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Griffith J. Griffith (1850–1919), park and observatory donor, namesake of Griffith Park (aged 69) Bob Guccione (1930–2010), magazine publisher, founder of Penthouse (aged 79) Edmund Gwenn (1877–1959), actor (aged 81) (originally placed in the vaults at Chapel of the Pines Crematory, ashes relocated to Hollywood Forever in 2023)
Darrell Wayne Caldwell (1993–2021), rapper; Salvador "Tutti" Camarata (1913–2005), composer; Godfrey Cambridge (1933–1976), actor and comedian [14]; William ...
Florence Lawrence (born Florence Annie Bridgwood; January 2, 1886 – December 28, 1938) was a Canadian-American stage performer and film actress.She is often referred to as the "first movie star", and was long thought to be the first film actor to be named publicly [1] until evidence published in 2019 indicated that the first named film star was French actor Max Linder. [2]
The only cemetery actually in Hollywood, [2] Hollywood Forever was founded in 1899 on 100 acres (40 ha) and named "Hollywood Cemetery" by F. W. Samuelson and (first name unknown) Lombard. In 1897, the two men were the owners of a 60 acres (24 ha) tract of land near Hollywood in Los Angeles County.
The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel was opened in 1927 by power investors such as Sid Grauman and movie stars Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, an investment by United Artists and MGM to host guests ...
This is a list of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. The list includes Hollywood, as well as Griffith Park and the communities of Los Feliz and Little Armenia. There are more than 148 Historic-Cultural Monuments (HCM) in this area. They are designated by the city's Cultural Heritage ...
Whitley died on June 3, 1931, at the Whitley Park Country Club on Ventura Boulevard near Van Nuys. [24] [25] He was buried in the Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery, today named Hollywood Forever Cemetery. On his crypt is inscribed "The Father of Hollywood". [citation needed] He was survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. [9]
The John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, officially nicknamed The Ford, is a music venue in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, California.The 1,200-seat outdoor amphitheatre is situated within the Cahuenga Pass within the Santa Monica Mountains, directly across the U.S. 101 freeway from and the official sister venue of the Hollywood Bowl.