Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
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Hayedeh's gravestone.
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, starting with Marilyn Monroe in 1962. Joe DiMaggio, responsible for Monroe's arrangements, chose Westwood as 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. [1]
[edit] List
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, voice of Mr. Magoo and played Mr. Howell on TV's Gilligan's Island
- Arthur Ball (1894-1951), cinematographer
- Edgar Barrier (1907-1964), actor
- Eileen Barton (1924-2006), 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
- Philip Hilare Bourneuf (1908-1979), actor
- Dorris Bowdon (1914-2005), actress
- Rosemarie Bowe (1932-), actress, model, wife of Robert Stack Future Burial Site
- Marguerite McClure Bradbury (1922-2003), wife of Ray Bradbury
- Ray Bradbury (1920-), author, Future Burial Site
- Bobbi Brat (1962-1988), lead singer of Gothic rock band Red Scare
- Fanny Brice (1891-1951),actress,comedienne, Vaudeville performer (previously buried in Home of Peace Cemetery)
- William Brice (1921-2008), artist, son of Fanny Brice
- Les Brown (1912-2001), bandleader
- 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), producer
- Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968), composer
- James Coburn (1928-2002), actor
- 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
- Kate Coscarelli (1927-1999), novelist
- Alexander Courage (1919-2008), composer of Star Trek
- 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), film, stage & TV actor; former President of NATAS (Emmy Awards); Disneyland restaurant owner; longtime friend/supporter of Ronald Reagan
- Rubye De Remer (1892-1984), silent film actress
- Edmund M. DiGiulio (1927-2004), important pioneer film technician
- Richard H. Dodge (1926-2003), author, and professor of English to countless pupils including Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
- 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
- Ray Evans (1915-2007), composer
[edit] F
- Farrah Fawcett (1947-2009), actress, pop culture icon
- Freddie Fields (1923-2007), talent agent
- Jay C. Flippen (1899-1971), actor
- Michael Fox (1921-1996), actor
- Coleman Francis (1919-1973), film director
- Georgia Frontiere (1927-2008), football owner
[edit] G
- Eva Gabor (1919-1995), actress, portrayed Lisa Douglas on the TV show "Green Acres"
- 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
- 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
- Merv Griffin (1925-2007), game show creator, talk show host
[edit] H
- Loretta King Hadler (1917-2007), actress
- Hayedeh (1942-1990), Legendary Persian singer
- 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, Dr. Zachary Smith on "Lost in Space"
- Harold Hecht (1907-1985), film producer
- Hugh Hefner (1926-), founder of the Playboy Mansion (Future Burial Site-next to Marilyn Monroe)
- Percy Helton (1894-1971), actor
- Jonathon Hole (1904-1998), actor
- "Benny" Howard (1904-1970), aircraft designer and race pilot[2]
- 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
- Jim Hutton (1934-1979), actor
[edit] I
- Steve Ihnat (1934-1972), actor
- Franklin D. Israel (1945-1996), Architect, taught at the school of architecture at UCLA for 20 years and desiged residences, remodels and office buildings, born Brooklyn, New York 22 December 1945 and died in Los Angeles 10 June 1996.
[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 (1943-1970), 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 and ashes scattered at sea.
- Nancy Kelly (1921-1995), actress
- Stan Kenton (1911-1979), band leader
- Victor Kilian (1891-1979), actor
- Louis King (1898-1962), director
- 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
- Hal Landers (1928-1991), producer
- Sidney Lanfield (1898-1972), film and television director
- Peter Lawford (1923-1984), actor, was cremated and ashes originally buried at Westwood. His ashes were later removed and scattered in the Pacific.
- Marc Lawrence (1909-2005), actor
- Irving Paul Lazar (1907-1993), agent
- Robert S. Lechy (1937-1998), Film producer, author, minister
- Anna Lee (1913-2004), actress, she was cremated and was scattered 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, husband of novelist Jackie Collins
- 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), writer
- Jay Livingston (1915-2001), composer
- Louis Loeffler (1897-1972), editor
[edit] M
- Mahasti (1946-2007), Iranian pop singer
- Alexander Mackendrick (1912-1993), director
- Janet Margolin (1943-1993), actress, married to 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
- Curt Massey (1910-1991), actor
- Edith Massey (1918-1984), actress
- Dorothy Mathews (1912-1977), actress
- Carol Matthau (1925-2003), actress, wife of Walter
- Walter Matthau (1920-2000), actor
- Ruth McDevitt (1895-1976), actress
- Allen Melvin (1923-2008), actor
- Lewis Milestone (1895-1980), film director
- Marvin E. Miller (1913-1985), actor
- Shirley Mitchell (1919-), actress, wife of Jay Livingston Future Burial Site
- Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), actress, singer, model
- Elizabeth Montgomery (1933-1995), 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), Iranian poet
- Robert Nathan (1894-1985), author, husband of Anna Lee, he was cremated and scattered at sea along with his wife Anna.
- Chrisine Nelson (1920-1988), actress
- William Newell (1894-1967), actor
- Robert Newton (1905-1956), actor
- James Burl Nielsen (1962-2005), dancer/Classical Ballet: Soloist & Principal; performer/Musical Theater: Lead & Opera
- Lloyd Nolan (1902-1985), actor
- David Nadir Nuaimi (1963-), future burial site, real estate investor
[edit] O
- Carroll O'Connor (1924-2001), actor, played Archie Bunker on TV's All in the Family, and Chief Gellispie in the television series In the Heat of the Night.
- Hugh O'Connor (1962-1995), actor, Son of Carroll O'Connor
- 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
- Bettie Page (1923-2008), model
- Dorothy Patrick (1921-1987), actress
- Waite Phillips (1883-1964), oil tycoon, philanthropist
- 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' daughter
- Eugene Rodney (1898-1985), producer
- Hillevi Rombin (1933-1996), Miss Universe 1955
- Jack Roper (1904-1966), actor
- 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 (next to Walter Matthau's)
- 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
- Robert Slatzer (1927-2005), author
- Sara Sothern (1895-1994), mother of Elizabeth Taylor
- 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
- Viola Kates Stimpson (1906-2008), actress
- 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
- Marian Tally (1906-1983), soprano
- Don Taylor (1920-1998), actor
- Elizabeth Taylor (1932 - ),actress (Future Burial Site-next to parents)
- Kent Taylor (1907-1987), actor.
- Sara Taylor (1895 - 1994), Elizabeth Taylor's mother
- Irene Tedrow (1907-1995), actress
- William C. Thomas (1903-1984), film producer
- Marshall Thompson (1925-1992), actor
- Ernst Toch (1887-1964), composer
- Mel Tormé (1925-1999), singer
- Frank Tours (1877-1963), music director
- Helen Traubel (1899-1972), opera soprano
- Les Tremayne (1913-2003), actor
- Frank Tuttle (1892-1963), screenwriter, producer
[edit] U
[edit] V
- Sigrid Valdis (1935-2007), actress, widow of Bob Crane
- John Vivyan (1916-1983), actor
[edit] W
- Charles Wagenheim, 1896-1979), actor
- June Walker (1900-1966), actress
- Ray Walston (1914-2001), actor, he was cremated here; ashes are with daughter
- Pat Walshe (1900-1991), actor
- Harry Warren (1893-1981), songwriter
- Brooks West (1916-1984), actor
- Winifred Westover (1899-1978), actress
- 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
- Clay Womack (1892-1948), actor
- Natalie Wood (1938-1981), actress
[edit] X
[edit] Y
- Edward Yang (1947-2007), filmmaker
[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. Grave is unmarked.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ The Studio for Southern California History Accessed 21 February 2009
- ^ Benjamine Odel Howard (1904 - 1970) - Find A Grave Memorial
[edit] External links
Coordinates: 34°03′30″N 118°26′28″W / 34.0583468°N 118.4411348°W

