Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary
Cemetery in Los Angeles, California, US
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary is a cemetery and mortuary located in the Westwood area of Los Angeles . It is located at 1218 Glendon Avenue in Westwood, with an entrance from Glendon Avenue.[ 1]
The cemetery was established as Sunset Cemetery in 1905, but had been used for burials since the 1880s. In 1926, the name was officially changed to Westwood Memorial Park and was later renamed to Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary.[ 1]
Though not exclusive to public figures , the cemetery has become the final resting place of many Hollywood actors and those in the entertainment industry .
Prominent interred figures include Marilyn Monroe , Burt Lancaster , Truman Capote , Buddy Rich , Hugh Hefner , Natalie Wood , Dean Martin , Ray Bradbury , Roy Orbison , Ryan O'Neal , Farrah Fawcett , George C. Scott , Don Knotts , Jack Lemmon , Tim Conway , Walter Matthau , Billy Wilder , Hayedeh , Mahasti , Frank Zappa , Kirk Douglas , and Gena Rowlands .[ 2]
Noted interments
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Kip Addotta (1944–2019), comedianMilton Ager (1893–1979), musician, composerCharles Aidman (1925–1993), actorEddie Albert (1906–2005), actor[ 3] Margo Albert (1917–1985), actress, wife of Eddie Albert[ 4] Shana Alexander (1925–2005), journalist, columnist, television commentatorClaud Allister (1888–1970), actorGitta Alpár (1903–1991), actress, opera singerRichard Anderson (1926–2017), actor, co-star of The Six Million Dollar Man The Bionic Woman Patty Andrews (1918–2013), singerTige Andrews (1920–2007), actorKen Annakin (1914–2009), directorEve Arden (1908–1990), actress, comedianJack Arnold (1916–1992), directorRobert Armstrong (1890–1973), actorJames Aubrey (1918–1994), producerHy Averback (1920–1997), directorLew Ayres (1908–1996), actor[ 3]
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Headstone of Ray Bradbury , May 2012, prior to his death Henny Backus (1911–2004), author, wife of Jim Backus Jim Backus (1913–1989), actor[ 3] Richard Baer (1928–2008), screenwriterDave Barbour (1912–1965), musicianEdgar Barrier (1907–1964), actorPatricia Barry (1921–2016), actorEileen Barton (1924–2006), singerRichard Basehart (1914–1984), actor[ 3] Greg Bautzer (1911–1987), attorneyLee Phillip Bell (1928–2020), television host, producerWilliam J. Bell (1927–2005), producerIsabel Bigley (1926–2006), actressWhit Bissell (1909–1996), actorHilary Blake (1950–2007), musicianBilly Bletcher (1894–1979), actor, voice artistRobert Bloch (1917–1994), writerLloyd Bochner (1924–2005), actorPeter Bogdanovich (1939–2022), director and screenwriterBenedict Bogeaus (1904–1968), producerJohn Boles (1895–1969), actorDorris Bowdon (1914–2005), actressRay Bradbury (1920–2012), author; buried with his wife Marguerite McClure BradburyFanny Brice (1891–1951), actress, comedian, singer (formerly buried in Home of Peace Cemetery )William Brice (1921–2008), artist, son of Fanny Brice Les Brown (1912–2001), musicianVanessa Brown (1928–1999), actressClarence Bull (1896–1979), photographerAnne Buydens (1919–2021), philanthropist, film producer, wife of Kirk Douglas
C
Sebastian Cabot (1918–1977), actor[ 5] Sammy Cahn (1913–1993), songwriterTruman Capote (1924–1984), author[ 6] [ 7] Edward Carrere (1906–1984), directorHarry Carey, Jr. (1921–2012), actorMary Carlisle (1914–2018), actressJohn Cassavetes (1929–1989), actor, screenwriter, director, producerMario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968), composerJames Coburn (1928–2002), actorJackie Collins (1937–2015), novelist, screenwriter, producerMichel Colombier (1939–2004), musician, composerRay Conniff (1916–2002), musicianRichard Conte (1910–1975), actorTim Conway (1933–2019), actor, comedianLawrence Cook (1930–2003), actorIan Copeland (1949–2006), music promoterAlexander Courage (1919–2008), composerBob Crane (1928–1978), actor[ 7] Norma Crane (1928–1973), actress
D
Rodney Dangerfield's humorous tombstone at Pierce Brothers Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery. Rodney Dangerfield (1921–2004), comedian, actor[ 7] Helmut Dantine (1917–1982), actorDanny Dark (1938–2004), announcerSteve Darrell (1904–1970), actorMarvin Davis (1925–2004), oil tycoon, businessmanJason Davis (1984–2020), actorRichard Dawson (1932–2012), actor, television hostDon DeFore (1913–1993), actorLaura Devon (1931–2007), actressPhilip Dorn (1901–1975), actorEric Douglas (1958–2004), actorKirk Douglas (1916–2020), actorDominique Dunne (1959–1982) murder victim, Poltergeist Dominick Dunne , sister of actor-director Griffin Dunne Ariel Durant (1898–1981), historian, Pulitzer Prize in literature, co-wrote The Story of Civilization Will Durant (1885–1981), historian, Pulitzer Prize in literature, co-wrote The Story of Civilization , husband of Ariel Durant
E
Nora Eddington (1924–2001), actress, 2nd wife of Errol Flynn , 3rd wife of Dick Haymes [ 8] Roger Edens (1905–1970), vocal arranger, songwriter, producerJack Elliott (1927–2001), songwriterGeoff Emerick (1945–2018), sound engineerHarry Essex (1910–1997), writerDennis Etchison (1943–2019), writerRay Evans (1915–2007), songwriter
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Peter Falk (1927–2011), actorFarrah Fawcett (1947–2009), actressBert Fields (1929–2022), entertainment attorney, writer, musicianFreddie Fields (1923–2007), talent agentJay C. Flippen (1899–1971), actorJune Foray (1917–2017), voice actressMichael Fox (1921–1996), actorColeman Francis (1919–1973), film directorLeslie Frankenheimer (1948–2013), set decoratorStan Freberg (1926–2015), voice actorGeorgia Frontiere (1927–2008), football ownerFaiza Rauf (1923–1994), Egyptian princess
G
Eva Gabor (1919–1995), actress[ 7] June Gale (1911–1996), actress, wife of Oscar Levant[ 9] Michael V. Gazzo (1923–1995), actorChristopher George (1931–1983), actorLeonard Gershe (1922–2002), composerMaster Henry Gibson (1942–2002), musicianGary Glasberg (1966-2016), writer and producerPaul Gleason (1939–2006), character actorThomas Gomez (1905–1971), actorDon Gordon (1926–2017), actorRobert Gottschalk (1918–1982), camera technician, co-founder of Panavision Walter Grauman (1922–2015), directorHoward Greer (1896–1974), costume and fashion designerJane Greer (1924–2001), actress[ 10] Merv Griffin (1925–2007), producer, television host, singer[ 11]
H
The Armand Hammer Family Tomb in Westwood Memorial Park Hayedeh 's grave in 2009Loretta King Hadler (1917–2007), actressHayedeh (1942–1990), Persian language pop and classic singer from Tehran , older sister of Mahasti , the legendary Iranian divaCarrie Hamilton (1963–2002), actress, singer, daughter of Carol Burnett Armand Hammer (1898–1990), oil tycoon, art collector, former president of Occidental Petroleum Bong Soo Han (1933–2007), martial artistJonathan Harris (1914–2002), actorHarold Hecht (1907–1985), film producerHugh Hefner (1926–2017), Playboy magazine founder and publisher, businessman[ 12] Percy Helton (1894–1971), actorFlorence Henderson (1934–2016), actress, singer, television hostFrancesca Hilton (1947–2015), actress, daughter of Zsa Zsa Gabor Connie Hines (1931–2009), actressJonathan Hole (1904–1998), actor, buried with his wife Betty Hanna, and son David Jon HoleBen Howard (1904–1970), aircraft designer, race pilotJames Wong Howe (1899–1976), cinematographer[ 13] Rosanna Huffman (1938–2016), actressMark R. Hughes (1956–2000), founder of Herbalife Ronald Hughes (1935–1970), lawyerRoss Hunter (1920–1996), producer, director, actorJim Hutton (1934–1979), actor
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J
K
Phil Karlson (1908–1985), directorLouis Kaufman (1905–1994), violinistBeatrice Kay (1907–1986), actress, singerNora Kaye (1920–1987), ballerinaBrian Keith (1921–1997), actor[ 14] Cecil Kellaway (1893–1973), actorNancy Kelly (1921–1995), actressStan Kenton (1911–1979), musicianVictor Kilian (1891–1979), actor, murderedJames Howard "Dutch" Kindelberger (1895–1962), aviation executiveLouis King (1898–1962), directorJack Klugman (1922–2012), actor, comedian, director, screenwriterDon Knotts (1924–2006), actor, comedianMiliza Korjus (1909–1980), opera singerPhyllis Kennedy (1914–1998), actress
L
Jack Lemmon 's headstonePerry Lafferty (1917–2005), directorBill Lancaster (1947–1997), actor, screenwriterBurt Lancaster (1913–1994), actor[ 15] Sidney Lanfield (1898–1972), directorPaul Laszlo (1900–1993), architect, furniture designerEd Lauter (1938–2013), actorMarc Lawrence (1910–2005), actorIrving Paul Lazar (1907–1993), agentJoanna Lee (1931–2003), actressPeggy Lee (1920–2002), singer, songwriter, actressErnest Lehman (1915–2005), screenwriterJanet Leigh (1927–2004), actressJack Lemmon (1925–2001), actor[ 16] Queenie Leonard (1905–2002), actressMurray Lertzman (1928-1984), attorney
Bruce Lester (1912–2008), actorOscar Levant (1906–1972), actor, pianistRichard Levinson (1934–1987), writerHarry Lewis (1920–2013), actor, restaurateurMarilyn Lewis (1929–2017), fashion designer, producerAlan W. Livingston (1917–2009), writer, producerJay Livingston (1915–2001), songwriterSondra Locke (1944–2018), actressLouis Loeffler (1897–1972), editorRobert Loggia (1930–2015), actor, director
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Dean Martin 's crypt.Marilyn Monroe 's crypt.Alexander Mackendrick (1912–1993), directorMahasti (1946–2007), Persian language pop singer from Tehran, younger sister of Hayedeh Karl Malden (1912–2009), actorJanet Margolin (1943–1993), actress, married to Ted Wass [ 16] Dean Martin (1917–1995), actor, singer[ 7] Andrew Marton (1904–1992), actorSamuel Marx (1902–1992), producerPamela Mason (1916–1996), actress, wife of James Mason and Roy Kellino Portland Mason (1948–2004), actress, daughter of James Mason and Pamela MasonShirley Mason (1900–1979), actress[ 17] Osa Massen (1914–2006), actressEdith Massey (1918–1984), actressCarol Matthau (1925–2003), actress, wife of Walter Matthau and William Saroyan Walter Matthau (1920–2000), actor[ 18] Ruth McDevitt (1895–1976), actressRod McKuen (1933–2015), poet, composerPeter McWilliams (1949–2000), authorAllan Melvin (1923–2008), actor, voice actorLewis Milestone (1895–1980), directorMarvin E. Miller (1913–1985), actorShirley Mitchell (1919–2013), actress, wife of Jay Livingston Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), actress[ 19] [ 20] Constance Moore (1920–2005), singer, actressDolores Moran (1924–1982), actressJeff Morris (1934–2004), actorLloyd Morrisett (1929–2023), psychologist, co-founder of Sesame Workshop , co-creator of Sesame Street
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O
P
Bettie Page (1923–2008), modelDorothy Patrick (1921–1987), actressWolfgang Petersen (1941–2022), directorFrank Pierson (1925–2012), screenwriter, directorWaite Phillips (1883–1964), oil tycoon, philanthropistGregor Piatigorsky (1903–1976), cellistJacqueline Piatigorsky (1911–2012), chess playerJames Prideaux (1927–2015), playwright
R
Ford Rainey (1908–2005), actorDonna Reed (1921–1986), actress[ 23] Jimmie Reese (1901–1994), baseball player and coachRenie Riano (1899–1971), actressBuddy Rich (1917–1987), drummer, bandleaderMinnie Riperton (1947–1979), singer[ 24] Ben Roberts (1916–1984), screenwriter; co-creator of Charlie's Angels Doris Roberts (1925–2016), actress, philanthropist, authorWayne Rogers (1933–2015), actorHillevi Rombin (1933–1996), Miss Universe 1955 Ruth Rose (1896–1978), screenwriterHerbert Ross (1927–2001), film directorGena Rowlands (1930–2024), actress
S
Jay Sandrich (1932–2021), television directorFranklin Schaffner (1920–1989), film directorG. David Schine (1927–1996), film producerErnest B. Schoedsack (1893–1979), film directorGeorge C. Scott (1927–1999), actor; grave unmarkedVivienne Segal (1897–1992), singer, actressAnne Seymour (1909–1988), actressSidney Sheldon (1917–2007), authorDorothy Shay (1921–1978), actress, singerJeremy Silman (1954-2023), chess playerSam Simon (1955–2015), writer, producer, directorRichard Simmons (1948–2024), fitness instructor, television personalityLu Ann Simms (1932–2003), singerSara Sothern (1895–1994), mother of Elizabeth Taylor Robert Stack (1919–2003), actorSage Stallone (1976–2012), actor, son of Sylvester Stallone Ray Stark (1915–2004), film producerJosef von Sternberg (1894–1969), film directorDonald E. Stewart (1930–1999), screenwriterDorothy Stratten (1960–1980), actress, Playboy Playmate Danny Sugerman (1954–2005), writer, rock band managerJennifer Syme (1972–2001), actress
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Don Taylor (1920–1998), actor, directorFrancis Lenn Taylor (1897–1968), art dealer, father of Elizabeth Taylor [ 25] Kent Taylor (1907–1987), actor[ 25] Irene Tedrow (1907–1995), actressWilliam C. Thomas (1903–1984), film producerMarshall Thompson (1925–1992), actorDan Tobin (1910–1982), actorErnst Toch (1887–1964), composerAlvin Toffler (1928–2016), authorMel Tormé (1925–1999), singer, actor[ 6] [ 7] Helen Traubel (1899–1972), opera sopranoLes Tremayne (1913–2003), actorMichael Trikilis (1940-2019), TV/film producerFrank Tuttle (1892–1963), screenwriter, producer
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June Walker (1900–1966), actressPat Walshe (1900–1991), actorLarry Ward (1925–1985), actor, screenwriterHarry Warren (1893–1981), songwriterJoe Weider (1919–2013), bodybuilderWinifred Westover (1899–1978), actressChrissie White (1895–1989), silent film actressMichael White (1936–2016), producerSean Whitesell (1963–2015), actorMargaret Whiting (1924–2011), singerHerbert Wiere (1908–1999), performerCornel Wilde (1915–1989), actorBilly Wilder (1906–2002), filmmaker[ 26] Carl Wilson (1946–1998), singer, member of The Beach Boys [ 7] Estelle Winwood (1883–1984), actressAlbert Wohlstetter (1913–1997), nuclear strategistRoberta Wohlstetter (1912–2007), historian of military intelligenceNatalie Wood (1938–1981), actress[ 7]
Y
Z
Unmarked grave of Frank Zappa , cemetery view looking southeast Darryl F. Zanuck (1902–1979), head of 20th Century Fox studios, father of Richard D. Zanuck Virginia Zanuck (1908–1982), actress, wife of Darryl F. Zanuck, mother of Richard D. ZanuckFrank Zappa (1940–1993), composer, musician, satirist, leader of The Mothers of Invention ; grave unmarkedGail Zappa (1945–2015), widow of Frank Zappa and trustee of the Zappa Family Trust; buried next to her husband.
See also
References
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