Holy Cross Cemetery is a Catholic cemetery and funeral home at 5835 West Slauson Avenue in Culver City, California, operated by the Los Angeles Archdiocese.

It is partially in the Culver City city limits.

alt=A long slopping grassy field with a single tree in the foreground and a mausoleum in the background.|thumb|Grounds of the cemetery as seen in July 2021

Opened in 1939, Holy Cross comprises . Many entertainment professionals are buried there, particularly in the sections near "The Grotto" in the southwest part of the cemetery.

Notable burials

A

  • Gypsy Abbott (1896–1952), actress
  • Jean Acker (1893–1978), actress, first wife of Rudolph Valentino
  • Frank Albertson (1909–1964), actor
  • Sara Allgood (1879–1950), actress
  • Cecilia Alvear (1939–2017), journalist
  • Ramsay Ames (1919–1998), actress
  • Tod Andrews (1914–1972), actor
  • Richard Arlen (1899–1976), actor
  • Henry Armetta (1888–1945), actor
  • Mary Astor (1906–1987), actress

B

  • Fred Baczewski (1926–1976), Major League Baseball player
  • Joan Banks (1918–1998), actress
  • Sam Barry (1892–1950), Hall of Fame basketball coach
  • John Beradino (1917–1996), actor, Major League Baseball player
  • Johnny Bero (1922–1985), Major League Baseball player
  • Sally Blane (1910–1997), actress
  • Alfred S. Bloomingdale (1916–1982), department store heir, had affair with model Vicki Morgan, a murder victim
  • Betsy Bloomingdale (1922–2016), widow of Alfred Bloomingdale, socialite and author
  • Joseph Bodner (1925–1982), American illustrator and painter
  • Roman Bohnen (1901–1949), actor
  • Ray Bolger (1904–1987), actor and dancer best known for his role of The Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz
  • Fortunio Bonanova (1895–1969), actor
  • Charles Boyer (1899–1978), actor
  • Scott Brady (1924–1985), actor
  • Keefe Brasselle (1923–1981), actor, producer and writer
  • Joseph Breen (1890–1965), former head of the Production Code Administration
  • Argentina Brunetti (1907–2005), actress
  • Sonny Burke (1914–1980), bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer
  • Dick Butkus (1942–2023), football player and actor
  • Daws Butler (1916–1988), actor and voice-over artist best known for voicing Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, and others

C

thumb|upright|Grave of Bing Crosby, marked with an incorrect birth year

  • John Candy (1950–1994), actor and comedian
  • Macdonald Carey (1913–1994), actor
  • Walter Catlett (1889–1960), actor
  • Hobart Cavanaugh (1886–1950), actor
  • Marguerite Chapman (1918–1999), actress
  • D. Worth Clark (1902–1955), U.S. Senator (1939–1945) from Idaho
  • Ruth Clifford (1900–1998), actress
  • Bill Cody (1891–1948), actor
  • Pinto Colvig (1892–1967), actor and voice-over artist, best known for voicing Goofy
  • Joe Connelly (1917–2003), television writer and producer
  • Jackie Coogan (1914–1984), actor, best known for pairing with Charlie Chaplin as a child actor and for playing Uncle Fester in The Addams Family
  • Charles Correll (1890–1972), actor and comedian
  • Jeanne Coyne (1923–1973), actress, dancer and choreographer
  • Darby Crash (1958–1980), musician
  • Bing Crosby (1903–1977), actor and singer (Father of Dennis, Lindsay, Phillip Crosby)
  • Dennis Crosby (1934–1991), actor and singer (Son of Bing Crosby)
  • Kathryn Crosby (1933-2024), actress and singer (Second Wife of Bing Crosby)
  • Lindsay Crosby (1938–1989), actor and singer (Son of Bing Crosby)
  • Phillip Crosby (1934–2004), actor and singer (Son of Bing Crosby)
  • Leo Cullum (1942–2010), cartoonist
  • Dick Curtis (1902–1952), actor

D

  • Mona Darkfeather (1883–1977), actress
  • Joan Davis (1907–1961), actress and comedian
  • Virginia Davis (1918–2009), child actress
  • Bobby Day (1928–1990), singer
  • Dennis Day (1916–1988), actor, singer and comedian
  • Pedro de Cordoba (1881–1950), actor
  • Fred de Cordova (1910–2001), director and producer
  • Eadie Del Rubio (1921–1996), musician
  • Elena Del Rubio (1921–2001), musician
  • Milly Del Rubio (1921–2011), musician
  • Jean Del Val (1891–1975), actor
  • Ralph DePalma (1892–1956), champion racecar driver, won 1915 Indianapolis 500, inducted into International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1991
  • Johnny Desmond (1919–1985), actor and singer
  • John Doucette (1921–1994), actor
  • Constance Dowling (1920–1969), actress
  • Doris Dowling (1923–2004), actress
  • William Dozier (1908–1991), producer best known for creating the TV series Batman
  • Tom Drake (1918–1982), actor
  • Al Dubin (1891–1945), songwriter
  • Jimmy Durante (1893–1980), actor and comedian
  • Mervyn Dymally (1926–2012), former Lieutenant Governor of California and U.S. Congressman from California.

E

  • Vince Edwards (1928–1996), actor
  • Richard Egan (1921–1987), actor

F

  • Nanette Fabray (1920-2018), actress
  • John Fante (1909–1983), novelist, short-story and screenwriter.
  • John Farrow (1904–1963), director, husband of actress Maureen O'Sullivan, father of actress Mia Farrow
  • Emily Fitzroy (1860–1954), actress
  • James Flavin (1906–1976), actor
  • Joe Flynn (1924–1974), actor and comedian, best known for playing Captain Binghamton in the 1960s ABC sitcom McHale's Navy
  • George J. Folsey (1898–1988), cinematographer
  • Francis Ford (1881–1959), actor, writer and director
  • John Ford (1894–1974), director
  • Paul Ford (1901–1976), actor
  • Wallace Ford (1898–1966), actor
  • Victoria Forde (1896–1964), actress
  • Norman Foster (1900–1976), actor and director
  • Gene Fowler (1890–1960), writer
  • Mary Frann (1943–1998), actress
  • Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness (1904–1970), twin sister of Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt

G

  • Richard "Skeets" Gallagher (1891–1955), actor
  • William Garity (1899–1971), sound engineer
  • Pauline Garon (1900–1965), actress
  • Mike Gazella (1895–1978), MLB player
  • Charles Gemora (1903–1961), actor and stuntman
  • Margaret Gibson (1894–1964), actress
  • Gaston Glass (1899–1965), actor
  • James Gleason (1882–1959), actor
  • Jose Gonzales-Gonzales (1922–2000), actor
  • Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez (1925–2006), actor
  • Bonita Granville (1923–1988), actress
  • Gilda Gray (1895–1959), actress and dancer
  • Robert Greig (1879–1958), actor
  • Fathia Ghali (1930–1976), princess of Egypt

H

thumb|upright|Grave of [[Rita Hayworth]]

  • Jack Haley (1898–1979), actor and comedian best known for his role of The Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz
  • Jack Haley Jr. (1933–2001), director, producer and writer
  • Joe Hamilton (1929–1991), producer
  • Kipp Hamilton (1934–1981), actress
  • Fred Haney (1898–1977), MLB player and manager
  • Juanita Hansen (1895–1961), actress
  • Neal Hart (1879-1949), actor and director
  • Henry Hathaway (1898–1985), director and producer
  • June Haver (1926–2005), actress
  • Allison Hayes (1930–1977), actress
  • Rita Hayworth (1918–1987), actress and dancer
  • Volga Hayworth (1897–1945), dancer and vaudevillian, mother of Rita Hayworth
  • Chick Hearn (1916–2002), sports broadcaster
  • Emmaline Henry (1928–1979), actress
  • Hugh Herbert (1887–1952), actor and comedian
  • Dwayne Hickman (1934–2022), actor
  • Barron Hilton (1927–2019), business executive
  • Conrad Hilton Jr. (1926–1969), business executive and TWA director, heir of Hilton Hotel chain
  • Taylor Holmes (1878–1959), actor
  • Stan Hough (1918–1990), former vice-president of 20th Century Fox
  • Sophia Hutchins (1996–2025), socialite

I

  • Earl Michael Irving (1953–2022), diplomat
  • Amparo Iturbi (1899–1969), composer and concert pianist
  • José Iturbi (1895–1980), composer and concert pianist

J

  • Rita Johnson (1913–1965), actress
  • Spike Jones (1911–1965), musician and comedian
  • Jim Jordan (1896–1988), actor and comedian
  • Marian Jordan (1898–1961), actress and comedian

K

  • Herbert Kalmus (1881–1963), co-inventor of Technicolor
  • Robert Keith (1898–1966), actor
  • Paul Kelly (1899–1956), actor
  • Charles Kemper (1900–1950), actor
  • Edgar Kennedy (1890–1948), actor and comedian
  • J. M. Kerrigan (1884–1964), actor
  • Norman Kerry (1894–1956), actor
  • Cammie King (1934–2010), child actress
  • Henry King (1886–1982), director
  • James Kirkwood Sr. (1875–1963), actor and director
  • Helen Kleeb (1907–2003), actress

L

thumb|upright|Grave of [[Bela Lugosi]]

  • Jack La Rue (1902–1984), actor
  • Sir Lancelot (1902–2001), singer
  • Mario Lanza (1921–1959), actor and singer
  • Eddie Laughton (1903–1952), actor
  • Tim Layana (1964–1999), MLB pitcher
  • Dorothy Leavey (1897–1998), philanthropist
  • Dixie Lee (1909–1952) actress, dancer and singer (Bing Crosby's first wife)
  • Jimmy Lennon (1913–1992), sports announcer
  • Joan Leslie (1925-2015), actress
  • Nick Licata (1897–1974), mobster
  • Margaret Lindsay (1910–1981), actress
  • David Lloyd (1934–2009), screenwriter
  • Gene Lockhart (1891–1957), actor
  • June Lockhart (1925-2025), actress
  • Kathleen Lockhart (1894–1978), actress
  • Ella Logan (1913–1969), actress and singer
  • Frank Lovejoy (1912–1962), actor
  • Peanuts Lowrey (1917–1986), MLB outfielder
  • Bela Lugosi (1882–1956), actor
  • William Lundigan (1914–1975), actor
  • Betty Lynn (1926–2021), actress

M

  • Donald MacBride (1889–1957), actor
  • Ranald MacDougall (1915–1973), screenwriter
  • Fred MacMurray (1908–1991), actor
  • Gene Mako (1916–2013), tennis player
  • Effa Manley (1897–1981), owner of Newark Eagles
  • Eddie Mannix (1891–1963), movie studio executive
  • Toni Mannix (1906–1983), wife of Eddie Mannix
  • George Marshall (1891–1975), director
  • Harry Martin (1889–1951), medical director of 20th Century Fox Studios and third husband of Louella Parsons
  • Marion Martin (1909–1985), actress
  • Alfredo Ramos Martínez (1871–1946), artist, educator
  • Al Martino (1927–2009), singer
  • Rudolph Maté (1898–1964), cinematographer and director
  • May McAvoy (1899–1984), actress
  • Leo McCarey (1898–1969), director
  • Christine McIntyre (1911–1984), actress
  • David McLean (1922–1995), actor
  • Stephen McNally (1913–1994), actor
  • Audrey Meadows (1922–1996), actress
  • Ann Miller (1923–2004), actress, singer, dancer
  • Millard Mitchell (1903–1953), actor
  • James V. Monaco (1885–1945), composer
  • Ricardo Montalbán (1920–2009), actor
  • Carlotta Monti (1907–1993), actress
  • Thelma Morgan (1904–1970), socialite, twin sister of Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, aunt of fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt
  • James C. Morton (1884–1942), actor
  • Alan Mowbray (1896–1969), actor
  • Jack Mulhall (1887–1979), actor
  • Richard Murphy (1912–1993), screenwriter, director and producer
  • Jim Murray (1919–1998), sportswriter
  • Johnny Murray (1904–1956), voice actor
  • Nicholas Musuraca (1892–1975), cinematographer

N

  • Anne Nagel (1915–1966), actress
  • Reggie Nalder (1907–1991), actor
  • Grete Natzler (1906–1999), actress and singer
  • Evelyn Nesbit (1884–1967), actress
  • Fred C. Newmeyer (1881–1967), director

O

thumb|upright|Grave of [[Walter O'Malley (left)]]

  • Edmond O'Brien (1915–1985), actor
  • Pat O'Brien (1899–1983), actor
  • Helen O'Connell (1920–1993), singer
  • Rod O'Connor (1914–1964), announcer
  • Walter O'Malley (1903–1979), baseball executive, owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers
  • Terry O'Malley Seidler (1933–2025), baseball owner
  • Barney Oldfield (1878–1946), race car driver, actor
  • Kid Ory (1886–1973), trombonist and bandleader, Dixieland jazz

P

  • Robert Paige (1911–1987), actor
  • George Pal (1908–1980), director, producer and animator
  • Erv Palica (1928–1982), MLB pitcher
  • Hermes Pan (1910–1990), choreographer and dancer
  • Louella Parsons (1881–1972), writer and columnist
  • Marty Pasetta (1932–2015), television producer and director
  • Pat Paterson (1910–1978), actress
  • Chris Penn (1965–2006), actor
  • Leo Penn (1921–1998), actor and director
  • Jean Peters (1926–2000), actress
  • ZaSu Pitts (1894–1963), actress and comedian
  • John Polich (1916–2001), NHL player
  • Paul Porcasi (1879–1946), actor
  • Jerry Priddy (1919–1980), MLB second baseman
  • Dick Purcell (1908–1944), actor

R

thumb|upright|Grave of [[Rosalind Russell at Holy Cross]]

  • Rosa Raisa (1893–1963), opera singer
  • Clive Revill (1930-2025), actor, best known for voicing Emperor Palpatine in The Empire Strikes Back
  • Alejandro Rey (1930–1987), actor
  • Kane Richmond (1906–1973), actor
  • Hayden Rorke (1910–1987), actor
  • Rip Russell (1915–1976), MLB infielder and outfielder
  • Rosalind Russell (1907–1976), actress
  • Eileen Ryan (1927–2022), actress
  • Faiza Rauf (1923–1994) princess of Egypt

S

  • Nazli Sabri (1894–1978), former Queen consort of Egypt.
  • Gia Scala (1934–1972), actress
  • Fred F. Sears (1913–1957), actor and director
  • Dorothy Sebastian (1903–1957), actress
  • Edward Sedgwick (1889–1953), actor, director, screenwriter, and producer
  • Miriam Seegar (1907–2011), actress
  • John F. Seitz (1892–1979), cinematographer and inventor.
  • Mack Sennett (1880–1960), mogul
  • Frank Shannon (1874–1959), actor
  • Diane Sherbloom (1942–1961), figure skater
  • Margarita Sierra (1936–1963), singer and actress
  • Robert Six (1907–1986), former CEO of Continental Airlines
  • Miriam Snitzer (1922–1966), actress
  • Manuel Sorola (1880–1957), first Hispanic FBI agent.
  • Jo Stafford (1917–2008), singer
  • Harry Stradling (1901–1970), cinematographer
  • Edmund Sylvers (1957–2004), singer

T

thumb|upright|Grave of [[Doris Tate|Doris and Sharon Tate]]

  • Doris Tate (1924–1992), anti-parole activist, mother of Sharon Tate
  • Sharon Tate (1943–1969), actress murdered by the Manson family, along with her unborn son Paul Richard Polanski
  • Dallas Taylor (1948–2015), drummer
  • Ray Teal (1902–1976), actor
  • Dewey Terry (1938–2003), musician
  • George Trafton (1896–1971), NFL player

V

  • Joseph Valentine (1900–1949), cinematographer
  • Mabel Van Buren (1878–1947), actress
  • Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt (1904–1965), socialite, twin sister of Thelma Morgan, mother of fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt
  • Joe Viterelli (1937–2004), actor

W

  • Geraldine Wall (1912–1970), actress
  • Robert Warwick (1878–1964), actor
  • Bryant Washburn (1889–1963), actor
  • Ned Washington (1901–1976), songwriter
  • Bernie Wayne (1919–1993), songwriter
  • Lawrence Welk (1903–1992), musician
  • Paul Weston (1912–1996), bandleader, arranger and composer
  • Tim Whelan (1893–1957), director and screenwriter
  • William R. Wilkerson (1890–1962), founder of The Hollywood Reporter, Flamingo Hotel and owner of such nightclubs as Ciro's
  • Mary Wilson (1944–2021), singer; founding member of The Supremes
  • Paula Winslowe (1910–1996), actress
  • Jack Wrather (1918–1984), investor

Y

  • Georgiana Young (1923–2007), actress
  • Loretta Young (1913–2000), actress
  • Polly Ann Young (1908–1997), actress

See also

  • Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma

References