Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
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.jpg) Historic Chatsworth Community Church located on grounds of Oakwood Memorial Park |
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 Location of Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
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| Year established | 1924 |
| Location | Chatsworth, California |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Type | Public |
The Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 22601 Lassen Street, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California. It is the resting place for several movie stars such as Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Gloria Grahame and Stephen Boyd.[1]
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[edit] History and description
Oakwood Memorial Park is located in the San Fernando Valley, surrounded by rocky hills that have served as a backdrop for many a film setting. It has been used as a cemetery since 1924, and there was a Native American graveyard next to the cemetery before a fire destroyed the old wooden crosses that marked the site. The Old Stagecoach Trail passed beside it. The historic Chatsworth Community Church is located within the cemetery grounds.
[edit] Notables burials
Notables buried include:
- Adele Astaire (1897-1981), actress, dancer
- Fred Astaire (1899-1987), actor, dancer
- Stephen Boyd (1928-1977), actor
- Grace Cunard (1893-1967), actress, director
- Lloyd G. Davies, Los Angeles City Council member, 1943–51
- Frank Kelly Freas (1922-2005), illustrator
- Gloria Grahame (1923-1981), actress
- Russell Hayden (1912-1981), actor
- Jack Ingram (1902-1969), actor
- Al Jennings (1863-1961), lawyer, outlaw, actor
- Adele Jergens (1917-2002), actress
- Milton Kibbee (1896-1970), actor
- Trinity Loren (1964-1998), adult film star
- Dorothy Mackaye (1899-1940), actress and a convicted husband killer
- Dehl Berti (1921-1991), actor
- Derya Arbaş Berti (1968-2003), actress
- Anthony Magro (1923-2004), actor
- Freddie Perren (1943-2004), songwriter, record producer
- Floyd Roberts (1900-1939), Indianapolis 500 winner
- Ginger Rogers (1911-1995), actress
- Robert F. Simon (1908-1992), actor
- Ted Snyder (1881-1965), composer
- Ken Terrell (1904-1966), actor
- Henry Victor (1892-1945), actor
