Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
Cemetery in Los Angeles County, California
The Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 22601 Lassen Street, Chatsworth , Los Angeles , California . It is the resting place for several movie stars such as Fred Astaire , Ginger Rogers , Gloria Grahame , and Stephen Boyd .[ 1]
History and description
Oakwood Memorial Park is located in the San Fernando Valley , surrounded by rocky hills that have served as a backdrop for many a film setting. It has been used as a cemetery since 1924, and there was a Native American graveyard next to the cemetery before a fire destroyed the old wooden crosses that marked the site. The Old Stagecoach Trail passed beside it. The historic Chatsworth Community Church is located within the cemetery grounds.
Notable burials
Notables buried here include:
Adele Astaire (1897–1981), actress, dancer
Fred Astaire (1899–1987), actor, singer, dancer
Dehl Berti (1921–1991), actor
Derya Arbaş Berti (1968–2003), actress
Stephen Boyd (1928–1977), actor
Scott Bradley (1891-1977), composer
Bob Crane (1928-1978), actor – former burial location (his remains were moved to Westwood Village Memorial Park ) a
Grace Cunard (1893–1967), actress, screenwriter, director
Lloyd G. Davies , Los Angeles City Council member, 1943–51
Frank Kelly Freas (1922–2005), illustrator
Gloria Grahame (1923–1981), actress
Raymond Greenleaf (1892–1963), actor
Russell Hayden (1912–1981), actor
Jack Ingram (1902–1969), actor
Al Jennings (1863–1961), lawyer, outlaw, actor
Adele Jergens (1917–2002), actress
Milton Kibbee (1896–1970), actor
Dorothy Mackaye (1899–1940), actress
Montie Montana (1910–1998), cowboy
Freddie Perren (1943–2004), songwriter, record producer
Floyd Roberts (1900–1939), Indianapolis 500 winner
Ginger Rogers (1911–1995), actress, singer, dancer
Robert Sampson (1933–2020), actor
Mark Schaeffer (1948–2022), baseball player
Robert F. Simon (1908–1992), actor
Ted Snyder (1881–1965), composer
Ken Spears (1938–2020), animator
Robert Strange (1881–1952), actor
Ken Terrell (1904–1966), actor
Henry Victor (1892–1945), actor
Gregory Walcott (1928–2015), actor
Nydia Westman (1902–1970), actress
Dallas Willard (1935–2013), Christian philosopher
Walter Tetley (1915-1975), voice actor Felix the cat 1919-1959
a.^ Crane was reinterred at Westwood Memorial Park in 1999.[ 2]
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