Find A Grave - Westwood Memorial Park

Ager, Milton b. October 6, 1893 d. May 6, 1979
Composer, Songwriter. He wrote hit songs such as "Ain't She Sweet?" "Happy Days Are Here Again." He began as a pianist for the silent movie theaters, went on to become a vaudevillian, and finally wound up writing songs for the Hollywood motion picture studios.
Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Main urn garden, southwest corner of Section D.
GPS coordinates: 34.0583382, -118.4414520 (hddd.dddd)
Aidman, Charles b. January 21, 1925 d. November 7, 1993
Actor. He appeared in motion pictures and in numerous television shows. He guest starred on "The Twilight Zone," and narrated the 1980s revival.
Cause of death: Cancer
Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Room of Prayer
Albert, Eddie b. April 22, 1906 d. May 26, 2005
Actor. Born Edward Albert Heimberger, he is best remembered for his role of lawyer-turned-farmer ‘Oliver Wendell Douglas' on the classic television comedy series "Green Acres". His career began on radio, and appeared on the earliest test for television in 1936. He made his motion picture debut in the military academy comedy "Brother Rat" in 1938, and went on to co-star in "Brother Rat and a Baby" and "Four Wives" in 1939. Enlisting in the United States Coast Guard during World War II, he was...[Read More] (Bio by: David)
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Albert, Margo b. May 10, 1917 d. July 17, 1985
Actress. Born María Marguerita Guadalupe Teresa Estela Bolado, she acted mostly under the singular name of "Margo", and often showcased her dancing ability in her roles. He best known role was as "Maria" in the 1937 film "Lost Horizon." She was the wife of actor Eddie Albert, mother of actor Edward Albert and niece of bandleader ...[Read More]
Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section D, Lot 61
Alexander, Shana b. October 6, 1925 d. June 23, 2005
Journalist, Author. She is best known for her debates with conservative journalist James J. Kilpatrick during the "Point-Counter Point" segments that ended every episode of the television news program "60 Minutes" in the 1970s.
Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Allister, Claud b. October 3, 1888 d. July 26, 1970
Actor in 72 films including: "Slightly Scarlet," "Platinum Blonde," "The Private Life of Henry VIII," "The Dark Angel," "Dracula's Daughter," "Lillian Russell," and "Kiss Me Kate." (Bio by: Tony Scott)
Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Alpar, Gitta b. February 5, 1903 d. February 17, 1991
Opera Singer. She was a soprano who performed in the principal theatres of Europe during the years prior to World War II. Born Regina Klopfer into a musical family (her father was a Cantor), Miss Alpar showed early evidence of talent. After private voice and piano study, she entered the University of Budapest in 1916, and made her operatic debut in Budapest in 1923. Through the 1920s, she sang the leading coloratura soprano roles in the major opera houses of Berlin and Vienna, with particular...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Mausoleum, Corridor of Memories
GPS coordinates: 34.0584717, -118.4397888 (hddd.dddd)
Arden, Eve b. April 30, 1908 d. November 12, 1990
Actress. Born Eunice Quedens in Mill Valley, California to Lucille and Charles Peter Quedens. She left high school at 16 and joined a stock theater company. She appeared in a few films under her real name. Her Broadway debut came in 1934, when she was cast in the stage play "Ziegfeld Follies," before entering radio in 1945 on "The Danny Kaye Show." CBS President William S. Paley offered her the title role on a new series called "Our Miss Brooks." She was a sensation. Her performance inspired...[Read More] (Bio by: Jane Eubanks)
Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section D, #81
Armstrong, Robert b. November 20, 1890 d. April 20, 1973
Actor. Appeared in "King Kong" (1933), "The Son Of Kong" (1933), "The Fugitive" (1947), and "Mighty Joe Young" (1949). He served in the United States Army during World War I.
Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Garden of Roses [unmarked]
Arnold, Jack b. October 14, 1916 d. March 17, 1992
Film and TV director. A former stage and screen actor, he joined in the US Signal Corps in the 1940s and worked with famed documentary filmmaker Robert Flaherty. After the war Arnold directed and produced about 25 documentaries for government agencies and private industries, getting an Oscar nomination for best documentary feature for "With These Hands" (1951). Tackling fiction films in the early 1950s with Universal Studios he specialized in science-fiction and horror films, among them "It...[Read More] (Bio by: Fritz Tauber)
Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Ashes in a communal space in a rose garden
Aubrey, James T. b. December 14, 1918 d. September 3, 1994
Television Producer. He served as president of CBS from 1959 to 1965 and MGM from 1969 to 1973.
Cause of death: Heart attack
Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Urn Garden
GPS coordinates: 34.0591202, -118.4418564 (hddd.dddd)
Averback, Hy b. October 21, 1920 d. October 14, 1997
Actor, Motion Picture Producer, Director.
Cause of death: Died following heart surgery
Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Rear flower garden, wall niche
Ayres, Lew b. December 28, 1908 d. December 30, 1996
Actor. Born in Minneapolis and raised in San Diego, Lew Ayres was a college dropout, dance-band musician, still in his teens, when he was discovered by Hollywood talent scouts and made his film debut in The Sophomore (1929) and appeared opposite Greta Garbo in The Kiss that same year. His greatest role and one that had a profound affect on the actor in real life, was playing the patriotic, young German soldier in All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). Under contract to Universal, Ayres...[Read More] (Bio by: Craig Johnson)
Cause of death: Complications from a coma
Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
GPS coordinates: 34.0582314, -118.4415970 (hddd.dddd)
Backus, Henny b. March 21, 1911 d. December 9, 2004
Actress, Best Selling Author. Wife of actor Jim Backus. Best known for her role as 'Cora Dithers' in the 1968 sitcom "Blondie," which co-starred her husband. She also appeared with her husband in a second season episode of "Gilligan’s Island." The pair appeared in several films together including "Don’t Make Waves," "Hello Down There," "Meet Me In Las Vegas" and "The Great Man." Mrs. Backus made her Broadway debut under...[Read More] (Bio by: David)
Cause of death: Series of strokes
Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Backus, Jim b. February 25, 1913 d. July 3, 1989
Actor. A screen, stage, radio and television figure, he is best known for being the voice of the cartoon character "Mr. MaGoo," and for playing 'Thurston Howell' on the classic 1960s television show "Gilligain's Island." Perhaps his best known film role was as James Dean's ineffectual father in "Rebel Without a Cause." His other films include "Pat and Mike," "Man of a Thousand Faces," "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," and "Myra Breckinridge."
Cause of death: Complications of Parkinson's disease
Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section D, #203
GPS coordinates: 34.0582390, -118.4414978 (hddd.dddd)
Ball, Arthur b. August 16, 1894 d. August 27, 1951
Motion Picture Cinematographer. He worked on the films "The Black Pirate" (1926), and "Wanderer Of The Wasteland" (1924). Ball was also one of the 36 persons who helped founded the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). (Bio by: K)
Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Barrier, Edgar b. March 4, 1907 d. June 20, 1964
Actor. He appeared in 15 television series/shows and 52 films including: "Escape," "Comrade X," "Journey Into Fear," "Phantom of the Opera," "Macbeth," "The War of the Worlds," and "Snow White and the Three Stooges." (Bio by: Tony Scott)
Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Barton, Eileen b. November 24, 1929 d. June 27, 2006
Actress, Singer. A native of Brooklyn, New York, she is best known for her 1950 hit recording, "If I Knew You Were Coming I'd've Baked A Cake." She also appeared in films and on television programs including, "The Swift Show", "Video Village", and "Toast Of The Town". (Bio by: K)
Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Basehart, Richard b. August 31, 1914 d. September 17, 1984
Screen, stage and TV actor who played the part of Admiral Nelson on the TV series "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea." Film credits include "Cry Wolf," "House on Telegraph Hill," "Titanic," and "Moby Dick."
Cause of death: Stroke
Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: In the smaller, central 'ash garden'. His ashes are three down on the right
Bautzer, Greg b. 1911 d. October 26, 1987
A Navy pilot in WWII, Bautzer was The Attorney to the Stars, representing Ginger Rogers, Ingrid Bergman and Joan Crawford to name a few, he also represented MGM owner Kirk Kerkorian and Howard Hughes. Engaged to actresses Barbara Payton, Lana Turner and Dorothy Lamour, he married actress Dana Wynter. He is also credited with founding the Los Angeles Music Center. (Bio by: Tony Scott)
Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Sanctuary of Devotion

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