Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

The Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 1218 Glendon Avenue in the Westwood Village section of Los Angeles, California.

Interred in this cemetery are a number of the entertainment industry's greatest stars including:

Eve Arden, actress, Our Miss Brooks
Hy Averback, director
Lew Ayres, actor
Jim Backus, actor, Mr. Howell on Gilligan's Island
Richard Basehart, actor, Admiral Nelson on TV's Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Bobbi Brat (1962-1988), lead singer of Gothic rock band, "Red Scare"
Fanny Brice, comedienne
Les Brown, bandleader
Sebastian Cabot, actor, played the butler Mr. French on Family Affair
Sammy Cahn, songwriter,
Truman Capote, author - "In Cold Blood"
John Cassavetes, actor, screenwriter, director, producer
Ray Conniff, musician
Richard Conte, actor
Bob Crane, actor, murder victim
Philip Dorn, actor
Eric Douglas (1958-2004), actor, comedian, son of Kirk Douglas
Dominique Dunne, actress, Poltergeist; daughter of writer Dominick Dunne, brother of actor-director Griffin Dunne
Ariel Durant (1898-1981), historian, Pulitzer Prize in literature
Will Durant (1885-1981), historian, Pulitzer Prize in literature
Eva Gabor, actress - Green Acres
Hugh Hefner, "In waiting" - He purchased the crypt beside Marilyn Monroe, his first "Playboy" centerfold.
James Wong Howe, cinematographer
Louis Jourdan, Jr., son of French actor Louis Jourdan, died from a drug overdose
Janis Joplin, singer. She was cremated here and later scattered in the Pacific Ocean
Louis Kaufman, violinist
Brian Keith, actor, Uncle Bill on Family Affair - Buried with his daughter, Daisy. Both committed suicide
Stan Kenton, bandleader
Burt Lancaster, actor
Peter Lawford, actor, was originally buried at Westwood. His cremated remains were later removed and scattered in the Pacific.
Peggy Lee, singer
Jack Lemmon, actor
Oscar Levant, actor, pianist
Dean Martin, actor, singer
Walter Matthau, actor
Marilyn Monroe, actress
Lloyd Nolan, actor
Carroll O'Connor, actor - "Archie Bunker"
Heather O'Rourke, actress, Poltergeist
Roy Orbison, legendary singer, and Rock and Roll pioneer
Gregor Piatigorsky, cellist
Donna Reed, actress
Buddy Rich, drummer
Minnie Riperton, singer
George C. Scott, actor - Patton
Robert Stack, actor - The Untouchables, Unsolved Mysteries
Dorothy Stratten, "Playboy Playmate," actress, murdered at age 20
Jennifer Syme, actress (buried with her daughter by Keanu Reeves)
Mel Tormé, singer
Ray Walston, actor
Harry Warren, songwriter
Cornel Wilde, actor
Billy Wilder, film director
Carl Wilson, singer - The Beach Boys
Natalie Wood, actress
Darryl F. Zanuck, head of 20th Century Fox studios
Frank Zappa, musician