Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery (Santa Monica, California)

History

Founded in 1897, the cemetery was first named the Ballona Township Cemetery as it was located on the Rancho La Ballona. In the 1980s, it began to be used as a filming location. In the 1994 Northridge earthquake, the cemetery was damaged.

Notable burials

• Roger Allers (1949–2026), animator and film director
• Hugo Ballin (1879–1956), artist
• Mabel Ballin (1887–1958), actress
• George Bancroft (1882–1956), actor
• Jay Belasco (1888–1949), actor
• Ted Bessell (1935–1996), actor
• Charles Bickford (1891–1967), actor
• Barbara Billingsley (1915–2010), actress
• William Bishop (1918–1959), actor
• Bonnie Bonnell (1905–1964), actress
• Edwina Booth (1904–1991), actress
• Edward Brophy (1895–1960), actor
• Leo Carrillo (1880–1961), actor and conservationist
• James Crabe (1931–1989), cinematographer
• Henry Cuesta (1931–2003), musician
• Faye Dancer (1925–2002), professional baseball player
• Henry Daniell (1894–1963), actor
• Weston and Winston Doty (1913–1934), acting twins, drowned in a flood
• Cathy Downs (1924–1976), actress
• Vernon Duke (1893–1969), songwriter (later moved)
• Lion Feuchtwanger (1884–1958), author
• Paul Fix (1901–1983), actor
• Glenn Ford (1916–2006), actor
• Leland Ford (1893–1965), congressman
• Nicolás "Nick" Rolando Gabaldón Jr. (1927–1951), surfer
• Ilka Grüning (1876–1964), actress
• William Haines (1900–1973), actor, interior designer
• Tom Hayden (1939–2016), Senator, activist, author, conservationist
• Paul Henreid (1908–1992), actor, director[[Image:Paul Henreid Grave.JPG|thumb|right|Paul Henreid Grave]]
• Phil Hill (1927–2008), race car driver
• Evelyn Hooker (1907–1996), psychologist
• Olaf Hytten (1888–1955), actor
• Abbot Kinney (1850–1920), real estate baron
• Harvey Korman (1927–2008), actor and comedian
• Henry Kuttner (1915–1958), author
• Florence Lake (1904–1980), actress
• Audra Lindley (1918–1997), actress

• Hughie Mack (1884–1927), actor
• Doug McClure (1935–1995), actor
• Bess Myerson (1924–2014), actress, Miss America, political activist
• Red Norvo (1908–1999), jazz musician
• Lynne Overman (1887–1943), actor
• Christabel Pankhurst (1880–1958), British suffragette
• Jimmy Phipps (1950–1969), Vietnam Medal of Honor recipient
• James Poe (1921–1980), screenwriter
• Janos Prohaska (1919–1974), actor, stuntman
• Bill Raisch (1905–1984), actor
• Sally Ride (1951–2012), astronaut and physicist
• Blanche Robinson (1883–1969), pianist and composer
• Irene Ryan (1902–1973), actress and comedian
• Mitchell Ryan (1934–2022), actor
• Hayes "Big Ed" Sanders (1930–1954), Olympic boxing champion
• E. C. Segar (1894–1938), cartoonist, creator of "Popeye"
• Jimmie Shields (1905–1974), interior designer
• Hal Smith (1916–1994), actor who played Otis Campbell on The Andy Griffith Show
• May Sutton (1886–1975), U.S. and Wimbledon tennis champion
• Sándor Szabó (1906–1966), wrestler
• William Tuttle (1912–2007), make-up artist
• Jesse Unruh (1922–1987), politician and government official

References

References

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2. "Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery".
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6. Katz, Jesse. (21 Jan 1994). "Santa Monica Rolls With the Punches Resilience: The city suffered severe damage; homes and businesses were destroyed". Los Angeles Times.