
- Jack Reagan (1883–1941), father of Ronald W. Reagan
- Nelle Wilson Reagan (1883–1962), mother of Ronald W. Reagan
- Hal Roach, Jr. (1918–1972), film producer
- Harry F. Sinclair (1876–1956), oil industrialist
- Victor Varconi (1891–1976), Hungarian-born American actor
- Jose Yarba (1892–1957), aka Mexican Joe Rivers, boxer
