Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

The Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery is a cemetery at 1218 Glendon Avenue in the Westwood Village district of Los Angeles in California. He is known as the final resting place of several big names in the entertainment industry.

List of personalities buried

A

  • Milton Ager (1893-1979), 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
  • Claud Allister (1888-1970), actor
  • Gitta Alpar (1903-1991), actress, opera singer
  • Eve Arden (1908-1990), actress
  • 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
  • Arthur Ball (1894-1951), cinematographer
  • Edgar Barrier (1907-1964), actor
  • Eileen Barton (1924-2006), singer
  • Richard Basehart (1914-1984), actor
  • Roberta Beatty (1890-1978), actress
  • William Joseph Bell (1927-2005), Producer
  • Whit Bissell (1909-1996), actor
  • Robert Bloch (1917-1994), Writer
  • George Boemler (1902-1968), editor
  • Benedict Bogeaus (1904-1968), Producer
  • John Boles (1895-1969), actor
  • Raleigh Bond (1935-1989), actor
  • Philip Hilare Bourneuf (1908-1979), actor
  • Dorris Bowdon (1914-2005), actress
  • Ray Bradbury (1920-2012), American author and screenwriter
  • Bobbi Brat (1962-1988), singer of the goth rock band Red Scare
  • Fanny Brice (1891-1951), actress, comedian
  • William Brice (1921-2008), artist, son of Fanny Brice
  • Les Brown (1912-2001), bandleader
  • Clarence Bull (1896-1979), Photographer

C

  • Sebastian Cabot (1918-1977), actor
  • Sammy Cahn (1913-1993), composer
  • Truman Capote (1924-1984), actor, writer
  • Ken Carpenter (1900-1984), actor
  • Edward Carrere (1906-1984), Director
  • John Jay Carsey (1921-2002), Producer
  • John Cassavetes (1929-1989), actor, director, producer
  • Kevin Casselman (1925-1993), Producer
  • Mario Castelnuovo- Tedesco (1895-1968), composer
  • James Coburn (1928-2002), actor, director
  • 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
  • Alexander Courage (1919-2008), composer of the Star Trek music
  • Bob Crane (1928-1978), actor
  • Norma Crane (1928-1973), actress
  • Dick Crawford (1915-1990), actor

D

  • Rodney Dangerfield (1921-2004), comedian, actor
  • Helmut Dantine (1918-1982), actor
  • Danny Dark (1939-2004), voice
  • Steve Darrell (1904-1970), actor
  • Marvin Davis (1925-2004), oil tycoon and businessman
  • Don DeFore (1913-1993), actor
  • Rubye De Remer (1892-1984), silent film actress
  • Richard H. Dodge (1926-2003), author
  • Lyn Donelson (1891-1966), actress
  • Philip Dorn (1901-1975), actor
  • Eric Douglas (1958-2004), actor, son of Kirk Douglas
  • Ariel Durant (1898-1981), historian
  • Will Durant (1885-1981), historian

E

  • Nora Eddington (1924-2001), actress, author, second wife of Errol Flynn
  • Jack Elliott (1927-2001), songwriter
  • Harry Essex (1910-1997), Director
  • Ray Evans (1915-2007), composer

F

  • Peter Falk (1927-2011), actor
  • Farrah Fawcett (1947-2009), actress
  • Jay C. Flippen (1899-1971), actor
  • Michael Fox (1921-1996), actor
  • Coleman Francis (1919-1973), Director

G

  • Eva Gabor (1919-1995), actress
  • Eddie Guerrero (1967-2005), wrestler
  • 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
  • Thomas Gomez (1905-1971), actor
  • Robert Gottschalk (1918-1982), camera technician
  • Howard Greer (1886-1974), fashion designer
  • Jane Greer (1924-2001), actress
  • Merv Griffin (1925-2007), Moderator

B

  • Loretta King Hadler (1917-2007), actress
  • Hayedeh (1942-1990), singer
  • Carrie Hamilton (1963-2002), actress, singer, daughter of Carol Burnett
  • Armand Hammer (1898-1990), oil tycoon and art collector
  • Han Bong -soo (1933-2007), Martial Artist
  • Betty Hanna (1903-1976), actress
  • Jonathan Harris (1914-2002), actor
  • Harold Hecht (1907-1985), Producer
  • Percy Helton (1894-1971), actor
  • Heinz Herald (1890-1964), German theater director, film director and screenwriter
  • Jonathon Hole (1904-1998), actor
  • James Wong Howe (1899-1976), cinematographer
  • Ross Hunter (1920-1996), Producer, Director
  • Jim Hutton (1934-1979), actor

I

  • Steve Ihnat (1934-1972), actor
  • Franklin D. Israel (1945-1996), architect

J

  • Sam Jaffe (1891-1984), actor
  • Donald G. Jackson (1943-2003), filmmaker
  • Nunnally Johnson (1897-1977), filmmaker
  • Janis Joplin (1943-1970), singer ( 's remains burned here, ashes scattered later in the Pacific)

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 daughter Daisy
  • Cecil Kellaway (1890-1973), actor
  • Gene Kelly (1912-1996), actor, dancer, singer ( burned human remains here, ashes scattered later in the sea)
  • Nancy Kelly (1921-1995), actress
  • Stan Kenton (1912-1979), jazz pianist
  • Victor Kilian (1891-1979), actor
  • James Howard "Dutch " Kindel Berger (1895-1962), aircraft designer
  • Louis King (1898-1962), Director
  • Don Knotts (1924-2006), actor, comedian
  • Miliza Korjus (1909-1980), opera singer

L

  • Perry Lafferty (1917-2005), Director
  • Karen Lamb (1952-2001), Fashion Model, Actress
  • Burt Lancaster (1913-1994), actor
  • Hal Landers (1928-1991), Producer
  • Lanfield Sidney (1898-1972), Director
  • Peter Lawford (1923-1984), actor
  • Marc Lawrence (1909-2005), actor
  • Irving Paul Lazar (1907-1993), Agent
  • Robert S. Lechy (1937-1998), Producer, Author, Minister
  • Anna Lee (1913-2004), actress
  • Peggy Lee (1920-2002), singer
  • Ernest Lehman (1915-2005), Writer
  • 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), author
  • Jay Livingston (1915-2001), composer

M

  • Mahasti (1946-2007), singer
  • Alexander Mackendrick (1912-1993), Director
  • Karl Malden (1912-2009), actor
  • Janet Margolin (1943-1993), actress, wife of 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 Matthau
  • Walter Matthau (1920-2000), actor
  • Ruth McDevitt (1895-1976), actress
  • Allen Melvin (1923-2008), actor
  • Lewis Milestone (1895-1980), Director
  • Marvin E. Miller (1913-1985), actor
  • Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), actress
  • Elizabeth Montgomery (1933-1995), actress
  • Constance Moore (1921-2005), singer, actress
  • Dolores Moran (1926-1982), actress
  • Jeff Morris (1934-2004), actor
  • Richard Barzen Murrow (1912-2002), designer

N

  • Nader Nader Pour (1929-2000), poet
  • Robert Nathan (1894-1985), author, husband of Anna Lee ( burnt human remains here, ashes scattered later in the sea)
  • Christine Nelson (1920-1988), actress
  • William Newell (1894-1967), actor
  • Robert Newton (1905-1956), actor
  • James Burl Nielsen (1962-2005), dancer
  • Lloyd Nolan (1902-1985), actor

O

  • Carroll O'Connor (1924-2001), actor
  • Hugh O'Connor (1962-1995), actor, son of Carroll O'Connor
  • Heather O'Rourke (1975-1988), actress
  • Roy Orbison (1936-1988), singer

P

  • Bettie Page (1923-2008), model
  • Dorothy Patrick (1921-1987), actress
  • Waite Phillips (1883-1964), oil tycoon
  • Gregor Piatigorsky (1903-1976), cellist

R

  • Ford Rainey (1908-2005), actor
  • Donna Reed (1921-1986), actress
  • Jimmie Reese (1901-1994), baseball player
  • Stuart Rain (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
  • Mark Roberts (1921-2006), actor
  • 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), Director

S

  • William Sackville (1921-2004), Producer
  • Mark Sandrich Jr. (1928-1995), director, son of Mark Sandrich
  • Franklin Schaffner (1920-1989), Film Director
  • G. David Schine (1927-1996), Producer
  • Ernest B. Schoedsack (1893-1979), Director
  • Portland Mason Schuyler (1948-2004), actress, daughter of Pamela and James Mason
  • George C. Scott (1927-1999), actor
  • 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
  • Robert Stack (1919-2003), actor
  • Sage Stallone (1976-2012), actor
  • Ray Stark (1915-2004), Producer
  • Josef von Sternberg (1894-1969), Film Director
  • Donald E. Stewart (1930-1999), Writer
  • Viola Kates Stimpson (1906-2008), actress
  • Dorothy Stratten (1960-1980), actress, Playboy Playmate
  • Danny Sugerman (1954-2005), manager of Ray Manzarek
  • Jennifer Syme (1972-2001), actress

T

V

  • Sigrid Valdis (1935-2007), actress, wife of Bob Crane
  • John Vivyan (1916-1983), actor

W

  • Charles Wagenheim (1896-1979), actor
  • June Walker (1900-1966), actress
  • Ray Walston (1914-2001), actor
  • 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
  • Cornel Wilde (1915-1989), actor
  • Billy Wilder (1906-2002), Director
  • Carl Wilson (1946-1998), lead singer of the Beach Boys
  • Darbi Winters (1946-1962), actress
  • Estelle Winwood (1883-1984), actress
  • Clay Womack (1892-1948), actor
  • Natalie Wood (1938-1981), actress

Y

  • Edward Yang (1947-2007), filmmaker

Z

Westwood (Los Angeles) Gitta Alpár Jack Arnold (director) John Boles (actor) Gothic Rock Les Brown (bandleader) Sebastian Cabot (actor) Dominique Dunne Jack Elliott (composer) James H. Kindelberger Ted Wass (actor) Jeff Morris (actor) Mark Roberts (actor) Anne Seymour (actress) Don Taylor (American actor and director)
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