We recently visited Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California where many classic film stars of the Catholic faith are buried. We didn't have a lot of time to go searching for gravestones but did find a few. Interesting thing about this cemetery is that there are very few upright gravestones. Most of them were flat and very non-descript. Rosalind Russell's was the most prominent. There is also a chapel with a mausoleum and crypts. I have a phobia of entering spaces like that so I wasn't able to see much before I had to leave. We did get to pay our respects to quite a few stars. Here are the gravestones we visited:
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Bonita Granville Wrather along with my phone case with her image! |
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Bing Crosby |
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ZaSu Pitts |
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Edmond O'Brien |
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Holy Cross Cemetery |
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Pat O'Brien |
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Ann Miller and her daughter Mary |
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Loretta Young and her mother Gladys |
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Ray Bolger |
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Holy Cross Cemetery Chapel |
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Mario Lanza |
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Rosalind Russell's tomb was the biggest in the cemetery |
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Rosalind Russel Brisson |
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John Ford |
Thank you to Doug and Laura for taking us to this cemetery!
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