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Abbott Gypsy (Gypsy Abbott acted on stage and in vaudeville, and played Flora Belle Fry in a road production of George M. Cohen’s Little Johnny Jones. Her 40 silent films, all made during 1913-1917, include The Luckless Scheme, The Musical Marvel, and A Circus Cyclone. She was married to director Henry King.)

Acker Jean (Jean Acker was an actress, and most famously, Rudolf Valentino's first wife, though she locked him out on their wedding night. She had a relationship with actress Alla Nazimova.)

Albertson Frank (Frank Albertson is probably best remembered for his role as Sam Wainwright, the businessman fond of saying "Hee-Haw" in It's a Wonderful Life. He played Tom Cassidy in Psycho, and was Theodore Roosevelt in an episode of My Friend Flicka.)

Allgood Sara (Sara Allgood was nominated for a Best Supporting oscar for How Green Was My Valley, and was in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Jane Eyre, The Spiral Staircase, The Fabulous Dorseys, and Cheaper by the Dozen.)

Altar (The altar.)

Arlen Richard (Richard Arlen was an RAF pilot in WWI, an oil field worker, then an extra in films. His first notable film was Vengeance of the Deep (1923), and he appeared in Wings. He took time out of his career to teach pilots in WWII.)

Astor Mary (Actress Mary Astor, born Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke, was in 1941's The Maltese Falcon.)

Banks Joan (Joan Banks was in films and radio, often with husband Frank Lovejoy. Appeared on I Love Lucy, Private Secretary, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Rough Riders, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Perry Mason and Hazel.)

Barber (Another replica Pieta.)

Beradino John (John Beradino was a pro baseball player before acting in I Led Three Lives, the Cisco Kid, the Lone Ranger, the Untouchables, the New Breed, and General Hospital.)

Birdwell Russell (Russell Birdwell was a movie publicist. He hired the "woman-in-black" to place flowers on Rudy Valentino's grave, and touted Jane Russell as two good reasons to see "The Outlaw" (which flaunted her cleavage, in 1947).)

Blane Sally (Sally Blane, born Elizabeth Jane Young, appeared in over 70 movies. Her film debut was at age seven in Sirens of the Sea in 1917. Blane appeared in low-budget films 1930-35, including Once a Sinner, A Dangerous Affair, Arabian Knights, Annabelle's Affairs, Hello Everybody!, City Limits, Against the Law, The Silver Streak, and This is the Life. In some scenes, she appeared in skimpy lingerie which was quite risqué at the time. She appeared with her sisters, Polly Ann and Loretta Young, and half-sister Georgiana Young, in The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939). Only four more films followed, the last being A Bullet for Joey (1955).)

Bloomingdale Alfred (Alfred Bloomingdale was an heir to the Bloomingdale's department store fortune, a member of president Reagan's administration, and the celebrated lover of murdered Hollywood model Vicki Morgan.)

Bolger Ray (Ray Bolger was the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz.)

Bonanova Fortunio (Fortunio Bonanova was an opera singer, and acted in Citizen Kane, Double Imdemnity, the Abbott and Costello Show, and My Little Margie.)

Boyer Charles (Charles Boyer acted with Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich and Ingrid Bergman. He committed suicide 2 days after the death of his wife of 44 years.)

Brady Scott (Scott Brady was a boxing champ in the Navy, and a lumberjack before his acting career. He was in He Walked by Night and Johnny Guitar, and in TV's Police Story.)

Brasselle Keefe (Keefe Brasselle was an actor, producer and author. He played the role of Eddie Cantor in the Eddie Cantor Story. He later produced TV failures including The Baileys of Balboa, The Cara Williams Show and The Reporter.)

Breen Joseph (Joseph Breen worked for more than two decades with the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America to enforce the so-called Hays Code in film production.)

Brisson Frederick (Frederick Brisson was a film and theater producer, and husband of actress Rosalind Russell, whose grave is in the background.)

Brunetti Argentina (Argentina Brunetti was a stage actress, appeared in It's a Wonderful Life, and TVs Everybody Loves Raymond, wrote for and performed on radio, hosted the blog Argentina Brunetti's Hollywood Stories, and wrote music, articles and books.)

Butler Daws (Daws Butler was the voice of Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, Augie Doggie, Elroy Jetson, Cap'n Crunch, and others.)

Candy John (Comedian John Candy was on Second City TV, and in the movies Strips, Uncle Buck, and JFK.)

Carey MacDonald (Edward MacDonald Carey acted in Days of Our Lives soap opera for nearly 30 years.)

Castle Nick (Nick Castle directed dance in vaudeville, then choreographed Shirley Temple, George Murphy, Betty Grable, Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire. He composed Limpy Dimp, Candy Store Blues, Chula Chihuahua, Relax, and Ginger!)

Catlett Walter (Walter Catlett started in vaudeville, went into opera, and then acting. He usually played excitable officious blowhards. He was in Yankee Doodle Dandy, Bringing Up Baby, and Mr Deeds Goes To Washington.)

Cavanaugh Hobart (Hobart Cavanaugh acted in I Cover the Waterfront, Mary Stevens MD, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Captain Blood, Wife vs Secretary, and A Letter to Three Wives.)

Chapman Margaret (Marguerite Chapman was a telephone operator, then model, then actress in the 12-part serial Spy Smasher, and The Seven Year Itch. In WWII she sold War Bonds and helped at the Hollywood Canteen.)

Clifford Ruth (Gene Fowler was a journalist with the Denver Post and the NY Daily Mirror including an interview with Buffalo Bill Cody. He wrote several screenplays mostly in the 30's, and authored memoirs and biographies.)

Coogan Jackie (John Coogan, nicknamed Jack , is probably best remembered as Uncle Fester in The Addams Family. He was also the kid in the 1921 Charlie Chaplin movie of the same name.)

Correll Charles (Charles Correll, a white man, played 'Amos' of 'Amos and Andy', both black characters, on the radio.)

Courtright Hernando (Hernando Courtright went thru the USC School of Business and became president of the National Pacific Tank and Mill Co, then VP at Bank of America, and later ran the Beverly Wilshire hotel.)

Coyne Jeanne (Jeanne Coyne was a Broadway dancer, choreographer and actress. She was a choreographer for director Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, both of whom, coincidentally, she married.)

Crash Darby (Born Jan Paul Beahm, Darby Crash formed the punk group The Germs. He committed suicide by heroin the day before John Lennon was murdered.)

Crosby Bing (Merry Christmas, Bing Crosby.)

Crosby Bing (Harry Lillis is better known as singer/actor Bing Crosby.)

Crosby Lindsay (Lindsay Crosby, son of Bing Crosby, performed with his brothers Gary, Dennis and Phillip Crosby as the Crosby Boys during the late 1950s in nightclubs and on The Ed Sullivan Show.)

Curtis Dick (Dick Curtis was an actor with over 230 film and TV appearances during his career. In most of his films, he played villains or heavies, though he displayed a comedic touch in some Three Stooges films. With the help of his friend and actor Russell Hayden, Curtis helped develop Pioneertown, a movie set location in Southern California that was used for many TV and film westerns.)

Davis Joan (Joan Davis was a comic actress and appeared on the radio in the Rudy Vallee Show, in film with Abbott and Costello and Eddie Cantor, and the TV show I Married Joan with Jim Backus.)

Davis Virginia (Virginia Davis was child actress who starred in the early version of Disney's Alice in Wonderland, and subsequent "Alice Comedies", and later did voice tests for Snow White, and Pinocchio.)

Day Bobby (Robert Byrd performed under various stage names, singing Over an Over, Little Bitty Pretty One, and Rockin Robin, his only Top 40 hit.)

Day Dennis (Dennis Day was a singer and appeared on Jack Benny's radio show where he also did impersonations of Ronald Colman, Jimmy Durante and James Stewart. Though he stayed with Benny for years, Day had his own radio and TV shows. Star on the Walk of Fame.)

De Cordova Fred (Fred de Cordova produced the Johnny Carson Show and was sometimes shown off-stage.)

De La Plante (The De La Plante family statue.)

Del Rubio Eadie (Eadie was on of the 3 Del Rubio singing triplets.)

Del Rubio Elena (Elena was one of the 3 Del Rubio singing triplets.)

Del Rubio Mildred (Mildred was one of the 3 Del Rubio singing triplets.)

Del Rubios (The Del Rubio Triplets were a variety/musical act, and appeared in many TV shows in the 1980s due mostly to their campy style of dress and their goofy interpretations of songs.)

Desmond Johnny (Johnny Desmond was a popular singer from 1939 to the 50s. He was a member of Glenn Miller's Armed Forces Orchestra. On Broadway he performed in Say Darling with David Wayne, Vivian Blaine and Robert Morse and in Funny Girl with Barbra Streisand.)

Doucette John (John Doucette usually played mob muscle and western bad guys in movies. He appeared in The Fountainhead, Patton, High Noon, The Robe, and Cleopatra.)

Dowling Constance (Constance Dowling had a minor actor career, a long affair with director Elia Kazan, was linked with poet Cesare Pavese who committed suicide after being rejected by her, and married film producer Ivan Tors.)

Drake Tom (Born Alfred Alderdice and nicknamed Buddy, actor Tom Drake is probably most famous for his role in Meet Me In St Louis.)

Dubin Al (Al Dubin was a lyricist, who collaborated with composer Harry Warren, famous for the 1933 musical 42nd Street. Other movies included Footlight Parade and all five Gold Diggers films.)

Durante Jimmy (Jimmy Durante was a comedian, composer, and actor with a gravelly voice and a big nose he called the schnozzola.)

Edward Lancelot (Sir Lancelot gave up medical school for calypso singing and acting. His singing style was still strong enough to influence the theme of Gilligan's Isle TV show of the '60's.)

Edwards Vince (Vince Edwards is perhaps best known as Dr. Ben Casey, though I'll remember him as the leader of the investigation of a plane crash in the 1970 TV-movie Sole Survivor.)

Egan Richard (Richard Egan joined the Navy after Pearl Harbor, then studied acting on the GI bill. He appeared in Flame of Araby, The Battle of Apache Pass, Blackbeard the Pirate, Khyber Patrol, Seven Cities of Gold, and Love Me Tender.)

Essig (The Essig family statue.)

Farrow John (John Farrow was a director, producer and screenwriter. In 1957 he won the writing/screenplay oscar for Around the World in Eighty Days. In 1942 he was nominated as Best Director for Wake Island. Father of actress Mia Farrow.)

Flavin James (James Flavin dropped out of West Point, drove a taxi, starred in his first acting role in the serial Airmail Mystery, appeared as a sheriff on Sky King, and as Eisenhower in Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident. Lucille Brown acted on stage then in comedy films before finding a niche in westerns including 1932's Last of the Mohicans, and 1935's Texas Terror starring John Wayne.)

Flynn Joe (Joe Flynn started out as a ventriloquist and radio actor, but is best known as Capt Binghampton on TV's McHale's Navy.)

Folsey George (George Folsey was a cinematographer with 11 oscar nominations including Meet Me In St Louis, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, and The Balcony. Won an Emmy for Here's Peggy Fleming.)

Ford Francis (Francis Feeney was a director, actor and producer in early Hollywood. He was the brother of famous John (Feeney) Ford. Francis made numerous features and shorts, thought essential none have survived. He had some very minor roles in his brother's movies - as the drunken stage keeper in 1939's "Stagecoach," 'Dad' in 1946's "My Darling Clementine", and the old man who was lynched in "The Ox-Bow Incident.")

Ford John (Born John Feeney, four-time Best Director Oscar-winner John Ford is famous for movies like Stagecoach, The Grapes of Wrath, and How Green Was My Valley.)

Foster Norman (Norman Foster acted in Prosperity, Pilgrimage, Rafter Romance, State Fair, Strictly Dynamite, Ladies Crave Excitement, Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation, and he also did some directing. He was married to Claudette Colbert for seven years.)

Fouad Nazli (Nazli married King Fuad of Egypt and thereby became a queen. After her son became king, family tensions mounted and she moved to the USA with a new name, and became a Catholic.)

Fowler Gene (Gene Fowler was a journalist with the Denver Post and the NY Daily Mirror including an interview with Buffalo Bill Cody. He wrote several screenplays mostly in the 30's, and authored memoirs and biographies.)

Frann Mary (Mary Frann was a child model and won America's Junior Miss in 1961. She is best remembered for her role on the Newhart Show, and her charity work outside show business.)

Gallagher Richard (Richard Gallagher performed in vaudeville, then acted through the 50s and was in 6 movies with Jack Oakie.)

Garity William (William Garity was an inventor and technician at Disney Studios, where he and Ub Iwerks developed the multiplane camera, and developed Fantasound, an early stereo surround sound system used in Fantasia.)

Gemora Charles (Charles Gemora was a former makeup artist, then "the King of the Gorilla Men" in Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Chimp & Swiss Miss, At the Circus, Road to Zanzibar, Gildersleeve's Ghost, Africa Screams and White Witch Doctor.)

Glass Gaston (Gaston Glass acted in 100 roles through the early 40s, and was later a production manager on 12 O'Clock High, Lost In Space, Daniel Boone, and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.)

Gleason James (James Gleason co-wrote the oscar-winning The Broadway Melody, co-wrote and appeared in Change of Heart, acted in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and was oscar-nominated for his supporting role in Here Comes Mr. Jordan.)

Gonzalez Gonzalez Jose (Jose Gonzalez Gonzalez acted in The Naked Gun 2 1/2, but he is best known for recurring roles in TV Westerns such as The Cisco Kid, Bonanza, Wagon Train, The Big Valley and The Rifleman.)

Gonzalez Gonzalez Pedro (Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez toured as a child in the family act Las Perlitas, was a stand up comedian after WWII, appeared on You Bet Your Life with Groucho Max, and was in the John Wayne movies Rio Bravo, The High and the Mighty, and Hellfighters.)

Granville Bonita (Actress Bonita Granville made an impression as an obnoxious young teen in These Three, was in a few Andy Hardy movies, and produced the TV show Lassie.)

Granville Bonita Wrather

Gray Gilda (Gilda Gray was an actress and dancer who popularized a dance called the "shimmy" which became fashionable in 1920s films and theater productions.)

Haley Jack (Jack Haley Sr was the Tinman in The Wizard of Oz.)

Haley Jr Jack (John Joseph Haley III was a director, producer and writer, and a two-time recipient of the Emmy Award. His credits include directing the 1974 compilation film That's Entertainment!. He was second husband of Liza Minnelli whose mother, Judy Garland, starred with his father in The Wizard of Oz. As a producer, Haley worked on Hollywood and the Stars (1963-1964), That's Entertainment! (1974), That's Dancing! (1985) and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic. Haley's other credits include producer and executive producer of Academy Awards shows, director of the 1970 film Norwood and the 1971 film The Love Machine.)

Hamilton Joseph (Joe Hamilton was TV producer, including the Carol Burnett Show, which starred his wife.)

Hathaway Henry (Henry Hathaway directed John Wayne, Dean Martin, Richard Burton, Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Rita Hayworth, and Gregory Peck in films including True Grit, The Sons of Katie Elder, North To Alaska, How The West Was Won, and Nevada Smith.)

Haver June (June Haver was an actress, singer, and dancer. At age eight, she won a film test by imitating famous actresses including Greta Garbo, Katharine Hepburn, and Helen Hayes. She was a band singer in her teens, with the Ted Fio Rito Orchestra, Dick Jurgens, and Freddy Martin. Haver made her film debut, uncredited, as a hat-check girl in 1943's The Gang's All Here. In 1946, she starred and received first-billing in Wake Up and Dream, and Three Little Girls in Blue. Once planned by 20th Century Fox to be "the next Betty Grable", Haver appeared in a string of musicals, but she never achieved Grable's popularity. After her marriage to actor Fred MacMurray in 1954, Haver largely retired from acting,)

Hayes Allison (Taylor Holmes acted in Joan of Arc, Quicksand, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and voiced Stephan in Sleeping Beauty. Edna acted in 6 roles 1912-20.)

Hayworth Rita (Rita Hayworth still has fans.)

Hearn Chick (Sports announcer Chick Hearn was the voice of the Los Angeles Lakers for 3,338 consecutive games. Many of his phrases are now standard - slam dunk, no harm no foul, and air ball, to name a few.)

Henry Emmaline (Emmaline Henry started out to be a singer, but ended up acting, notable as Amanda Bellows, wife of Dr. Bellows on I Dream of Jeannie. She appeared on The Farmer's Daughter, The Munsters and Petticoat Junction.)

Hilton Conrad (Conrad Hilton, Jr. was a hotel heir, businessman, and director of TWA director. He was the great-uncle of Paris and Nicky Hilton. Briefly married to Elizabeth Taylor, then dated Natalie Wood and Joan Collins.)

Holy Cross (Holy Cross memorial park.)

Hopton Russell (Russell Hopton was an actor, most memorable in 1931's Street Scene as the murdered bill colllector. He later committed suicide when supporting roles dried up.)

Iturbi Amparo (Amparo Iturbi Báguena was a Spanish pianist and the younger sister of pianist José Iturbi. Her first concert was at age 15 in Barcelona. Her first important concert outside Spain was in Paris in 1925. This was followed by dual piano recitals with José, touring Europe, it finally the US in 1937. She had guest roles, playing herself, alongside her brother in the the MGM musicals Two Girls and a Sailor, Holiday in Mexico, Three Daring Daughters, and That Midnight Kiss, all in the 1940's. Ámparo and José appeared on The Jimmy Durante Show in 1955 and on The Bell Telephone Hour in 1962. She gave piano lessons to selected students in her Beverly Hills home in the early 1960's, enforcing her unconventional curled-finger technique, while her long cigarette ash would grow and fall onto her clothes or the piano.)

Iturbi Jose (José Iturbi Báguena was a Spanish conductor, pianist and harpsichordist. He made his American debut in NYC in 1929. Iturbi's first appearance as a conductor was in Mexico City in 1933. In April 1936, Iturbi was injured in the crash and sinking of Pan Am' Puerto Rican Clipper airplane in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. Iturbi was also a noted harpsichordist and made several instructional films using the French Pleyel et Cie pedaled metal-framed harpsichord. He appeared in several musical films of the 1940s, notably playing himself in the musicals Thousands Cheer, Music for Millions, Anchors Aweigh, That Midnight Kiss, and Three Daring Daughters. Iturbi married María Giner de los Santos in 1916, but she died in 1928. They had one child, María, who married Stephan Hero, an American concert violinist. She was awarded legal custody of two daughters after a divorce, however, in 1943, Iturbi took his daughter to court for custody of the girls, calling her unfit. In 1946, she committed suicide. José continued public p)

Japanese Statuette

Jesus Column (Courtyard.)

Jesus Statue (Another Jesus statue.)

Jimenez Soledad (Soledad Jimenez usually played peripheral women in Frankenstein, The Man of the People. The Bold Caballero, Kid Galahad, Black Bart, and The Ring.)

John Statue (John.)

Jones Spike (Lindley Armstrong 'Spike' Jones wrote satirical songs, including Der Fuehrer's Face.)

Jordan James (James Jordan was 'Fibber McGee' on the radio.)

Kalmus Eleanore (Second wife Eleanore Kalmus acted in 4 movies in the 30's.)

Kalmus Herbert (Dr. Herbert Kalmus was the president of The Technicolor Corporation, and helped develop the Technicolor film.)

Kelly Paul (Paul Kelly was an actor from age 7 in 1912. Possibly most famous for killing actor Ray Raymond and subsequently marrying Ray's wife after a 2-year prison term.)

Kerrigan Joseph (JM Kerrigan appeared in The Informer, The Long Voyage Home, The General Died at Dawn, Gone With the Wind, and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.)

King Cammie (Cammie King was a child actress appearing in Gone With the Wind as Scarlett and Rhett's daughter, and providing the voice of Faline in Disney's animated Bambi. “Imagine being in two classics and never doing another thing after that.". In later years she worked for the Mendocino Coast Chamber of Commerce and started its film commission. She is the step-daughter of Herbert Kalmus of Technicolor fame.)

Kleeb Helen (Helen Kleeb played Mamie Baldwin on TVs The Waltons, and was in Kansas City Confidential, The Desperate Hours, The Manchurian Candidate, Hush...Hush Sweet Charlotte, The Fortune Cookie, and The Party.)

La Rue Jack (Jack La Rue lost roles to George Raft in Scarface, and Humphrey Bogart in The Petrified Forest. He played a priest in both A Farewell To Arms and Captains Courageous.)

Lanza Mario (Born Alfred Arnold Cocozza, Mario Lanza was a famous tenor singer and sometime actor.)

Last Supper (The Last Supper mural.)

Leslie Joan (Joan Leslie was an actress, dancer, and vaudevillian. Leslie's first credited acting role was in Winter Carnival (1939), using her birth name, Joan Brodel. She also appeared in High Sierra, Sergeant York, and Yankee Doodle Dandy. During World War II, she was a regular volunteer at the Hollywood Canteen, where she danced with servicemen and signed hundreds of autographs. For better of for worse, in 1947, the Catholic Theatre Guild gave Leslie an award because of her "consistent refusal to use her talents and art in film productions of objectionable character." She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and earned a Golden Boot Award.)

Lindsay Margaret (Margaret Lindsay had supporting roles in Jezebel and Scarlet Street. She co-starred in the Ellery Queen series in the early 1940s. Most notable in The House of the Seven Gables.)

Lockhart Gene (Gene Lockhart was an actor, singer, playwright, and wrote lyrics to a number of popular songs. Oscar nominated for his supporting role in Algiers, and played the judge in Miracle on 34th Street.)

Logan Ella (Ella Logan was a singer on many of the TV variety shows of the 40s-60s, and acted in 5 roles during the 30s.)

Lourdes (This is the Grotto area.)

Lugosi Bela (Bela Lugosi played the Werewolf and Dracula. He was buried with his cape.)

Lugosi Bela (So does Bela Lugosi.)

Lugosi Bela (Bela Lugosi played the Werewolf and Dracula. He was buried with his cape.)

Lugosi Poem (A fan wrote a poem.)

MacDougall Ranald (Ranald MacDougall was an American screenwriter who wrote the movies Mildred Pierce, The Unsuspected, June Bride, and The Naked Jungle.)

Manley Effa (Effa Manley was the first woman in the Baseball Hall of Fame. She co-owned the Newark Eagles in the Negro leagues with her husband. She served as the team's business manager, and had some duties as treasurer of the Negro National League.)

Mannix Edgar (Eddie Mannix was the VP of MGM. He allegedly had ties to the mob and may have murdered his first wife and covered up the deaths of Paul Bern and George Reeves. He was never charged, however, and he was much-beloved in Hollywood.)

Mannix Toni (Toni Mannix was actress and dancer in the early talkies. She became notorious for an extramarital affair with actor George Reeves during her marriage to MGM studio head Eddie Mannix.)

Mark Albert (Albert Mark invented silicon-epitaxy, an important step in the development of the modern microchip.)

Marshall George (George Marshall was an actor, screenwriter, producer, and director. His directing include Destry Rides Again, The Sheepman, and the railroad/buffalo sequence of How the West Was Won.)

Martin Marion (Marion Martin became an actress after her family fortune was lost in the Wall Street Crash of 1929. She appeared in Sinners in Paradise, His Girl Friday, Boom Town, Lady of Burlesque, Angel on My Shoulder, and perhaps most-notably in the Marx Brothers film in The Big Store, in which the back of her skirt is cut away by Harpo.)

Mate Rudolph (Rudolph Mate was a cinematographer, nominated for an oscar 5 consecutive years for Foreign Correspondent, That Hamilton Woman, The Pride of the Yankees, Sahara, and Cover Girl. He directed When Worlds Collide, DOA. and No Sad Songs for Me.)

Maxwell Frank (Frank Maxwell acted as Dan Rooney in General Hospital and had roles in Our Man Higgins, The Second Hundred Years, Felony, The FBI and MASH.)

McNally Vincent (Horace McNally was a lawyer, then actor, whose career improved after changing his name to Stephen. Mostly played bad guys, notably in Johnny Belinda, and Winchester 73. Starred in TVs Target: The Corruptors.)

Meadows Audrey (Actress Audrey Meadows was on 'The Honeymooners' with Jackie Gleason.)

Miller Ann (Ann Miller was primarily a dancer in movies, and could tap at about 500 per minute. She also starred in Mame, and Sugar Babies on Broadway.)

Mitchell Millard (Millard Mitchell acted in The Naked Spur, was the lead in My Six Convicts, and was RF Simpson in Singin' In the Rain (he sang briefly, never having training).)

Monaco James (James Monaco was a composer with oscar nominations for Only Forever from Rhythm on the River, We Mustn't Say Goodbye from Stage Door Canteen, I'm Making Believe from Sweet and Lowdown, and I Can't Begin to Tell You from The Dolly Sisters.)

Montalban Ricardo (Ricardo Montalban played Khan on the Star Trek series and movie, and was Mr. Rourke on TV's Fantasy Island.)

Monti Carlotta (Carlotta Monti was an actress in B-movies, usually as an exotic temptress. She was WC Fields' mistress, and she wrote W.C. Fields & Me, which was made into a movie.)

Morton James (James Morton acted in Our Gang, Chaplin's Modern Times, and Laurel and Hardy's Disorder in the Court where Larry accidentally skewers the clerk's (Morton) toupee and Moe thinks it's a tarantula and shoots it.)

Mowbray Alan (Alan Mowbray began his career in London in 1922, as an actor and stage manager. In 1923 he relocated and acted in New York stock companies, with his Broadway debut in The Sport of Kings. In 1929 he wrote, directed and starred in the unsuccessful Dinner Is Served. Mowbray made his film debut in God's Gift to Women (1931) playing a butler, a role in which he was to often play including in some of the “Topper” movies. In 1956, Mowbray was in The King and I, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Around the World in 80 Days. Mowbray was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild in 1933, writing a personal check to fund the group's incorporation and serving as the first vice president.)

Murphy Richard (Richard Murphy was a screenwriter, including the story for Back in the Saddle with Gene Autry. He was oscar-nominated for Boomerang!, and The Desert Rats.)

Murray Jim (Jim Murray was a sportswriter and co-founder of Sports Illustrated. He worked at the LA Times for 37 years and earned a Pulitzer Prize and 14 Sportswriter of the Year awards.)

Musuraca Nicholas (Nicholas Musuraca started as a driver for a producer, then worked with cameras and became a cinematographer for Back to Bataan, Out of the Past, and was oscar-nominated for I Remember Mama. He later worked on TV shows.)

Natzler Grete (Gretel Natzler was a stage and film actress in the 20s and 30s. Her last role was Anna Albert in the 1938 Laurel & Hardy film Swiss Miss (as Della Lind).)

Nesbit Evelyn (Evelyn Nesbit was an artists' model and chorus girl, noted for her entanglement in the murder of her ex-lover, architect Stanford White, by her first husband, Harry Kendall Thaw. The movie Girl In the Red Velvet Swing is based on this event.)

OBrien Edmond (Edmond O'Brien was in D.O..A in which a poisoned man tries to find his killer before dying. I like him in his Oscar-nominated role in Seven Days in May.)

OBrien Pat (William Joseph Patrick O'Brien acted with more than 100 screen credits. During WWI, he and actor Spencer Tracy joined the navy and both attended boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, but were not deployed as the war ended. Jack Benny was also at the Training Center, and while performing on the violin at a show, the sailors started booing and heckling him. O'Brien walked on stage and whispered in his ear, "For heaven's sake, Ben, put down the damn fiddle and talk to 'em." Benny stopped playing, and made comments that got laughs. O'Brien made his film debut in the short, The Nightingale in 1930. His first starring role was as reporter Hildy Johnson in the 1931's The Front Page. He was the lead in Personal Maid, was in the musical Flying High, was Irene Dunne's love interest in Consolation Marriage, co-starred with Bette Davis in Hell's House, and played a heroic pilot in Air Mail, directed by John Ford. He was frequently paired onscreen with James Cagney, and remained friends for almost six decad)

OConnell Helen (Helen O'Connell sang in the Jimmy Dorsey band, and she was voted as best vocalist in a number of magazines. She was later on The Today Show, and had her own show, Here's Hollywood, and co-hosted the Miss America/Universe pageants.)

Oldfield Barney

OMalley Walter (Walter O'Malley once owned the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team.)

Ory Edward (Edward 'Kid' Ory was trombonist famous for his 'tailgate' style of supporting other instruments. From New Orleans, he moved to LA in the 20's and led the first black group on the west coast to record New Orleans jazz.)

Paige Robert (Robert Paige was a radio singer and announcer, and acted in second lead roles in Cain and Mabel, Smart Blonde, and starred in Meet the Boy Friend. In Can't Help Singing, he sang Californ-i-ay with Deanna Durbin.)

Pal George (Director George Pal produced the sci-fi movie War of the Worlds, and directed The Time Machine.)

Palance Virginia (Virginia Baker acted in Gunsmoke, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Ten Seconds to Hell, and Day of the Locust. She was once married to actor Jack Palance.)

Pan Hermes (Hermes Pan was a dancer and choreographer, principally celebrated as Fred Astaire's collaborator in the musicals starring Astaire and Ginger Rogers. He was oscar-nominated 4 times, winning once.)

Parsons Harriet (Harriet Parsons was one of the first women film producers and the daughter of the Hollywood columnist Louella Parsons. She started as a screen and magazine writer, and had her own radio show, Hollywood Highlights.)

Parsons Louella (Louella Parsons was a movie columnist and was retained by William Randolph Hearst, possibly because she had praised Hearst's mistress Marion Davies, and her columns were read by 20 million people in 400 newspapers worldwide. Parsons saw herself as the social and moral arbiter of Hollywood. Her judgments were considered the final word in many cases.)

Paul Weston Jo Stafford (Jo Stafford was a singer of traditional pop and jazz standards and an occasional actress. She and husband Paul won a Grammy for Best Comedy Album in 1961. She has 3 stars on the Walk of Fame.)

Penn Chris (Chris Penn, brother of Sean, acted in Rumble Fish, Footloose, Pale Rider, and Reservoir Dogs.)

Penn Leo (Leo Penn was a director, producer, writer, and actor. He was the father of actors Sean and Chris.)

Peters Jean (Jean Peters planned to be a teacher, but instead acted in Captain from Castile with Tyrone Power, Deep Waters, Viva Zapata, and Three Coins In the Fountain. Secretly dating Howard Hughes for years, they eventually had a 14-year marriage.)

Petersen Pat (Born Eliza Paterson, she an English film actress with more than 20 films, but she is best-known as wife of actor Charles Boyer. By age twelve, she had a portfolio of local acting and modeling work. After arriving in Hollywood, she was signed and immediately got roles - renamed Pat. Her roles got better and in 1935's Charlie Chan Goes To Egypt she was the female lead. In early 1934, Charles Boyer attended a studio party where Pat Paterson was a guest. They married on Valentine's Day, 1934. Pat worked until the outbreak of World War II, when the couple devoted their time to supporting the war effort in Europe, which effectively ended her film career. In 1943, she gave birth to Michael Charles Boyer, who shot himself in 1965 after an argument with his girlfriend. Pat was diagnosed a brain tumor and died in 1978. Charles committed suicide only two days later.)

Petersen Robert (Robert Petersen published Hot Rod, Guns & Ammo, Photographic, Teen, Tiger Beat, Sassy and Motor Trend magazines, founded the Petersen Automotive Museum in LA, and donated a 400-piece gun collection to the NRA.)

Pieta (Reproduction of Michaelangelo's The Pieta.)

Pitts ZaSu (Zasu Pitts (Woodall) was a comedic actress with a nervous delivery. Supposedly she was the inspiration for the same mannerisms in the Olive Oyl character from Popeye.)

Rey Alejandro (Actor Alejandro Rey is best known as Carlos on the Flying Nun.)

Rimini Rosa (Rosa Raisa was a dramatic operatic soprano considered by Enrico Caruso as the 'greatest dramatic soprano in the world'. She married a baratone, Giacomo Rimini.)

Rorke Hayden (Actor Hayden Rorke was in An American in Paris, Pillow Talk, and When Worlds Collide, but is best known as Dr. Bellows on the TV show I Dream of Jeannie.)

Russell Rosalind (Actress Rosalind Russell's monument is one of the largest on the grounds.)

Russell Rosalind (Rosalind Russell was nominated for the best actress oscar for My Sister Eileen, Sister Kenny, Mourning Becomes Electra, and Auntie Mame. She has one of the few vertical markers.)

Scala Gia (Gia Scala debuted in All That Heaven Allows, then was in The Garment Jungle, and The Guns of Navarone. Despite 2 previous suicide attempts, her death at 38 by an overdose was ruled accidental.)

Sebastian Dorothy (Dorothy Sebastian was an actress in George White's Scandals, Our Dancing Daughters, Our Blushing Brides, and in Spite Marriage opposite boyfriend Buster Keaton. She later married and divorced William Boyd of Hopalong Cassidy fame. Her last appearance was in the 1948 film The Miracle of the Bells.)

Sedgwick Eileen (Eileen Sedgwick was a member of the performing vaudeville family "The Five Sedgwicks", and.was a silent screen actress, whose first role was in Lure of the Circus (1918), and her last was in The Jade Box (1930).)

Sedgwick Josie (Josie Sedgwick was a member of the performing vaudeville family "The Five Sedgwicks." She acted in 52 roles before 1932, including The Best Man, Queen of the Round-Up, A Battle of Wits, and her last role in Son of Oklahoma.)

Seitz John (John Seitz was a cinematographer, and inventor. He was oscar-nominated for The Divine Lady, Five Graves to Cairo, Double Indemnity, The Lost Weekend, Sunset Boulevard, When Worlds Collide, and Rogue Cop.)

Sennett Mack (Mack Sennett was silent-era director, famous for the Keystone Kops.)

Sherbloom Diane (Diane Sherbloom was the US National Figure Skating champion in 1961. Along with all her team-mates and coaches, she died in a plane crash on the way to the World Championships.)

Shipstad Edwin (Edwin Shipstad co-founded Shipstad and Johnsons Ice Follies, a traveling ice show featuring elaborate production numbers.)

Sierra Margarita (Maria Margarita Suarez Sierra was born in Madrid, Spain, and was a singer and dancer in night clubs, and acted in a supporting role as the nightclub singer Cha Cha O'Brien on the early 1960s TV series, Surfside 6. One song from the series, Cha Cha Twist, was released as a single but did not rise in the charts. She died at age 27, a day after having heart surgery.)

Six Robert (Robert Six was the CEO of Continental Airlines.)

St Francis (St. Francis.)

St Kim (Saint Andrew Tae-Gom Kim, 1821-1846, was the first Korean Catholic priest, ordained in Macao. After returning to Korea, he was arrested, tortured and beheaded by the government for violating the "seclusion against foreigners" policy.)

St Kim Sign (St. Kim sign.)

Stradling Harry (Harry Stradling was a cinematographer and had 12 oscar nominations, winning for The Picture of Dorian Gray, and My Fair Lady.)

Tate Sharon (Sharon Tate was one of the group murdered by the Manson 'family'.)

Taylor Holmes Edna Phillips (Taylor Holmes acted on stage and screen, appearing the films Ruggles of Red Gap, Nightmare Alley, Joan of Arc, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and as the voice of Stefan in Sleeping Beauty, his last role. Edna Phillips acted in six silent movies, including Ruggles of Red Gap.)

Teal Ray (Ray Teal acted as Sheriff Roy Coffee on Bonanza. His films include The Best Years of Our Lives, Inherit the Wind, Judgment at Nuremberg and Chisum.)

Vanderbilt Gloria (Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt is the mother of fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt, and grandmother of TV journalist Anderson Cooper. She lost a famous custody battle in 1934. She is buried with twin sister, Thelma, the Viscountess Furness.)

Vega Statue (Vega family statue.)

Viterelli Joe (Joe Viterelli acted in Analyze This, Analyze That, State of Grace, Mobsters, Bullets over Broadway, Eraser, Mickey Blue Eyes and Face to Face.)

Von Der Ahe Charles (Charles Von der Ahe opened a cash and carry store named Von's Groceteria in Los Angeles in 1906. The chain reached 87 stores by 1928, when he sold it. In 1932 his sons Ted and William re-entered the business, founding the Von's Grocery Company.)

Warwick Robert (Robert Warwick trained for the opera, but acted in The Little Colonel, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Sullivan's Travels, I Married a Witch, The Palm Beach Story, Hail the Conquering Hero, and Man from Frisco.)

Washington Ned (Ned Washington was a lyricist, nominated for eleven oscars from 1940 to 1962, winning for When You Wish upon a Star (Pinocchio) and High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin') in High Noon.)

Welk Lawrence (Lawrence Welk is best known as a conductor of 'champagne music' on TV. His 'a one an' a two an' a three' accent was the butt of jokes, though he had diction lessons and could speak English nearly accent-free.)

Weston Paul (Paul Weston was a pianist and composer from the 1930s to the 1970s, pioneering the mood music genre. Popular songs include "I Should Care", "Day by Day", and "Shrimp Boats". He wrote classical pieces, including "Crescent City Suite" and religious music. Weston sold his first arrangements to Joe Haymes in 1934. Rudy Vallée offered him work on his radio show. In 1936, Weston became part of Tommy Dorsey's orchestra. In 1940, Weston worked with Dinah Shore and moved to Hollywood. Johnny Mercer invited him to write for his new label, Capitol Records. Weston became music director at Capitol, working with singer Jo Stafford. Weston and Stafford married in 1952. Weston worked in TV to the 1970s, helped start the Grammy Awards, earned a Grammy Trustees Award in 1971, and was director of Disney on Parade. Weston and Stafford developed a comedy routine as a bad lounge act named Jonathan and Darlene Edwards. In 1960, their comedy album won a Grammy Award. Weston has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.)

Whelan Tim (Tim Whelan directed The Camels Are Coming, Sidewalks of London, and most notably The Thief of Bagdad, Wrote 2 dozen screenplays, many of which he directed. Had one uncredited acting role.)

Wilson Christine (Christina Wilson trained as an operatic soprano, sang on the radio and stage shows, and had acting roles, mostly in a large number comedy shorts including the Three Stooges' Idle Roomers.
J. Donald was a writer and producer, known for The Whistler (1944 and 1954), and Key Witness (1947).)

Workman Josephine (Josephine Workman, known by her stage name, Princess Mona Darkfeather, was an American actress who starred in Native American and Western dramas, best known for her role as Prairie Flower in The Vanishing Tribe (1914). Her career began in 1909 when she replied to a local newspaper ad by William Ince for an actress to portray an American Indian capable of doing stunts and riding horses. She quickly learned horsemanship, was renamed Mona Darkfeather, and starred as an Indian maiden named Owanee in the 1911 movie Owanee's Great Love. Darkfeather was Cecil B. DeMille's first choice to portray the Indian wife, Nat-u-ritch, in The Squaw Man (1914), but she was too busy, as she and husband Frank Montgomery were producing their own movies. She retired from the screen after her last movie, The Hidden Danger, in 1917. In August 1918, she appeared at the Liberty Theater in Tacoma, Washington, and after each showing of the feature movie, Eyes of the World (1917) starring Monroe Salisbury, she sang and gave advice to all )

Wrather Jack (Jack Wrather was a TV producer, oil millionaire, husband of actress Bonita Granville, and owned the Disneyland Hotel.)

Young Polly Ann (Polly Ann Young acted opposite John Wayne in The Man from Utah, and with Bela Lugosi in Invisible Ghost. Sister of actresses Loretta Young and Sally Blane.)

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