Holy Cross Cemetery is a Catholic cemetery at 5835 West Slauson Avenue in Culver City, California, operated by the Los Angeles Archdiocese. Opened in 1939, Holy Cross is 200 acres (0.81 km2).[1] It contains—among others—the graves and tombs of show business professionals. Most celebrities are in the section "The Grotto" in the southwest part of the cemetery; after entering the main gate, turn left and follow the leftmost road up the hill. [edit] List of notable interments and their families 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 - Gypsy Abbott (1887-1952), actress
- Jean Acker (1893-1978), actress, first wife of Rudolph Valentino
- Frank Albertson (1909-1964), actor, Sam Wainwright in It's a Wonderful Life
- Sara Allgood (1879-1950), actress
- Ramsay Ames (1919-1998), actress
- Tod Andrews (1914-1972), actor
- Richard Arlen (1898-1976), actor
- Henry Armetta (1888-1945), actor
- Mary Astor (1906-1987), actress
- Joan Banks (1918-1998), actress, wife of Frank Lovejoy
- Sam Barry (1892-1950), Hall of Fame basketball coach
- John Beradino (1917-1996), actor, Dr. Steve Hardy on TV soap General Hospital
- Johnny Bero (1922-1985), Major League baseball player
- Russell Birdwell (1903-1977), motion picture publicist
- Sally Blane (1910-1997), actress, wife of Norman Foster, sister of Polly Ann Young and Loretta Young
- Alfred S. Bloomingdale (1916-1982), department store heir, had affair with model Vicki Morgan, a murder victim
- Joseph Bodner (1925-1982), painter
- Ray Bolger (1904-1987), actor, the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz
- Charles Boyer (1899-1978), actor, Gaslight
- Scott Brady (1924-1985), actor
- Keefe Brasselle (1923-1981), actor
- Frederick Brisson (1912-1984), producer, husband of Rosalind Russell
- Argentina Brunetti (1907-2005), actress
- Daws Butler (1916-1988), voice actor
- John Candy (1950-1994), comedic actor
- Macdonald Carey (1913-1994), actor
- Walter Catlett (1889-1960), actor, voice of Foulfellow the Fox in Disney's Pinocchio
- Hobart Cavanaugh (1886-1950), actor
- Marguerite Chapman (1918-1999), actress
- Pinto Colvig (1892-1967), actor, voices of Goofy and Pluto; voices of Grumpy and Sleepy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, voice of a Munchkin in The Wizard of Oz
- Joe Connelly (1917-2003), TV screenwriter, Amos 'n' Andy, Leave It to Beaver and The Munsters
- Jackie Coogan (1914-1984), actor, The Kid, Uncle Fester on TV's The Addams Family
- Charles Correll (1890-1972), comedian, Andy of radio's Amos 'n' Andy
- Darby Crash (1958-1980), musician
- Bing Crosby (1903-1977), singer/actor, Going My Way, The Country Girl, husband of Dixie Lee
- Mona Darkfeather (1883-1987), actress in silent movies, played American Indians
- Joan Davis (1907-1961), comedic actress, TV's I Married Joan
- Bobby Day (1928-1990), early rock and roll singer, "Rockin' Robin"
- Dennis Day (1916-1988), singer
- Pedro de Cordoba (1881-1950), actor
- Frederick de Cordova (1910-2001), movie director and producer
- Eadie Del Rubio (1921-1996), singer
- Elena Del Rubio (1921-2001), singer
- Jean Del Val (1891-1975), actor
- Ralph DePalma (1892-1956), race car driver
- Johnny Desmond (1919-1985), singer
- William Dozier (1908-1991), producer and narrator of TV's Batman
- Tom Drake (1918-1982), actor
- Al Dubin (1891-1945), lyricist
- Jimmy Durante (1893-1980), comedian entertainer, known as the "Schnozzola" for his big nose
- John Farrow (1904-1963), director, husband of Maureen O'Sullivan, father of Mia Farrow
- Harriet "Hattie" Fields (1879-1963), vaudevillian, wife of comedian W. C. Fields
- William C. Fields, Jr. (1904-1971), son of comedian W.C. Fields
- Joe Flynn (1924-1974), actor, Capt. Binghamton on TV's McHale's Navy
- Francis Ford (1881-1959), actor, writer and director, brother of John Ford
- John Ford (1894-1974), movie director, Stagecoach, The Grapes of Wrath, brother of Francis Ford
- Wallace Ford (1898-1966), actor
- Victoria Forde (1896-1964), actress
- Norman Foster (1900-1976), director, lyricist for Disney's TV series Zorro
- Gene Fowler (1890-1960), writer
- Mary Frann (1943-1998), actress, played Bob Newhart's wife on TV's Newhart
- Jack Haley (1898-1979), actor, the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz
- Jack Haley, Jr. (1933-2001), director, producer and writer, son of Jack Haley
- Joe Hamilton (1929-1991), Emmy Award winning producer
- Juanita Hansen (1895-1961), silent film actress
- Henry Hathaway (1898-1985), movie director and producer
- June Haver (1926-2005), actress, wife of Fred MacMurray
- Allison Hayes (1930-1977), actress
- Rita Hayworth (1918-1987), actress, Gilda, "Put the blame on Mame boys..."
- Chick Hearn (1916-2002), sports broadcaster
- Conrad Hilton, Jr. (1926-1969), business executive and TWA director, heir of Hilton Hotel chain
- Rita Johnson (1913-1965), actress
- Spike Jones (1911-1965), bandleader, musical satirist, such songs as "In Der Fuerer's Face"
- Jim Jordan (1896-1988), actor, Fibber on radio's Fibber McGee and Molly
- Marian Jordan (1898-1961), actress, Molly on radio's Fibber McGee and Molly
- Mario Lanza (1921-1959), opera tenor and movie star
- Jack La Rue (1902-1984), actor
- Dixie Lee (1911-1952), actress, dancer and singer, wife of Bing Crosby
- Margaret Lindsay (1910-1981), actress
- Gene Lockhart (1891-1957), actor, husband of Kathleen Lockhart
- Kathleen Lockhart (1894-1978), actress, wife of Gene Lockhart
- Frank Lovejoy (1912-1962), actor
- Bela Lugosi (1882-1956), actor, Dracula, was interred wearing his cape
- William Lundigan (1914-1975), actor
- Fred MacMurray (1908-1991), actor, Double Indemnity, TV's My Three Sons, husband of June Haver
- Eddie Mannix (1891-1963), movie studio executive, husband of Toni Mannix
- Toni Mannix (1906-1983), one time actress/dancer, wife of Eddie Mannix, was in adulterous affair with actor George Reeves when he died
- George Marshall (1891-1975), director
- Marion Martin (1909-1985), actress
- May McAvoy (1899-1984), actress, was in semi-sound movie The Jazz Singer
- Leo McCarey (1898-1969), movie director
- Christine McIntyre (1911-1984), actress
- Audrey Meadows (1926-1996), actress, Alice Kramden on TV's The Honeymooners
- Ann Miller (1923-2004), actress/dancer
- Millard Mitchell (1903-1953), actor
- James V. Monaco (1885-1945), composer, wrote "You Made Me Love You"
- Ricardo Montalbán (1920-2009), actor, Mr. Roarke on TV's Fantasy Island, husband of Georgiana Young
- Carlotta Monti (1907-1993), actress, primarily known as mistress of W.C. Fields
- Thelma Morgan (1904-1970), socialite, twin sister of Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, aunt of fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt
- Alan Mowbray (1896-1969), actor
- William Mullins, microchip pioneer
- Jim Murray (1919-1998), sportswriter
- Robert Paige (1911-1987), actor
- George Pál (1908-1980), producer
- Hermes Pan (1910-1990), choeographer/dancer
- Louella Parsons (1881-1972), motion picture gossip columnist
- Pat Paterson (1910-1978), actress
- Chris Penn (1965-2006), actor, son of Leo Penn, brother of Sean Penn
- Leo Penn (1921-1998), actor, director, father of Chris Penn and Sean Penn
- Jean Peters (1926-2000), actress
- Robert Peterson, publisher
- ZaSu Pitts (1894-1963), actress
- Doris Tate (1924-1992), anti-parole activist, mother of Sharon Tate
- Patricia Tate (1957-2000), daughter of Doris Tate, sister of Sharon Tate
- Sharon Tate (1943-1969), actress, (murdered by Manson cult), buried along with unborn son, Paul Richard Polanski
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