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Brennan, Walter b. July 25, 1894 d. September 21, 1974
Actor. The only man to win three Best Supporting Actor Oscar awards, Walter Brennan was probably the most successful character actor in American film. While attending college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, studying to be an engineer, Brennan became interested in theatre and appeared in school plays. He worked some in vaudeville and also held various jobs such as a bank clerk and lumberjack. He toured with small musical comedy companies before entering the military in 1917. After World War I...[Read More] (Bio by: Craig Johnson)
Cause of death: Emphysema
San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Mission Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section D, Lot 445, Grave 8
Cobb, Lee (Leo Jacoby) J. b. December 8, 1911 d. February 11, 1976
Actor. Best known for the films "12 Angry Men " and "The Exorcist."
Mount Sinai Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Garden of Shemot 1, Lot 421
Fonda, Henry b. May 16, 1905 d. August 12, 1982
Actor. The tall, gangling Oscar-winning actor's screen career lasted from 1935 to 1981, with films such as "Young Mr. Lincoln," "Mister Roberts," "The Grapes of Wrath" and "On Golden Pond." With his distinctive Midwest twang, Fonda embodied a quiet, decent honesty in his roles. He also started a Hollywood dynasty with daughter Jane, son Peter and granddaughter Bridget.Born in Grand Island, Nebraska, Fonda majored in journalism in college, but found acting more to his liking: His early stage...[Read More] (Bio by: LincolnFan)
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Cremated, Ashes scattered, Ashes Scattered
Ford (Feeney), John b. February 1, 1895 d. August 31, 1973
Motion Picture Director. He claimed his real name was Sean Aloysius Feeny (or O'Fearna) but research has shown his given name, on his birth certificate, on file with the State of Maine Department of Human Services, was actually John Martin Feeney. Ford was famous for embellishing reality, and is well known for the line in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."
Cause of death: Cancer
Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: M, L304, 5
Hathaway, Henry (Marquis henri Leonard de Fiennes) b. March 13, 1898 d. February 11, 1985
Film Producer and Director. He directed the likes of John Wayne, Dean Martin, Richard Burton, Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Rita Hayworth, Gregory Peck, and hundreds more in 65 films from 1932 to 1974. Among those films was 'True Grit', 'The Sons of Katie Elder', 'North To Alaska', 'How The West Was Won', and 'Nevada Smith.'
Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Mausoleum, Block 42, Crypt C1
Jones, Carolyn b. April 28, 1930 d. August 3, 1983
Actress. She is best remembered for her role of Morticia Frump Addams on "The Addams Family" television show (1964-1966). Born Carolyn Sue Jones in Amarillo, Texas, her father abandoned the family in 1933 when he lost his job in the Great Depression, and her mother moved the family in with her parents, then also living in Amarillo. As a child, she suffered from asthma, but loved to go to the movies, and while in school, she won several awards for speech, poetry and dramatics. In 1947, she was...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Cancer
Melrose Abbey Memorial Park, Anaheim, Orange County, California, USA
Plot: North Patio, 46 gg (in her mother's crypt)
Malden, Karl b. March 22, 1912 d. July 1, 2009
Actor. A versatile performer mainly in supporting roles, he appeared in nearly one hundred motion pictures, television programs and theatre productions since the late 1930's. He was born Mladen George Sekulovich to Yugoslavian parents and raised in Gary, Indiana. After spending a few years working in local steel mills, Malden attended Arkansas State Teachers College and studied acting at Chicago's Goodman Dramatic School before making his Broadway debut in the 1937 drama "Golden Boy". He made...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Marshall, George b. December 29, 1891 d. February 17, 1975
Renowned motion picture director. His work includes "How the West Was Won."
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Mausoleum, Block 78, Crypt F1
Moorehead, Agnes b. December 6, 1900 d. April 30, 1974
Actress. She was born Agnes Robertson Moorehead in Clinton, Massachusetts, the daughter of a Presbyterian minister. She was a graduate of Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio then went on to earn a master's degree in English and public speaking at the university of Wisconsin. She continued her studies in New York at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and began appearing on Broadway and radio. With Joseph Cotton and Orson Welles, she was founder and charter member of the famed Mercury...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Cause of death: Uterine cancer
Dayton Memorial Park, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Memorial Abby Mausoleum
Peck, Gregory b. April 5, 1916 d. June 12, 2003
Actor. He was a lanky handsome movie star whose long career included such classics as "Roman Holiday," "Spellbound," and his Academy Award winner "To Kill a Mockingbird." His craggy good looks, grace and measured speech contributed to his screen image as the decent, courageous man of action. He was never less than a star and was nominated five times for the Oscar. Offscreen as well as on he conveyed a quiet dignity. He served as president of the Motion Picture Academy and was active in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Moody)
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Mausoleum
Peppard, George b. October 1, 1928 d. May 8, 1994
Actor, he is best remembered for his breakthrough role of Paul “Fred” Varjak in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” (1961), and for his role of Colonel John “Hannibal” Smith in the television series “The A-Team” (1983-1986). Born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of opera singer and building contractor Vernelle Rohrer. He graduated from Dearborn High School in nearby Dearborn, Michigan, and attended Purdue University, where he studied Engineering, later transferring to Carnegie Mellon University. He took an...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Northview Cemetery, Dearborn, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Preston, Robert b. June 8, 1918 d. March 21, 1987
American Actor. A versatile, trained musician who could play several instruments, around the age of 15 he became set on a career in theatre. He trained at the Pasadena Playhouse and began getting second-lead work in films (“Union Pacific” and “Beau Geste” [both 1939], “North West Mounted Police” [1940], “Wake Island” and “This Gun for Hire” [both 1942]). The less-than-rewarding roles soon convinced Preston to head for New York, where the stage could make better use of his charisma and...[Read More] (Bio by: Paul F. Wilson)
Cause of death: Lung cancer
Cremated, Ashes scattered at sea
Stewart, James 'Jimmy' b. May 20, 1908 d. July 2, 1997
Actor, American Icon. James Stewart was born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, where he had an ideal childhood with encouraging and supporting parents. When he won the Best Actor Oscar in 1940 for his role in "The Philadelphia Story," he sent it to his father saying, "It belongs to us both." His dad, who owned a hardware store, kept it on a shelf for 25 years where it could be viewed by the customers. James had great empathy for his hometown and years later they would erect and dedicate a statue to...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Cause of death: Pulmonic blood clot
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Wee Kirk Churchyard, Space 2, Lot 8, near the statue of a man holding an arrow. To the left of the Wee Kirk of the Heather Church on the hill.
Tracy, Spencer b. April 5, 1900 d. June 10, 1967
Actor. Legendary, award-winning American stage and motion picture figure of the 1930s through the 1960s. He was nominated nine times for Academy Awards. He won the Oscar twice, once for Best Actor in a Leading Role in the film "Captains Courageous" (1937), the other for Best Actor in a Leading Role in the film "Boys Town" (1938). Married to ...[Read More] (Bio by: A.J. Marik)
Cause of death: Heart attack.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Garden of Everlasting Peace, immediately to the right as you enter.
GPS coordinates: 34.1226044, -118.2350769 (hddd.dddd)
Wayne (Morrison), John (Marion) b. May 26, 1907 d. June 11, 1979
Actor. He is noted mostly for his military and cowboy roles, and an American Icon. Fiercely patriotic and a staunch American, he represented an American ideal of rugged individualism. Politically conservative and hawkish, he was directly the opposite of many Hollywood stars, and often ridiculed for his political opinions. Born Marion Morrison in Winterset, Iowa, his family moved to southern California, where his father owned a ranch, and he learned to ride a horse. When the ranch failed, his...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Pacific View Memorial Park, Corona del Mar, Orange County, California, USA
Plot: Bayview Terrace, section 575
Widmark, Richard b. December 26, 1914 d. March 24, 2008
Actor. He spent his early teenage years growing up in Illinois and throughout the Midwest before entering Lake Forest College in Illinois with the intent of pursuing a degree in law. Following graduation he remained at Lake Forest College as a drama instructor, before appearing on radio in the 1938 production of "Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories." He appeared on Broadway five years later in the theater production of "Kiss and Tell" before making his first big screen appearance in 1947 as a...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
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