Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

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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 is a number of the entertainment industry's greatest stars including:

Eve Arden - actress, "Our Miss Brooks"
Hy Averback - director
Jim Backus - actor, Mr. Howell on "Gilligan's Island"
Richard Basehart - actor, Admiral Nelson on TV?s "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"
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
Dominique Dunne - actress, Poltergeist; daughter of writer Dominick Dunne, brother of actor-director Griffin Dunne
Louis Jourdan, Jr - son of French actor Louis Jourdan, died from a drug overdose
Burt Lancaster, actor
Oscar Levant, actor, pianist
Eva Gabor, actress - "Green Acres"
Hugh Hefner - "In waiting" - He purchased the crypt beside Marilyn Monroe, his first "Playboy" centerfold.
Janis Joplin, singer
Brian Keith - actor, Uncle Bill on "Family Affair" - Buried with his daughter, Daisy. Both committed suicide.
Peggy Lee, singer
Jack Lemmon, actor
Dean Martin, actor, singer
Walter Matthau, actor
Marilyn Monroe, actress
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
George C. Scott, actor - "Patton"
Robert Stack, actor - The Untouchables, Unsolved Mysteries
Dorothy Stratten, "Playboy Playmate," actress, murdered at age 20
Cornel Wilde, actor
Billy Wilder, director
Carl Wilson, singer - The Beach Boys
Natalie Wood, actress
Darryl F. Zanuck - head of 20th Century Fox Film Studios
Frank Zappa - musician