Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary

Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary

Location within Western Los Angeles
Details
Established	1880s as unnamed cemetery, 1905 as Sunset Cemetery, 1926 name officially changed to Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Location	1218 Glendon Avenue, Westwood, Los Angeles 90024
Country	United States
Type	Public
Owned by	Service Corporation International
Website	pbwvmortuary.com
Find a Grave	Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument
Designated	May 16, 2003
Reference no.	731

Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary is a cemetery and mortuary located in the Westwood Village area of Los Angeles. It is located at 1218 Glendon Avenue in Westwood, with an entrance from Glendon Avenue.^[1].

The cemetery was established as Sunset Cemetery in 1905, but had been used for burials since the 1880s. In 1926 the name was officially changed to Westwood Memorial Park and was later changed again to Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary. ^[2]

Although it is the resting place of some of the entertainment industry's greatest names, 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.^[3]

Notable burials[edit]

A[edit]

• Milton Ager (1893–1979), musician, composer
• Charles Aidman (1925–1993), actor
• Eddie Albert (1906–2005), actor^[4]
• Margo Albert (1917–1985), actress, wife of Eddie Albert^[5]
• Shana Alexander (1925–2005), journalist, columnist and television commentator
• Claud Allister (1888–1970), actor
• Gitta Alpár (1903–1991), actress, opera singer
• Patty Andrews (1918–2013), singer
• Ken Annakin (1914–2009), director
• Eve Arden (1908–1990), actress, comedian
• Jack Arnold (1916–1992), director
• Robert Armstrong (1890–1973), actor
• Alexis Arquette (1969-2016), actress
• James Aubrey (1918–1994), producer
• Hy Averback (1920–1997), director
• Lew Ayres (1908–1996), actor^[4]

B[edit]

• Henny Backus (1911–2004), author, wife of Jim Backus
• Jim Backus (1913–1989), actor^[4]
• Richard Baer (1928–2008), screenwriter
• Dave Barbour (1912–1965), musician
• Edgar Barrier (1907–1964), actor
• Eileen Barton (1924–2006), singer
• Richard Basehart (1914–1984), actor^[4]
• Greg Bautzer (1911–1987), attorney
• William J. Bell (1927–2005), producer
• Isabel Bigley (1926–2006), actress
• Whit Bissell (1909–1996), actor
• Hilary Blake (1950–2007), musician
• Billy Bletcher (1894–1979), actor, voice artist
• Robert Bloch (1917–1994), writer
• Lloyd Bochner (1924–2005), actor
• Benedict Bogeaus (1904–1968), producer
• John Boles (1895–1969), actor
• Dorris Bowdon (1914–2005), actress
• Ray Bradbury (1920–2012), author; with his wife Marguerite McClure Bradbury
• Fanny Brice (1891–1951), actress, comedian, singer (previously buried in Home of Peace Cemetery)
• William Brice (1921–2008), artist, son of Fanny Brice
• Les Brown (1912–2001), musician
• Vanessa Brown (1928–1999), actress
• Clarence Bull (1896–1979), photographer

C[edit]

• Sebastian Cabot (1918–1977), actor^[6]
• Sammy Cahn (1913–1993), songwriter
• Truman Capote (1924–1984), author^[7][8]
• Edward Carrere (1906–1984), director
• Harry Carey, Jr. (1921–2012), actor
• Mary Carlisle (1914–2018), actress
• John Cassavetes (1929–1989), actor, screenwriter, director, producer
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968), composer
• James Coburn (1928–2002), actor
• Paula Coburn (1955–2004), actress, wife of James Coburn
• Jackie Collins (1937-2015), novelist, screenwriter and producer
• Ray Conniff (1916–2002), musician
• Richard Conte (1910–1975), actor
• Lawrence Cook (1930–2003), actor
• Ian Copeland (1949–2006), music promoter
• Alexander Courage (1919–2008), composer
• Bob Crane (1928–1978), actor, murdered^[8]
• Norma Crane (1928–1973), actress

D[edit]

• Rodney Dangerfield (1921–2004), comedian, actor^[8]
• 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
• Laura Devon (1931–2007), actress
• Philip Dorn (1901–1975), actor
• Eric Douglas (1958–2004), actor; son of Kirk Douglas, youngest brother of Michael Douglas
• Dominique Dunne (1959–1982), actress, daughter of writer Dominick Dunne, sister of actor-director Griffin Dunne, murder victim
• Ariel Durant (1898–1981), historian, Pulitzer Prize in literature, co-wrote The Story of Civilization, wife of Will Durant
• Will Durant (1885–1981), historian, Pulitzer Prize in literature, co-wrote The Story of Civilization, husband of Ariel Durant

E[edit]

• Nora Eddington (1924–2001), actress, 2nd wife of Errol Flynn, 3rd wife of Dick Haymes^[9]
• Roger Edens (1905–1970), vocal arranger, songwriter and producer
• Jack Elliott (1927–2001), songwriter
• Harry Essex (1910–1997), writer
• Ray Evans (1915–2007), songwriter

F[edit]

• Peter Falk (1927–2011), actor
• Farrah Fawcett (1947–2009), actress
• Freddie Fields (1923–2007), talent agent
• Jay C. Flippen (1899–1971), actor
• Michael Fox (1921–1996), actor
• Coleman Francis (1919–1973), film director
• Stan Freberg (1926–2015), voice actor
• Georgia Frontiere (1927–2008), football owner

G[edit]

• Eva Gabor (1919–1995), actress^[8]
• Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917–2016), actress and socialite
• June Gale (1911–1996), actress, wife of Oscar Levant^[10]
• Michael V. Gazzo (1923–1995), actor
• Christopher George (1931–1983), actor
• Leonard Gershe (1922–2002), composer
• Master Henry Gibson (1942–2002), musician
• Paul Gleason (1939–2006), character actor
• Thomas Gomez (1905–1971), actor
• Don Gordon (1926-2017), actor
• Robert Gottschalk (1918–1982), camera technician, co-founder of Panavision
• Walter Grauman (1922–2015), director
• Howard Greer (1896–1974), costume and fashion designer
• Jane Greer (1924–2001), actress^[11]
• Merv Griffin (1925–2007), producer, television host, and singer^[12]

H[edit]

• Loretta King Hadler (1917–2007), actress
• Hayedeh (1942–1990), Persian language pop and classic singer from Tehran, older sister of Mahasti
• Carrie Hamilton (1963–2002), actress, singer, daughter of Carol Burnett
• Armand Hammer (1898–1990), oil tycoon and art collector, former president of Occidental Petroleum
• Bong Soo Han (1933–2007), martial artist
• Jonathan Harris (1914–2002), actor
• Harold Hecht (1907–1985), film producer
• Hugh Hefner (1926–2017), magazine publisher and businessman^[13]
• Percy Helton (1894–1971), actor
• Florence Henderson (1934–2016), actress, singer and television host
• Francesca Hilton (1947–2015), actress, daughter of Zsa Zsa Gabor
• Connie Hines (1931–2009), actress
• Jonathan Hole (1904–1998), actor, buried with wife Betty Hanna
• Ben Howard (1904–1970), aircraft designer and race pilot
• James Wong Howe (1899–1976), cinematographer^[14]
• 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[edit]

• Steve Ihnat (1934–1972), actor

J[edit]

• Donald G. Jackson (1943–2003), filmmaker
• Kevin Jarre (1954-2011), screenwriter
• Nunnally Johnson (1897–1977), screenwriter and director
• Louis Jourdan (1921–2015), actor
• Brenda Joyce (1917–2009), actress

K[edit]

• 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, son of character actor Robert Keith, Uncle Bill on TV's Family Affair, buried with his daughter, Daisy; both committed suicide^[15]
• Cecil Kellaway (1893–1973), actor
• Gene Kelly (1912–1996), actor, choreographer, dancer and singer
• Nancy Kelly (1921–1995), actress
• Stan Kenton (1911–1979), musician
• Victor Kilian (1891–1979), actor, murdered
• James Howard "Dutch" Kindelberger (1895–1962), aviation executive
• Louis King (1898–1962), director
• Jack Klugman (1922–2012), actor
• Don Knotts (1924–2006), actor and comedian
• Miliza Korjus (1909–1980), opera singer
• Phyllis Kennedy (1914-1998), actress

L[edit]

• Perry Lafferty (1917–2005), director
• Bill Lancaster (1947–1997), actor turned screenwriter, son of Burt Lancaster
• Burt Lancaster (1913–1994), actor^[16]
• Sidney Lanfield (1898–1972), director
• Marc Lawrence (1910–2005), actor
• Irving Paul Lazar (1907–1993), agent
• Joanna Lee (1931–2003), actress
• Peggy Lee (1920–2002), singer, songwriter, actress
• Ernest Lehman (1915–2005), screenwriter
• Janet Leigh (1927–2004), actress
• Jack Lemmon (1925–2001), actor^[17]
• Queenie Leonard (1905–2002), actress
• Bruce Lester (1912–2008), actor
• Oscar Levant (1906–1972), actor, pianist, buried next to wife, actress, June Gale Levant^[17]
• Richard Levinson (1934–1987), writer
• Harry Lewis (1920-2013), actor, restaurateur
• Marilyn Lewis (1929-2017) fashion designer. producer
• Jay Livingston (1915–2001), songwriter
• Louis Loeffler (1897–1972), editor
• Robert Loggia (1930–2015), actor, director

M[edit]

• Alexander Mackendrick (1912–1993), director
• Mahasti (1946–2007), Persian language pop singer from Tehran, younger sister of Hayedeh
• Karl Malden (1912–2009), actor
• Janet Margolin (1943–1993), actress, married to Ted Wass^[17]
• Dean Martin (1917–1995), actor and singer^[8]
• Andrew Marton (1904–1992), actor
• Samuel Marx (1902–1992), producer
• Pamela Mason (1916–1996), actress, wife of James Mason and Roy Kellino
• Portland Mason (1948–2004), actress, daughter of James Mason and Pamela Mason
• Shirley Mason (1900–1979), actress^[18]
• Osa Massen (1914–2006), actress
• Edith Massey (1918–1984), actress
• Carol Matthau (1925–2003), actress, wife of Walter Matthau and William Saroyan
• Walter Matthau (1920–2000), actor
• Ruth McDevitt (1895–1976), actress
• Rod McKuen (1933–2015), poet and composer
• Peter McWilliams (1949–2000), author
• Allan Melvin (1923–2008), actor, voice actor
• Lewis Milestone (1895–1980), director
• Marvin E. Miller (1913–1985), actor
• Shirley Mitchell (1919–2013), actress, wife of Jay Livingston
• Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), actress
• Elizabeth Montgomery (1933-1995), actress (cenotaph)
• Constance Moore (1920–2005), singer and actress
• Dolores Moran (1924–1982), actress
• Jeff Morris (1934–2004), actor

N[edit]

• Nader Naderpour (1929–2000), Iranian poet
• David Nelson (1936–2011), actor, son of Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, older brother of Ricky Nelson
• William Newell (1894–1967), actor
• Lloyd Nolan (1902–1985), actor

O[edit]

• Carroll O'Connor (1924–2001), actor
• Heather O'Rourke (1975–1988), actress^[7]
• Barbara Orbison (1950–2011), wife of Roy Orbison
• Roy Orbison (1936–1988), singer; grave unmarked^[8]

P[edit]

• Bettie Page (1923–2008), model
• Dorothy Patrick (1921–1987), actress
• Frank Pierson (1925–2012), screenwriter and director
• Waite Phillips (1883–1964), oil tycoon, philanthropist
• Gregor Piatigorsky (1903–1976), cellist
• Tom Petty (1950–2017), musician

R[edit]

• Ford Rainey (1908–2005), actor
• Donna Reed (1921–1986), actress^[19]
• Jimmie Reese (1901–1994), baseball player
• Renie Riano (1899–1971), actress
• Buddy Rich (1917–1987), drummer, bandleader
• Minnie Riperton (1947–1979), singer
• Ben Roberts (1916–1984), screenwriter; co-writer of Charlie's Angels
• Doris Roberts (1925–2016), actress, philanthropist and author
• Wayne Rogers (1933-2015), actor
• Hillevi Rombin (1933–1996), Miss Universe 1955
• Ruth Rose (1896–1978), screenwriter
• Herbert Ross (1927–2001), film director

S[edit]

• Franklin Schaffner (1920–1989), film director
• G. David Schine (1927–1996), film producer
• Ernest B. Schoedsack (1893–1979), film director
• 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
• Sam Simon (1955–2015), writer, producer and director
• 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 E. Stewart (1930–1999), screenwriter
• Dorothy Stratten (1960–1980), actress, Playboy Playmate, murder victim
• Danny Sugerman (1954–2005), writer, rock band manager
• Jennifer Syme (1972–2001), actress

T[edit]

• Don Taylor (1920–1998), actor and director
• Francis Lenn Taylor (1897–1968), art dealer, father of Elizabeth Taylor^[20]
• Kent Taylor (1907–1987), actor^[20]
• Irene Tedrow (1907–1995), actress
• William C. Thomas (1903–1984), film producer
• Marshall Thompson (1925–1992), actor
• Ernst Toch (1887–1964), composer
• Alvin Toffler (1928–2016), author
• Mel Tormé (1925–1999), singer, actor^[7][8]
• Helen Traubel (1899–1972), opera soprano
• Les Tremayne (1913–2003), actor
• Frank Tuttle (1892–1963), screenwriter, producer

V[edit]

• Sigrid Valdis (1935–2007), actress, widow of Bob Crane
• John Vivyan (1915–1983), actor
• Romeo Vasquez (1939–2017), actor

W[edit]

• June Walker (1900–1966), actress
• Pat Walshe (1900–1991), actor
• Harry Warren (1893–1981), songwriter
• Joe Weider (1919–2013). bodybuilder
• Winifred Westover (1899–1978), actress
• Chrissie White (1895–1989), silent film actress
• Michael White (1936–2016), producer
• Sean Whitesell (1963-2015), actor
• Margaret Whiting (1924–2011), singer
• 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^[8]
• Estelle Winwood (1883–1984), actress
• Albert Wohlstetter (1913–1997), nuclear strategist
• Roberta Wohlstetter (1912–2007), historian of military intelligence
• Natalie Wood (1938–1981), actress^[8]

Y[edit]

• Edward Yang (1947–2007), filmmaker

Z[edit]

• Darryl F. Zanuck (1902–1979), head of 20th Century Fox studios, father of Richard D. Zanuck
• Virginia Zanuck (1908–1982), actress, wife of Darryl F. Zanuck, mother of Richard D. Zanuck
• Frank Zappa (1940–1993), composer, musician, satirist, leader of The Mothers of Invention; grave is unmarked
• Gail Zappa (1945–2015), widow of Frank Zappa and trustee of the Zappa Family Trust; buried next to her husband

See also[edit]

• List of United States cemeteries

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• map showing location of celebrity graves
• California Cemetery and Funeral Bureau Certificate of Authority – Cemetery, License Number 506, Funeral Establishment License Number 951
• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Westwood Memorial Park

Coordinates: 34°03′30″N 118°26′26″W / 34.05833°N 118.44056°W / 34.05833; -118.44056