A Visit to Inglewood Park Cemetery

The weekend before the TCM Classic Film Festival I paid a visit to Inglewood Park Cemetery with friends who were in town for the festival.

Although Inglewood is generally considered to be a rougher part of the Greater Los Angeles area, we found the cemetery was lovely and well-maintained.

We began with a visit to Ella Fitzgerald. It touched me deeply standing here, as she's been one of my favorite singers since I was young. I especially love her Rodgers & Hart Songbook; I couldn't begin to guess how many times I've heard it.

Beloved musical star Betty Grable is with her mother. Grable was long married to Harry James, whose father is next to her. Last year I visited Harry James' final resting place in Las Vegas.

This harp in the Alcove of Music contains the last remains of Cesar Romero and his family:

Singer Ray Charles:

Screenwriting great Robert Riskin (IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT), who was married to Fay Wray:

Actor-Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen, the father of Candice Bergen:

Jim Gilliam of the Dodgers:

Songwriter Nacio Herb Brown ("Singin' in the Rain"):

Cowboy star Hoot Gibson:

"B" cowboy star Allan "Rocky" Lane, who was also the voice of TV's "Mister Ed":

20th Century-Fox director Walter Lang, who made many favorites including MOON OVER MIAMI (1941) and STATE FAIR (1945):

Gypsy Rose Lee:

Sugar Ray Robinson:

William Thomas, known as "Buckwheat" in the Our Gang comedies:

Marjorie Woodworth, who was my most-watched actress in 2020, does not have a marker on her final resting place in the mausoleum.  Her husband passed away about 18 months after she died in 2000, and they apparently did not have children.  

Marjorie was born and raised in Inglewood; her father, who is also buried at the cemetery, was likewise an Inglewood native and served as the City Attorney.  An Inglewood school is named in his honor.

Coming soon: Visits to Mt. Sinai Memorial Park and Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills.

Additional photo posts on the final resting places of historic Hollywood figures: A Visit to Forest Lawn Glendale, Part 1, A Visit to Forest Lawn Glendale, Part 2, A Visit to the Forest Lawn Museum, A Visit to Hollywood Forever Cemetery (2014), A Visit to Westwood Village Memorial Park - The Musicians, A Visit to Westwood Village Memorial Park - The Comedians, A Visit to Westwood Village Memorial Park - The Actors, A Visit to Westwood Village Memorial Park - Writers, Directors, and More, A Visit to Holy Cross Cemetery, Part 1, A Visit to Holy Cross Cemetery, Part 2, A Visit to Holy Cross Cemetery, Part 3, A Visit to Desert Memorial Park, Los Angeles National Cemetery, A Visit to Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, Part 1, A Visit to Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, Part 2, A Visit to Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, Part 3, A Visit to Forest Lawn Cathedral City, A Visit to Oakwood Memorial Park, A Visit to Hillside Memorial Park, Part 1, A Visit to Hillside Memorial Park, Part 2, A Visit to Hollywood Forever Cemetery (2019), A Visit to Woodlawn Cemetery, A Visit to Valley Oaks Memorial Park, A Visit to Valhalla Cemetery, A Visit to Pacific View Memorial Park, A Visit to Glen Haven Memorial Park, A Visit to Forest Lawn Glendale (2020), A Visit to Calvary Cemetery, A Visit to Home of Peace Memorial Park, Visits to Sedona and Las Vegas Cemeteries, A Visit to Forest Lawn Glendale (2022), and Visits to Orange County Cemeteries (Holy Sepulcher Cemetery and El Toro Memorial Park).

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