The Calvary Cemetery is a The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. Members generally prefer the term Catholic Church, but this term has multiple meanings (see Catholicism); the term Roman Catholic Church is used in this article to avoid... Roman Catholic cemetery operated by the The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles covers the City of Los Angeles as well as Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, California. With about five million Catholics in the dioceses juristiction, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles is the largest diocese in the United States. The Archbishop of... Los Angeles Archdiocese, located at 4201 E. Whittier Boulevard in See also: East Los Angeles (region) East Los Angeles (often shortened to East L.A.) is an unincorporated area located in Los Angeles County, California, United States that is bounded by the city of Los Angeles to the west and north, the cities of Montebello and Monterey Park to the... East Los Angeles, California. It is also called "New Calvary Cemetery" because the original 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). Events January - April January 4 - Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. January 5 - An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays. January 12 - H... 1896 cemetery on North Broadway was moved to make way for Cathedral High School.

Amongst others, it is the final resting place for a few notables, including:

• King Baggot (born November 7, 1879 - died July 11, 1948) was an American motion picture pioneer actor, screenwriter and director. King Baggot Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he went to New York City with the intention of becoming a Broadway actor. In nearby Fort Lee, New Jersey he began a... King Baggot (1879-1948), screenwriter/director
• Lionel Barrymore (April 28, 1878 - November 15, 1954), original name: Lionel Blythe, was an American actor of stage, radio and film, elder brother of Ethel and John Barrymore. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died in Van Nuys, California. Barrymore made a name for himself on stage before going... Lionel Barrymore (1878-1954), actor (monument - burial place is in This article refers to the largest city of Pennsylvania. For other uses, see Philadelphia (disambiguation) Independence Hall Philadelphia (often referred to as Philly) is the sixth-largest city in the United States and the largest city in the state of Pennsylvania, occupying all of Philadelphia County.6 As of the... Philadelphia)
• Categories: People stubs | 1879 births | 1959 deaths | Cinema actors | Stage actors | American actors | Best Supporting Actress Oscar | Best Supporting Actress Oscar Nominee ... Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959), actress
• Categories: Stub | Polish film directors ... Richard Boleslawski (1889-1937), film director
• Louis Francis Cristillo aka Lou Costello (March 6, 1906 - March 3, 1959) was an American actor, producer and comedian from Paterson, New Jersey. He is best known as half of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, with Bud Abbott. Costello worked as a carpenter at MGM and Warner Brothers... Lou Costello (1906-1959), actor, part of comedy team, " William Alexander Abbott aka Bud Abbott ( October 2, 1895 – April 24, 1974) is a legendary American actor, producer and comedian from Asbury Park, New Jersey. He is best known as the straight man of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, with Lou Costello. Bud Abbott (top) & Lou... Abbott & Costello"
• Dolores Costello-Barrymore (1903-1979), actress
• Henry Dalton, Azusa founder and creator of honey industry
• Edward L. Doheny (1856-1935), oil tycoon
• Irene Dunne (December 20, 1898 – September 4, 1990), born Irene Marie Dunn in Louisville, Kentucky, was an American film actress. She died of heart failure in Los Angeles, California at age 91, and is entombed in the Calvary Cemetery in East Los Angeles, California. She has a star on... Irene Dunne (1898-1990), actress
• Henry Tifft Gage (December 25, 1852–August 28, 1924) was Governor of California from 1899 until 1903. Categories: Stub | 1852 births | 1924 deaths | Governors of California ... Henry Gage (1852-1924), governor of California
• Cedric Gibbons (1893-1960), prolific film art director and production designer
• Actor John Hodiak was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1914. He was of Ukranian descent. He had numerous jobs, including working as a Chevrolet car salesman before going to Hollywood. He starred in such films as Lifeboat and A Bell For Adano. His wife was actress Anne Baxter. They had... John Hodiak (1914-1955), actor
• Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary LaBianca were victims of the Charles Manson murders. Leno was a grocery store owner, and Rosemary was also a successful businesswoman. They lived in the Los Angeles suburb of Los Feliz. On August 9, 1969, they had vacationed for the day at Lake Isabella... Leno La Bianca (1925-1969), murdered by the Charles Milles Manson (born November 12, 1934) was convicted of murder in what became known as the Tate/La Bianca case, after the names of the victims of two mass murders carried out by his followers. As the leader of a group of young male and female followers, known collectively... Charles Manson family
• Matthew Moore (January 8, 1888 - January 20, 1960) was born in Fordstown Crossroads, County Meath, Ireland. He and his brothers Tom and Owen emigrated to America and all went on to Hollywood, California and to successful careers in motion pictures. Matt Moore Once his brothers had made a name for... Matt Moore (1888-1960), actor
• Owen Moore ( December 12, 1886 - June 9, 1939) was born in Fordstown Crossroads, County Meath, Ireland. Along with his brothers Tom and Matt, he emigrated to America and they all went on to successful careers in motion pictures in Hollywood, California. Owen Moore While working at D.W. Griffiths... Owen Moore (1886-1939), actor
• Ferdinand Jelly Roll Morton (September 20, 1890 - July 10, 1941) was a virtuoso pianist, a bandleader, and a composer who some call the first true composer of Jazz music. Morton was a colorful character who liked to generate publicity for himself by bragging. His business card referred to him as... Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton (1885-1941), musician/composer of jazz and blues
• J. Carrol Naish or Joseph Patrick Carrol Naish (January 21, 1897 – January 24, 1973) was an American actor born in New York City. He appeared on stage for several years before he began his film career. He was of Irish descent, but he never used his dialect skills to... J. Carrol Naish (1897-1973), actor
• Pola Negri (December 31, 1894 - August 1, 1987) was a film actress who achieved notoriety as a femme fatale in silent films. Pola Negri Born Barbara Apolonia Chałupiec in the village of Janowa, Poland, Negri trained as a dancer and performed ballet until forced by illness to change... Pola Negri (1894-1987), actress
• Mabel Normand (November 16, 1892 - February 20, 1930) was a US film actress, who was a popular comedienne in silent films. Mabel Normand Born Mabel Ethelreid Normand in Staten Island, New York, Normand worked as an artists model before entering films in 1910. She met director Mack Sennett and... Mabel Normand (1892-1930), silent film actress
• Ramon Navarro Ramón Novarro (February 6, 1899 - October 30, 1968) was a Mexican actor who achieved fame as a Latin lover in silent films. Born Ramón Gil Samaniego in Durango, Mexico, his family moved to Los Angeles to escape the Mexican Revolution. A cousin of actress Dolores del... Ramon Novarro (1899-1968), actor
• Hal Roach, Jr. (1918-1972), film producer

See also: Arkansas Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock - known as Westminster Abbey of Arkansas; California Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles; Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles; Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma is the burial site of William Randolph Hearst and other members of the Hearst family plus prominent citizens from the San Francisco... List of United States cemeteries; This is a list of famous cemeteries, mausoleums and other places people are buried, world-wide. Please add as needed. Argentina La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires - burial site of Eva Perón, Juan Manuel Fangio Cementerio de la Chacarita in Buenos Aires, Argentina is the National Cemetery where Juan Peron... List of famous cemeteries (non-US)

External links

Political Graveyard - containing a list of politicians buried in Calvary Cemetery in Los Angeles (http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA5.html#R9V0BWFJH)