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1. 4EVER_100727_008.JPG: Norma Talmadge (1893-1957), all but forgotten by today's movie-goers, was a superstar in her day. In fact, history has it that she was the very first star to have her footprints placed in the wet cement outside of Grauman's Chinese Theatre - her prints there occupy the central square, right in front of the theatre doors, framed by those of Pickford and Fairbanks. Her sister, Constance Talmadge (1897-1973), also buried here, starred in D.W. Griffith's 1916 silent epic, "Intolerance," while Natalie Talmadge (1895-1969) was married to Buster Keaton and co-starred with him in many of his silent comedies. The above text from http://www.seeing-stars.com/buried2/HollywoodMemorial.shtml
2. 4EVER_100727_010.JPG: Norma Talmadge
3. 4EVER_100727_013.JPG: Constance Talmadge
4. 4EVER_100727_016.JPG: Natalie Talmadge
5. 4EVER_100727_018.JPG: Clifton Webb Actor Clifton Webb (1889-1966) is interred nearby. Best known as the original Mr. Belvedere in 1948's "Sitting Pretty" (and its sequels), Webb also starred as the killer in the classic thriller "Laura," and he had his footprints immortalized at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. His ghost is said to haunt this mausoleum, as well as his former home in Beverly Hills. The above is from http://www.seeing-stars.com/buried2/HollywoodMemorial.shtml
6. 4EVER_100727_021.JPG: Jesse L. Lasky 1880 - 1958 Beloved son of California who in 1913 headed the company that produced the first feature length motion picture made in Hollywood. His greatness never lacked simplicity. Carry the song along the passage you the soul of all there is in glory forevermore. Jesse Lasky and Cecil B. DeMille shot the first full-length movie ever made in Hollywood, "The Squaw Man," back in 1913. Lasky's Famous Players company went on to become the huge Paramount Studios, located right next door to this cemetery. Lasky's crypt is two spaces up from the bottom, with a larger-than-normal plaque. (As luck would have it, Cecil B. DeMille is buried here as well, over by the lake.) The above is from http://www.seeing-stars.com/buried2/HollywoodMemorial.shtml
7. 4EVER_100727_025.JPG: Darla Jean Hood Darla Hood (1931-1979), the child actress who starred in the original "Little Rascals." and "Our Gang" comedies, along with "Spanky," "Alfalfa," and "Buckwheat."
8. 4EVER_100727_027.JPG: Charles Chaplin Jr Charlie Chaplin's son, Charlie Chaplin Jr. (1925-1968) Charles Chaplin Jr. was an actor in his own right, appearing in a number of minor youth films during the 1950's (such as "High School Confidential." and "Girl's Town"), before passing away at age 42 of a blood clot. His famous father outlived him by almost ten years. The above is from http://www.seeing-stars.com/buried2/HollywoodMemorial.shtml
9. 4EVER_100727_030.JPG: Joan Hackett 1934 - 1983 Go Away -- I'm Asleep If you saw the hilarious comedy "Support Your Local Sheriff." with James Garner, you will remember Ms. Hackett in the female lead, as the young woman Garner first meets when she's stuck up a tree in her underwear. Or perhaps you'll remember Joan Hackett from her starring role in "Will Penny," opposite Charlton Heston. She was nominated for an Oscar for her supporting role in Neil Simon's 1981 movie "Only When I Laugh." She was married to comic actor Richard Mulligan ("Soap") for seven years. ... She died young - at just 49, of cancer. She loved to get her beauty sleep, so her unusual marker reads: "Go Away - I'm Asleep.." The above is from http://www.seeing-stars.com/buried2/HollywoodMemorial.shtml
10. 4EVER_100727_032.JPG: That's All Folks Mel Blank Man of 1,000 Voices Beloved husband and father 1908 - 1989
11. 4EVER_100727_034.JPG: Beloved mother wife and auntie Estelle Z. Blanc July 12, 1910 - Jan. 12, 2003 "A Shining Star"
12. 4EVER_100727_043.JPG: Note the dirigible
13. 4EVER_100727_048.JPG: Bigsby
14. 4EVER_100727_053.JPG: Harry Chandler Harry Chandler From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Harry Chandler (May 17, 1864 – September 23, 1944) was an American newspaper publisher and investor who became owner of the largest real estate empire in the U.S.
15. 4EVER_100727_057.JPG: OUR MARTYRED MEN This Imposing Pile, Reared by the Los Angeles Times, stand here to perpetuate the names, the virtues and the memories of those Honored Dead who in life toiled in the ranks of the journal which they served so long, and so well, and who fell at their posts in The Times Building on the awful morning of October first, 1910 -- victims of conspiracy, dynamite and fire -- The Crime of the Century. "Sons of Duty," they were defenders of Industrial Freedom under Law. When they died they were exercising their unalienable and constitutional rights as American citizens, empowered to labor freely, without menace and without fear, in the performance of their duty to themselves, their families, their journal and their kind. In life the faithful workmen whose fire-scathed yet sacred remains have common sepulture beneath this sod, made a luminous record of duty done, serving as a beacon-light to all who may follow them -- to all who value Industrial Independence above Industrial Slavery. These noble martyrs, manfully refusing to renounce their convictions, or to stultify their conduct, died in the faith which was theirs, and is ours likewise. Living, they stood fast for a high principle; dying they passed the standard on for us to uphold. Their consecrated dust, moistened by tears of measureless compassion, will nourish the Tree of Liberty; the supreme sacrifice of their useful lives shall endure as a deathless example to their countrymen; their bodies pulsate no more, but their souls are immortal. This lasting Memorial stands as a profound tribute of the respect, admiration and affection held by those who knew them best -- their families, friends, employers, co-workers and associates -- for the score of loyal men who sleep the sleep that knows no waking. Peace to their ashes! Forever green be the turf which California, through all her perennial summertimes, will graciously tend above their cherished graves! Sweet be their eternal rest, sublime their solace! THE ROLL OF HONOR Robert L. Sawyer Harry L. Crane Edward Wasson J. Wesley Reaves Charles Hagerty Frank Underwood Howard Courdaway J.C. Calliher Eugene Caress Fred Llewellyn W.G. Tunstall Don E. Johnson Charles Gulliver Churchill Harvey-Elder "20" Carl Sallada Harry L. Flynn Elmer E. Frink Grant Moore John Howard Ernest Jordan
16. 4EVER_100727_065.JPG: William Andrews Clark, Jr. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Andrews Clark, Jr. (March 29, 1877 Montana – June 14, 1934 Salmon Lake, Montana), son of Senator William Andrews Clark, was the founder of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1919. When he died in 1934, he bequeathed his library of rare books and manuscripts, the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, to the University of California, Los Angeles. He is buried in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. The movie The Soloist features a statue erected in the memory of William Andrews Clark, Jr. William was married twice. His first wife was Mabel Foster (1880-1 Jan 1903), whom he married on 19 June 1901. They had one son, William Andrews Clark III (2 Dec 1902-23 May 1932 Arizona), who died in a plane crash . Mabel died of blood poisoning shortly after the birth of their son. William's second wife was Alice McManus (1883-1916). William, his son and both wives are buried in the family mausoleum, which William had built.
17. 4EVER_100727_068.JPG: Closer to the road, and a few steps to the west, you can't miss the large statue of a young man playing an electric guitar. This is the memorial to Johnny Ramone (1948-2004), the guitarist and founding member of "The Ramones". The definitive American punk rock group, the Ramones (along with groups like The Clash and the Sex Pistols) stripped rock & roll down to its basic four chords and sped up the beat. Unlike other punk bands that disappeared after a season or two, the Ramones began in 1974 and lasted until 1996. Loud and fast. The turned out a string of songs like "Blitzkrieg Bop" ("Hey! Ho! Let's Go!") and contributed to movies such as "Steven King's Pet Semetary" and "Rock and Roll High School". Johnny was cremated. I'm not sure if any of his ashes are buried here or not, but the memorial stands between the lake and the Fairbanks memorial. The above is from http://www.seeing-stars.com/buried2/HollywoodMemorial5.shtml
18. 4EVER_100727_071.JPG: Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Sr.
19. 4EVER_100727_073.JPG: Memorial to actress Hattie McDaniel (1895-1952), the first African-American actress to win an Academy Award, playng "Mammy." in the 1939 classic "Gone With the Wind." It was Hattie's last wish to be buried in a white casket at Hollywood Forever, next to her fellow stars. But back in those days, racist laws prohibited burying black people in "white cemeteries." So instead, Hattie was buried over in Rosedale Cemetery. But some 47 years after her death, the new owners of Hollywood Forever have done their best to right that wrong. Hattie's family didn't want to move her remains at this late date, so the cemetery did the next best thing - they've built a memorial to Hattie, on the lawn overlooking the lake. The above is from http://www.seeing-stars.com/buried2/HollywoodMemorial5.shtml
20. 4EVER_100727_078.JPG: You'll find the modest grave of one of Hollywood's true legends, Fay Wray (1907-2004). Is there anyone who doesn't remember the original B&W, 1933 version of "King Kong", where the monster ape carries the screaming girl in his hairy fist, up the side of Manhattan's Empire State Building, swatting at the bi-planes that attempt to shoot him down? "King Kong" was remade in the 70's, and again in 2005, but the original film will always remain a classic for the ages. The girl held in the giant gorilla's fist, the "Beauty that killed the Beast", was none other than Fay Wray. She had made 50 other films before "Kong", starting with silent movies, and made another 40+ afterwards, ending in 1980 with TV's "Gideon's Trumpet" - but she will always be remembered as the girl in "King Kong". She lived to be almost 97 years old. The above is from http://www.seeing-stars.com/buried2/HollywoodMemorial5.shtml
21. 4EVER_100727_086.JPG: Character actor Adolphe Menjou (1890-1963), often described as "the best-dressed man in Hollywood." Ironically, he appeared with Janet Gaynor in 1937's "A Star is Born," (he played the studio boss to her aspiring actress role,) as well as in dozens of other films, from "The Sheik" (1921) to "Pollyanna." (1960). The above is from http://www.seeing-stars.com/buried2/HollywoodMemorial5.shtml
22. 4EVER_100727_088.JPG: John Huston (1906-1987), farther out near the road. Huston was the veteran director who gave us such classics as "The Maltese Falcon," "The African Queen" and "Prizzi's Honor." Huston was portrayed by Clint Eastwood in the 1990 film "White Hunter, Black Heart." The above is from http://www.seeing-stars.com/buried2/HollywoodMemorial5.shtml
23. 4EVER_100727_095.JPG: Darren McGavin. One of my favorite TV movies was a thriller called "The Night Stalker", starring Darren McGavin as a reporter ('Carl Kolchak') who investigates the strange case of a serial murderer who is seems to be trying to make people believe he is a vampire... the victims are drained of blood. Or is it the work of a real vampire? The 1972 TV movie was so popular that it spawned a sequel ("The Night Strangler"), and then a TV series of its own ("Kolchak, the Night Stalker"). The TV series never achieved the same level of suspense as the movie (by then, we knew the formula too well), but it was still one of the more memorable series of the '70s. (Given how much time 'Kolchak' spent running through graveyards on that show, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that some of those scenes were filmed right here at Hollywood Forever.) But for everyone who knows Darren McGavin as a supernatural sleuth, there is another who remembers him in a much more down-to-earth role: that of Ralphie's 'Old Man' in the popular 1983 Christmas comedy: "A Christmas Story", who becomes infatuated with a leg-shaped lamp. And there are still a few who remember him as TV's "'Mike Hammer' in the '50s. The above is from http://www.seeing-stars.com/buried2/HollywoodMemorial6.shtml
24. 4EVER_100727_103.JPG: One of the world's most famous directors, Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959), the man who shot the first full-length movie in Hollywood ("The Squaw Man"), founded nearby Paramount Pictures, and went on to make such classics as "The Ten Commandments," "King of Kings" and "The Greatest Show on Earth." He even played himself in a Hollywood classic, "Sunset Blvd." You will remember that movie's final line, in which a crazed Gloria Swanson descends the stairs, proclaiming "I'm ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille!" The above is from http://www.seeing-stars.com/buried2/HollywoodMemorial5.shtml
25. 4EVER_100727_107.JPG: Florence Lawrence 1890 - 1938 Hollywood Forever Though most film fans today have probably never heard of her, Florence Lawrence appeared in nearly 300 films and is credited with being the first movie star. In fact, that's how she's identified on her grave marker. Lawrence began her performing career at age 3, working in her parents' traveling tent show. In 1906, Lawrence began appearing in films, first for the Edison Company, then for the Biograph Company in New York City. From 1908 to 1910, she appeared in more than 100 short films directed by D. W. Griffith. She also appeared as Juliet in the first filmed version of "Romeo and Juliet" (1909). Like other studios, Biograph did not identify its actors by name, for fear that they would become too popular as individuals and start to ask for more money. But Biograph promoted Lawrence as the first "Biograph Girl." In 1910, Carl Laemmle, founder of Universal Pictures, lured Lawrence to come to work for his Independent Motion Picture Co. and promoted her as "The IMP Girl." (After Lawrence left Biograph, the title of "The Biograph Girl" went to Mary Pickford.) To gain publicity for his new star, Laemmle first circulated a story that Lawrence had been killed in a traffic accident. He then said the story was a hoax, and that she would be appearing in the next IMP production, "The Broken Oath" (1910). Laemmle was also the first filmmaker to identify his star by name. And so, Florence Lawrence became the first movie star. Lawrence appeared in more than 100 films over the next five years. In 1915, she was severely burned in a fire at the studio, reportedly while trying to rescue another performer. She disappeared from the screen for several years, returning to play supporting roles in the late 1920s and early 1930s, including a small part in "Secrets" (1933), ironically starring Mary Pickford, her successor as "The Biograph Girl," and small parts in "The Old-Fashioned Way" (1934) and "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" (1935) both starring W. C. Fields. Her last screen appearance was a bit part in "One Rainy Afternoon" (1936). Lawrence committed suicide by taking poison in her Beverly Hills home in 1938. For many years, Lawrence's grave was unmarked. Recently, a memorial marker was added, paid for by actor Roddy McDowall, who had a large collection of film memorabilia and served on the National Film Preservation Board. Lawrence's grave marker identifies her as "The Biograph Girl" and "The First Movie Star." Lawrence's mother, Charlotte Bridgwood (1861 - 1929), who was known professionally as Lotta Lawrence, is buried in the Columbarium behind the chapel at Hollywood Forever. Lawrence was born Florence Bridgwood on Jan. 2, 1890 (some sources say 1880 or 1886) in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She died on Dec. 28, 1938, in Beverly Hills, CA. The above is from http://www.cemeteryguide.com/lawrence.html
Wikipedia Description: Hollywood Forever Cemetery
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hollywood Forever Cemetery is at 6000 Santa Monica Boulevard in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California. It is adjacent to the north wall, or back, of Paramount Studios, which, with RKO Studios, bought 40 acres (160,000 m2) by 1920. The Beth Olam Cemetery, in the southwestern section, is a dedicated Jewish burial ground.

History:

The cemetery was founded in 1899 on 100 acres (0.40 km2) as Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery. By the latter part of the 20th century it had become run down. Allegations of financial mismanagement caused the State of California to forbid the sale of plots. On the verge of closure in a bankruptcy proceeding, Tyler Cassity of Forever Enterprises purchased the now 62-acre (250,000 m2) property in 1998 for $375,000. They renamed it "Hollywood Forever," and restored and refurbished it.

The cemetery is active. The longtime ban on the sale of plots was rescinded when the Forever Network restored the cemetery, and space for more graves remains.

Tours:

Motion picture historian Karie Bible leads a walking tour through the cemetery. Bible is the current "Lady In Black," carrying on the tradition of the mysterious woman who put a rose on Rudolph Valentino's grave every year.

In popular culture:

During the summer, movies are screened at the cemetery at a gathering called Cinespia. Thousands of people come with beach chairs, blankets, and food to view films projected onto the side of one of the buildings.

There is a documentary about Hollywood Forever Cemetery called The Young and the Dead. Among those interred or entombed in the cemetery are a number of important personalities, famous persons, including men and women from the entertainment industry, important people in the history of Los Angeles, and their relatives.

The television series 90210 featured the cemetery in the episode "Hollywood Forever".

A scene from the 2010 movie Valentines Day took place in the cemetery. The movie they were watching in the cemetery was Hot Spell (1958)

The cemetery is briefly shown in the short Stopover in Hollywood.

In one scene of the novel Expiration Date by Tim Powers, the main characters are evading the antagonists of the novel by hiding in Hollywood Forever Cemetery. At one point the main hero, Pete Sullivan, remarks that at the tomb of Bugsy Siegel that his late Hollywood producer father was friends with Siegel and many of the other celebrities interred at Hollywood Forever. To illustrate, Sullivan knocks the first few beats of "Shave-and-a-Hair-Cut" on the door of Siegel's tomb, to receive a moment later the response "Two-Bits" knocked from the inside of the tomb.

Partial list of people buried:

* David Abel (1883–1973), cinematographer
* Walter Ackerman (1881–1938), actor
* Bert Adams (1891–1940), Major League Baseball player
* Constance Adams (1874–1960), actress
* Don Adams (1923–2005), actor/comedian
* Louis Adlon (1908–1947), actor
* Ren�e Ador�e (1898–1933), actress
* Gilbert Adrian (1903–1959), costume designer
* Helen Ainsworth (1902–1961), actress/producer
* Frank Alexander (1879–1937), actor
* James Alexander (1914–1961), actor
* Lester Allen (1891–1949), actor
* Murray Alper (1904–1984), actor
* Sylvia Ashley (1904–1977), actress/socialite
* Agnes Ayres (1898–1940), actress
* A.E. Anson (1879–1936), actor
* Art Arthur (1911–1985), screenwriter
* Jessica Pepper Arthur (1913–2003), actress
* Gertrude Astor (1877–1977), actress
* Charles Avery (1873–1926), actor
* Fred J. Balshofer (1877–1969), director/producer
* Leah Baird (1883–1971), actress
* William Beaudine (1892–1970), director
* Tony Beckley (1927–1980), actor
* Elmer Berger (1891–1952), inventor of the rear-view mirror
* Herman Bing (1889–1947), actor, voice of The Ringmaster in Disney's Dumbo
* Richard Blackwell (1922–2008), fashion critic
* Mel Blanc (1908–1989), actor/comedian and voice over talent. His tombstone has one of the most famous epitaphs, "That's all folks"
* El Brendel (1890–1964), actor/comedian
* Coral Browne (1913–1991), actress
* Peter Bruni (1931–1992), actor
* Edward Bunker (1933–2005), actor
* Lynn Cartwright (1927–2004), actress, wife of Leo Gordon
* Orlando Costa (1929–2006), Portuguese Minister
* Louis Calhern (1895–1956), actor
* Charles Chaplin Jr. (1925–1968), actor, son of Charlie Chaplin
* Hannah Chaplin (1865–1928), mother of Charlie Chaplin
* Chief Luther Standing Bear, Sioux Nation actor
* Al Christie (1881–1951), director/producer and screenwriter
* Charles Christie (1880–1955), movie studio owner
* Gertrude Claire (1852–1928), actress
* William Andrews Clark, Jr. (1877–1934), founder of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
* Lana Clarkson (1962–2003), actress
* Otto Classen (1868–1939), artist
* Iron Eyes Cody (1907–1999), actor
* Harry Cohn (1891–1958), founder of Columbia Pictures
* Alan Crosland (1894–1936), director
* Cornelius Cole (1822–1924), California Congressional Representative and U.S. Senator
* Douglas Glenn Colvin aka Dee Dee Ramone (1951–2002), Bassist in The Ramones
* Cass Daley (1915–1975), actress/comedienne
* Viola Dana (1897–1987), actress
* Karl Dane (1886–1934), actor/comedian
* Bebe Daniels (1901–1972), actress
* Joe Dassin (1938–1980), French/American singer-songwriter
* Marion Davies (1897–1961), actress
* Cecil B. DeMille (1881–1959), director/producer
* William C. DeMille (1878–1955), director/writer
* Molly Dodd (1921–1981), actress
* Richard Dunn (1936–2010), character actor
* Maude Eburne (1875–1960), actress
* Nelson Eddy (1901–1967), actor/singer
* Kaye Valerie Elhardt (1935–2004), actress
* Douglas Fairbanks (1883–1939), actor
* Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (1909–2000), actor
* Julia Faye (1893–1966), actress
* Maude Fealy (1881–1971), actress
* Charles K. Feldman (1904–1968), agent/film producer
* Walter L. Ferris (1883–1965), screenwriter
* Flora Finch (1869–1940), actress
* Peter Finch (1912–1976), actor
* Victor Fleming (1889–1949), director
* John Taintor Foote (1881–1950), writer
* Kathleen Freeman (1919–2001), actress
* Joe Frisco (1889–1958), actor/comedian
* Leo Fuchs (1911–1994), actor
* William Gable (1870–1948), father of actor Clark Gable
* Ed Gardner (1901–1963), actor/comedian
* Janet Gaynor (1906–1984), actress
* Carmelita Geraghty (1901–1966), actress, wife of Carey Wilson
* Estelle Getty (1923–2008), actress
* Maury Gertsman (1907–1999), cinematographer
* Leo Gordon (1922–2000), actor, husband of Lynn Cartwright
* Elinor Remick Griffin, composer
* Griffith J. Griffith (1850–1919), park and observatory donor
* George Hackathorne (1896–1940), actor
* Joan Hackett (1934–1983), actress
* Bianca Halstead (1965–2001), musician
* John Hamilton (1887–1958), actor
* Curtis Harrington (1926–2007), director
* Kenneth Harlan (1895–1967), actor
* George Harrison (1943–2001), musician, cremated here, his ashes were scattered in the Ganges River
* Mildred Harris (1901–1944), actress
* Jean Havez (1869–1925), song writer
* Wanda Hawley (1895–1963), actress
* Lillie Hayward (1891–1977), actress/screenwriter
* Pauline Pfeiffer Hemingway, wife of Ernest Hemingway
* Woody Herman (1913–1987), musician
* Benjamin Franklin Hilliker (1843–1916), Medal of Honor recipient
* Darla Hood (1931–1979), actress, played "Darla" in Our Gang
* David Horsley (1873–1933), built the first Hollywood movie studio
* Jean Howard (1910–2000), actress/photographer
* John Huston (1906–1987), director/screenwriter
* Steve James (1952–1993), actor
* Rick Jason (1923–2000), actor
* Walter Jurmann (1903–1971), composer
* Olga Kaljakin (1950–2008), film poster designer
* Bronislaw Kaper (1902–1983), composer
* Zolt�n Korda (1895–1961), British director
* Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957), composer
* May Kitson (1869–1943), actress
* Don LaFontaine (1940–2008), voiceover
* Arthur Lake (1905–1987), actor
* Barbara La Marr (1896–1926), actress
* Arthur Landau (1888–1966), agent (client was Jean Harlow)
* Jesse L. Lasky (1880–1958), pioneer, founded Famous Players-Lasky, which became Paramount Pictures
* Jesse Lasky, Jr. (1908–1988), screenwriter, son of Jesse Lasky
* Florence Lawrence (1886–1938), actress, known as "The First Movie Star"
* Nolan Leary (1889–1987), actor
* Henry Lehrman (1886–1946), director
* Edward LeSaint (1870–1940), actor
* Elmo Lincoln (1889–1952), actor
* Edwin Little (1955–2003), author
* Perry Lopez (1929–2008), actor
* Peter Lorre (1904–1964), actor
* Ben Lyon (1901–1979), actor
* Jeanie MacPherson (1887–1946), actress, screenwriter
* Leo D. Maloney (1888–1929), pioneer actor/director and producer
* Jayne Mansfield (1933–1967), actress, (She has a cenotaph; she is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania)
* Paul Marco (1925–2006), actor
* Tully Marshall (1864–1943), actor/producer and director
* Hattie McDaniel (1895–1952), actress, (She has a cenotaph; she is buried in Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery)
* Darren McGavin (1922–2006), actor
* Adolphe Menjou (1890–1963), actor
* Sybil Adrian Merritt (1923–2004), actress
* Traci Michaelz (1974–2008), drummer, member of the Peppermint Creeps.
* Charles B. Middleton (1874–1949), actor
* Arthur Charles Miller (1895–1970), cinematographer
* Sidney Miller (1916–2004), actor
* Laura Spellman-Middleton (1890–1945), actress
* Robert Mitchell (1912–2009), organist
* Jay Moloney (1965–1999), agent
* Paul Muni (1895–1967), actor
* Nat Nadajan (1902–1974), actor
* John Neilson (1944–2000), actor
* Dudley Nichols (1895–1960), screenwriter
* Maila Nurmi (1922–2008), actress Vampira
* Donald Allen Oreck (1930–2006), actor
* Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917), Los Angeles Times publisher
* Art Pepper (1925–1982), musician
* Barbara Pepper (1915–1969), actress
* Eleanor Powell (1912–1982), actress/dancer
* Tyrone Power (1914–1958), actor
* Christopher Quinn (1938–1941), child of actor Anthony Quinn who died in a drowning accident
* Luther James Rabb (1942–2006), musician
* Dee Dee Ramone (1952–2002), musician and member of The Ramones
* Johnny Ramone (1948–2004), musician and member of The Ramones, (He has a cenotaph, in the form of a bronze statue of him playing guitar)
* Virginia Rappe (1891–1921), actress, the woman Fatty Arbuckle was accused of killing during a wild party in San Francisco, creating one of Hollywood's first major scandals
* Marie Rappold (1879–1957), opera singer
* Tom Reddin (1916–2004), Los Angeles police chief (1964–1969)
* Rodd Redwing (1904–1971), Chickasaw actor
* George Regas (1890–1940), actor
* Pedro Regas (1897–1974), actor
* Nelson Riddle (1921–1985), musician/composer and band leader
* Al Ritz (1901–1965), actor/comedian
* Harry Ritz (1904–1985), actor/comedian
* Jimmy Ritz (1907–1986), actor/comedian
* Theodore Roberts (1861–1928), actor
* Edward G. Robinson, Jr. (1933–1974), son of actor Edward G. Robinson
* Harold Rosson (1895–1988), cinematographer
* Jules Roth (1900–1998), manager of Hollywood Forever
* Tom Santschi (1880–1931), actor
* Ann Savage (actress) (1921–2008), actress
* Joseph Schildkraut (1896–1964), actor
* Leon Schlesinger (1884–1949), head of animation at Warner Bros.
* Vito Scotti (1918–1996), actor
* Rolfe Sedan (1896–1982), actor
* Aron Semel, (1939–2005), Holocaust survivor
* Harry Semels (1887–1946), actor
* Peggy Shannon (1910–1941), actress
* Ronald Shedlo (1940–2007), producer (Also, Executive at Columbia Pictures (1980s), and Errol Flynn's personal assistant).
* Ann Sheridan (1915–1967), actor
* Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (1906–1947), gangster
* Esta Krakower (1911–1982), wife of Benjamin Siegel
* Ford Sterling (1883–1939), actor
* Yma Sumac (1922–2008), singer, actress
* Josef Swickard (1866–1940), actor
* Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer (1927–1959), actor, played "Alfalfa" in Our Gang
* Harold Switzer (1925–1967), actor, older brother of "Alfalfa" in Our Gang
* Natasha Shneider (1956–2008), musician, actress
* Constance Talmadge (1897–1973), actress
* Natalie Talmadge (1899–1969), actress
* Norma Talmadge (1893–1957), actress
* Eva Tanguay (1879–1947), singer
* Estelle Taylor (1894–1958), actress
* William Desmond Taylor (1872–1922), movie director, murder victim (unsolved), crypt is marked with his birth name, William Deane Tanner
* Verree Teasdale (1906–1987), actress, wife of Adolphe Menjou
* Charles E. Toberman (1880–1981), built the Roosevelt Hotel
* Gregg Toland (1904–1948), cinematographer
* Noel Toy (1918–2003), actress/dancer, wife of Carleton Young
* Edgar Ulmer (1904–1972), actor
* Rudolph Valentino (1895–1926), actor
* George D. Wallace (1917–2005), actor
* Jean Wallace (1923–1990), actress
* Steve Wayne (1920–2004), actor
* Clifton Webb (1889–1966), actor
* David White (1916–1990), actor
* Jonathan White (died 1988), son of actor David White. Killed in terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland
* Mae E. White (1885–1967), grandmother of Carol Burnett; when Burnett tugged on her ear at the end of her TV show it was a signal to her grandmother
* Hobart Johnstone Whitley (1847–1931), Named Hollywood while honeymooning with his wife; gravesite is marked "The Father Of Hollywood"
* Harvey Henderson Wilcox (1832–1891), founded the city of Hollywood
* Rozz Williams (1963–1998), founded the Death Rock band Christian Death
* Fay Wray (1907–2004), actress
* Victor Young (1899–1956), composer
* Eric Zeisl (1905–1959), composer
Atlas Obscura Description: Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Los Angeles, California
Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Hollywood Forever cemetery was founded in 1899 by farmer and businessman Isaac Van Nuys. Originally called Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery, the site was one of the first “park-like” cemeteries on the West Coast. It features a lush green landscape, classical architecture, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Sites.
Hollywood Forever is the final resting place for more Hollywood bigwigs and celebrities than any other cemetery in the world. Stars such as Cecil B. DeMille, Johnny Ramone, and Estelle Getty have all been laid to rest here. During the movie industry’s growth in the 1920s, visitors would flock to Los Angeles in search of celebrity homes and tombstones. Among the tombs was industrialist William A. Clark Jr.’s Greek Revival-style catacomb. Visitors must walk over a 40-foot granite bridge in order to reach Clark’s resting place, which sits on its own island in a lake and cost $500K to complete.
Though the cemetery flourished as an attraction through the 1940s, it became increasingly downtrodden over the next few decades. By the 1990s, the site suffered from mismanagement, neglect, and an earthquake that left potholes and open crypts in its wake. In late 1997, 27-year old Tyler Cassity purchased the lot for a mere $375,000 and has since worked to restore the estimated $7 million worth of damages from the decades of neglect.
In the restoration process, Cassity has uncovered long-forgotten mausoleums and elaborate rooms filled with stained-glass windows and vaulted ceilings. In October of 1999, Cassity erected a granite monument to Hattie McDaniel, an Oscar-winning African-American actress who died in 1952. Though McDaniel wished to be buried in the cemetery along with her Hollywood contemporaries, the bigotry of the time prevented her wish from being fulfilled. “They made a horrible decision and it is in our power to correct it,” Cassity said.
Since 2000, Hollywood Forever has teamed up with film organization Cinespia to feature “cemetery screenings” each summer. Thousands of people gather at the site with lawn chairs, blankets, and picnic baskets, where they lie out under the stars and watch classic Hollywood films projected onto the side of a mausoleum. In true Los Angeles form, this mausoleum contains the remains of silent film actor Rudolph Valentino–his grave often decorated with the red kiss marks of admirers–actor Peter Finch, and dancer Eleanor Powell.
The screenings were meant to encourage a different interaction between cemeteries and the public, and have become a “must-do” event for local Angelenos. Though Cinespia mostly sticks to screening Hollywood classics such as It Happened One Night or Rebel Without a Cause, movies such as The Muppet Movie and Pee Wee’s Big Adventure have also made the cut. For brave souls, horror films such as Bride of Frankenstein and The Shining are shown, and of course, Halloween plays on October 31st.

Know Before You Go

Parking is free for bikes or motorcycles and a nominal $10 fee for cars. Parking is also limited and fills fast. Get there early to ensure you're able to get a spot in the lot. There is additional street parking near the cemetery as well but that too gets nonexistent close to showings. While you can buy tickets at the gate, the line to actually gain access and purchase tickets gets very long very fast. Tickets at the gate tend to sell out before the showings especially on holidays such as the 4th of July which includes a fireworks display as well. Buy online to skip the headaches.

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