The San Fernando Mission Cemetery is an American Catholic cemetery located at 11160 Stranwood Avenue in the Mission Hills community of the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, near the San Fernando Mission.
The San Fernando Mission Cemetery has been owned and operated by the Los Angeles Archdiocese since 1800. Mission Hills Catholic Mortuary operating as a separate business unit under a land lease agreement between the Archdiocese and Stewart Enterprises is also located on the grounds of the cemetery. San Fernando Mission Cemetery is an active cemetery providing burials, entombments and cremation options to members of the Roman Catholic Community and their families.
Four mosaics by ecclesiastical artist Isabel Piczek were created to adorn a mid-century style mausoleum. Two of the pieces are dated in the mosaic, 1963 and 1964.
List of notable interments and their families
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Philip Abbott (1924–1998), actorAbigail Albrite (1998–2014), car accident victimEdward Arnold (1890–1956), actorMichele Yvette Avila (1968–1985), murder victimCharles Beaumont (1929–1967), author and screenwriterScotty Beckett (1929–1968), actorEd Begley (1901–1970), actorWilliam Bendix (1906–1964), actorLarry J. Blake (1914–1982), actorWalter Brennan (1894–1974), actorEvelyn Brent (1899–1975), actressGeorge Burditt, television directorCandy Candido (1913–1999), actor and voice-over artistCelso Chavez (1968–2012), musician, songwriter, Possum DixonJerry Colonna (1904–1986), actor and comedianBetty Compson (1897–1974), actressChuck Connors (1921–1992), actorCarmine (1910–1991) and Italia Coppola (1912–2004), parents of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola.Henry Corden (1920–2005), actor and voice-over artistJoseph Crehan (1883–1966), actorLee de Forest (1873–1961), physicist & electrical engineer, inventor of the triodeRoy Del Ruth (1893–1961), movie directorCarmen Dragon (1914–1984), composerTom Dugan (1889–1955), actorAllan Dwan (1885–1981), director, producer, screenwriterAngelina Estrada (1932–2005), actressFrank Faylen (1905–1985), actorDick Foran (1910–1979), actorHarry Fox (1882–1959), stage and movie star, "Fox-Trot" dance inventorWilliam Frawley (1887–1966), actorEddie Garr (1900–1956), actor, comedian, father of Teri GarrAnita Garvin (1907–1994), actressBert Glennon (1893–1967), cinematographerGeorge Gobel (1919–1991), actor and comedianAngela Greene (1921–1978), actressWilliam Haade (1903–1966), actorRay Heindorf (1908–1980), composerPat Hogan (1920–1966), actorBob Hope (1903–2003), actor and comedianDolores Hope (1909–2011), singer and wife of Bob HopeCarol Hughes (1910–1995), actress, wife of Frank FaylenAlice Joyce (1890–1955), actressBob Kelley (1917–1966), sportscasterDorothea Kent (1916–1990), actressPeggy Knudsen (1923–1980), actressRosemary LaPlanche (1923–1979), actressCharles Lamont (1895–1993), directorWinnie Lightner (1899–1971), actress, comedian and singerRichard Loo (1903–1983), actorEdmund Lowe (1892–1971), actorKen Lynch (1910–1990), actorMichael Maltese (1908–1981), animation screenwriterAdele Mara (1923–2010), actressJune Marlowe (1903–1984) (original burial site; remains later moved to Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels)Bob May (1939–2009), actor and stuntmanKathryn Minner (1892–1969), actressLee Moran (1888–1961), actorClarence Nash (1904–1985), voice-over artistFred Niblo Jr. (1903–1973), screenwriter, son of Fred NibloThomas Noonan (1921–1968), actor and comedianEva Novak (1898–1988), actress, sister of Jane NovakJane Novak (1896–1990), actress, sister of Eva NovakJay Novello (1904–1982), actorPat O'Malley (1890–1966), actor [inscription: O'MALLEY; father; Patrick H.; mother; Lillian W.]Henry O'Neill (1891–1961), actorLeslie O'Pace (1909–1985), actorErnie Orsatti (1902–1968), major league baseball player [inscription: Ernest R. Orsatti]Artie Ortego (1890–1960), actorWilliam H. Parker (1905–1966), police chief of Los AngelesWilliam Perkins (1947–1967), Cpl, USMC Medal of Honor RecipientWilliam Phillips (1908–1957), actorPaul Picerni (1922–2011), actorEddie Quillan (1907–1990), actorBill Quinn (1912–1994), actorJobyna Ralston (1900–1967), actressJudith Rawlins (1936–1974), actressTed Fio Rito (1900–1971), musicianEstelita Rodriguez (1928–1966), actressLilly Rodriguez (1947–2007), boxerTeddy Sampson (1895–1970), actressOlga San Juan (1927–2009), actressTrinidad Silva (1950–1988), actorPenny Singleton (1908–2003), actress and first woman president of an AFL-CIO unionGloria Talbott (1931–2000), actressFelipe Turich (1898–1992), actor, husband of Rosa TurichRosa Turich (1903–1998), actress, wife of Felipe TurichRitchie Valens (1941–1959), singerConnie Valenzuela (1915–1987), mother of musician Ritchie Valens.James Westerfield (1913–1971), actorMichael Whalen (1902–1974), actorFrank Wilcox (1907–1974), actorJane Wyatt (1910–2006), actressBruce Yarnell (1935–1973), actor and singer