Find A Grave - Cathedral City

Arnold, Dorothy b. November 21, 1917 d. November 13, 1984
Actress. Born Dorothy Arnoldine Olson, she was performing by the age of 12 on amateur nights at Duluth's Lyric Theater and with the local Salvation Army Band. Her first theatrical job was with the Band Box Revue, out of Chicago. She studied at Paramount School in New York and played bits in pictures as a dancer until Universal Studios offered her a contract where she appeared in 15 films between 1937 and 1939, most notably in 'The Phantom Creeps' with Bela Lugosi and in 'The House of Fear'. In...[Read More] (Bio by: Louis Mata)
Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, Riverside County, California, USA
Bell, Rodney Mabrey b. October 21, 1915 d. August 3, 1968
Actor. A veteran performer of nearly a 100 films, he made his big screen debut in "Saturday's Heroes" (1937). His other film credits include "The Senator Was Indiscreet" (1947), "A Star Is Born" (1954), "Man On Fire" (1957), "The Missouri Traveler" (1958) and "Ada" (1961). He also appeared on countless television programs such as "G.E. Theatre", "Navy Log", "Dragnet", "Leave It to Beaver" and "Route 66". (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, Riverside County, California, USA
Plot: Section B-17, Lot 205
Berkeley, Busby b. November 29, 1895 d. March 14, 1976
Motion Picture Director. A director and choreographer of film musicals, he is considered one of the greatest in the media. Ironically, he was self-taught as a dancer, having no formal lessons, and in his early years as a choreographer, he was constantly afraid that people would find out. Born Busby Berkeley William Enos in Los Angeles, California, his parents were members of the Tim Frawley Repetory Company that acted on the stage. At the age of 12, he enrolled in the Mohegan Lake Military...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, Riverside County, California, USA
Plot: Section A-14 # 74
GPS coordinates: 33.8178787, -116.4426498 (hddd.dddd)
Bono, Sonny (Salvatore Phillip) b. February 16, 1935 d. January 5, 1998
Entertainer, US Congressman. Until the early 1960s, he had a job delivering meat along the Sunset Strip in California. He became an A&R Man for Phil Spector. Working with people such as Sam Cooke, and Chubby Checker, and writing songs such as ‘Baby Don't Go', and ‘Don't Laugh At Me' Bono achieved his highest level of fame in the entertainment field with his second wife Cheriln Sarkisian LaPierre. It was at Aldo's Italian Restaurant in Hollywood in 1961 that Sonny met a very young Cher and they...[Read More] (Bio by: Julie Karen Hancock (Cooper) Jackson)
Cause of death: Skiing Accident
Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, Riverside County, California, USA
Plot: B-35, #294
GPS coordinates: 33.8197212, -116.4417191 (hddd.dddd)
Brox, Lorraine b. November 11, 1900 d. June 14, 1993
Actress, Singer. Born Lorayne Eunice Brock, together with sisters Bobbe and Kathlyn she was a member of the 'The Brox Sisters' singing group. Their film credits included "Down South" (1928), "The Hollywood Reveue 1929" (1929), "Headin' South" (1929), "King of Jazz" (1930) and "Hollywood on Parade" (1932). She also appeared by herself in "Gems of M-G-M" (1930) and "The Proud and Profane" (1956). (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, Riverside County, California, USA
Plot: Section B-8, Lot 67
Christian, Linda b. November 13, 1923 d. July 22, 2011
Actress. Born Blanca Rosa Welter, the daughter of a Dutch executive in the oil industry, she grew up in Venezuela, South Africa, Holland, Switzerland and Palestine, learning to speak multiple languages fluently while becoming a model student during her schooling. She worked at the Office of the British Censor during her residence in Palestine and began her training in the medical field, prior to moving to Los Angeles where she developed an interest in acting. She broke into films with a minor...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Cathedral City), Cathedral City, Riverside County, California, USA
Conte, John b. September 15, 1915 d. September 4, 2006
Actor, Singer, Television Station Executive. He began his career as a radio actor and singer, appearing as a cast member on the "Burns and Allen" radio show in the 1940s. He also performed on Broadway, and appeared on Sid Caesar's "Your Show of Shows" in the 1950s. He was the host of NBC's "Matinee Theater," a daily live one-hour drama series that was one of the first network daytime television shows. On film, he appeared in "Thousands Cheer" (1943), "Nobody Lives Forever" (1946) and "The...[Read More] (Bio by: Mark Masek)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Cathedral City), Cathedral City, Riverside County, California, USA
Daniel, Frantisek b. April 14, 1926 d. February 28, 1996
Writer, Director, Producer. (Bio by: Graving Queen of the OC)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Cathedral City), Cathedral City, Riverside County, California, USA
Plot: San. of Good Shepard South, #8, D
Dexter, Brad b. April 9, 1917 d. December 11, 2002
Actor. Born Boris Michel Soso, for over four decades he was a versatile character performer best remembered for the role as gunfighter Harry Luck in the film "The Magnificent Seven" (1960). Trained in theatre at the Pasadena Playhouse, after serving in the US Army during World War II, he made his screen debut in "Heldorado" (1946) His many other credits include "The Asphalt Jungle" (1950), "Run Silent, Run deep" (1958), "Taras Bulba" (1962), "None But the Brave" (1965) and "Shampoo" (1975). For...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, Riverside County, California, USA
Plot: Section B2, grave 28
Draves, Victoria 'Vicki' b. December 31, 1924 d. April 11, 2010
Olympic Athlete. A two-time gold medalist, she became the first woman to achieve first-place finishes in both the springboard diving and platform diving events, during the 1948 Summer Olympic Games in London. Born Victoria Manalo in San Francisco, one of twins to a Filipino father and an English mother, she was raised in poverty. At age 16 while attending Commerce High School, she became interested in diving and was introduced to and trained by coach Phil Patterson. While learning she endured...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Cathedral City), Cathedral City, Riverside County, California, USA
Plot: Mission Santa Rosa West Exterior, Niche 17
Dreier, Alex b. June 26, 1916 d. March 12, 2000
He was an award winning broadcaster with seven Emmy Awards for his radio and television commentary and reporting, whose booming delivery earned him the nickname "The Voice". As a fledging UPI reporter, he was expelled from Germany in 1941 by the Nazi government. He dined with the likes of Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt. He performed briefly in a Las Vegas act with Phil Harris and once contemplated doing a sitcom. At the time of his death he was serving on the board of Eisenhower...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Moody)
Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, Riverside County, California, USA
Plot: Section B-30, lot 351
Faye, Alice b. May 5, 1915 d. May 9, 1998
Actress. Born Alice Jeane Leppert and raised in New York City’s “Hells Kitchen,” Alice Faye quit school at 14 to become a chorus girl, lying about her age in order to get the audition. She danced in the famous “George White’s Scandals” revues. Not long after that she was discovered by Rudy Vallee, who hired her to sing with his band. Vallee went to Hollywood to star in Fox’s 1934 film version of George White’s Scandals and Faye, who was slated to sing one song in the film, became leading...[Read More] (Bio by: Craig Johnson)
Cause of death: Stomach cancer
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Cathedral City), Cathedral City, Riverside County, California, USA
Field, Virginia b. November 4, 1917 d. January 5, 1992
Actress. A popular Hollywood glamour girl, she is remembered for her dozens of film and television appearances. Born Margaret Cynthia Field to a respected British judge and a mother related to General Robert E. Lee, she was educated in London and Paris and broke into show business with the help of her aunt, actress Auriol Lee. After stage appearances in London and Vienna, Virginia made her silver screen bow in 1934's "The Primrose Path" with her turn later that same year in "The Lady is Willing"...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Cathedral City), Cathedral City, Riverside County, California, USA
Gabor, Jolie b. September 29, 1896 d. April 1, 1997
Folk Figure. The mother of Zsa Zsa, Eva, and Magda Gabor. Born in Hungary, she was named Jansci ("Johnny") by her parents, who had wanted a boy. Escaping her dull first marriage to Vilmos Gabor, her own hopes of stardom tarnished, she took to pushing her daughters towards fame and fortune with a vengeance. "You will be rich, famous and married to kings," she told them. With that end in sight she drove them to master everything they began. She was named Miss Hungary in 1936 at the age of 40...[Read More] (Bio by: D C McJonathan-Swarm)
Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, Riverside County, California, USA
Plot: B-8, #126
Gabor, Magda b. June 11, 1918 d. June 6, 1997
Actress. Born in Budapest Hungary. Her career as a performer began before her sisters and she came to America with their mother Jolie. She appeared in two films in 1937. "Mai lányok" and "Lenke" also known as "Today's Girls." When the three sisters, Zsa Zsa, Eva, Magda and their mother were first in New York City they all set about forming the image of "professional celebrity" and paying for as little as possible themselves. The Nordstrom Sisters and others would remark on the toll charges from...[Read More] (Bio by: D C McJonathan-Swarm)
Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, Riverside County, California, USA
Plot: B-8, #125
Gilbert, L. Wolfe b. August 31, 1886 d. July 13, 1970
Acclaimed Composer, Lyricist, Author and Publisher. His popular song compositions include "Mama Don't Want No Peas and Rice and Coconut Oil," "Shades of Night," "La Golondrina," "Lucky Lindy," "Don't Wake Me Up, Let Me Dream," "My Little Dream Girl," and "Hitchy Koo," to name but a few. His original burial site is at Hillside Memorial park, Culver City, California. (Bio by: Graving Queen of the OC)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Cathedral City), Cathedral City, Riverside County, California, USA
Goodwin, Bill (William Nettles) b. July 28, 1910 d. May 9, 1958
Television Announcer, Actor. He was the announcer for the "Burns & Allen Show" radio show for nine years. He also announced for "The Bob Hope Show", and appeared in 33 films including: "Blondie in Society," "Spellbound," "To Each His Own," "The Jolson Story," "Tea for Two" and "The Opposite Sex." (Bio by: Tony Scott)
Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, Riverside County, California, USA
Plot: B-1, #17
Hagen, Earle H. b. July 9, 1919 d. May 26, 2008
Composer. He wrote scores for many popular programs from the 1950s to the 1980s, among them "The Andy Griffith Show" and "The Dick Van Dyke Show", and received an Emmy Award in 1968 for the series "I Spy". Born in Chicago and raised in Los Angeles, he learned to play the trombone at an early age and later toured with bandleaders Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman. During the 1940s, he worked for 20th Century Fox as an arranger contributing to numerous musicals and shared an Oscar nomination with...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, Riverside County, California, USA
Harmon Sr., Claude (Eugene) b. July 14, 1916 d. July 23, 1989
Professional Golfer, Winner of the 1948 Masters tournament. Club Professional Claude Harmon stunned the golfing world by winning the 12th Masters in record-tying fashion. His three rounds of 70, combined with a third-round 69 gave him the a five-stroke victory over Cary Middlecoff. After the victory, Harmon returned to Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York, to resume his summer duties as a head pro. (Bio by: Dustin Raymond)
Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, Riverside County, California, USA
Plot: B8-50
Harris, Phil b. June 24, 1904 d. August 11, 1995
Bandleader, Vocalist, Actor. Phil Harris was a versatile performer excelling on many levels as a performer. After settling in California at an early age, he formed the Phil Harris Band which performed in the late twenties and early thirties while recording many novelty songs..."Smoke, Smoke that Cigarette," "Up A Lazy River," "Stars Fell on Alabama," "Row, Row, Row," "Is It True What They Say About Dixie," and his most successful "Thats What I Like About the South." Harris had a fledgling...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Cathedral City), Cathedral City, Riverside County, California, USA
Plot: Palm Springs Mausoleum, West Wall 2d SSBB

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