HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, CULVER CITY

'Holy Cross Cemetery' is located at 5835 W. Slauson Avenue in Culver City, California. A Roman Catholic cemetery operated by the Los Angeles Archdiocese, it contains – among others – the graves and tombs of some of Hollywood's biggest names and their relatives. The cemetery was opened in 1939 and is 200 acres in size.^[1]
Most of the celebrities are in the section known as "The Grotto" in the southwest part of the cemetery; after entering the main gate, turn left and follow the leftmost road up the hill.

Contents

Notable burials

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

References

See also

Notable burials

Use the following alphabetical links to find someone.

A

★ Jean Acker, actress

★ Richard Arlen, actor

★ Mary Astor, actress

B

★ Joan Banks, actress

★ Sam Barry, Hall of Fame basketball coach

★ Alfred S. Bloomingdale (1916-1982), department store heir

★ Joseph Bodner, painter

★ Ray Bolger, actor - ''The Scarecrow'' in ''The Wizard of Oz''

★ Charles Boyer, actor

★ Pat Paterson-Boyer, actress

★ Argentina Brunetti, actress

C

★ John Candy, comedic actor

★ MacDonald Carey, actor

★ Marguerite Chapman, actress

★ Jackie Coogan, actor (the kid, Uncle Fester in the Adam family)

★ Darby Crash, musician

★ Bing Crosby, singer/actor

D

★ Mona Darkfeather, actress

★ Bobby Day, early Rock and Roll singer - sang ''Rockin' Robin''

★ Dennis Day, singer

★ Pedro de Cordoba, actor

★ Fred De Cordova, director/producer

★ Eadie Del Rubio, singer

★ Elena Del Rubio, singer

★ Jean Del Val, actor

★ Ralph DePalma, race car driver

★ Al Dubin, lyricist

★ Jimmy Durante, entertainer

E

★ Vince Edwards, actor - TV's ''Ben Casey''

★ Richard Egan, actor

F

★ John Farrow, film director

★ Joe Flynn, actor

★ John Ford, motion picture director

★ Victoria Forde, actress

★ Mary Frann, actress - TV's ''Newhart''

G

★ James Gleason, actor

★ Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez, actor

H

★ Jack Haley, actor - ''The Tin Man'' in "The Wizard of Oz"

★ June Haver, actress

★ Juanita Hansen, silent film actress

★ Henry Hathaway (Marquis Henri Leonard de Fiennes), movie producer and director

★ Rita Hayworth, actress

★ Chick Hearn, sports broadcaster

★ Conrad Hilton, Jr, heir of Hilton Hotel chain, business executive and TWA director

I

J

★ Spike Jones, band leader, musical satirist

K

★ Edgar Kennedy, actor

★ Norman Kerry, actor

★ James Kirkwood, Sr., actor, film director

L

★ Mario Lanza, opera tenor

★ Margaret Lindsay, actress

★ Gene Lockhart, actor

★ Kathleen Lockhart, actress

★ Frank Lovejoy, actor

★ Bela Lugosi (Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó) , actor - ''Count Dracula''

M

★ Fred MacMurray, actor

★ George E. Marshall, director

★ Marion Martin, actress

★ May McAvoy, actress

★ Leo McCarey, movie director

★ Fibber McGee, radio star

★ Molly McGee, radio star

★ Audrey Meadows, actress

★ Ann Miller, actress/dancer

★ Millard Mitchell, actor

★ Thelma Morgan, socialite

★ Alan Mowbray, actor

★ William Mullins, microchip pioneer

★ Jim Murray, sportswriter

N

★ Evelyn Nesbit, actress

★ Fred Newmeyer, director

O

★ Edmond O'Brien, actor

★ Pat O'Brien, actor

★ Helen O'Connell, singer

★ Barney Oldfield, race car driver

★ Walter O'Malley, baseball executive - owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers

P

★ Robert Paige, actor

★ George Pál, producer

★ Louella Parsons, Hollywood gossip columnist

★ Chris Penn, actor

★ Leo Penn, actor, director

★ Jean Peters, actress

★ Robert Peterson, publisher

★ ZaSu Pitts, actress

Q

R

★ Alejandro Rey, actor

★ Kane Richmond, actor

★ Hayden Rorke, actor - Dr. Bellows of TV's ''I Dream of Jeannie''

★ Rosalind Russell, actress

S

★ Nazli Sabri, former Queen consort of Egypt.

★ Gia Scala, actress

★ Fred F. Sears, actor

★ Dorothy Sebastian, actress

★ Mack Sennett, director of silent movie comedies, including stars such as Charlie Chaplin

T

★ Doris Tate (1924-1992), mother of Sharon Tate

★ Patti Tate, sister of Sharon Tate

★ Sharon Tate, actress (murdered by members of the Charles Manson cult), buried along with her unborn son Paul Richard Polanski

U

V

★ Joseph A. Valentine, cinematographer

★ Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, socialite

★ Joe Viterelli, actor

W

★ Lawrence Welk, band leader

X

DALULU XUXU CANEY - ACTRESS/SINGER
X

References

1. History of Catholic Cemeteries in Los Angeles

See also

★ Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma

★ List of United States cemeteries

★ List of famous cemeteries (non-US)