Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
by Sylviastel | created - 16 Aug 2012 | updated - 05 Dec 2018 | PublicThe men and women who were interred at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma, San Mateo County, California
1. Eddie Fisher
Soundtrack | Carol
In 1953 Eddie Fisher was given his own fifteen-minute TV show called Coke Time (1953), sponsored by the Coca-Cola company. This show proved to be so popular that Coke then offered Eddie a $1 million contract to be their national spokesperson. A deal of that magnitude was almost unheard of at this ...
Plot: Unit 8 Section 2 Tier 6 Niche G/H
2. Gertrude Atherton
Writer | Black Oxen
Gertrude Atherton, a famed author during the early 1900s, was always more a novelist than a screenwriter, but, amid her fame as a novelist, she was given major opportunities during the silent era when studios began turning to literary properties to adapt for the screen. A 1932 Los Angeles Times ...
Plot: Columbarium, Section N, Niche 111, Tier 5
Plot: Columbarium, Section N, Niche 111, Tier 5
3. Monte Attel
Actor | The Great Secret
Monte Attel was born on July 28, 1885 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Great Secret (1917). He died on November 11, 1960 in California, USA.
Plot: Maple Mound North, Grave 400
4. Blanche Bates
Actress | The Border Legion
Blanche Bates was born on August 25, 1873 in Portland, Oregon, USA. She was an actress, known for The Border Legion (1918) and Tom's Little Star (1919). She was married to George Creel and Lieutenant Milton F. Davis. She died on December 25, 1941 in San Francisco, California, USA.
Plot: Mausoleum, Section E, Niche 60, Tier 4
5. Joseph Paul Cretzer
Self | Escape from Alcatraz: The True Stories!
Joseph Paul Cretzer was born on April 17, 1911 in Montana, USA. He died on May 4, 1946 in Alcatraz Island, San Francisco, California, USA.
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6. Laura Hope Crews
Actress | Gone with the Wind
Laura Hope Crews was born on December 12, 1879 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Gone with the Wind (1939), The Silver Cord (1933) and Camille (1936). She died on November 13, 1942 in New York City, New York, USA.
Plot: Rose Mound, Lot 65
7. Joseph L. Alioto
Self | Divided Highways: The Interstates and the Transformation of American Life
Joseph L. Alioto was born on February 12, 1916 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was married to Kathleen Sullivan and Angelina Genaro. He died on January 29, 1998 in San Francisco, California, USA.
8. Hale Hamilton
Actor | His Children's Children
Hale Hamilton was born on February 28, 1883 in Fort Madison, Iowa, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for His Children's Children (1923), The Girl from Missouri (1934) and The Great Lover (1931). He was married to Grace La Rue, Myrtle Tannehill and Minnie Dorothy Pepper (aka Jane Oaker). He ...
Plot: Ashes buried with his wife
9. George Hearst
George Hearst was born on September 3, 1820 in Franklin County, Missouri, USA. He was married to Phoebe Apperson Hearst. He died on February 28, 1891 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
Plot: Corner of Sections E and H GPS coordinates: 37.6750107, -122.4505692 (hddd.dddd)
10. Randolph Hearst
Randolph Hearst was born on December 2, 1915 in New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Veronica de Beracasa y de Uribe, Maria Cynthia Harner and Catherine Hearst. He died on December 18, 2000 in New York City, New York, USA.
11. William Randolph Hearst
William Randolph Hearst was the greatest newspaper baron in the history of the United States and is the person whom Citizen Kane (1941), widely regarded as the greatest film ever made, is primarily based on. While there are many similarities between Charles Foster Kane, as limned by the great Orson...
Plot: Corner of Sections E and H GPS coordinates: 37.6750107, -122.4505692 (hddd.dddd)
12. Charles Howard
Self | Seabiscuit
Charles Howard was born on February 28, 1877 in Marietta, Georgia, USA. He was a producer, known for Seabiscuit (1939) and Artist's Antics (1946). He was married to Marcela Zabala. He died on June 6, 1950 in Burlingame, California, USA.
Plot: Section B (above chapel), private mausoleum
13. Hiram Johnson
Self | Governor Johnson of California
Hiram Johnson was born on September 2, 1866 in Sacramento, California, USA. He was married to Minnie L. McNeal. He died on August 6, 1945 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Plot: Cedar Mound
14. Turk Murphy
Soundtrack | The Interns
Turk Murphy was born on December 16, 1915 in Palermo, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Interns (1962), Popular Voices at the BBC (2017) and Idool 2003 (2002). He died on May 30, 1987 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
15. Lefty O'Doul
Self | The Colgate Comedy Hour
Lefty O'Doul was born on March 4, 1897 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is known for The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950). He died on December 7, 1969 in San Francisco, California, USA.
Plot: Section I, Lot 108 (in the middle of the section)
16. Alvino Rey
Music_department | The Bat
Alvino Rey was born on July 1, 1908 in Oakland, California, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Bat (1959), Follow the Band (1943) and Syncopation (1942). He was married to Luise King. He died on February 24, 2004 in Draper, Utah, USA.
Plot: Section F, Lot 277
18. Burl Toler
Self | 2003 Insight Bowl
19. Allan Webb
Self | The NFL on CBS
20. Willie McCovey
Actor | Ironside
Willie McCovey was born on January 10, 1938 in Mobile, Alabama, USA. He was an actor, known for Ironside (1967), 1962 World Series (1962) and George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (1968). He was married to Estela Bejar and Karen Michelle Billingsley. He died on October 31, 2018 in Stanford, ...
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