Holy Cross Cemetery

Holy Cross Cemetery is located at 5835 W. Slauson Avenue in Culver City, California. A Roman Catholic cemetery operated by the Los Angeles Archdiocese, it contains – among others – the graves and tombs of some of Hollywood's biggest names and their relatives.

Most of the celebrities are in the section known as "The Grotto" in the southwest part of the cemetery; after entering the main gate, turn left and follow the leftmost road up the hill.

List

(Note this is a partial list.)

Use the following alphabetical links to find someone.

A

• Jean Acker, actress
• Roscoe Arbuckle, comedic actor - the Keystone Kops
• Richard Arlen, actor
• Mary Astor, actress

B

• Sam Barry, Hall of Fame basketball coach
• Alfred S. Bloomingdale (1916-1982), department store heir
• Joseph Bodner , painter
• Ray Bolger, actor - The Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz
• Charles Boyer, actor
• Pat Paterson-Boyer , actress

C

• John Candy, comedic actor
• MacDonald Carey, actor
• Jackie Coogan, actor
• Bing Crosby, singer/actor

D

• Bobby Day, early Rock and Roll singer - sang Rockin' Robin
• Dennis Day , singer
• Ralph DePalma, race car driver
• Jimmy Durante, entertainer

E

• Vince Edwards , actor - TV's Ben Casey

F

• Queen Nazli Fouad of Egypt
• Joe Flynn , actor
• John Ford, motion picture director
• Mary Frann, actress - TV's Newhart

G

H

• Jack Haley, actor - The Tin Man in "The Wizard of Oz"
• Henry Hathaway (Marquis Henri Leonard de Fiennes), movie producer and director
• Rita Hayworth, actress
• Chick Hearn, sports broadcaster
• Nicky Hilton, heir of Hilton Hotel chain, business executive and TWA director

I

J

• Spike Jones, band leader, musicial satirist

K

L

• Mario Lanza, opera tenor
• Frank Lovejoy , actor
• Bela Lugosi, actor - Count Dracula

M

• Fred MacMurray, actor
• May McAvoy, actress
• Leo McCarey, movie director
• Fibber McGee, radio star
• Molly McGee, radio star
• Audrey Meadows, actress
• Ann Miller, actress/dancer
• Millard Mitchell, actor
• Thelma Morgan, socialite
• Alan Mowbray, actor
• Jim Murray , sportswriter

N

• Evelyn Nesbit, actress
• Fred Newmeyer, director

O

• Edmond O'Brien, actor
• Pat O'Brien , actor
• Helen O'Connell, singer
• Barney Oldfield, race car driver
• Walter O'Malley, baseball executive - owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers

P

• Robert Paige , actor
• Louella Parsons, Hollywood gossip columnist
• Jean Peters, actress
• ZaSu Pitts, actress

Q

R

• Kane Richmond , actor
• Hayden Rorke , actor - Dr. Bellows of TV's I Dream of Jeannie
• Rosalind Russell, actress

S

• Fred F. Sears , actor
• Dorothy Sebastian , actress
• Mack Sennett, legendary director of silent movie comedies, including stars such as Charlie Chaplin

T

• Doris Tate (1924-1992), mother of Sharon Tate
• Sharon Tate, actress (murdered by members of the Charles Manson cult)

U

V

• Joseph A. Valentine , cinematographer
• Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, socialite

W

• Lawrence Welk, band leader

X

Y

• Loretta Young, actress

Z

See also

• List of United States cemeteries
• List of famous cemeteries (non-US)