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.
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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 changed again to Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary.
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Although it is the resting place of some of the
entertainment industry 's greatest names, it also contains the graves of many uncelebrated people. For example, when
Marilyn Monroe died in 1962,
Joe DiMaggio , responsible for Monroe's arrangements, chose Westwood not because of its celebrities but because it was the resting place of her mother's friend, Grace Goddard, and Goddard's aunt, Ana Lower, both of whom had cared for Monroe as a child.
[2]
Hayedeh and
Mahasti , two famous Iranian sisters and singers, who have been in exile for many years, have been laid to rest in this cemetery.
Notable interments
A
Kip Addotta (1944–2019), comedian
Milton Ager (1893–1979), musician, composer
Charles Aidman (1925–1993), actor
Eddie Albert (1906–2005), actor
[3]
Margo Albert (1917–1985), actress, wife of Eddie Albert
[4]
Shana Alexander (1925–2005), journalist, columnist, television commentator
Claud Allister (1888–1970), actor
Gitta Alpár (1903–1991), actress, opera singer
Richard Anderson (1926–2017), actor, co-star of
The Six Million Dollar Man and
The Bionic Woman
Patty Andrews (1918–2013), singer
Tige Andrews (1920–2007), actor
Ken Annakin (1914–2009), director
Eve Arden (1908–1990), actress, comedian
Jack Arnold (1916–1992), director
Robert Armstrong (1890–1973), actor
James Aubrey (1918–1994), producer
Hy Averback (1920–1997), director
Lew Ayres (1908–1996), actor
[3]
B
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), screenwriter
Dave Barbour (1912–1965), musician
Edgar Barrier (1907–1964), actor
Patricia Barry (1921–2016), actor
Eileen Barton (1924–2006), singer
Richard Basehart (1914–1984), actor
[3]
Greg Bautzer (1911–1987), attorney
Lee Phillip Bell (1928–2020), television host, producer
William J. Bell (1927–2005), producer
Isabel Bigley (1926–2006), actress
Whit Bissell (1909–1996), actor
Hilary Blake (1950–2007), musician
Billy Bletcher (1894–1979), actor, voice artist
Robert Bloch (1917–1994), writer
Lloyd Bochner (1924–2005), actor
Peter Bogdanovich (1939–2022), director and screenwriter
Benedict Bogeaus (1904–1968), producer
John Boles (1895–1969), actor
Dorris Bowdon (1914–2005), actress
Ray Bradbury (1920–2012), author; buried with his wife Marguerite McClure Bradbury
Fanny 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), musician
Vanessa Brown (1928–1999), actress
Clarence Bull (1896–1979), photographer
Anne Buydens (1919–2021), philanthropist, film producer, wife of
Kirk Douglas
C
Sebastian Cabot (1918–1977), actor
[5]
Sammy Cahn (1913–1993), songwriter
Truman Capote (1924–1984), author
[6]
[7]
Edward Carrere (1906–1984), director
Harry Carey, Jr. (1921–2012), actor
Mary Carlisle (1914–2018), actress
John Cassavetes (1929–1989), actor, screenwriter, director, producer
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968), composer
James Coburn (1928–2002), actor
Jackie Collins (1937–2015), novelist, screenwriter, producer
Michel Colombier (1939–2004), musician, composer
Ray Conniff (1916–2002), musician
Richard Conte (1910–1975), actor
Tim Conway (1933–2019), actor, comedian
Lawrence Cook (1930–2003), actor
Ian Copeland (1949–2006), music promoter
Alexander Courage (1919–2008), composer
Bob 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), actor
Danny Dark (1938–2004), announcer
Steve Darrell (1904–1970), actor
Marvin Davis (1925–2004), oil tycoon, businessman
Jason Davis (1984–2020), actor
Richard Dawson (1932–2012), actor, television host
Don DeFore (1913–1993), actor
Laura Devon (1931–2007), actress
Philip Dorn (1901–1975), actor
Eric Douglas (1958–2004), actor
Kirk Douglas (1916–2020), actor
Dominique Dunne (1959–1982) murder victim,
Poltergeist actress, daughter of writer
Dominick Dunne , sister of actor-director
Griffin Dunne
Ariel Durant (1898–1981), historian,
Pulitzer Prize in literature, co-wrote
The Story of Civilization , wife of Will Durant
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, producer
Jack Elliott (1927–2001), songwriter
Geoff Emerick (1945–2018), sound engineer
Harry Essex (1910–1997), writer
Dennis Etchison (1943–2019), writer
Ray Evans (1915–2007), songwriter
F
Peter Falk (1927–2011), actor
Farrah Fawcett (1947–2009), actress
Bert Fields (1929–2022), entertainment attorney, writer, musician
Freddie Fields (1923–2007), talent agent
Jay C. Flippen (1899–1971), actor
June Foray (1917–2017), voice actress
Michael Fox (1921–1996), actor
Coleman Francis (1919–1973), film director
Leslie Frankenheimer (1948–2013), set decorator
Stan Freberg (1926–2015), voice actor
Georgia Frontiere (1927–2008), football owner
Faiza 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), actor
Christopher George (1931–1983), actor
Leonard Gershe (1922–2002), composer
Master Henry Gibson (1942–2002), musician
Gary Glasberg (1966-2016), writer and producer
Paul Gleason (1939–2006), character actor
Thomas Gomez (1905–1971), actor
Don Gordon (1926–2017), actor
Robert Gottschalk (1918–1982), camera technician, co-founder of
Panavision
Walter Grauman (1922–2015), director
Howard Greer (1896–1974), costume and fashion designer
Jane 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
Loretta King Hadler (1917–2007), actress
Hayedeh (1942–1990),
Persian language pop and classic singer from
Tehran , older sister of
Mahasti And Iran's greatest female singer.
Carrie 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 artist
Jonathan Harris (1914–2002), actor
Harold Hecht (1907–1985), film producer
Hugh Hefner (1926–2017),
Playboy magazine founder and publisher, businessman
[12]
Percy Helton (1894–1971), actor
Florence Henderson (1934–2016), actress, singer, television host
Francesca Hilton (1947–2015), actress, daughter of
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Connie Hines (1931–2009), actress
Jonathan Hole (1904–1998), actor, buried with his wife Betty Hanna, and son David Jon Hole
Ben Howard (1904–1970), aircraft designer, race pilot
James Wong Howe (1899–1976), cinematographer
[13]
Rosanna Huffman (1938–2016), actress
Mark R. Hughes (1956–2000), founder of
Herbalife
Ronald Hughes (1935–1970), lawyer
Ross Hunter (1920–1996), producer, director, actor
Jim Hutton (1934–1979), actor
I
J
K
Phil Karlson (1908–1985), director
Louis Kaufman (1905–1994), violinist
Beatrice Kay (1907–1986), actress, singer
Nora Kaye (1920–1987), ballerina
Brian Keith (1921–1997), actor
[14]
Cecil Kellaway (1893–1973), actor
Nancy Kelly (1921–1995), actress
Stan Kenton (1911–1979), musician
Victor Kilian (1891–1979), actor, murdered
James Howard "Dutch" Kindelberger (1895–1962), aviation executive
Louis King (1898–1962), director
Jack Klugman (1922–2012), actor, comedian, director, screenwriter
Don Knotts (1924–2006), actor, comedian
Miliza Korjus (1909–1980), opera singer
Phyllis Kennedy (1914–1998), actress
L
Perry Lafferty (1917–2005), director
Bill Lancaster (1947–1997), actor, screenwriter
Burt Lancaster (1913–1994), actor
[15]
Sidney Lanfield (1898–1972), director
Paul Laszlo (1900–1993), architect, furniture designer
Ed Lauter (1938–2013), actor
Marc Lawrence (1910–2005), actor
Irving Paul Lazar (1907–1993), agent
Joanna Lee (1931–2003), actress
Peggy Lee (1920–2002), singer, songwriter, actress
Ernest Lehman (1915–2005), screenwriter
Janet Leigh (1927–2004), actress
Jack Lemmon (1925–2001), actor
[16]
Queenie Leonard (1905–2002), actress
Murray Lertzman (1928-1984), attorney
Bruce Lester (1912–2008), actor
Oscar Levant (1906–1972), actor, pianist
Richard Levinson (1934–1987), writer
Harry Lewis (1920–2013), actor, restaurateur
Marilyn Lewis (1929–2017) fashion designer, producer
Alan W. Livingston (1917–2009), writer, producer
Jay Livingston (1915–2001), songwriter
Sondra Locke (1944–2018), actress
Louis Loeffler (1897–1972), editor
Robert Loggia (1930–2015), actor, director
M
Dean Martin 's crypt.
Marilyn Monroe 's crypt.
Alexander Mackendrick (1912–1993), director
Mahasti (1946–2007),
Persian language pop singer from Tehran, younger sister of
Hayedeh
Karl Malden (1912–2009), actor
Janet Margolin (1943–1993), actress, married to
Ted Wass
[16]
Dean Martin (1917–1995), actor, singer
[7]
Andrew Marton (1904–1992), actor
Samuel Marx (1902–1992), producer
Pamela Mason (1916–1996), actress, wife of
James Mason and
Roy Kellino
Portland Mason (1948–2004), actress, daughter of James Mason and Pamela Mason
Shirley Mason (1900–1979), actress
[17]
Osa Massen (1914–2006), actress
Edith Massey (1918–1984), actress
Carol Matthau (1925–2003), actress, wife of Walter Matthau and
William Saroyan
Walter Matthau (1920–2000), actor
[18]
Ruth McDevitt (1895–1976), actress
Rod McKuen (1933–2015), poet, composer
Peter McWilliams (1949–2000), author
Allan Melvin (1923–2008), actor, voice actor
Lewis Milestone (1895–1980), director
Marvin E. Miller (1913–1985), actor
Shirley Mitchell (1919–2013), actress, wife of
Jay Livingston
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), actress
[19]
[20]
Constance Moore (1920–2005), singer, actress
Dolores Moran (1924–1982), actress
Jeff Morris (1934–2004), actor
Lloyd Morrisett (1929–2023), psychologist, co-founder of
Sesame Workshop , co-creator of
Sesame Street
N
O
P
Bettie Page (1923–2008), model
Dorothy Patrick (1921–1987), actress
Wolfgang Petersen (1941–2022), director
Frank Pierson (1925–2012), screenwriter, director
Waite Phillips (1883–1964), oil tycoon, philanthropist
Gregor Piatigorsky (1903–1976), cellist
Jacqueline Piatigorsky (1911–2012), chess player
James Prideaux (1927–2015), playwright
R
Ford Rainey (1908–2005), actor
Donna Reed (1921–1986), actress
[23]
Jimmie Reese (1901–1994), baseball player and coach
Renie Riano (1899–1971), actress
Buddy Rich (1917–1987), drummer, bandleader
Minnie Riperton (1947–1979), singer
[24]
Ben Roberts (1916–1984), screenwriter; co-creator of
Charlie's Angels
Doris Roberts (1925–2016), actress, philanthropist, author
Wayne Rogers (1933–2015), actor
Hillevi Rombin (1933–1996),
Miss Universe 1955
Ruth Rose (1896–1978), screenwriter
Herbert Ross (1927–2001), film director
S
Franklin Schaffner (1920–1989), film director
G. David Schine (1927–1996), film producer
Ernest B. Schoedsack (1893–1979), film director
George C. Scott (1927–1999), actor; grave unmarked
Vivienne Segal (1897–1992), singer, actress
Anne Seymour (1909–1988), actress
Sidney Sheldon (1917–2007), author
Dorothy Shay (1921–1978), actress, singer
Jeremy Silman (1954-2023), chess player
Sam Simon (1955–2015), writer, producer, director
Lu Ann Simms (1932–2003), singer
Sara Sothern (1895–1994), mother of
Elizabeth Taylor
Robert Stack (1919–2003), actor
Sage Stallone (1976–2012), actor, son of
Sylvester Stallone
Ray Stark (1915–2004), film producer
Josef von Sternberg (1894–1969), film director
Donald E. Stewart (1930–1999), screenwriter
Dorothy Stratten (1960–1980), actress,
Playboy Playmate
Danny Sugerman (1954–2005), writer, rock band manager
Jennifer Syme (1972–2001), actress
T
Don Taylor (1920–1998), actor, director
Francis Lenn Taylor (1897–1968), art dealer, father of
Elizabeth Taylor
[25]
Kent Taylor (1907–1987), actor
[25]
Irene Tedrow (1907–1995), actress
William C. Thomas (1903–1984), film producer
Marshall Thompson (1925–1992), actor
Dan Tobin (1910–1982), actor
Ernst Toch (1887–1964), composer
Alvin Toffler (1928–2016), author
Mel Tormé (1925–1999), singer, actor
[6]
[7]
Helen Traubel (1899–1972), opera soprano
Les Tremayne (1913–2003), actor
Michael Trikilis (1940-2019), TV/Film Producer
Frank Tuttle (1892–1963), screenwriter, producer
V
W
June Walker (1900–1966), actress
Pat Walshe (1900–1991), actor
Larry Ward (1925–1985), actor, screenwriter
Harry Warren (1893–1981), songwriter
Joe Weider (1919–2013), bodybuilder
Winifred Westover (1899–1978), actress
Chrissie White (1895–1989), silent film actress
Michael White (1936–2016), producer
Sean Whitesell (1963–2015), actor
Margaret Whiting (1924–2011), singer
Herbert Wiere (1908–1999), performer
Cornel Wilde (1915–1989), actor
Billy Wilder (1906–2002), filmmaker
[26]
Carl Wilson (1946–1998), singer, member of
The Beach Boys
[7]
Estelle Winwood (1883–1984), actress
Albert Wohlstetter (1913–1997), nuclear strategist
Roberta Wohlstetter (1912–2007), historian of military intelligence
Natalie 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. Zanuck
Frank Zappa (1940–1993), composer, musician, satirist, leader of
The Mothers of Invention ; grave unmarked
Gail Zappa (1945–2015), widow of Frank Zappa and trustee of the Zappa Family Trust; buried next to her husband Frank Zappa
See also
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"Walter and Carol Matthau gravesite at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, 1218 Glendon Avenue, Los Angeles, California" .
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