Akst, Harry b. August 15, 1894 d. March 31, 1963 Composer, Songwriter. Born in New York City, he was one of the most prolific composers of the era and an accomplished pianist and conductor. In 1925, along with lyricists Sam Lewis and Joe Young, he wrote "Dinah", one of the most recorded songs of all time. His other notable collaborations included "A Smile Will Go A Long Way", "Baby Face", "There's Nothing Too Good For My Baby", "As Long As I'm With You", "Don't It Mean A Thing", "Birmingham Bertha" and "Everybody Swing". He also wrote scores...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills), Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA Plot: Columbarium of Remembrance, N-60268 GPS coordinates: 34.1499710, -118.3204803 (hddd.dddd)
Alberni, Luis b. October 4, 1886 d. December 23, 1962 Actor. He majored in drama at the University of Madrid and got his start performing in theatres throughout Europe. In 1914 he moved to the United States to continue his career in the acting profession. Alberni's debonair looks and talent gained attention and he was cast in a number of Broadway productions between 1915 and 1928, often in comedies. The most notable was the original production of "What Price Glory?" (1924 to 1925). He also made a handful of silent films and settled in Hollywood...[Read More] (Bio by: Priscilla) Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park, North Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA Plot: Block G, Section 6171, Lot 5
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
Albertson, Coit b. October 14, 1880 d. December 13, 1953 Actor. He starred in the theater prior to making his motion picture debut in 1915, most notably in the play "Stubborn Cinderella". He appeared in "The $1,000,000 Reward"(1920), "Face to Face"(1922), "Scandal Street"(1925) as 'Frank Arnold' in "The Jazz Girl" (1926) and "The Return of Boston Blackie"(1927). (Bio by: MC) Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA Plot: Grace Chapel Columbarium, Community Niche C
Albertson, Frank b. February 2, 1909 d. February 29, 1964 Actor. He had an acting career that spanned from the 1920s to the 1960 in the theater, motion pictures and television. His best known roles were as 'Tom Cassidy' in the Alfred Hitchcock horror thriller "Psycho" in 1961, and as 'Sam Wainwright' in the Christmas classic "It's A Wonderful Life" (1946). Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA Plot: Section P, Lot 284, Grave 4
Albright, Wally b. September 3, 1925 d. August 7, 1999 Actor. As a child performer of the 1930s, he is best remembered for his brief stint as Wally in Hal Roach's "Our Gang" (aka "The Little Rascals") films. Born Walton Algernon Albright, Jr. in Burbank, California, he made his acting debut at age four. He was naturally blond but his trademark tousled locks depended on a curling iron. his character appealingly combined waifish looks with a well-meaning, take-charge...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA Plot: Garden of Ascension, Lot 7380, Lawn Crypt 3.
Alda, Robert b. February 26, 1914 d. May 3, 1986 Actor. Born Alphonso Roberto D'Abruzzo in New York City, his career began in vaudeville, as a singer and dancer. After performing on radio, he made his film debut in "Rhapsody in Blue" (1945), followed by "Day and Night" (1946). He appeared in many Italian and European films over the next 15 years, but had his greatest success in the Broadway Theatre. In 1951, he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in the musical "Guys and Dolls" and won another for "What Makes Sammy Run". During the 1960s to...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Cause of death: Stroke Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA Plot: Garden of Ascension
Alden, Mary b. June 18, 1883 d. July 2, 1946 Actress. She is best known for her role as ‘Lydia Brown', the mulatto housekeeper-mistress of a devious Northern reconstructionist senator in D.W. Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation" (1915); her character is one of many racist elements of that still controversial epic. She is also memorable in the modern sequences of Griffith's "Intolerance" (1916), as a priggish society lady who uses her influence to take away the baby of...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park, North Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA Plot: Block G, Section 7621, Lot 2 [Unmarked]
Alden, Norman b. September 13, 1924 d. July 27, 2012 Actor. Following his service with the US Military whom he was station with in Europe during World War II, Alden returned home and from the aid of the GI Bill, he enrolled at Texas Christian University. It was while there, he caught the acting bug and began to perform in on-campus stage productions. Alden initiated his career in entertainment as a disc jockey at his hometown radio station in Fort Worth and it would be a win from the Arthur Godfrey Talent Show which launched his Hollywood tenure...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.) Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Alderson, Erville b. September 11, 1882 d. August 4, 1957 Actor. He appeared in nearly 200 motion picture roles in a career that spanned 40 years. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, he made his screen debut in 1918. He first gained notice as a member of director D.W. Griffith's stock company, with prominent roles in "The White Rose" (1923), "America" (1924), "Isn't Life Wonderful?" (1924), and "Sally of the Sawdust" (1925). He was typically cast as authority figure, with most of his...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Hollywood Forever, Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA Plot: Section 12, Lot 299
Aldrich, Robert b. August 9, 1918 d. December 5, 1983 Motion Picture Director. He directed many influential films, including "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte" (1964), and "The Dirty Dozen" (1967), among several others. He died of kidney failure in 1983. (Bio by: A.J. Marik) Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills), Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA Plot: Murmuring Trees, L-5153 GPS coordinates: 34.1451111, -118.3217087 (hddd.dddd)
Alexander, Frank b. May 25, 1879 d. September 8, 1937 Actor. A figure from the silent motion picture era, he weighed well over 300 pounds during his film career, and had the nicknamed of "Tiny". A stage driver prior to putting on weight and going to Hollywood, California, he became a member of comedian Larry Semon's stock company. He appeared in a number of motion picture comedies before ending his relationship with Semon after playing ‘Dorothy's' father in 1925's "Wizard...[Read More] (Bio by: Tony Scott) Hollywood Forever, Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA Plot: Section 2, #10 [unmarked]
Alexander, James b. May 20, 1914 d. February 1, 1961 Actor. Born in Indiana, he appeared in a handful of motion pictures during his brief acting career. He made his film debut in the 1952 motion picture "Jack and the Beanstalk." His other film credits include: "Port of Hell" (1954), "Treasure of Ruby Hills" (1955), "Las Vegas Shakedown" (1955) and "Night Freight" (1955). His television appearances include "The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" and "The Abbott and Costello Show." He died from undisclosed causes in Los Angeles, California at the age...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.) Hollywood Forever, Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA Plot: Section 2, #10
Alexander, Joseph Grubb b. December 25, 1887 d. January 11, 1932 Motion Picture Screenwriter. A former civil engineer, he started his career as a vaudeville songwriter and later wrote plays. He began writing motion picture screenplays with Universal Studios in the mid-1910s and worked on a number of serials. He later wrote for Fox Studios and signed a contract with Warner Brothers in 1928. In all, he wrote 97 screenplays before he died of pneumonia in 1932. (Bio by: Tony Scott) Hollywood Forever, Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA Plot: Abbey of the Psalms, Sanctuary of Hope, #121
Alexander, Richard b. November 19, 1902 d. August 9, 1989 Actor. He appeared in motion pictures such as "All Quiet in the Western Front" (1930), "The Front Page" (1931), "The Sign of the Cross" (1932), "Cleopatra" (1934), "Modern Times" (1936), "Where the West Begins" (1938), "Raiders of Death Valley" (1941), "Three Little Sisters" (1944) and "Two Guys From Texas" (1948). He also played 'Prince Barin' in the television series "Flash Gordon." (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni) Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Alexander, Ross b. July 27, 1907 d. January 2, 1937 Actor. Born Alexander Ross Smith, he appeared in the theater and in motion pictures in the 1920s and 1930s. Married for a time to actress Anne Nagel. He committed suicide, shooting himself with a .22 caliber pistol. Cause of death: Suicide Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA Plot: Sunrise Slope, Lot 292 GPS coordinates: 34.1223907, -118.2474213 (hddd.dddd)
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
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