Originally known as the Hollywood Memorial park Cemetery, Hollywood Forever Cemetery was built in 1899 and is located at 6000 Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood, near Vine Street.
Known for being the final resting place for more stars than anywhere in the world, if you visit the cemetery with young ones or teens (as you should, it's beautiful and historic) be prepared for a day full of "Who's that?" and "I've never heard of any of these people!"
Known for being the final resting place for more stars than anywhere in the world, if you visit the cemetery with young ones or teens (as you should, it's beautiful and historic) be prepared for a day full of "Who's that?" and "I've never heard of any of these people!"
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| Hattie McDaniel- American actress. Academy Award winner for Gone With The Wind |
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| Rudolph Valentino- Silent screen heartthrob. The Brad Pitt of his time |
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| Toto- The Wizard of Oz co-star and hard-to-live-up-to icon of cuteness for canines everywhere |
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| Don Adams- Comic TV actor of the 60s and the best physical comedian ever |
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| Jayne Mansfield- 50s sex symbol and underrated actress |
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| Peter Finch- Actor and Academy Award winning star of Network |
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| John Huston- Legendary film director |
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| Vampira- 50 TV horror movie hostess. The original Elvira, if you will |
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| Mel Blanc- legendary voice-over artist. Mr. Bugs Bunny |
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| Yma Sumac-Exotic 50s singer |
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| Darren McGavin- American TV actor known for the TV series "The Night Stalker" |
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| Cecil B. De Mille aka (Cecil Blount De Mille) - Legendary film director |
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| Tyrone Power- American leading man |
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| Douglas Fairbanks- Silent movie swashbuckler, married to Mary Pickford and founding member of United Artists |
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| Adrian- Famed Hollywood costume designer not only hid his Jewish ancestry behind a single moniker (Adrian Adolph Greenburg), but hid his homosexuality behind a marriage to actress Janet Gaynor. |
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| Mr. Blackwell- Noted costume designer and creator of the ten best /worst dressed list |
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| Fay Wray- Actress famous for sitting in King Kong's paw |
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| Nelson Eddy- Operatic singer and leading man of the movies, often co-starred with Jeanette MacDonald |
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| Harry Cohn- President of Columbia Pictures and alleged chaser of Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak |
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| Johnny Ramone- Stage name of John Cummings, one of the founding member of the punk rock band, The Ramones, |
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| A couple of year-round residents of Hollywood Forever Cemetery |
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| Peacocks also grace the cemetery grounds |
It's incredible how demure some of the headstones are in relation to how significant some of the people in question were to cinema (and, naturally, some of the others are quite pronounced in their grandeur!) I just found this blog of yours and have enjoyed all the pictures a lot. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHi Poseidon!
ReplyDeleteNice to see you here! Yes, a lot of the headstones of the very famous are remarkably humble, but you should see some of the contemporary monstrosities erected to some "civilians." They are like temples! Just enormous grotesques in the name of memory.