Santa Barbara Cemetery

1. Ronald Colman

British leading man of primarily American films, one of the great stars of the Golden Age. Raised in Ealing, the son of a successful silk merchant, he attended boarding school in Sussex, where he discovered amateur theatre. He intended to attend Cambridge and become an engineer, but his father's ...

2. Christopher Bernau

Actor | Dark Shadows

After four years in the Drama Department of the University of California, Bernau appeared in the New York Shakespeare Festival's production of "Antony and Cleopatra". In 1964, he was featured in the National Company's touring production of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?".

3. Paul Brooks

Actor | The Falcon's Alibi

Paul Brooks was born on April 10, 1918 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Falcon's Alibi (1946), Roaring City (1951) and What, No Cigarettes? (1945). He was married to Jeanne Crain. He died on October 1, 2003 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.

Plot: Central Block N, Grave 101

4. Sabin Carr

Producer | Harlem on the Prairie

Sabin Carr was born on September 4, 1904 in Dubuque, Iowa, USA. Sabin was a producer, known for Harlem on the Prairie (1937). Sabin died on September 11, 1983 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.

Plot: Summit Section, Channel Addition, Lot 33

5. Bill Cartledge

Actor | Racing Luck

Bill Cartledge was born on October 4, 1914 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. He was an actor, known for Racing Luck (1948), Harrigan's Kid (1943) and Fighting Fools (1949). He died on July 11, 1975 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.

Plot: Central Section, Block- F- Grave- 199

6. Virginia Cherrill

Actress | City Lights

Actress in US and UK films of the early 1930s. Born on a farm, Cherrill was discovered by Charles Chaplin while sitting beside him at a boxing match in Los Angeles; he introduced himself at intermission and hired her for her debut in City Lights (1931). She met husband Cary Grant at the premiere of ...

Plot: Chapel, Bay A, Niche 51

7. Heather Angel

Actress | Peter Pan

Heather Grace Angel was born in Oxford, England, on February 9, 1909. She dabbled on the stage for a time before coming to California to try her luck on the screen. Heather was 20 years old when she landed a bit part for the 1929 film, Bulldog Drummond (1929). Although she didn't know it at the ...

Plot: Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Life Eternal, Bay A, Tier 5, Niche 13

8. Jeanne Crain

Actress | Pinky

Jeanne Crain was born in Barstow, California, on May 25, 1925. The daughter of a high school English teacher and his wife, Jeanne was moved to Los Angeles not long after her birth after her father got another teaching position in that city. While in junior high school, Jeanne played the lead in a ...

Plot: Central section, block "n" near marker #154

9. Leslie Fenton

Actor | The House of Secrets

English-born Leslie Fenton came to the U.S. as a child. He journeyed to Hollywood in his late teens to break into the movies, and managed to get several jobs as an actor. He became a reliable supporting actor in many pictures in the 1930s, working his way up to leads in B pictures. He switched to ...

10. Al Gionfriddo

Self | 1947 World Series

Al Gionfriddo was born on March 8, 1922 in Dysart, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Susan Carol Jacobsen and Arlene Lentz. He died on March 15, 2003 in Solvang, California, USA.

Plot: Section M, Lot 51 GPS coordinates: 34.4190788, -119.6573105 (hddd.dddd)

11. Domino Harvey

Soundtrack | Domino

Domino Harvey was born on August 7, 1969 in Belgravia, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Domino (2005). She died on June 27, 2005 in West Hollywood, California, USA.

Plot: Ocean View Addition, Lot C-132

12. Laurence Harvey

Actor | The Manchurian Candidate

Laurence Harvey was a British movie star who helped usher in the 1960s with his indelible portrait of a ruthless social climber, and became one of the decade's cultural icons for his appearances in socially themed motion pictures.

Harvey was born Zvi Mosheh Skikne on October 1, 1928 in Joniskis, ...

Plot: Ocean View Add, C-132 GPS coordinates: 34.4178009, -119.6555634 (hddd.dddd)

13. Byron Haskin

Director | The War of the Worlds

After graduation from the University of California at Berkeley, Byron Haskin worked for a time as a newspaper cartoonist. He began his career in the film industry in 1920 as a commercial-industrial movie photographer, and then as a cameraman for Pathe and International Newsreel. Later he became an ...

14. Mrs. Charles Howard

Self | Seabiscuit

Mrs. Charles Howard was born on September 22, 1903 in Salinas, California, USA. She was married to Leslie Fenton and Charles Howard. She died on March 31, 1987 in Montecito, California, USA.

Plot: Sunset section, Block C, Lot 25

15. Robert Maynard Hutchins

Writer | Zuckerkandl!

Robert Maynard Hutchins was one of the most noted educators of the twentieth century. The son of a New England clergyman and university president, Hutchins became the Yale Law School's youngest dean ever at age 28. At 31 he was named president of the University of Chicago, where his ideas about ...

16. John Ireland

Actor | All the King's Men

Born in Canada, John Ireland was raised in New York. Performing as a swimmer in a water carnival, he moved into the legitimate theater, often appearing in minor roles in Broadway plays. His first big break in pictures came in 1945 when he appeared as Windy the introspective letter-writing G.I. in ...

Plot: Mausoleum in the Pines, Block C4, Tier 6, Crypt 9

17. Murray Kinnell

Actor | The Public Enemy

Murray Kinnell was born on July 24, 1889 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Public Enemy (1931), The Three Musketeers (1935) and Charlie Chan in Paris (1935). He was married to Henrietta Goodwin. He died on August 11, 1954 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.

Plot: Vista Del Mar Section, Block -A-Grave-186

18. Katherine MacDonald

Producer | Maneater

Katherine MacDonald is known for Maneater (2010).

19. Eddie Mathews

Self | Home Run Derby

Eddie Mathews was born on October 13, 1931 in Texarkana, Texas, USA. He was married to Elizabeth Busch Burke, Sue Ann, Virjean Lauby and Judy Catherine King. He died on February 18, 2001 in La Jolla, California, USA.

20. Fess Parker

Actor | The Great Locomotive Chase

A former college athlete at the University of Texas, Fess studied drama in the early fifties and debuted in Springfield Rifle (1952). He made only a handful of movies until he was signed by Walt Disney to star in the "Davy Crockett" series. When Walt was looking for an actor to play the part of ...

21. Suzy Parker

Actress | Funny Face

Suzy Parker was born on October 28, 1932 in Long Island City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Funny Face (1957), Circle of Deception (1960) and The Best of Everything (1959). She was married to Bradford Dillman, Pierre de la Salle and Charles Ronald Staton. She died on May 3, 2003 in ...

22. Carmen Phillips

Actress | Easy Rider

Carmen Phillips was born on January 10, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Easy Rider (1969), One Step Beyond (1959) and It Started with a Kiss (1959). She was married to David Morin. She died on September 22, 2002 in Hollywood, California, USA.

23. Vera Ralston

Actress | Storm Over Lisbon

After achieving modest fame as an ice skater in her native Czechoslovakia, Vera Hruba was brought to the United States by Republic Pictures head Herbert J. Yates, who hoped to turn her into the next Sonja Henie. After featuring her in two "Ice Capades" movies, he added "Ralston" to her name and ...

24. Peggy Rea

Actress | Grace Under Fire

Peggy Rea was born on March 31, 1921 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress and casting director, known for Grace Under Fire (1993), The Dukes of Hazzard (1979) and Love Field (1992). She died on February 5, 2011 in Toluca Lake, California, USA.

25. Kenneth Rexroth

In the Pink

Kenneth Rexroth was born on December 22, 1905 in South Bend, Indiana, USA. He is known for In the Pink (1982), The Coney Island of Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1996) and Books and Authors (1956). He was married to Carol Tinker, Marthe Larsen, Marie Kass and Andree Dutcher. He died on June 6, 1982 in ...

Plot: Sunset section, Block C, Grave 18

26. Marguerite Roberts

Writer | True Grit

Marguerite Roberts was born on September 21, 1905 in Greeley, Colorado, USA. She was a writer, known for True Grit (1969), College Scandal (1935) and Honky Tonk (1941). She was married to John Sanford. She died on February 17, 1989 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.

27. John Sanford

Writer | Honky Tonk

Born Julian Lawrence Shapiro on 31 May 1904 in Harlem, John Sanford was a descendant of Russian immigrants, and trained as a lawyer, practising with his father, Philip. A chance encounter with a childhood friend, Nathanael West caused him to change his focus to writing. Abandoning his New York law ...

28. Robert B. Sinclair

Director | Mr. and Mrs. North

Robert B. Sinclair was born on May 24, 1905 in Toledo, Ohio, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Mr. and Mrs. North (1942), Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958) and The Detectives (1959). He was married to Heather Angel and Jane Buchanan. He died on January 4, 1970 in Montecito, California, ...

Plot: Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Life Eternal, Bay A, Tier 5, Niche 13

29. Norma Varden

Actress | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

The daughter of a retired sea captain and his much-younger wife, actress Norma Varden was born and raised in turn-of-the-century London. A piano prodigy, she studied in Paris and appeared in concert in England during her teenage years. Acting, however, became her career of choice, studying at the ...

30. Alan Thicke

Soundtrack | Growing Pains

Alan Thicke was born on March 1, 1947 in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor and writer, known for Growing Pains (1985), Raising Helen (2004) and The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009). He was married to Tanya Callau, Gina Marie Tolleson and Gloria Loring. He died on December 13, 2016 ...

31. Bradford Dillman

Actor | The Enforcer

Dark-haired, Ivy League-looking Bradford Dillman, whose white-collar career spanned nearly five decades, possessed charm and confident good looks that were slightly tainted by a bent smile, darting glance and edgy countenance that often provoked suspicion. Sure enough, the camera picked up on it ...

32. Tab Hunter

Actor | Damn Yankees

Dreamy Tab Hunter stood out in film history as one of the hottest teen idols of the 1950s era. With blond, tanned, surfer-boy good looks, he was artificially groomed and nicknamed "The Sigh Guy" by the Hollywood studio system, yet managed to continue his career long after his "golden boy" prime.

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33. Norman Gimbel

Soundtrack | Happy Days

Norman Gimbel was a native New Yorker who put his teaching degree from Columbia University into his safe and went downtown to pursue a career in songwriting instead. His first job in the music world was as an office boy for a music publisher in the famed Brill Building. There he met composer Larry ...

34. Jane Russell

Actress | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell was born on June 21, 1921, in Bemidji, Minnesota. Her father was a United States Army lieutenant and her mother had been a student of drama and an actress with a traveling troupe. Once Mr. Russell was mustered out of the service, the family took up residence in ...

Although rumors circulated that she was buried at Santa Barbara Cemetery, she was in fact cremated at Santa Barbara Cemetery and her ashes were scattered at sea.

35. Joan Hotchkis

Actress | Legacy

Joan Hotchkis, veteran actress, writer, screenwriter, playwright and groundbreaking feminist performance artist, whose career spanned over five decades, has died. She was 95. She died on September 27 in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure, according to her daughter, Paula Chambers.

Hotchkis was ...

36. Robert Brown

Actor | Star Trek

American actor, a tall, rugged television leading man of the 1960s and 70s, as well as a voice actor and occasional writer, not to be confused with the British actor of that name (1921-2003) who played M in several James Bond films. There was also Robert Howell Brown -- better known as Robert ...

37. Jeffrey Hayden

Director | Knight Rider

Jeffrey Hayden was born on October 15, 1926 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Knight Rider (1982), Mannix (1967) and Cover Up (1984). He was married to Eva Marie Saint. He died on December 24, 2016 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

38. Eva Marie Saint

Actress | On the Waterfront

Actress and producer Eva Marie Saint was born on July 4, 1924 on Newark, New Jersey. She is known for starring in Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront (1954), for which she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959). Her film career also includes ...

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