Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery (Santa Monica, California)

Cemetery in Santa Monica, California

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Woodlawn Cemetery was founded and deeded to the city by Mayor Juan José Carrillo in 1884.

Woodlawn Cemetery, Mausoleum & Mortuary, formerly Ballona Cemetery, is located at 1847 14th Street, alongside Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica, California, United States. The cemetery was founded in 1897 and sits on 26 acres.^[1] It is owned and operated by the city of Santa Monica and is the final resting place of more than 54,000 people.^[2] The cemetery has an eco-friendly section.^[3]

History

Founded in 1897, the cemetery was first named the Ballona Township Cemetery as it was located on the Rancho La Ballona.^[1]^[4] In the 1980s, it began to be used as a filming location.^[5] In the 1994 Northridge earthquake, the cemetery was damaged.^[6]

Notable burials

Hugo Ballin (1879–1956), artist
Mabel Ballin (1887–1958), actress
George Bancroft (1882–1956), actor
Jay Belasco (1888–1949), actor
Ted Bessell (1935–1996), actor
Charles Bickford (1891–1967), actor
Barbara Billingsley (1915–2010), actress
William Bishop (1918–1959), actor
Roberts Blossom (1924–2011), actor
Bonnie Bonnell (1905–1964), actress
Edwina Booth (1904–1991), actress
Edward Brophy (1895–1960), actor
Leo Carrillo (1880–1961), actor and conservationist
James Crabe (1931–1989), cinematographer
Henry Cuesta (1931–2003), musician
Faye Dancer (1925–2002), professional baseball player
Henry Daniell (1894–1963), actor
Weston and Winston Doty (1913–1934), acting twins, drowned in a flood
Cathy Downs (1924–1976), actress
Vernon Duke (1893–1969), songwriter (later moved)
Lion Feuchtwanger (1884–1958), author
Paul Fix (1901–1983), actor
Glenn Ford (1916–2006), actor
Leland Ford (1893–1965), congressman
Nicolás "Nick" Rolando Gabaldón Jr. (1927–1951), surfer
Ilka Grüning (1876–1964), actress
William Haines (1900–1973), actor, interior designer
Tom Hayden (1939–2016), Senator, activist, author, conservationist
Paul Henreid (1908–1992), actor, director
Paul Henreid Grave
Phil Hill (1927–2008), race car driver
Evelyn Hooker (1907–1996), psychologist
Olaf Hytten (1888–1955), actor
Abbot Kinney (1850–1920), real estate baron
Harvey Korman (1927–2008), actor and comedian
Henry Kuttner (1915–1958), author
Florence Lake (1904–1980), actress
Audra Lindley (1918–1997), actress

Hughie Mack (1884–1927), actor
Doug McClure (1935–1995), actor
Micole Mercurio (1938–2016), actress
Bess Myerson (1924–2014), actress, Miss America, political activist
Red Norvo (1908–1999), jazz musician
Lynne Overman (1887–1943), actor
Christabel Pankhurst (1880–1958), British suffragette
Jimmy Phipps (1950–1969), Vietnam Medal of Honor recipient
James Poe (1921–1980), screenwriter
Janos Prohaska (1919–1974), actor, stuntman
Bill Raisch (1905–1984), actor
Sally Ride (1951–2012), astronaut and physicist
Blanche Robinson (1883–1969), pianist and composer
Irene Ryan (1902–1973), actress and comedian
Mitchell Ryan (1934–2022), actor
Hayes "Big Ed" Sanders (1930–1954), Olympic boxing champion
E. C. Segar (1894–1938), cartoonist, creator of "Popeye"
Jimmie Shields (1905–1974), interior designer
Hal Smith (1916–1994), actor who played Otis Campbell on The Andy Griffith Show
May Sutton (1886–1975), U.S. and Wimbledon tennis champion
Sándor Szabó (1906–1966), wrestler
William Tuttle (1912–2007), make-up artist
Jesse Unruh (1922–1987), politician and government official

References

^ ^a ^b "History of Woodlawn Cemetery, Mausoleum & Mortuary". www.santamonica.gov. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
^ "Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery". City of Santa Monica.
^ "santamonica.gov - Green Burial". www.santamonica.gov. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
^ "Woodlawn Cemetery". Santa Monica Conservancy. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
^ Wilkinson, Tracy (15 October 1987). "Santa Monica Lays to Rest Cemetery Filming Plan". Los Angeles Times. p. 3 – via Proquest.
^ Katz, Jesse (21 Jan 1994). "Santa Monica Rolls With the Punches Resilience: The city suffered severe damage; homes and businesses were destroyed". Los Angeles Times. p. 1 – via Proquest.