Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park

Details
Location	1218 Glendon Avenue Los Angeles, California 90024
Owned by	Service Corporation International
Website	www.pbwvmortuary.com
Find a Grave	Find A Grave.com - Westwood Memorial Park
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument
Designated:	May 16, 2003
Reference No.	731

The Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery is a cemetery in the Westwood Village area of Los Angeles, California. It is located at 1218 Glendon Avenue in Westwood.

It is the resting place of some of the entertainment industry's greatest names. But it also contains the graves of many uncelebrated people. For example, when Marilyn Monroe died in 1962, Joe DiMaggio, responsible for Monroe's arrangements, chose Westwood, not because of its celebrities, but because it was the resting place of Monroe's mother's friend, Grace Goddard, and Goddard's aunt, Ana Lower, both of whom had cared for Monroe as a child.^[1]

List []

Contents: 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A []

• Milton Ager (1893–1979), musician, composer
• Charles Aidman (1925–1993), actor
• Eddie Albert (1906–2005), actor
• Margo Albert (1917–1985), actress, wife of Eddie Albert
• Shana Alexander (1925–2005), journalist, columnist and television commentator
• Claud Allister (1888–1970), actor
• Gitta Alpár (1903–1991), actress, opera singer
• Eve Arden (1908–1990), actress, comedienne
• Jack Arnold (1916–1992), director
• Robert Armstrong (1890–1973), actor
• James Aubrey (1918–1994), producer
• Hy Averback (1920–1997), director
• Lew Ayres (1908–1996), actor

B []

• Henny Backus (1911–2004), author, wife of Jim Backus
• Jim Backus (1913–1989), actor
• Arthur Ball (1894–1951), cinematographer
• Edgar Barrier (1907–1964), actor
• Eileen Barton (1924–2006), singer
• Richard Basehart (1914–1984), actor
• Greg Bautzer (1911–1987), attorney
• Roberta Beatty (1890–1978), actress
• William Joseph Bell (1927–2005), producer
• Isabel Bigley (1926-2006), actress
• Whit Bissell (1909–1996), actor
• Hilary Blake (1950-2007), musician
• Robert Bloch (1917–1994), writer
• Lloyd Bochner (1924–2005), actor
• Benedict Bogeaus (1904–1968), producer
• John Boles (actor) (1895–1969), actor
• George Boemler (1902–1968), editor
• Raleigh Bond (1935–1989), actor
• Norman Botnick (1908–1979), musician
• Philip Hilare Bourneuf (1908–1979), actor
• Dorris Bowdon (1914–2005), actress
• Rosemarie Bowe (born 1932), actress, model, wife of Robert Stack; future burial site
• Marguerite McClure Bradbury (1922–2003), wife of Ray Bradbury
• Ray Bradbury (1920-2012), author
• Bobbi Brat (1962–1988), singer and songwriter
• Fanny Brice (1891–1951), actress, comedienne, singer (previously buried in Home of Peace Cemetery)
• William Brice (1921–2008), artist, son of Fanny Brice
• Maggie S. Brickett (1853-1925), mother
• Les Brown (1912–2001), musician
• Clarence Bull (1896–1979), photographer

C []

• Sebastian Cabot (1918–1977), actor
• Sammy Cahn (1913–1993), songwriter
• Truman Capote (1924–1984), author
• Ken Carpenter (actor) (1900–1984), actor
• Edward Carrere (1906–1984), director
• John Jay Carsey (1921–2002), producer
• Dee Caruso, (1929–2012), screenwriter and producer^[2]
• John Cassavetes (1929–1989), actor, screenwriter, director, producer
• Kevin Casselman (1925–1993), producer
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968), composer
• James Coburn (1928–2002), actor
• Paula Coburn (1955–2004), actress, wife of James Coburn
• Ray Conniff (1916–2002), musician
• Richard Conte (1910–1975), actor
• Lawrence Cook (actor) (1930–2003), actor
• Ian Copeland (1949–2006), music promoter
• Kate Coscarelli (1927–1999), novelist
• Alexander Courage (1919–2008), composer
• Bob Crane (1928–1978), actor
• Norma Crane (1928–1973), actress
• Dick Crawford (actor) (1915–1990), actor

D []

• Rodney Dangerfield (1921–2004), comedian, actor
• Helmut Dantine (1917–1982), actor
• Danny Dark (1938–2004), announcer
• Steve Darrell (1904–1970), actor
• Marvin Davis (1925–2004), oil tycoon and businessman
• Richard Dawson (1932-2012), actor and television host
• Don DeFore (1913–1993), actor
• Edmund M. DiGiulio (1927–2004), film technician
• Richard H. Dodge (1926–2003), author
• Lyn Donelson (1891–1966), actress
• Philip Dorn (1901–1975), actor
• Eric Douglas (1958–2004), actor; son of Kirk Douglas, brother of Michael Douglas
• Dominique Dunne (1959–1982), actress, daughter of writer Dominick Dunne, sister of actor-director Griffin Dunne, murdered
• Ariel Durant (1898–1981), historian, Pulitzer Prize in literature
• Will Durant (1885–1981), historian, Pulitzer Prize in literature

E []

• Nora Eddington (1924–2001), actress
• Roger Edens (1905–1970), vocal arranger, songwriter and producer
• Jack Elliott (composer) (1927–2001), songwriter
• Harry Essex (1910–1997), writer
• Ray Evans (1915–2007), songwriter

F []

• Peter Falk (1927-2011), actor
• Farrah Fawcett (1947–2009), actress; tombstone is engraved with her name only
• Freddie Fields (1923–2007), talent agent
• Jay C. Flippen (1899–1971), actor
• Michael Fox (1921–1996), actor
• Coleman Francis (1919–1973), film director
• Georgia Frontiere (1927–2008), football owner

G []

• Eva Gabor (1919–1995), actress
• June Gale Levant (1911–1996), actress, wife of Oscar Levant
• Michael V. Gazzo (1923–1995), actor
• Christopher George (1931–1983), actor
• Leonard Gershe (1922–2002), composer
• Master Henry Gibson (1942–2002), musician
• Henry Gibson (1935–2009), actor, was cremated here
• Paul Gleason (1939–2006), actor
• Bebe Goddard (1926–2000), longtime friend of Marilyn Monroe
• Grace Goddard (1894–1953), Marilyn Monroe's foster mother
• Thomas Gomez (1905–1971), actor
• Robert Gottschalk (1918–1982), camera technician
• Suzanne Greenstone-Grauman (19??-1972), first wife of Theater, TV and Film director Walter Grauman
• Jane Greer (1924–2001), actress
• Merv Griffin (1925–2007), producer, television host, and singer

H []

• Loretta King Hadler (1917–2007), actress
• Hayedeh (1942–1990), persophone pop and classic singer from Iran
• Carrie Hamilton (1963–2002), actress, singer, daughter of Carol Burnett
• Armand Hammer (1898–1990), oil tycoon and art collector
• Bong Soo Han (1933–2007), martial artist
• Betty Hanna (1903–1976), actress, wife of actor Jonathon Hole
• Jonathan Harris (1914–2002), actor
• Harold Hecht (1907–1985), film producer
• Hugh Hefner (1926-), founder of Playboy Magazine; future burial site next to Marilyn Monroe
• Percy Helton (1894–1971), actor
• Jonathan Hole (1904–1998), actor, buried with wife Betty Hanna
• "Benny" Howard (1904–1970), aircraft designer and race pilot^[3]
• James Wong Howe (1899–1976), cinematographer
• Mark R. Hughes (1956–2000), founder of HerbaLife
• Ronald Hughes (1935–1970), lawyer
• Ross Hunter (1920–1996), producer, director, and actor
• Jim Hutton (1934–1979), actor

I []

• Steve Ihnat (1934–1972), actor
• Franklin D. Israel (1945–1996), architect
• Kay W. Iversen (1895-1939),hockey coach,mfgr.medicine,ashes buried here,unmarked

J []

• Donald G. Jackson (1943–2003), filmmaker
• Nunnally Johnson (1897–1977), screenwriter and director
• Louis Jourdan (born 1921) actor, future burial site
• Louis Henry Jourdan (1951–1981), son of French actor Louis Jourdan
• Janis Joplin (1943–1970), singer, was cremated here and ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean
• Brenda Joyce (1917–2009), actress

K []

• Phil Karlson (1908-1985), director
• Louis Kaufman (1905–1994), violinist
• Beatrice Kay (1907–1986), actress and singer
• Nora Kaye Ross (1920–1987), ballerina, wife of Herbert Ross
• Brian Keith (1921–1997), actor, buried with his daughter, Daisy; both committed suicide
• Cecil Kellaway (1893–1973), actor
• Gene Kelly (1912–1996), actor, dancer, singer, director, was cremated here and ashes scattered at sea
• Nancy Kelly (1921–1995), actress
• Stan Kenton (1911–1979), musician
• Victor Kilian (1891–1979), actor, murdered
• James Howard "Dutch" Kindelberger (1895-1962), Airplane constructor
• Louis King (1898–1962), director
• Don Knotts (1924–2006), actor and comedian
• Miliza Korjus (1909–1980), opera singer

L []

• Perry Lafferty (1917–2005), director
• Karen Lamm (1952–2001), actress and model
• Burt Lancaster (1913–1994), actor
• Hal Landers (1928–1991), producer
• Sidney Lanfield (1898–1972), director
• Peter Lawford (1923–1984), actor, was cremated and ashes originally buried at Westwood; they were later removed and scattered in the Pacific Ocean
• Marc Lawrence (1910–2005), actor
• Irving Paul Lazar (1907–1993), agent
• Robert S. Lechy (1937–1998), film producer, author, minister
• Anna Lee (1913–2004), actress, was cremated ashes scattered at sea; has a memorial in the garden
• Joanna Lee (1931-2003), actress
• Peggy Lee (1920–2002), singer, songwriter, actress
• Ernest Lehman (1915–2005), screenwriter
• Oscar Lehrman (1919–1992), businessman, husband of Jackie Collins
• Janet Leigh (1927–2004), actress
• Jack Lemmon (1925–2001), actor
• Queenie Leonard (1905–2002), actress
• Bruce Lester (1912–2008), actor
• Oscar Levant (1906–1972), actor, pianist
• Richard Levinson (1934–1987), writer
• Jay Livingston (1915–2001), songwriter
• Louis Loeffler (1897–1972), editor

M []

• Alexander Mackendrick (1912–1993), director
• Mahasti (1946–2007), persophone pop singer
• Karl Malden (1912–2009), actor
• Janet Margolin (1943–1993), actress, married to Ted Wass
• Dean Martin (1917–1995), actor and singer
• Andrew Marton (1904–1992), actor
• Samuel Marx (1902–1992), producer
• Pamela Mason (1916–1996), actress
• Shirley Mason (1900–1979), actress
• Osa Massen (1914-2006), actress
• Curt Massey (1910–1991), actor
• Edith Massey (1918–1984), actress
• Dorothy Mathews (1912–1977), actress
• Carol Matthau (1925–2003), actress, wife of Walter Matthau
• Walter Matthau (1920–2000), actor
• Ruth McDevitt (1895–1976), actress
• Allen Melvin (1923–2008), actor
• Lewis Milestone (1895–1980), director
• Marvin E. Miller (1913–1985), actor
• Shirley Mitchell (1919-), actress, wife of Jay Livingston; future burial site
• Elizabeth Montgomery (1933–1995), actress, was cremated here
• Constance Moore (1920–2005), singer and actress
• Dolores Moran (1924–1982), actress
• Jeff Morris (actor) (1934–2004), actor
• Richard Barzen Murrow (1912–2002), designer
• Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jeane Mortenson) (1926-1962), actress,model,singer,film producer

N []

• Nader Naderpour (1929–2000), Iranian poet
• Robert Nathan (1894–1985), author, husband of Anna Lee, was cremated and ashes scattered at sea
• Chrisine Nelson (1920–1988), actress
• David Nelson (1936–2011), actor, son of Ozzie and Harriet Nelson
• William Newell (actor) (1894–1967), actor
• Robert Newton (1905–1956), actor
• James Burl Nielsen (1962–2005), dancer
• Lloyd Nolan (1902–1985), actor
• David Nadir Nuaimi (1963-), real estate investor, future burial site
• Nominchuluu Enkhbat (1910-), actress, dancer, singer

O []

• Carroll O'Connor (1924–2001), actor
• Hugh O'Connor (1962–1995), actor, son of Carroll O'Connor
• Heather O'Rourke (1975–1988), actress
• Barbara Orbison (1950–2011), wife of Roy Orbison
• Roy Orbison (1936–1988), singer; grave unmarked

P []

• Bettie Page (1923–2008), model
• Dorothy Patrick (1921–1987), actress
• Waite Phillips (1883–1964), oil tycoon, philanthropist
• Gregor Piatigorsky (1903–1976), cellist
• Richard Poncher (1905–1986), folk figure

Q []

R []

• Ford Rainey (1908–2005), actor
• Donna Reed (1921–1986), actress
• Jimmie Reese (1901–1994), baseball player
• Stuart Regen (1959–1998), actor
• Ken Renard (1905–1993), actor
• Adeline Reynolds (1862–1961), actress
• Renie Riano (1899–1971), actress
• Buddy Rich (1917–1987), drummer, bandleader
• Minnie Riperton (1947–1979), singer
• Marjorie Riordan (1921–1984), actress
• Ava Archer Syme-Reeves (1999–1999), daughter of Keanu Reeves
• Ben Roberts (1916-1984), screenwriter
• Eugene Rodney (1898–1985), producer
• Hillevi Rombin (1933–1996), Miss Universe 1955
• Jack Roper (1904–1966), actor
• Ruth Rose (1896–1978), screenwriter
• Herbert Ross (1927–2001), film director

S []

• William Sackheim (1921–2004), screenwriter, producer
• Mark Sandrich Jr. (1928–1995), director, son of Mark Sandrich
• Franklin Schaffner (1920–1989), film director
• G. David Schine (1927–1996), film producer
• Ernest B. Schoedsack (1893–1979), film director
• Portland Mason Schuyler (1948–2004), actress, daughter of Pamela and James Mason
• George C. Scott (1927–1999), actor; grave unmarked
• Vivienne Segal (1897–1992), singer, actress
• Anne Seymour (1909–1988), actress
• Sidney Sheldon (1917–2007), author
• Dorothy Shay (1921–1978), actress, singer
• Ed Simmons (born 1963), producer
• Robert Slatzer (1927–2005), author
• Sara Sothern (1895–1994), mother of Elizabeth Taylor
• Robert Stack (1919–2003), actor
• Sage Stallone (1976-2012), actor, son of Sylvester Stallone
• Ray Stark (1915–2004), film producer
• Josef von Sternberg (1894–1969), film director
• Donald Stewart (1930–1999), screenwriter
• Viola Kates Stimpson (1906–2008), actress
• Dorothy Stratten (1960–1980), actress, Playboy Playmate, murder victim
• Danny Sugerman (1954–2005), writer, rock band manager
• Jennifer Syme (1972–2001), actress

T []

• Marian Tally (1906–1983), soprano
• Don Taylor (actor) (1920–1998), actor
• Kent Taylor (1907–1987), actor
• Irene Tedrow (1907–1995), actress
• William C. Thomas (1903–1984), film producer
• Marshall Thompson (1925–1992), actor
• Ernst Toch (1887–1964), composer
• Mel Tormé (1925–1999), singer, actor
• Frank Tours (1877–1963), music director
• Helen Traubel (1899–1972), opera soprano
• Les Tremayne (1913–2003), actor
• Frank Tuttle (1892–1963), screenwriter, producer

U []

V []

• Sigrid Valdis (1935–2007), actress, widow of Bob Crane
• John Vivyan (1915–1983), actor

W []

• Charles Wagenheim, 1896–1979), actor
• June Walker (1900–1966), actress
• Ray Walston (1914–2001), actor, was cremated here
• Pat Walshe (1900–1991), actor
• Harry Warren (1893–1981), songwriter
• Brooks West (1916–1984), actor
• Winifred Westover (1899–1978), actress
• Chrissie White (1895–1989), silent film actress
• Herbert Wiere (1908–1999), performer
• Cornel Wilde (1915–1989), actor
• Billy Wilder (1906–2002), movie director
• Carl Wilson (1946–1998), singer and member of The Beach Boys
• Darbi Winters (1946–1962), actress
• Estelle Winwood (1883–1984), actress
• Clay Womack (1892–1948), actor
• Natalie Wood (1938–1981), actress

X []

Y []

• Edward Yang (1947–2007), filmmaker

Z []

• Darryl F. Zanuck (1902–1979), head of 20th Century Fox studios
• Virginia Zanuck (1908–1982), actress, wife of Darryl
• Frank Zappa (1940–1993), composer, musician, satirist, leader of The Mothers of Invention; grave is unmarked

See also []

• List of United States cemeteries

References []

1. ^ The Studio for Southern California History. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
2. ^ Barnes, Mike (2012-06-01). "Dee Caruso, a Writer on Classic 1960s Sitcoms, Dies at 83". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
3. ^ Benjamine Odel Howard - Find A Grave Memorial

External links []

• map showing location of celebrity graves
• California Cemetery and Funeral Bureau Certificate of Authority – Cemetery, License Number 506, Funeral Establishment License Number 951,