Find A Grave - Singin' in the Rain movie

Brown, Nacio Herb b. February 22, 1896 d. September 28, 1964
Composer. Worked at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures during the advent years of sound. He contributed to MGM's first all-talking movie, "The Broadway Melody" (1929). His most frequent lyricist collaborator was Arthur Freed (who is interred in nearby Hillside Memorial Park). Among the songs he composed the melodies for include "Singin' In The Rain," "You Are My Lucky Star," "Good Morning," "All I Do Is Dream Of You," "You Stepped Out Of A Dream" and "Make 'Em Laugh." All the songs from the 1953 film...[Read More] (Bio by: Theologianthespian)
Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Sunny Slope, Lot 188 (S. side of section, near top of hill, in front of Brown memorial monument headstone)
Comden, Betty b. May 3, 1917 d. November 23, 2006
Lyricist, Screenwriter. Born Elizabeth Cohen in Brooklyn. Along with her longtime collaborator Adolph Green, she wrote the lyrics and often the librettos for some of the most celebrated musicals of stage and screen. During a professional partnership that lasted for more than 60 years, and which finally ended with Adolph Green's death in 2002, they created the stage shows "On the Town," "Wonderful Town," "Peter Pan" and "Bells Are Ringing." Their Hollywood credits included the screenplays for...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
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Dodsworth, John Cecil b. September 17, 1910 d. September 11, 1964
Actor. Dodsworth appeared in such films as, "The Rakes Progress" (1945), "Who Killed Van Loon?" (1948), "David And Bathsheba" (1951), "Singin' In The Rain" (1952), "The Snows Of Kilimanjaro" (1952), "Charade" (1953), "Titanic" (1953), "Loose In London" (1953), "Her Twelve Men" (1954), "The Mole People" (1956), "The 27th Day" (1957), and "In The Money" (1958). Dodsworth also made many frequent guest appaearances on television shows including, "Cavalcade Of America", "General Electric Theater", "...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Fowley, Douglas (Daniel Vincent) b. May 30, 1911 d. May 21, 1998
Character Actor. He moved to Los Angeles and studied at Los Angeles City College and later, he served in the Navy during World War II. He appeared in more than 200 films, from his debut in The Mad Game (1933), with Spencer Tracy and Claire Trevor. But he is fondly remembered for his role in the classic 1952 musical Singin' in the Rain (1952), where he played a film director trying to ease a silent-film star into her first talking picture. In television, he is remembered for his role as Doc...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Laurel Cemetery, Murrieta, Riverside County, California, USA
Freed (Grossman), Arthur b. September 9, 1894 d. April 12, 1973
Producer, Lyricist. Born Arthur Grossman in Charleston, South Carolina, he was raised in Seattle, Washington. After graduating high school, he moved to Illinois and worked as a pianist for a Chicago music publisher. During his time in Chicago, he met Minnie Marx, the mother of the Marx Brothers. She introduced Arthur to her sons, which led to his teaming with them and touring the vaudeville circuit as a singer and writer of musical material for the brothers. In 1921, he collaborated for the...[Read More] (Bio by: katzizkidz)
Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Garden Of Memories, Honor-Lawn Crypt-418
GPS coordinates: 33.9805298, -118.3913193 (hddd.dddd)
Green, Adolph b. December 2, 1914 d. October 23, 2002
Noted writer and lyricist with long time writing partner Betty Comden. He is remembered for his collaboration in classic musicals movies as "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" (1949), "On the Town" (1949), "Singin' in the Rain" (1952), "Bells Are Ringing" (1960), and "Auntie Mame" (1958). (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
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Hagen, Jean b. August 3, 1923 d. August 29, 1977
Actress. Born Jean Shirley Verhagen in Chicago, Illinois, she attended Northwestern University, studying drama and music. After school, she moved to New York City where she landed duel jobs as a theatre usher and a radio performer. She made her Broadway debut in the drama "Another Part of the Forest" in November 1946. Her feature film debut came with back to back appearances in 1949's "Adam's Rib" and "Ambush." She earned a contract with MGM and a role in "Asphalt Jungle" in 1950. In 1952...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Cause of death: Throat cancer
Chapel Of The Pines Crematory, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Kelly, Gene (Eugene Curran) b. August 23, 1912 d. February 2, 1996
Actor, Choreographer, Dancer, Director. Most remembered for his role of Jerry Mulligan in "An American in Paris" (1951), and for his role of Donald Lockwood in "Singin' in the Rain" (1952). Awarded the American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award in 1985, he was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 1992. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, his father was Al Jolson's road manager during the 1920s, where his...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Complications of strokes
Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend
Lally, Mike b. 1900 d. 1985
Actor. Appeared in films from the 1930s to the 1970s. Best known for appearing in the 1952 classic musical "Singin' in the Rain."
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills), Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Homeward, L-4700
GPS coordinates: 34.1507683, -118.3211288 (hddd.dddd)
Mitchell, Millard b. August 14, 1903 d. September 13, 1953
Actor. Solid character player of stage and screen. In films he was usually cast as humorless authority figures, sometimes for comic effect. He is best remembered for his role as R.F. Simpson, the 1920s movie mogul facing the talkie crisis, in the classic musical "Singin' in the Rain" (1952). Mitchell was born in Havana, Cuba, to American parents. He made his Broadway debut in 1925 and appeared in over 30 plays, notably the smash hits "Broadway" (1926) and "Three Men on a Horse" (1935), racking...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section L, Lot 559, Grave 1
GPS coordinates: 33.9912796, -118.3867493 (hddd.dddd)
O'Connor, Donald b. August 28, 1925 d. September 27, 2003
Actor, Entertainer. Fondly remembered for his role in the 1952 classic musical "Singin' in the Rain," in which he sang and danced alongside the legendary Gene Kelly. His films were varied, among them the whimsical 'Francis the Talking Mule' movies. He starred in his own television series, "The Donald O'Connor Show," in the late 1960s. Other films include "There's No Business Like Show Business" (1954), "The...[Read More] (Bio by: A.J. Marik)
Cause of death: Heart failure
Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend

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