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Abbott, Frank b. July 16, 1878 d. February 2, 1957
Actor. He gained his motion picture renown during the "Silent Screen Era" that pre-dated talking films. His roles included appearances in the films "Fade Away Faster" (1926), and "The Wild Bull's Lair" (1925). (Bio by: K)
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section B, Lot 319, Grave 5
Adams, Kathryn b. May 25, 1893 d. February 17, 1959
Actress. Real name Ethalinda Colson in St. Louis, Missouri, she became an early star in the silent motion picture era. She entered films in 1915 after brief experience as a dancer in vaudeville. Her famous sidelong glance immediately pegged her for "vamp" roles and she won fleeting popularity in the late 1910s. Her most important appearances were in "The Vicar of Wakefield" (1917) and "Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman" (1917), opposite [Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cause of death: Heart Attack
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Baggot, King b. November 7, 1879 d. July 11, 1948
Writer of 12 screenplays, director of 41 films from 1912 to 1928 including: "The Lie" (1912), "Raffles" (1925), "The House of Scandal" (1928). Baggot also acted in 269 films from 1909 to 1946 including: "The Soul Man" (1916), "What Price Hollywood?" (1932), "The Black Cat (1934), "It Happened in New York" (1935), "San Francisco" (1936), and "The Emperor's Candlesticks" (1937). (Bio by: Tony Scott)
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Barrymore, Ethel b. August 15, 1879 d. June 18, 1959
Actress. In the first half of the 20th Century, Ethel Barrymore and her brothers Lionel and John were probably the most famous family of actors in the English-speaking world. She was a legend on the New York and London stage for over 40 years. Her aristocratic poise and distinguished career earned her the sobriquet, "The First Lady of the...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cause of death: Heart Ailment
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Main Mausoleum, Block 60, Crypt 3F
Barrymore (Blythe), John Sidney [original burial site] b. February 15, 1882 d. May 29, 1942
Actor. He made his stage debut at the age of 18 in one of his father's productions, but he really wanted to be an artist. Educated at Kings College, Wimbeldon, and New York's Art Student League, he worked at the New York Evening Journal doing sketches. By 1905, he had given up being an artist and toured the country doing plays. He became a major Broadway star in "The Fortune Hunter" in 1909. He debuted on the screen came in 1914 in "An American Citizen" and his good looks and remarkable talent...[Read More] (Bio by: Marta Monk)
Cause of death: Heart failure
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Main Mausoleum, Block 352
Barrymore, Lionel b. April 12, 1878 d. November 15, 1954
Actor. Born on April 12, 1878 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as Lionel Herbert Blythe. He was the oldest child of stage perfomer Maurice Blythe who had gained fame as Maurice Barrymore and his wife Georgina Drew the daughter of celebrated actor John Drew. Lionel along with his sister Ethel and brother [Read More] (Bio by: Marta Monk)
Cause of death: Heart Attack
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Main Mausoleum, Block 352
Bell, Herman S. 'Hi' b. July 16, 1897 d. June 7, 1949
Major League Baseball Player. Played Major League baseball as a right-handed pitcher for 8 seasons (1924, 1926 to 1927, 1929 to 1930, 1932 to 1934) with the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Giants. A relief specialist long before they became standard in the Majors, he managed to appear in three World Series, despite shifting between the Minors and the Major Leagues a number of times during his career. Breaking in the Cardinals in 1924, he achieved his most notable career distinction on July...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Besserer, Eugenie b. December 25, 1868 d. May 28, 1934
Actress. She is best-remembered for playing Al Jolson's doting mother in the landmark talkie "The Jazz Singer" (1927). In the film's most famous scene, Jolson serenades her with Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies" and then utters the immortal phrase, "You ain't heard nothing yet!" Besserer was born in Watertown, New York. She married at 15 and launched her stage career soon afterwards. Her film debut was as Aunt Em in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1910), the first screen adaptation of L. Frank...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section J, Lot 108, Grave 5
Billington, Francelia b. February 1, 1895 d. November 24, 1934
Actress, Cinematographer. Blonde, slender star of silent films. Born and raised on a ranch near Dallas, Texas, she entered films in 1912 with the Kalem Company and was quickly promoted to leads after the departure of their star, Alice Joyce. Her expertise in horse riding made her a natural for westerns though she was versatile enough to handle comedies and costume dramas. Billington had been a photography...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section L, Lot 161, Grave 2
Boleslawski, Richard b. February 4, 1889 d. January 11, 1937
Motion Picture and Theatre Director. Born Ryszard Srzednicki Boleslawsky in Warsaw, he made his stage debut as an actor in Odessa, Russia, at age 16. He studied at the Moscow Art Theatre under Konstantin Stanislavsky and was later named director of its First Studio. Boleslawski initially supported the 1917 Russian Revolution and directed an early Soviet propaganda film, "Bread" (1918), but when the Red Army...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Main Mausoleum, Block 300
Burke, James b. September 24, 1886 d. May 23, 1968
Actor. A New York City native of Irish stock, he made his film debut in 1932 after much stage experience. For years he was one of Hollywood's go-to guys for roles as urban street cops, which he delivered with a bemused lip and colorful brogue. Burke was W.C. Fields' nemesis in several comedies, and in Columbia's "Ellery Queen" series of the early 1940s he played Sgt. Velle, who wished that detective Queen (Ralph Bellamy) would mind his own business. In the occasional costume or adventure...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: (unmarked)
Burke, John Harley b. June 2, 1894 d. May 14, 1951
US Congressman. Elected to represent California's 18th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1933 to 1935. (Bio by: K)
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Carr, Mary b. March 14, 1874 d. June 24, 1973
Actress. Nicknamed "The Mother of the Movies". Born Mary Kennevan in Germantown, Pennsylvania, she entered films in 1915 after two decades of experience in touring repertory companies. She went on to portray kindly, perennially suffering mothers in scores of silent tearjerkers, notably "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" (1919) and "Over the Hill to the Poorhouse" (1920), and was an equally stoic grandmother in early talkies. Carr's most visible film today is probably the Laurel and Hardy comedy "...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Clark (Ogden), Cliff (Sheridan Gilmary) b. June 10, 1889 d. February 8, 1953
Actor. Sometimes billed as Cliff Clarke. Born in New York City, he was a longtime performer in touring theatrical companies and first ventured into movies in 1931. He was nearly 50 when he settled on a Hollywood career but was kept extremely busy, appearing in some 210 films in 16 years. Squarely-built and balding, with a frown etched upon his craggy face, Clark was most often cast as a humorless flatfoot or detective. He had the regular role of Inspector Timothy Donovan in RKO's "The Falcon"...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section F, Tier 15, grave 138
Collins, Edward Bernard "Eddie" b. January 30, 1883 d. September 2, 1940
Actor, Comedian. A native of Atlantic City, New Jersey, Collins is probably best remembered as the model and voice of Dopey in the 1937 Walt Disney animated film classic, "Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs". A former star of vaudeville, he also appeared in dozens of other films, including "Diamond Jim" (1935), "In Old Chicago" (1937), "Married Before Breakfast" (1937), "Hollywood Cavalcade" (1939), and "The Blue Bird" (1940), in which he played Tylo.
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Colt, Samuel b. November 28, 1909 d. August 1, 1986
Actor. He was the son of actress Ethel Barrymore and the great-grandson (and namesake) of Samuel Colt, inventor of the Colt revolver. He appeared in four films, "The Mating Season" (1951), "A Star is Born" (1954), "Three Brave Men" (1956), and "Johnny Trouble" (1957). (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Mausoleum, Block 51
Coogan Jr., John Henry 'Jack' b. 1886 d. May 4, 1935
Entertainer, Producer. He was known as "Big Jack" and "Jack, Sr.". His father was John Henry Coogan, Sr. He was a vaudeville performer (dancer) and later became a Hollywood producer. He also was the "sleeping" pickpocket in Chaplin's "The Kid" that starred his son Jackie, although he was not credited. (Bio by: IITravel)
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Crypt 216 D1 main Moseleum (exterior)
Costello, Dolores b. September 17, 1903 d. March 1, 1979
Actress. She had her screen debut in 1911. Appearing in numreous pictures throughout the 1910s and the early 1920s mostly with her father and sister. Relocated to Hollywood, Costello met her future husband John Barrymore on the set of "The Sea Beast" (1926). During their lengthy kissing scene in this picture Dolores fainted in Barrymore's...[Read More] (Bio by: MC)
Cause of death: Emphysema
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section D, Lot 877
Costello, Helene b. June 21, 1906 d. January 26, 1957
Actress. She was brought to the screen at age three by her father, matinee idol Maurice Costello, and played juvenile roles in over 60 films, including "Cleopatra" (1912), "Beau Brummel" (1913), and "A Christmas Story" (1913). In many of these she appeared with her sister, Dolores Costello. After World War I the sisters formed a dance duet...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Costello, John Martin b. January 15, 1903 d. August 29, 1976
US Congressman. Elected to represent California's 15th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1935 to 1945. He was defeated as Democratic in 1932, and 1944. He was also an attorney. (Bio by: K)
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA

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