Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles
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| Calvary Cemetery | |
| Cemetery Details | |
|---|---|
| Country: | United States |
| Location: | East Los Angeles, California |
| Type: | Roman Catholic |
| Owned by: | Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles |
The Calvary Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery operated by the Los Angeles Archdiocese, located at 4201 Whittier Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. It is also called "New Calvary Cemetery" because the original 1896 cemetery on North Broadway was moved to make way for Cathedral High School.
[edit] Notable burials
- Kathryn Adams (1893-1959), actress
- King Baggot (1879-1948), actor, screenwriter/director
- Lionel Barrymore (1878-1954), actor (monument - burial place is in Philadelphia)
- Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959), actress
- Francelia Billington (1895-1934), actress
- Sister Karen Boccalero (1933-1997) founder, Self Help Graphics
- Richard Boleslawski (1889-1937), film director
- Helene Costello (1906-1957), actress
- Lou Costello (1906-1959), actor, part of comedy team, "Abbott & Costello"
- Dolores Costello (1903-1979), actress
- Mae Costello (1882-1929), actress
- Maurice Costello (1877-1950) actor
- Henry Dalton, Azusa founder and creator of honey industry
- Edward L. Doheny (1856-1935), oil tycoon
- Irene Dunne (1898-1990), actress
- Henry Gage (1852-1924), governor of California
- Cedric Gibbons (1893-1960), prolific film art director and production designer
- Elaine Hammerstein, (1897-1948), actress
- John Hodiak (1914-1955), actor
- Mervin King (1914-2008) Los Angeles Police Department Captain
- Emilio Kosterlitzky (1853-1928), Russian-born linguist and soldier of fortune
- Leno La Bianca (1925-1969), murdered by the Charles Manson family
- Matt Moore (1888-1960), actor
- Owen Moore (1886-1939), actor
- Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton (1885-1941), musician/composer of jazz and blues
- J. Carrol Naish (1897-1973), actor
- Pola Negri (1894-1987), actress
- Mabel Normand (1892-1930), actress
- Ramon Novarro (1899-1968), actor
- Mary Philbin (1903-1993), actress
- Hal Roach, Jr. (1918-1972), film producer
- Harry F. Sinclair (1876-1956), oil industrialist
- Victor Varconi (1891-1976), Hungarian-born American actor
