Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary is a cemetery and mortuary located in the Westwood area of Los Angeles, California, United States. It includes a crematory for cremation services. Its location is at 1218 Glendon Avenue in Westwood, with an entrance from Glendon Avenue.

This cemetery was established as Sunset Cemetery in 1905, but had been used for burials since the 1880s. In 1926, the name was changed to Westwood Memorial Park and was later renamed to Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary.

Noted interments

A

thumb|upright|Grave of [[Lew Ayres]]

  • Kip Addotta (1944–2019), comedian
  • Patrick Adiarte (1942-2025), actor
  • Milton Ager (1893–1979), musician, composer
  • Charles Aidman (1925–1993), actor
  • Eddie Albert (1906–2005), actor
  • Shana Alexander (1925–2005), journalist, columnist, television commentator
  • Claud Allister (1888–1970), actor
  • Gitta Alpár (1903–1991), actress, opera singer
  • Richard Anderson (1926–2017), actor, co-star of The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman
  • Patty Andrews (1918–2013), singer
  • Tige Andrews (1920–2007), actor
  • Ken Annakin (1914–2009), director
  • Eve Arden (1908–1990), actress, comedian
  • 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

thumb|upright|The headstone of [[Ray Bradbury]]

  • Henny Backus (1911–2004), author, wife of Jim Backus
  • Jim Backus (1913–1989), actor
  • Sammy Cahn (1913–1993), songwriter
  • Truman Capote (1924–1984), author
  • Helmut Dantine (1917–1982), actor
  • Danny Dark (1938–2004), announcer
  • Steve Darrell (1904–1970), actor
  • Marvin Davis (1925–2004), oil tycoon, businessman
  • Jason Davis (1984–2020), actor
  • Richard Dawson (1932–2012), actor, television host
  • Don DeFore (1913–1993), actor
  • Laura Devon (1931–2007), actress
  • Richard Dimitri (1942-2025), actor
  • Philip Dorn (1901–1975), actor
  • Eric Douglas (1958–2004), actor
  • Kirk Douglas (1916–2020), actor
  • Dominique Dunne (1959–1982) murder victim, Poltergeist actress, daughter of writer Dominick Dunne, sister of actor-director Griffin Dunne
  • 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

  • Nora Eddington (1924–2001), actress, 2nd wife of Errol Flynn, 3rd wife of Dick Haymes
  • Roger Edens (1905–1970), vocal arranger, songwriter, producer
  • Jack Elliott (1927–2001), songwriter
  • Geoff Emerick (1945–2018), sound engineer
  • Harry Essex (1910–1997), writer
  • Dennis Etchison (1943–2019), writer
  • Ray Evans (1915–2007), songwriter

F

thumb|upright|Grave of [[Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal]]

  • Peter Falk (1927–2011), actor
  • Farrah Fawcett (1947–2009), actress
  • Bert Fields (1929–2022), entertainment attorney, writer, musician
  • Freddie Fields (1923–2007), talent agent
  • Jay C. Flippen (1899–1971), actor
  • June Foray (1917–2017), voice actress
  • Michael Fox (1921–1996), actor
  • Coleman Francis (1919–1973), film director
  • Leslie Frankenheimer (1948–2013), set decorator
  • Stan Freberg (1926–2015), voice actor
  • Georgia Frontiere (1927–2008), football owner
  • Faiza Rauf (1923–1994), Egyptian princess

G

thumb|upright|Grave of [[Eva Gabor]]

thumb|upright|Grave of [[Merv Griffin]]

  • Eva Gabor (1919–1995), actress
  • Michael V. Gazzo (1923–1995), actor
  • Christopher George (1931–1983), actor
  • Leonard Gershe (1922–2002), composer
  • Master Henry Gibson (1942–2002), musician
  • Gary Glasberg (1966-2016), writer and producer
  • 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
  • Merv Griffin (1925–2007), producer, television host, singer

H

thumb|upright|The Armand Hammer Family Tomb in Westwood Memorial Park

thumb|233x233px|[[Hayedeh's grave]]

  • Loretta King Hadler (1917–2007), actress
  • Hayedeh (1942–1990), Iranian singer and media personality
  • Carrie Hamilton (1963–2002), actress, singer, daughter of Carol Burnett
  • Armand Hammer (1898–1990), oil tycoon, 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), Playboy magazine founder and publisher, businessman
  • Percy Helton (1894–1971), actor
  • Florence Henderson (1934–2016), actress, singer, television host
  • Francesca Hilton (1947–2015), actress, daughter of Zsa Zsa Gabor
  • Connie Hines (1931–2009), actress
  • Jonathan Hole (1904–1998), actor, buried with his wife Betty Hanna, and son David Jon Hole
  • Ben Howard (1904–1970), aircraft designer, race pilot
  • James Wong Howe (1899–1976), cinematographer
  • Rosanna Huffman (1938–2016), actress
  • Mark R. Hughes (1956–2000), founder of Herbalife
  • Ronald Hughes (1935–1970), lawyer
  • Ross Hunter (1920–1996), producer, director, actor
  • Jim Hutton (1934–1979), actor

I

  • Steve Ihnat (1934–1972), actor
  • Steve Inwood (1947-2025), actor
  • Franklin D. Israel (1945-1996), Architect; 1975 Rome Prize for architecture

J

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

K

  • Phil Karlson (1908–1985), director
  • Louis Kaufman (1905–1994), violinist
  • Beatrice Kay (1907–1986), actress, singer
  • Nora Kaye (1920–1987), ballerina
  • Brian Keith (1921–1997), actor
  • Cecil Kellaway (1893–1973), actor
  • 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, comedian, director, screenwriter
  • Don Knotts (1924–2006), actor, comedian
  • Miliza Korjus (1909–1980), opera singer
  • Phyllis Kennedy (1914–1998), actress

L

thumb|upright|Grave of [[Burt Lancaster]]

thumb|upright|[[Jack Lemmon's headstone]]

  • Perry Lafferty (1917–2005), director
  • Bill Lancaster (1947–1997), actor, screenwriter
  • Burt Lancaster (1913–1994), actor
  • Sidney Lanfield (1898–1972), director
  • Paul Laszlo (1900–1993), architect, furniture designer
  • Ed Lauter (1938–2013), actor
  • 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
  • Queenie Leonard (1905–2002), actress
  • Bruce Lester (1912–2008), actor
  • Oscar Levant (1906–1972), actor, pianist
  • Richard Levinson (1934–1987), writer
  • Harry Lewis (1920–2013), actor, restaurateur
  • Marilyn Lewis (1929–2017), fashion designer, producer
  • Alan W. Livingston (1917–2009), writer, producer
  • Jay Livingston (1915–2001), songwriter
  • Sondra Locke (1944–2018), actress
  • Louis Loeffler (1897–1972), editor
  • Robert Loggia (1930–2015), actor, director

M

thumb|upright|[[Dean Martin's crypt.]]

thumb|upright|[[Marilyn Monroe's crypt.]]

  • Helen Mack (1913-1986), actress, real name Helen McDougall McAvity
  • 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
  • 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, 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
  • Constance Moore (1920–2005), singer, actress
  • Dolores Moran (1924–1982), actress
  • Jeff Morris (1934–2004), actor
  • Lloyd Morrisett (1929–2023), psychologist, co-founder of Sesame Workshop, co-creator of Sesame Street

N

  • 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

  • Carroll O'Connor (1924–2001), actor
  • Ryan O'Neal (1941–2023), actor
  • Heather O'Rourke (1975–1988), actress
  • Barbara Orbison (1950–2011), wife of Roy Orbison
  • Roy Orbison (1936–1988), singer; grave unmarked
  • Jimmie Reese (1901–1994), baseball player and coach
  • Renie Riano (1899–1971), actress
  • Buddy Rich (1917–1987), drummer, bandleader
  • Minnie Riperton (1947–1979), singer
  • Ben Roberts (1916–1984), screenwriter; co-creator of Charlie's Angels
  • Doris Roberts (1925–2016), actress, philanthropist, author
  • Wayne Rogers (1933–2015), actor
  • Hillevi Rombin (1933–1996), Miss Universe 1955
  • Ruth Rose (1896–1978), screenwriter
  • Herbert Ross (1927–2001), film director
  • Gena Rowlands (1930–2024), actress

S

  • Jay Sandrich (1932–2021), television director
  • 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
  • Jeremy Silman (1954-2023), chess player
  • Sam Simon (1955–2015), writer, producer, director
  • Richard Simmons (1948–2024), fitness instructor, television personality
  • Lu Ann Simms (1932–2003), singer
  • 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
  • Danny Sugerman (1954–2005), writer, rock band manager
  • Jennifer Syme (1972–2001), actress

T

  • Don Taylor (1920–1998), actor, director
  • Francis Lenn Taylor (1897–1968), art dealer, father of Elizabeth Taylor
  • Kent Taylor (1907–1987), actor
  • Brian Wilson (1942–2025), musician, composer, producer, founding member of The Beach Boys
  • Carl Wilson (1946–1998), musician, founding member of The Beach Boys