Forest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale
Forest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale
The Celebrity Graves

1980s

Ted Knight, Vincente Minnelli, Lilli Palmer, Norma Shearer

1920S AND BEFORE1930S1940S1950S1960S1970S1980S1990S2000S2010S2020S
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CEMETERY

Posted: November 2026

Forest Lawn Glendale Kathryn Crawford

Kathryn Crawford


Actress
1908-1980

1920s through the 1930s
  • She was in about 20 Movies

72 Years Old
Cancer

Forest Lawn Glendale Iris Meredith

Iris Meredith


Actress
1915-1980

1930s through the 1940s
  • She was in about 50 Movies!

64 Years Old
Oral Cancer

Forest Lawn Glendale Curtis Bernhardt

Curtis Bernhardt


Director
1899-1981

1920s through the 1960s
  • He directed about 40 Movies!

81 Years Old

Forest Lawn Glendale Martin Garralaga

Martin Garralaga


Actor
1894-1981

1930s through the 1960s
  • He was in about 275 Movies and TV Shows!

86 Years Old

Forest Lawn Glendale Edith Head

Edith Head


The Dress Doctor
1897-1981

1920s through the 1970s
  • She was costume designer for about 500 Movies and TV Shows!
  • She won 8 Oscars for Best Costume Design!
    • 1974 The Sting
    • 1961 The Facts of Life
    • 1955 Sabrina
    • 1954 Roman Holiday
    • 1952 A Place in the Sun
    • 1951 All About Eve
    • 1951 Samson and Delilah
    • 1950 The Heiress

83 Years Old
Bone Disease

Forest Lawn Glendale William Wyler

William Wyler


Director
1902-1981

1920s through the 2010s
  • He directed about 75 Movies!
  • In 1943 he won the Best Director Oscar for Mrs. Miniver!
  • In 1947 he won the Best Director Oscar for The Best Years of Our Lives!
  • In 1960 he won the Best Director Oscar for Ben-Hur!
  • In 1966 they gave him the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award Oscar!

79 Years Old
Heart Attack

Forest Lawn Glendale Kay Hammond

Kay Hammond


Actress
1901-1982

1920s through the 1950s
  • She was in about 12 Movies!
  • She was Mary Todd Lincoln in the 1930 movie Abraham Lincoln!

80 Years Old

Forest Lawn Glendale Roy Webb

Roy Webb


Composer
1888-1982

1930s through the 1950s
  • He was involved in hundreds of Movies!
  • He was nominated for 7 Oscars!

94 Years Old
Heart Attack

Forest Lawn Glendale Fifi D'Orsay

Fifi D'Orsay


The French Bombshell
1904-1983

1930s through the 1960s
  • She was in about 50 Movies and TV Shows!

79 Years Old
Cancer

Forest Lawn Glendale William Demarest

William Demarest


Actor
1892-1983

1920s through the 1970s
  • He was in over 150 Movies and TV Shows!
  • He was Uncle Charley on the TV Show My Three Sons!
  • He was Steve Martin in The Jolson Story!

91 Years Old
Prostate Cancer

Forest Lawn Glendale Norma Shearer

Norma Shearer


Actress
1902-1983

1920s to the 1940s
  • She was in about 60 Movies!
  • She was Marie Antoinette in Marie Antoinette!
  • She was Juliet in Romeo and Juliet!
  • She was Elizabeth Barrett in The Barretts of Wimpole Street!
  • She was Jan Ashe in A Free Soul!
  • In 1930 she won the Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar for The Divorcee!
  • She was married to Irving Thalberg until he passed away

80 Years Old
Alzheimer's

Forest Lawn Glendale Jack Barry

Jack Barry


Game Show Producer
1918-1984

1950s through the 1980s
  • He hosted the Joker's Wild!

66 Years Old
Heart Attack

Forest Lawn Glendale Frank Churchill

Frank Churchill


Senator from Ohio
1924-1984

1957-1981

40 Years Old
Pancreatic Cancer

Forest Lawn Glendale William Keighley

William Keighley


Director
1889-1984

1930s to the 1950s

Forest Lawn Glendale Ann Little

Ann Little


Actress
1891-1984

1910s through the 1920s
  • She was in about 150 Movies!

93 Years Old

Forest Lawn Glendale Doris May

Doris May


Silent Film Actress
1902-1984

1910s through the 1920s
  • She was in about 30 Movies!
  • She was married to Wallace MacDonald!

81 Years Old



Forest Lawn Glendale Sybil Seely

Sybil Seely


Silent Film Actress
1902-1984

1920s
  • She was in about 20 Movies and Shorts

82 Years Old

Forest Lawn Glendale Mary MacLaren

Mary MacLaren


Actress
1990-1985

1910s through the 1940s
  • She acted in about 175 Movies and Shorts!
  • She was Anne of Austria in The Three Musketeers!
  • Her sister was Katherine MacDonald!

85 Years Old
Lungs

Forest Lawn Glendale Robert Alda

Robert Alda


Actor
1914-1986

1940s through the 1980s
  • He was in about 100 Movies and TV Shows!
  • He is Alan Alda's father!

72 Years Old
Stroke

Forest Lawn Glendale Vivian Duncan

Vivian Duncan


Vaudeville Singer / Composer
1897-1986

  • She was one of the Duncan Sisters!

89 Years Old
Alzheimer's

Forest Lawn Glendale Ivor Francis

Ivor Francis


Actor
1918-1986

1950s through the 1980s
  • He was in over 100 Movies and TV Shows!

67 Years Old
Stroke

Forest Lawn Glendale Ted Knight

Ted Knight


Actor
1923-1986

1950s through the 1980s
  • He was in over 100 Movies and TV Shows!
  • He was Ted Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show!
  • He was Judge Smails in Caddyshack!

62 Years Old
Bladder Cancer

Forest Lawn Glendale Vincente Minnelli

Vincente Minnelli


Director
1903-1986

1940s through the 1970s
  • He directed about 40 Movies!
  • He directed Meet Me in St. Louis!
  • In 1959 he won the Best Director Oscar for Gigi!
  • He was married to Judy Garland! Liza Minnelli is their kid!

83 Years Old
Pneumonia

Forest Lawn Glendale Frank Nelson

Frank Nelson


Actor
1911-1986

1930s through the 1980s
  • He was in close to 100 Movies and TV Shows!
  • He was Dick in Bonzo Goes to College!
  • He was Mr. Green in The Milkman!
  • He did some voice work for the Flintstones and The Jetsons!
  • He was married to Veola Vonn!

75 Years Old
Cancer

Forest Lawn Glendale Lilli Palmer

Lilli Palmer


Actress
1914-1986

1930s to the 1980s
  • She was in over 100 Movies and TV Shows
  • She was Edith Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank!
  • She was Baroness Von Haltz in The Man with 100 Faces!
  • She was married to Rex Harrison for 15 years!

71 Years Old
Stomach Cancer

Forest Lawn Glendale Lurene Tuttle

Lurene Tuttle


The First Lady of Radio
1907-1986

1920s through the 1950s
  • She was famous radio voice actress in the 30s!

1940s through the 1980s
  • She acted in almost 200 Movies and TV Shows!
  • She was Mrs. Kettering in Niagara!
  • She was Mrs. Chambers in Psycho!

78 Years Old
Cancer

Forest Lawn Glendale Peter Adams

Peter Adams


Actor
1917-1987

1950s through the 1960s
  • He was in almost 100 Movies and TV Shows!
  • His was Captain Arturo Toledano in the TV Show Zorro!
  • He was Jack Lease in Jailhouse Rock!

69 Years Old
Cancer

Forest Lawn Glendale Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Noble 'Kid' Chissell


Actor
1905-1987

1930s through the 1980s
  • He was in about 275 Movies!

82 Years Old

Forest Lawn Glendale Keith Richards

Keith Richards


The Actor not the Musician
1914-1987

1940s through the 1960s
  • He was in almost 200 Movies and TV Shows!
  • His was Michael Burns in The Black Widow!

72 Years Old

Forest Lawn Glendale Joe Besser

Joe Besser


Actor
1907-1988

1940s through the 1980s
  • He was in over 100 Movies and TV Shows!
  • He was Joe on the Three Stooges for a couple years!
  • He was Mr. Jillson on the The Joey Bishop Show!

80 Years Old
Heart

Forest Lawn Glendale Louis L'Amour

Louis L'Amour


Writer
1908-1988

1950s through the 1980s
  • He was involved in writing about 40 Movies and TV Shows!
  • He wrote about 15 episodes of Hondo!

80 Years Old

Forest Lawn Glendale Lois Wilson

Lois Wilson


Actress
1894-1988

1910s through the 1950s
  • She was in over 150 Movies and TV Shows!
  • She was Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby!

93 Years Old
Pneumonia

Forest Lawn Glendale Jay Ward

Jay Ward


Producer / Writer
1920-1989

1950s through the 1980s
  • He did almost 20 Movies and TV Shows!
  • He produced the Bullwinkle Show!
  • He produced the the Dudley Do-Right Show!
  • He was Executive Producer for George of the Jungle TV Show!

69 Years Old
Kidney Cancer

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