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Country
  
United States

Phone
  
+1 310-641-0707

Type
  
Jewish

Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery

Location
  
Culver City, California

Owned by
  
Temple Israel of Hollywood

Website
  
www.hillsidememorial.org

Find a Grave
  
Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary

Address
  
6001 W Centinela Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA

Hours
  
Closed today SaturdayClosedSunday8AM–5PMMonday8AM–5PMTuesday8AM–5PMWednesday8AM–5PMThursday8AM–5PMFriday8AM–5PM

Owner
  
Temple Israel of Hollywood

Burials
  
Michael Landon, Jack Benny, Al Jolson, Moe Howard

Similar
  
Holy Cross Cemetery, Westwood Village Memorial, Mount Sinai Memorial, Home of Peace Cemetery, Forest Lawn Memorial

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Hillside memorial park in culver city california


The Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary is a Jewish cemetery located at 6001 West Centinela Avenue, in Culver City, California, United States. Many Jews from the entertainment industry are buried here. The cemetery is known for Al Jolson's elaborate tomb (designed by Los Angeles architect Paul Williams), a 75- foot-high domed monument atop a hill above a water cascade, all visible from the adjacent San Diego Freeway.

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Hillside memorial park cemetery


Notable interments

See also Category:Burials at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery

  • Irving Aaronson, composer
  • Russ Alben, advertising executive and composer
  • Van Alexander, musician
  • Corey Allen, actor, director, producer and screenwriter
  • Sheldon Allman, actor, singer and songwriter
  • Army Archerd, journalist and television host
  • Frank Bank, Leave It To Beaver actor and later bond broker
  • Sandy Baron, actor and comedian
  • Gene Barry, actor
  • Jack Benny, actor and comedian; husband of Mary Livingstone (see below)
  • Henry Bergman, actor
  • Milton Berle, actor and comedian
  • Pandro S. Berman, producer and former head of RKO Radio Pictures
  • Helen Beverley, actress
  • Theodore Bikel, actor and singer
  • Michael Bloomfield, musician
  • Ben Blue, actor and comedian
  • Neil Bogart, founder of Casablanca Records
  • Sorrell Booke, actor
  • Irving Brecher, screenwriter, producer, director
  • Andrew Breitbart, political commentator
  • Bernie Brillstein, producer and talent agent
  • Richard Brooks, director
  • Marion Byron, actress
  • Susan Cabot, actress
  • Eddie Cantor, actor, comedian, and singer
  • Nell Carter, actress and singer
  • Gilbert Cates, director and producer
  • Jeff Chandler, actor
  • Cyd Charisse, actress and dancer
  • Ronni Chasen, publicist
  • June Clayworth, actress
  • Carl Cohen, businessman
  • Mickey Cohen, mobster
  • Ike Danning, MLB player
  • Danny Dayton, actor
  • Selma Diamond, actress and comedian
  • Julius J. Epstein, screenwriter
  • Philip G. Epstein, screenwriter
  • Max Factor, Sr., cosmetics magnate
  • Max Factor, Jr., cosmetics businessman
  • Percy Faith, musician
  • Edith Flagg, fashion designer and businesswoman.
  • Moe Franklin, MLB player
  • Arthur Freed, producer and songwriter
  • Friz Freleng, animator
  • Mary Leona Gage, beauty queen
  • L. Wolfe Gilbert, composer (original interment site)
  • Sid Gillman, Hall of Fame football coach
  • William Goetz, producer and former head of Universal Studios
  • Adam Goldstein (aka DJ AM), DJ
  • Jerry Goldsmith, composer
  • Mark Goodson, producer
  • Eydie Gormé, singer
  • Carl Greenberg, newspaper reporter and editor (Los Angeles Examiner, Los Angeles Times)
  • Hank Greenberg, MLB Hall of Famer
  • Lorne Greene, actor
  • Elliot Handler, businessman
  • Ruth Handler, business executive who invented the Barbie doll
  • Lou Holtz, actor and comedian
  • Moe Howard, actor, comedian, and member of the Three Stooges (1897–1975)
  • Sally Insul, actress
  • Arthur P. Jacobs, film producer, Planet of the Apes series, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
  • David Janssen, actor
  • George Jessel, actor and comedian
  • Al Jolson, actor and singer
  • Mickey Katz, comedy bandleader, father of Joel Grey
  • Sam Katzman, producer and director
  • Sammi Kane Kraft, actress and musician
  • Philip N. Krasne, producer of the later Charlie Chan films and the Cisco Kid television series
  • Paul Kohner, producer
  • Sidney Korshak, labor lawyer and Chicago "fixer"
  • Ely Landau, producer
  • Mark Landon, musician, actor
  • Michael Landon, actor
  • Abe Lastfogel, Chairman, William Morris talent agency
  • Sheldon Leonard, actor and producer
  • Sammy Lerner, songwriter
  • Jules Levy, producer
  • Mary Livingstone, actress and comedian, wife of Jack Benny (see above)
  • Abby Mann, screenwriter
  • Daniel Mann, director
  • Hal March, actor and comedian
  • Trudy Marshall, actress
  • Tony Martin, actor and singer
  • Marvin Mitchelson, attorney
  • Howard Morris, actor and comedian
  • Vic Morrow, actor
  • Jan Murray, actor and comedian
  • Leonard Nimoy, actor
  • Shelly Novack, actor
  • Louis Nye, actor and comedian
  • Lucie Ann Onderwyzer, Lingerie Designer
  • David Opatoshu, actor
  • Norman Panama, director
  • Joe Pasternak, producer
  • Don Payne, screenwriter
  • Julia Phillips, author and producer
  • Suzanne Pleshette, actress
  • Tom Poston, actor (was not Jewish, but was married to Suzanne Pleshette at the time of his death)
  • Deborah Raffin, actress and audiobook publisher
  • Paul Richards, actor
  • Leo Robin, composer
  • Sid Rogell, producer
  • Stanley Ralph Ross, writer, actor
  • Benny Rubin, actor
  • Jerry Rubin, Yippie turned businessman, member of the Chicago Seven
  • Billy Sands, actor
  • Sherwood Schwartz, television producer; creator of Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch
  • Irene Mayer Selznick, theatrical producer
  • Freddie Sessler, entrepreneur
  • Dan Seymour, actor
  • Dick Shawn, actor and comedian
  • Allan Sherman, actor, comedian, and singer
  • Robert B. Sherman, songwriter
  • Dinah Shore, singer, actress and television host (partial cremated remains)
  • Julius Shulman, architect
  • George Sidney, director and producer
  • Al Silvera, MLB player
  • Aaron Spelling, producer
  • Bud Swartz, MLB player
  • Lela Swift, director and producer
  • Peter Tomarken, television host
  • Lupita Tovar, actress (was not Jewish, but was once married to Paul Kohner)
  • Irving Wallace, author
  • Lew Wasserman, agent, studio executive
  • Paul Francis Webster, songwriter
  • Jerry Weintraub, talent agent, concert promoter, film producer
  • Shelley Winters, actress
  • Stan Winston, makeup artist
  • Dennis Wolfberg, actor and comedian
  • Sol M. Wurtzel, film producer
  • Sam Zimbalist, film editor
  • Sandra Zober, actress
  • Darrell Zwerling, actor

    • References

    Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery Wikipedia
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