Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City

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.

Notable burials

Use the following alphabetical links to find someone.

A

• Jean Acker, actress
• 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
• Marguerite Chapman, actress
• Jackie Coogan, actor
• Darby Crash, musician
• Bing Crosby, singer/actor

D

• Mona Darkfeather, actress
• Bobby Day, early Rock and Roll singer - sang Rockin' Robin
• Dennis Day, singer
• Pedro de Cordoba, actor
• Fred De Cordova, director/producer
• Ralph DePalma, race car driver
• Joe DiMaggio, baseball player
• Al Dubin, lyricist
• Jimmy Durante, entertainer

E

• Vince Edwards, actor - TV's Ben Casey
• Richard Egan, actor

F

• Joe Flynn, actor
• Abigail Folger, heiress and murder victim
• John Ford, motion picture director
• Victoria Forde, actress
• Mary Frann, actress - TV's Newhart

G

• James Gleason, actor

H

• Jack Haley, actor - The Tin Man in "The Wizard of Oz"
• June Haver, actress
• Juanita Hansen, silent film actress
• 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

J

• Spike Jones, band leader, musical satirist

K

• Edgar Kennedy, actor
• Norman Kerry, actor

L

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

M

• Fred MacMurray, actor
• George E. Marshall, director
• Marion Martin, actress
• 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
• William Mullins, microchip pioneer
• 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
• George Pál, producer
• Louella Parsons, Hollywood gossip columnist
• Chris Penn, actor
• Jean Peters, actress
• ZaSu Pitts, actress

R

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

S

• Nazli Sabri, former Queen consort of Egypt.
• Gia Scala, actress
• 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)

V

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

W

• Lawrence Welk, band leader

Y

• Loretta Young, actress

See also

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