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Encyclopedia > Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale
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Forest Lawn Memorial Park is a cemetery in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, in the United States. It is the original location of Forest Lawn, a chain of cemeteries in Southern California (termed "memorial parks" by the company). Pre 1923 image, not subject to copyright. ... Graves at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York A cemetery is a place (usually an enclosed area of land) in which dead bodies are buried. ... County Los Angeles County, California Area  - Total  - Water 79. ... Los Angeles County is a county in California with 10,179,716 residents (as of July 2004)[1], the most populous county in the United States. ... Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries is an American corporation that owns and operates a chain of cemeteries and mortuaries in Los Angeles and Riverside counties in Southern California. ... Southern California Downtown Los Angeles Skyline Southern California, sometimes abbreviated SoCal, is an informal name for the megalopolis that is the southern one-third of the state of California. ...


Forest Lawn was founded in 1906 as a not-for-profit cemetery by a group of businessmen from San Francisco. Dr. Hubert Eaton and C. B. Sims entered into a sales contract with the cemetery in 1912. Eaton took over the management of the cemetery in 1917 and is credited as being the "Founder" of Forest Lawn for his innovation of the "memorial park plan" that eliminated upright cemetery monuments and being the first to open a funeral home on dedicated cemetery grounds. Eaton was a firm believer in a joyous life after death, who was convinced that most cemeteries were "unsightly, depressing stoneyards," and pledged to create one that would reflect his optimistic beliefs, "as unlike other cemeteries as sunshine is unlike darkness". He envisioned Forest Lawn to be "a great park devoid of misshapen monuments and other signs of earthly death, but filled with towering trees, sweeping lawns, splashing fountains, beautiful statuary, and...memorial architecture..." A number of plaques which apparently state Eaton's intentions are signed "The Builder." Hubert Eaton (June 3, 1881 – September 20, 1966) was an American businessman. ...


Most of its burial plots have evocative names, including Eventide, Babyland (for infants, shaped like a heart), Graceland, Inspiration Slope, Slumberland (for children and adolescents), Sweet Memories, Vesperland, Borderland (on the edge of the cemetery), and Dawn of Tomorrow. Packages for burial range along a wide spectrum of prices: cremation urns, for example, range from those with names like "The Olympus" costing in the tens of thousands of dollars, down to the more lowly "The Plastic Container" and "The Steel Box" which cost less than a hundred dollars. The traditional heart shape appears on a 1910 St. ... Categories: Stub ...


The six Forest Lawn cemeteries contain about 1,500 stautes, 500 of which are reproductions of famous works of art, in various locations (many statues around the cemetery are listed as being available for purchase for use near a tombstone). Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper has been recreated in stained glass in the Memorial Court of Honor ‘in vibrant, glowing and indestructible colors.’ There are also a number of full-sized reproductions of other Renaissance sculptures, including Michelangelo's David and Moses. There are three non-sectarian chapels, ‘The Little Church of the Flowers,’ ‘The Wee Kirk o’ the Heather’ and ‘The Church of the Recessional’. Over 60,000 people have actually been married here (including Ronald Reagan, who wed Jane Wyman at the ‘Wee Kirk o' the Heather’ in 1940). Regis Philbin was also married at Forest Lawn. A quarter of a million people are buried at Forest Lawn; there are over a million visitors each year including thousands of local schoolchildren on field trips. Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian Renaissance architect, musician, anatomist, inventor, engineer, sculptor, geometer, and painter. ... The Last Supper (in Italian, Il Cenacolo or LUltima Cena) is a mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci for his patron Duke Lodovico Sforza. ... By region Italian Renaissance Spanish Renaissance Northern Renaissance French Renaissance German Renaissance English Renaissance The Renaissance, also known as Il Rinascimento (in Italian), was an influential cultural movement which brought about a period of scientific revolution, religious reform and artistic transformation, at the dawn of modern European history. ... Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, colloquially known as Michelangelo, (March 6, 1475 - February 18, 1564) was a Renaissance sculptor, architect, painter, and poet. ... Michelangelos David, finished by Michelangelo Buonarroti in 1504 (started in 1501) is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture and one of Michelangelos two greatest works of sculpture, along with the Pietà. David portrays the Biblical David at the moment that he decides to engage Goliath. ... Michelangelos Moses is marble sculpture executed by Michelangelo Buonarroti 1513-1515. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... Jane Wyman (born on January 4, 1914, though some sources claim she was born January 5, 1917) is an Oscar-winning American actress best known for playing disabled characters such as Belinda MacDonald in Johnny Belinda and Helen Phillips in Magnificent Obsession. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Regis Philbin as a guest on The Late Show with David Letterman Regis Francis Xavier Philbin (born August 25, 1931), is an experienced American talk show host whose career has included stints as a game show host and all-purpose television personality. ...


Some of the inspiration at Forest Lawn is patriotic rather than pious, such as the Court of Freedom, with its large mosaic of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence, and a 13 ft (4 m) high statue of George Washington. On display in the "Hall of the Crucifixion" is the panorama painting by the Polish artist Jan Styka titled "The Crucifixion." It is the largest framed mounted to canvas painting in the world, measuring 195 feet in length by 45 feet in height. The main gates of Forest Lawn - Glendale (above, right), claimed to be the world's largest wrought-iron gates, are located at 1712 S. Glendale Avenue, Glendale, California. George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was the successful Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and later became the first President of the United States, an office to which he was elected twice (1789-1797). ... Saint Peter preaching the Gospel in the Catacombs by Jan Styka Jan Styka (April 8, 1858 - April 11, 1925) was a Polish-born painter noted for producing large historical and Christian religion panoramas. ... County Los Angeles County, California Area  - Total  - Water 79. ...


The Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery is a second park solely dedicated to the preservation of American history. Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery is located at 6300 Forest Lawn Drive in Los Angeles, California, on the south edge of the San Fernando Valley by Burbank (and on the north side of the Santa Monica Mountains from Hollywood). ...


Forest Lawn's 300 acres (1.2 km²) of intensely landscaped grounds and thematic sculpture were the inspiration for the biting commentary of Evelyn Waugh's satirical novel The Loved One, and Jessica Mitford's acerbic The American Way of Death. Many commentators have considered Forest Lawn to be a unique American creation, and perhaps a uniquely maudlin Los Angeles creation, with its "theme park" approach to death. Evelyn Waugh, as photographed in 1940 by Carl Van Vechten Evelyn Arthur St. ... The Loved One (1947) is a short satirical novel by Evelyn Waugh about the funeral business in Los Angeles, the British expatriate community in Hollywood, and the film industry. ... Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford, known to friends and family as Decca (September 11, 1917 - July 22, 1996), self-described muckraker and political radical, was one of the noted Mitford sisters, daughters of the 2nd Baron Redesdale. ... The City of Los Angeles (from Spanish; Los Ángeles) is the second-largest city in the United States in terms of population, as well as one of the worlds most important economic, cultural, and entertainment centers. ... Theme Park Theme Park is a simulation computer game designed by Bullfrog Productions, released in 1994, in which the player designs and operates an amusement park. ...


Among those interred in the cemetery are a number of important personalities, famous persons, including men and women from the entertainment industry and their relatives. Some final resting places, such as those of Humphrey Bogart and Mary Pickford, are secluded in private gated gardens, with no entry for the public. A number of tombs are also kept from the public eye. The Court of Honor advertises that in some of the crypts beneath it are spots which no amount of money can buy, but individuals may be "voted in" as "Immortals." Humphrey Bogart Humphrey DeForest Bogart (* December 25, 1899 in New York, † January 14, 1957 in Hollywood) was an iconic American actor who retains legendary status decades after his death. ... Mary Pickford Mary Pickford (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979) was a Canadian-born motion picture star and co-founder of United Artists, known as Americas Sweetheart and the girl with the curls. ...


Perhaps due to the number of high-profile names on many of the grave markers, the management of Forest Lawn is, to quote Big Secrets author William Poundstone, "circumspect with a vengeance." Excavated earth from fresh graves is covered with AstroTurf, lest anyone get the idea that the dead are interred in ordinary dirt; no photographs taken at Forest Lawn are ever allowed to be published; and the information office usually refuses to say where famous people are buried. AstroTurf is a registered trademark of Textile Management Associates, applied to a particular kind of artificial turf. ...


List of those buried at Forest Lawn

(Note that this is a very partial list. Those in non-public areas are marked †.)


Use the following alphabetical links to find someone.


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


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Artemus Ward Acord (April 17, 1890 – January 4, 1931) was an American silent film actor and rodeo champion. ... Anita Louise (January 9, 1915 – April 25, American film actress. ... Maurice Buddy Adler (1909 - 1960) was a United States movie producer. ... Grace Allen, wife of comic legend George Burns, who started show business in vaudeville, became famous when teamed with him. ... The Andrews Sisters on the cover of the reissue collection The Best of the Andrew Sisters: The Millennium Collection. ... The Andrews Sisters on the cover of the reissue collection The Best of the Andrew Sisters: The Millennium Collection. ... Gene Austin (June 24, 1900 - January 24, 1972) was a United States singer and songwriter. ...

B

Theda Bara portrayed Cleopatra, in a costume of dubious historical accuracy. ... // Baums childhood and early life Frank was born in Chittenango, New York, into a family of German origin, the seventh of nine children born to Cynthia Stanton and Benjamin Ward Baum, only five of whom survived into adulthood. ... Warner Baxter (March 29, 1889 - May 7, 1951) was an American actor. ... Noah Beery Sr. ... Noah Beery (August 10, 1913 – November 1, 1994) was an American actor specializing in warm, friendly character parts similar to the ones played by his legendary uncle Wallace Beery, although Noah Beery, Jr. ... Wallace Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American actor, best known for his many cinema appearances. ... Billie Bird (February 28, 1908 — November 27, 2002), was an American actress and comedienne born Berneice Bird in Pocatello, Idaho. ... James Stuart Blackton (January 5, 1875 - August 13, 1941), usually known as J. Stuart Blackton, was an American film producer of the Silent Era, the founder of Vitagraph Studios and among the first filmmakers to use the techniques of stop-motion and drawn animation. ... Blondell in Nightmare Alley (1947) Rose Joan Blondell (August 30, 1906 - December 25, 1979) was an American actress. ... Humphrey Bogart Humphrey DeForest Bogart (* December 25, 1899 in New York, † January 14, 1957 in Hollywood) was an iconic American actor who retains legendary status decades after his death. ... Mt Rushmore, Black Hills, South Dakota (John) Gutzon Borglum (March 25, 1867 –March 6, 1941). ... Mount Rushmore National Memorial, near Keystone, South Dakota, is a United States Presidential Memorial that memorializes the birth, growth, preservation, and development of the United States of America. ... Frank Borgaze (April 23, 1893 - June 19, 1962) was an Italian-American film director famed for his mystical romanticism. ... Clara Bow Clara Bow (born July 29, 1905; died September 27 [possibly September 26], 1965) was an American actress and sex symbol, best known for her film work in the 1920s and early 1930s. ... William Boyd on Topper William Boyd (June 5, 1895 - September 12, 1972) was an American actor. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Johnny Mack Brown (September 1, 1904 – November 14, 1974) was an All-American college football player and successful film actor. ... William Ripley Burnett (November 25, 1899 - April 25, 1982), often credited as W.R. Burnett, is a novelist and screenwriter. ... Dorsey Burnette (December 28, 1932 - August 19, 1979) was an early Rockabilly singer in Memphis, Tennessee. ... Johnny Burnette (March 25, 1934 - August 14, 1964) was a Rockabilly pioneer in Memphis, Tennessee. ... George Burns---in the 1950s, at the height of Burns & Allens fame---the greatest straight man in American comedy. ... Francis Xavier Bushman (January 10, 1883 – August 23, 1966) was the first major male movie star, first starting in 1911 in the silent film His Friends Wife. ...

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Charles Wakefield Cadman, (December 24, 1881 - December 30, 1946) was a American composer, best known for his songs, From the Land of the Sky Blue Water and At Dawning, which became famous in the 1920s. ... Judy Canova (born November 20, 1913 - died August 5, 1983) was an American comedienne, actress, singer, and radio personality. ... June Caprice, 1919 June Caprice (November 19, 1895 - November 9, 1936) was an American silent film actress. ... Jack Carson (October 27, 1910 – January 3, 1963 was a Canadian actor. ... William Castle (April 24, 1914–May 31, 1977) born William Schloss, was an American film director, producer, and actor. ... Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera Lon Chaney, Sr. ... Charley Chase Charley Chase (October 20, 1893-June 20, 1940) was an American comedian, screenwriter and film director, best known for his work in Hal Roach short film comedies. ... Berton Churchill (December 9, 1876 _ October 10, 1940) was a Canadian actor. ... Joe Frank Cobb (November 7, 1917 - May 21, 2002) was a former American child actor, most notable for appearing as the original fat boy in the Our Gang comedies from 1922 to 1929. ... Nat King Cole in The Blue Gardenia (1953) Nat King Cole (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965) was a hugely popular American singer and jazz musician. ... Ruggiero Eugenio di Rodolpho Colombo (January 14, 1908–September 1, 1934), better known by the name Russ Columbo, was an American singer, violinist and actor, most famous for his signature tune, Some Call It Madness, But I Call It Love, and the legend surrounding his early death. ... Sam Cooke Sam Cooke (January 22, 1931 – December 11, 1964) was a popular and influential American gospel, R&B, soul, pop singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. ... Ellen Corby (June 3, 1911 - April 14, 1999) was an American character actress. ... Laird Cregar in This Gun for Hire (1942) Laird Cregar (28 July 1914-9 December 1944) was an American actor. ... Donald Crisp (July 27, 1880 – May 25, 1974) was a film actor and director. ... George Cukor George Cukor (July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director. ... Cummings (left) with Grace Kelly and Ray Milland in Dial M for Murder (1954) Robert Cummings (June 10, 1908 – December 2, 1990), also known as Bob Cummings, was an American motion picture and television actor. ... Lester H. Cuneo (October 25, 1888 - November 1, 1926) was an American stage and silent film actor. ... Michael Curtiz (December 24, 1886 - April 10, 1962) was a film director, whose films include The Adventures of Robin Hood, Casablanca, and White Christmas. ...

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Daniel James Dailey Jr. ... Dorothy Dandridge Dorothy Jean Dandridge (born November 9, 1922 or 1923 in Cleveland, Ohio; died September 8, 1965 in West Hollywood, California) was an American actress. ... Mickey Daniels was a regular on the Our Gang short series during the silent film era. ... William H. Daniels (December 1, 1901 - June 14, 1970) was a film cinematographer best known as Greta Garbos personal lensman. ... Jane Darwell (October 15, 1879 – August 13, 1967) was an American theater and film actress. ... Marlin Jim Davis (August 26, 1909 - April 26, 1981) was an American character actor who appeared in motion pictures from the 1940s to the 1980s. ... Sammy Davis, Jr. ... Samuel Alfred De Grace (June 12, 1875 - November 29, 1953) was a Canadian actor. ... Georges Delereue (1925 - 1992) was a renowned French film composer who worked on over 300 films. ... William Demarest (February 27, 1892 – December 28, 1983) was an American character actor. ... For other people named Howard Hughes, see Howard Hughes (disambiguation). ... Walt Disney Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966), was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, and animator. ... The Walt Disney Company (most commonly known as Disney) (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ... Disneyland is a theme park at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, USA. It is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company. ... Richard Dix publicity photo Richard Dix (July 18, 1893 - September 20, 1949) was an American actor. ... George Dolenz (5 January 1908 - 8 February 1963) was an Italian-born Slovenian film actor. ... Fifi DOrsay (April 16, 1904 – December 2, 1983) was an actress. ... Lloyd Cassel Douglas (August 27, 1877 - February 13, 1951) was a noteworthy American minister and author. ... Theodore Dreiser, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1933 Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (August 27, 1871 – December 28, 1945) was an American naturalist author known for dealing with the gritty reality of life. ... Charles Walter Dressen (September 20, 1898 – August 10, 1966) - alternatively nicknamed Chuck or Charlie - was an American third baseman, manager and coach in Major League Baseball during a career that lasted almost 50 years, but he is best known as the manager of the powerful Brooklyn Dodgers of 1951-53. ... Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in North America. ... Louise Dresser (October 5, 1878 - April 24, 1965) was a United States actress. ... Marie Dressler (born November 9, 1868; died July 28, 1934) was a Canadian actress. ... Donald Scott Drysdale (July 23, 1936 - July 3, 1993) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. ... Major league affiliations National League (1890-present) West Division (1969-present) American Association (1884-1889) Major league titles World Series titles (6) 1988 â€¢ 1981 â€¢ 1965 â€¢ 1963 1959 â€¢ 1955 NL Pennants (21) 1988 â€¢ 1981 â€¢ 1978 â€¢ 1977 1974 â€¢ 1966 â€¢ 1965 â€¢ 1963 1959 â€¢ 1956 â€¢ 1955 â€¢ 1953 1952 â€¢ 1949 â€¢ 1947 â€¢ 1941 1920 â€¢ 1916 â€¢ 1900... This article is about David Dukes, the character actor. ... Junior Durkin (July 2, 1915 – May 4, 1935) was an American film actor. ...

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  • Hubert Eaton, founder of Forest Lawn cemeteries
  • Mary Eaton, actress
  • Howard Arden Edwards, artist, collector of Native American artifacts
  • Sally Eilers, actress
  • Caryll Ann Ekelund, child actress
  • Frederick W. Elvidge, actor (aka Ted Howard)
  • Francis de Erdely, painter, muralist, lithographer
  • Leon Errol, Australian actor

Hubert Eaton (June 3, 1881 – September 20, 1966) was an American businessman. ... Frederick W. Elvidge, born November 4, 1911 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – died December 23, 1988 in Los Angeles, California, is an actor under the stage name of Ted Howard who portrayed Perth the blacksmith in the 1956 Moby Dick film directed by John Huston and starring Gregory Peck. ... Leonce Errol Simms (July 3, 1881 - October 12, 1951) was a comedian and actor popular in the 1940s. ...

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Joseph Farnham (December 2, 1884 - June 2, 1931) is an Academy Award-winning film writer and film editor of the silent movie era to the early 1930s. ... Romaine Fielding (May 22, 1868 – December 15, 1927), was a American actor screenwriter and film director. ... W.C. Fields in a scene from The Bank Dick W. C. Fields W. C. Fields (January 29, 1880 – December 25, 1946) was an American comedian and actor. ... Larry Fine Larry Fine (October 5, 1902 – January 24, 1975) was an American comedian and actor, who is best-known as a member of the comedy act The Three Stooges. ... The Three Stooges were an American comedy act in the 20th century. ... Frank Putnam Flint (July 15, 1862–February 11, 1929) was a politician and banker. ... Errol Flynn as Robin Hood, one of his most famous roles Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (June 20, 1909 – October 14, 1959), was an Australian - American film actor born in Hobart, Tasmania, most famous for his romantic swashbuckler roles. ... Harrison Ford, 1920 Harrison Ford (March 16, 1884 - December 2, 1957) was an American actor in the silent film era of the 1910s and 20s. ... Bruno Frank (Stuttgart, June 13, 1878 - Beverly Hills, June 20, 1945) was a German author, poet, dramatist and a humanist. ... Rudolf Friml (December 7, 1879 - November 12, 1972) was a composer of operettas, musicals, songs, as well as a pianist. ... Dwight Frye (February 22, 1899–November 7, 1943) was an American stage and screen actor. ... Dr. Charles Edward Fuller (April 25, 1887 - March 18, 1968) was an American Christian clergyman and a radio evangelist. ... Jules Furthman (March 5, 1888 - September 22, 1966) was a magazine and newspaper writer before working as a screenwriter. ...

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Clark Gable from the cover of Clark Gable: Biography, Filmography, Bibliography by Chrystopher J. Spicer Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 —November 16, 1960) was an American film actor, and the biggest box-office star of the early sound film era. ... John Gilbert (July 10, 1899 – January 9, 1936) was an actor and major star of the silent film era. ... King Camp Gillette (January 5, 1855–July 9, 1932) developed and patented a type of safety razor. ... Hermione Gingold (December 9, 1897-May 24, 1987) was a British actress known for her sharp-tongued, eccentric persona, an image enhanced by her sharp nose and chin, as well as her deepening voice, a result of vocal nodes which her mother encouraged her not to remove. ... Samuel Goldwyn (August 17, 1879, Warsaw, Poland – January 31, 1974, Los Angeles, California, United States) was a major producer of motion pictures. ... Edgar Johnson Goodspeed (b. ... Huntley Gordon (October 8, 1887 - December 7, 1956) was an actor born in Montreal, Quebec. ... Jetta Goudal Jetta Goudal & Sidney Olcott Jetta Goudal (July 12, 1891 - January 14, 1985) was a Dutch-born French actress who became a major Hollywood star. ... Edmund Goulding (March 20, 1891 - December 21, 1959) was, among other things, an English-born film director. ... Joe Grant (May 15, 1908 - May 6, 2005) was a Disney artist and writer. ... From newspaper promotional for vaudeville character actor Charles E. Grapewin Charles E. Grapewin (December 20, 1869 - February 2, 1956) was a relatively notable vaudeville performer. ... Sidney Patrick Grauman (March 17, 1879 - March 5, 1950) was an American showman who created one of Southern Californias most recognizable and visited landmarks, Graumans Chinese Theater. ... Greenstreet in The Maltese Falcon Sydney Greenstreet (December 27, 1879 – January 18, 1954) was an actor, originally from Sandwich, England. ... Harold Grieve (February 1, 1901 – November 3, 1993) was an motion picture art director and interior designer. ... Jetta Goudal Jetta Goudal & Sidney Olcott Jetta Goudal (July 12, 1891 - January 14, 1985) was a Dutch-born French actress who became a major Hollywood star. ... Bessie Griffin (July 6, 1922 – April 10, 1989) was a gospel singer who performed briefly with Queen of Gospel Albertina Walker & The Caravans in 1953 but spent most of her career as a solo artist. ...

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Alan Hale Sr. ... Russell B. Harlan (September 16, 1903 - February 28, 1974) was an American cinematographer. ... Harlow early in her career Jean Harlow (March 3, 1911 - June 7, 1937), was an US film actress who became known as the original blonde bombshell, predating Marilyn Monroe as a blonde sex symbol. ... Elizabeth Harrower (May 28, 1918-December 10, 2003) was born in Alameda, California and appeared in a number of films such as True Grit and The Sterile Cuckoo (1969). ... Charles Mallory Hatfield (c. ... Edith Head (October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981) was an American costume designer who had a long career in Hollywood that garnered her more Academy Awards than any other woman in history. ... Ralph Hepburn, 1919 Ralph Hepburn (April 11, 1896 - May 16, 1948) was a pioneer of American motorcycle racing champion and an Indianapolis 500 racecar driver. ... Floyd Caves Babe Herman was a major league baseball player during the 1920s and 1930s, with a brief comeback during the war year of 1945. ... Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in North America. ... Jean Hersholt (July 12, 1886 - June 2, 1956) was an Danish actor. ... Józef Kazimierz Hofmann (January 20, 1876 - February 16, 1957) was a Polish-American pianist and composer. ... Alice Hollister (September 28, 1886 – February 24, 1973) was an American silent film actress. ... George K. Hollister (March 7, 1873 - March 28, 1952) was an American pioneer cinematographer. ... Helen Holmes, c. ... Prew (December 14, 1880 - June 29, 1942) was an American Prew. ... Edward Everett Horton (March 18, 1886 - September 29, 1970) was an American actor with a long career including motion pictures, theater, radio, television and voice work for animated cartoons. ... June Hutton (August 11, 1920-May 2, 1973) was an American popular singer. ...

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  • Wiard Ihnen art director, production designer
  • Rex Ingram, film director

Rex Ingram (January 12, 1893 – July 21, 1950) was a film director, producer, writer and actor. ...

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Carrie Minetta Jacobs-Bond (August 11, 1862 – December 28, 1946) was an American singer and songwriter who composed many pieces of popular sheet music during from the 1890s through the early 1940s. ... Musical comedy star Elsie Janis (1889-1956). ... Rupert Julian (January 25, 1889 - December 27, 1943) was a cinema actor, director, writer and producer. ...

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Gustav Gerson Kahn (November 6, 1886 - October 8, 1941) was a famous German-American musician, songwriter and lyricist. ... Bert Kalmar (16 February 1884 - 18 September 1947) was a popular United States songwriter, born in New York City. ... Terry Kath, 1946-1978 Terry Alan Kath (31 January 1946 - 23 January 1978), born in Chicago, Illinois, was the original guitarist, vocalist, and founding member (along with Walter Parazaider, Danny Seraphine and Lee Loughnane) of the band Chicago. ... Tom Keene is an actor born on December 30 1896 in Rochester, New York, died on 4th August 1963. ... A. Atwater Kent 1873-1949 Arthur Atwater Kent was a thrifty New Englander born in Vermont, educated in Massachusetts who invented the closely timed ignition system, and operated Atwater Kent the worlds largest radio factory in Pennsylvania. ... Ted Knight (December 7, 1923–August 26, 1986) was an American actor. ... Clarence Kolb (July 31, 1874—November 25, 1964) was an American vaudeville performer and actor. ... Kathryn Johanna Kuhlman (May 9, 1907 - February 20, 1976) was an evangelist with a ministry where she performed faith healings using Laying on of hands. ...

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Alan Walbridge Ladd, Jr. ... Cover Louis LAmour book, Showdown at Yellow Butte. ... Carole Landis (January 1, 1919 - July 5, 1948) was an American film actress. ... Lash La Rue (born June 15, 1917 - died May 21, 1996) Lash La Rue Born Alfred LaRue in Gretna, Louisiana, USA of Cajun ancestry, he was raised in various towns throughout Louisiana but in his teens the family moved to Los Angeles, California where he attended St. ... Mervyn LeRoy (October 15, 1900 - September 13, 1987) was an American film director, producer and sometime actor. ... Hal Hays LeSueur (September 3, 1903 – May 3, 1963) was an American actor. ... Harold Clayton Lloyd (April 20, 1893–March 8, 1971) was an American actor and film maker, most famous for his hugely successful and influential silent film comedies. ... Carole Lombard Carole Lombard (October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) was an American actress. ... Tom London (August 24, 1889 - December 5, 1963) was an American actor who, by some counts, is credited with appearing in the most movies in the history of Hollywood. ... Image:Ernst Lubitsch 2. ... Lupino in High Sierra Ida Lupino (February 4, 1918–August 3, 1995) was a film actress, director,and a pioneer in the field of women filmmakers. ... Irene Lentz (December 8, 1900 - November 15, 1962) was a fashion designer and Hollywood studio costume designer known by her first name, Irene. ...

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Jeanette MacDonald Jeanette MacDonald (June 18, 1903 – January 14, 1965) was a singer and actress best known for her film duets with Nelson Eddy, in films such as Naughty Marietta (1935) and Rose-Marie (1936). ... Leonard Marx, known as Chico, (March 22, 1887 - October 11, 1961) was one of the Marx Brothers. ... Image:Marxs. ... John Paterson McGowan (February 24, 1880 – March 26, 1952) was an Australian-born actor, screenwriter and film director in the United States. ... Victor McLaglen (1883-1959) was a boxer and actor. ... Jimmy Archibald McLarnin, (December 19, 1907-October 28, 2004), was a two-time welterweight boxing champion of the world. ... Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-1944) Aimee Semple McPherson (October 9, 1890 – September 27, 1944), also known as Sister Aimee or simply Sister, was an evangelist and media sensation in the 1920s and 1930s, founder of the Foursquare Church. ... William Cameron Menzies (July 29, 1896 - March 5, 1967) was an Academy Award-winning and versitile Art Director who earned acclaim on silent films and later pioneered the use of color in film for dramatic effect. ... Robert Millikan. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Vincente Minnelli (February 28, 1903 – January 25, 1986) was the professional name of Lester Anthony Minnelli who was born in Chicago, Illinois, the only surviving child of Mina Le Beau and Vincent Charles Minnelli, musical conductor of Minnelli Brothers Tent Theater. ... Thomas E. Mix (January 6, 1880 – October 11, 1940) was an American film actor, the star of many early Western movies. ... Clayton Moore (September 14, 1914 - December 28, 1999) was an American actor best known for playing the fictional western character The Lone Ranger. ... Harvey Mudd College is a highly selective, private college of science, engineering and mathematics, located in Claremont, California. ... William Mulholland (1855–1935) was a prominent and influential water-services engineer in Southern California. ...

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Charles W. Nash (January 28, 1864 _ June 6, 1948) was a United States automobile entrepreneur. ... Alla Nazimova, (May 22, 1879 - July 13, 1945), was a Ukrainian born stage and film actress, scriptwriter, and producer. ... Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 – February 17, 1970) was a major American composer of music for films. ... Fred Niblo (born January 6, 1874 - died November 11, 1948) was an American pioneer film actor, director and producer. ...

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Jack Oakie (November 12, 1903 – January 23, 1978) is an actor. ... Actress Merle Oberon in Berlin Express (1948) Merle Oberon (February 19, 1911 – November 23, 1979), born Estelle Merle OBrien Thompson, was a film actress, known for her sultry looks. ... Clifford Odets photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1937 Clifford Odets (July 18, 1906 - August 18, 1963) was an American socialist playwright, screenwriter, and social protester. ... Charles Stanton Ogle (June 5, 1865 - October 11, 1940) was an American silent film actor. ... Edna May Oliver (November 9, 1883 – November 9, 1942) was an American film actress. ... Culbert Levy Olson (November 7, 1876 - April 13, 1962) was a U.S. politician. ... Richard Felton Outcault (January 14, 1863-September 25, 1928) was an American comic strip scriptwriter, sketcher and painter. ...

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Lilli Palmer (born Lillie Marie Peiser on May 24, 1914 in Posen, Prussia, Germany (then - after WW I - Poznan, Poland) - January 27, 1986 in Los Angeles) was an international actress. ... Alexander Pantages, c. ... John Charles Smith (August 18, 1896 - January 3, 1933) was a Canadian-born American actor. ... Mary Pickford Mary Pickford (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979) was a Canadian-born motion picture star and co-founder of United Artists, known as Americas Sweetheart and the girl with the curls. ... Dick Powell (1904-1963) The singer, actor, producer, and director Dick Powell was born as Richard Ewing Powell in Mountain View, Arkansas on November 14, 1904. ...

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Wallace Reid Wallace Reid, born April 15, 1891 in St. ... Lyda Roberti (May 20, 1906 - March 12, 1938) was a film actress. ... Ruth Roland (August 26, 1892 - September 22, 1937) was an American stage and film actress and film producer. ... Henry Roquemore - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Gladys Towles Root (1905-1982)was a well-known criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles, California. ... Charles (Charlie) Sherman Ruggles (February 8, 1886 - December 23, 1970) was a comic American actor. ... Wesley Ruggles (1889-1972) was an American film director. ...

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David O. Selznick David Oliver Selznick (May 10, 1902–June 22, 1965), was one of the icon Hollywood producers of the Golden Age. ... Myron Selznick (October 5, 1898 – March 23, 1944) was an American film producer and talent agent. ... Athole Shearer (November 20, 1900 _ March 17, 1985) was an actress most noted as the sister of motion picture star Norma Shearer and film sound engineer Douglas Shearer. ... Norma Shearer (August 10, circa 1902 – June 12, 1983) was a naturalized U.S. citizen actress who had been born in Montreal, Quebec, the daughter of a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman. ... When the stork bought you, Clem, I shoulda shot him on sight! Red Skelton. ... William French Smith (August 26, 1917–October 29, 1990) was an American lawyer and the 74th Attorney General of the United States. ... John Malcolm Stahl (January 21, 1886 – January 12, 1950) was an American film director and producer. ... Lionel Stander (January 11, 1908 – November 30, 1994) was an American character actor in movies and television. ... Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner (Born May 10, 1888 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary; Died December 28, 1971 in Hollywood, California) was an Austrian-American composer of music for films. ... Casey Stengel, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers Charles Dillon Casey Stengel (born July 30, 1890 or 1891, died September 29, 1975) was a famous baseball player and manager. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901-present) East Division (1969-present) Major league titles World Series titles (26) 2000 â€¢ 1999 â€¢ 1998 â€¢ 1996 1978 â€¢ 1977 â€¢ 1962 â€¢ 1961 1958 â€¢ 1956 â€¢ 1953 â€¢ 1952 1951 â€¢ 1950 â€¢ 1949 â€¢ 1947 1943 â€¢ 1941 â€¢ 1939 â€¢ 1938 1937 â€¢ 1936 â€¢ 1932 â€¢ 1928 1927 â€¢ 1923 AL Pennants (39) 2003 â€¢ 2001 â€¢ 2000... Jimmy Stewart, photo by Carl Van Vechten, 1934 James Maitland Jimmy Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was a highly acclaimed American film and stage actor, best known for his homebred, idealistic screen persona. ... Stordahl and Frank Sinatra at the first Capitol recording session in 1953 Axel Stordahl (8 August 1913-August 30, 1963) was an arranger who was active from the late 1930s through the 1950s. ... Saint Peter preaching the Gospel in the Catacombs by Jan Styka Jan Styka (April 8, 1858 - April 11, 1925) was a Polish-born painter noted for producing large historical and Christian religion panoramas. ...

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Art Tatum (October 13, 1909 - November 4, 1956) was a famous American jazz pianist known for his virtuosic playing and creative improvisation. ... Robert Taylor in Quo Vadis? Robert Taylor in 1936 Robert Taylor (August 5, 1911-June 8, 1969), was an American actor. ... Weldon Leo Jack Teagarden Trombonist (1905-1964) Weldon Leo Jack Teagarden (August 20, 1905 in Vernon, Texas - January 15, 1964) was an influential jazz trombonist. ... Irving Grant Thalberg (May 30, 1899 - September 14, 1936) was an American film producer during the early years of motion pictures. ... Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (Russian: ) (May 10, 1894 - November 11, 1979) was a film composer and conductor. ... Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American film actor who appeared in 74 films from 1930 to 1967. ... Henry Travers (March 5, 1874 – October 18, 1965), born Travers Heagerty, was a British-born actor. ... Ben Turpin (c. ...

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Hal B. Wallis (September 14, 1898 – October 5, 1986) was an American motion picture producer. ... Bill Walsh (September 30, 1913 _ January 27, 1975) was a movie producer and writer who primarily worked on wholesome family comedies. ... Clara Ward (August 24, 1924 - January 16, 1973) was a gospel artist who achieved great success, both artistic and commercial, in the 1940s and 1950s as leader of The Famous Ward Singers. ... J. Troplong Jay Ward (September 20, 1920–October 12, 1989) was a creator and producer of animated television cartoons. ... Ethel Waters, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1938 Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977) was an African American blues vocalist who frequently performed jazz, big band, gospel, and popular music, on Broadway and off. ... Johnny Guitar Watson Johnny Guitar Watson (February 3, 1935 - May 17, 1996) was an American blues guitarist. ... Mary Esther Wells (May 13, 1943–July 26, 1992) was an American soul and R&B singer. ... Motown Records, Inc. ... Ted Wilde (c1893 - December 17, 1929) was a comedy writer and director during the era of silent movies, though he also produced two movies with sound in 1930. ... Claire Windsor Claire Windsor was a notable film actress of the early silent screen era. ... George Woolf statue at Santa Anita Park George Monroe Woolf (May 10, 1910 – January 4, 1946) was a Canadian-born thoroughbred race horse jockey and the namesake of the annual jockeys award given by the United States Jockeys Guild. ... Robert Woolsey (born August 14, 1888 in Oakland, California - October 30, 1938) American film comedian and one half of the thirties comedy team Wheeler & Woolsey. ... William Jr. ... Major league affiliations National League (1876-present) Central Division (1994-present) East Division (1969-1993) Major league titles World Series titles (2) 1908 â€¢ 1907 NL Pennants (16) 1945 â€¢ 1938 â€¢ 1935 â€¢ 1932 1929 â€¢ 1918 â€¢ 1910 â€¢ 1908 1907 â€¢ 1906 â€¢ 1886 â€¢ 1885 1882 â€¢ 1881 â€¢ 1880 â€¢ 1876 Central Division titles (1) 2003 East Division... William Wyler (July 1, 1902 - July 27, 1981) was a prolific and award-winning motion picture director. ... Ed Wynn (November 9, 1886 - June 19, 1966) was a popular United States entertainer, born Isaiah Edward Leopold in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Wynn in Warning Shot (1967) Keenan Wynn (27 July 1916 – 14 October 1986) was an American character actor and member of a well-known show-business family. ...

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Paramhansa Yogananda Paramahansa Yogananda परमहंस योगानन्‍द (January 5, 1893 – March 7, 1952), was an Indian yogi and guru. ... Robert Young (February 22, 1907 - July 21, 1998) was a popular American actor, who was the son of an Irish immigrant father and an American-born mother. ...

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// Arkansas Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock - known as Westminster Abbey of Arkansas; California Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles; Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles; Chapel of the Pines Crematory, Los Angeles; Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma is the burial site of William Randolph Hearst and other members of the Hearst family... This is a list of famous cemeteries, mausoleums and other places people are buried, world-wide. ...

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Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks and Mortuaries is an American not-for-profit corporation that owns and operates a chain of cemeteries and mortuaries in Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside counties in Southern California.
Doctor Hubert Eaton assumed management control in 1917 and is credited with being Forest Lawn's "founder" because of his origination of the "memorial-park" plan.
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