About Calvary Cemetery
Calvary Cemetery is a catholic cemetery in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. The grounds sit at about 272 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 146 notable people buried here, including Lionel Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore and Pola Negri. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 240048. The nearest other listed cemetery is Home of Peace Memorial Park, about 0.4 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is East Olympic Funeral Home in Los Angeles, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 101 cemeteries we list in Los Angeles County, and 36 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Los Angeles County dates to 1860. 20 of the 101 listings in Los Angeles County have a phone number or website on record.
Notable people buried at Calvary Cemetery
Among them: 66 actors, 19 writers, 8 business leaders, 8 US representatives, 6 musicians, 4 baseball players, 3 Medal of Honor recipients, 2 architects.
- Lionel Barrymore1878-1954American actor, director and screenwriter
- Ethel Barrymore1879-1959American actress
- Pola Negri1897-1987Polish actress
- Irene Dunne1898-1990American actress and singer
- Mabel Normand1892-1930American actress
- Jelly Roll Morton1890-1941American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
- Dolores Costello1903-1979American actress
- Lou Costello1906-1959American actor and comedian
- Ramón Novarro1899-1968Mexican actor
- Cedric Gibbons1893-1960American art director
- J. Carrol Naish1896-1973American actor
- Helene Costello1906-1957American actress
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- Owen Moore1884-1939Irish-born actor in American films
- Mary Philbin1902-1993American actress of the silent film era
- George Siegmann1882-1928American actor and film director
- Maurice Costello1877-1950American actor and film director
- Richard Boleslawski1889-1937Polish theatre and film director, actor
- Irene Rich1891-1988American actress
- John Hodiak1914-1955American actor of Ukrainian descent
- King Baggot1879-1948American actor, screenwriter and director
- Victor Varconi1891-1976Hungarian actor
- Kathryn Adams1893-1959American actress
- Stepin Fetchit1902-1985African-American actor
- Edward Dillon1879-1933American film director and actor
- Bryan Foy1896-1977American film producer and director
- Eddie Gribbon1890-1965American actor
- Edwin Markham1852-1940American poet
- Frank Fay1891-1961American actor and comedian
- Hazel Brooks1924-2002American actress
- Kate Price1872-1943Irish-American actress
- Ted Healy1896-1937American vaudeville performer, comedian, and actor
- Elaine Hammerstein1897-1948American actress
- Eugenie Besserer1868-1934Actress
- Irene Fenwick1887-1936American actress
- John Harron1903-1939American actor
- Mae Costello1882-1929American actress
- Mary Carr1874-1973American actress
- Francelia Billington1895-1934American actress
- Matt Moore1888-1960Irish-born American actor
- Virginia Kirtley1888-1956Actress
- John Wray1887-1940American character actor
- Richard Stanton1876-1956Actor, film director
- Timothy Manning1909-1989Irish American prelate
- Henry Gage1852-1924Governor of California
- Stephen M. White1853-1901American politician
- Eddie Collins1883-1940American actor
- Etta McDaniel1890-1946American actress
- James Anthony Murphy1894-1924American racing driver
- Sol Polito1892-1960Italian-American cinematographer
- Vivian Edwards1896-1949American actress
- Antonio F. Coronel1817-1894American mayor
- Bull Montana1887-1950Italian-American professional wrestler and actor
- Harry Ford Sinclair1876-1956American businessman
- Johnny Hines1895-1970American actor and film director
- Linda Loredo1907-1931American actress
- Stella Adams1883-1962Actress of the silent and early sound film eras
- Charles Emmett Mack1895-1927American actor
- Edna Maison1892-1946Actress
- Emmett J. Flynn1891-1937American film director
- Hal Roach, Jr.1918-1972American film and television producer
- Josephine Dillon1884-1971American actress and drama teacher
- Marguerite Nichols1891-1941American actress
- William Gillespie1894-1938Scottish actor in Hollywood films
- Edward Ross Roybal1916-2005American politician
- Stephen Clark Foster1820-1898American politician from California
- Allan Hancock1875-1965American businessman, philanthropist and expedition leader
- Jack Reagan1883-1941Father of Ronald Reagan
- Mary McCarty1923-1980American actress
- Cliff Clark1889-1953American actor
- Eddie Parker1900-1960American actor
- Jack Dragna1891-1956American mobster
- John S. McGroarty1862-1944American poet and politician
- Nelle Wilson Reagan1883-1962Mother of Ronald Reagan
- Trixie Friganza1870-1955American actress
- Beatrice Dominguez1897-1921Mexican actress and dancer
- Charles Hines1892-1936American film director
- Charles Kramer1879-1943American politician
- Hi Bell1897-1949American baseball player
- Hugo Reid1811-1852Trader in Mexico from Scotland
- John F. Dockweiler1895-1943American politician
- John H. Burke1894-1951American lawyer, real estate broker and politician
- Jose Mascarel1816-1899American politician
- Lou Filippo1925-2009American boxer
- Minnie Tittell Brune1875-1974Actress
- Peter J. Somers1850-1924American politician
- Rita Quigley1923-2008American actress
- William Joseph Hynes1843-1915American politician
- Abel Stearns1798-1871American mayor
- Edward L. Doheny1856-1935Irish American oil tycoon
- Emilio Kosterlitzky1853-1928American spy
- Frank H. Spearman1859-1937American writer
- John M. Costello1903-1976American politician
- Paul John McCormick1879-1960United States federal judge
- Christy Walsh1891-1955American baseball sports agent
- David M. Gonzales1923-1945United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Eugene A. Obregon1930-1950United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
- Ferdie Schupp1891-1971American baseball player
- Henry Hancock1822-1883American politician
- Isidore Bernard Dockweiler1867-1947American politician and lawyer
- John J. Cooke1874-1921American actor
- Juan Bandini1800-1859Mexican politician
- Leno LaBianca1925-1969
- Mariana W. de Coronel1851-1925American collector
- Martin J. Bogdanovich1882-1944Croatian-American businessman
- Mervin King1914-2008American police officer
- Mexican Joe Rivers1892-1957American boxer
- Ozro W. Childs1824-1890American horticulturist, banker and politician
- Sal Castro1933-2013American schoolteacher
- Shad Barry1878-1936American baseball player
- Alex Montoya1907-1970American actor
- Daniel Michael McGarry1842-1903American businessman
- Dionisio Botiller1842-1915American politician
- Felix Signoret1825-1878American politician
- Heinrich Dockweiler1824-1887American politician
- Joseph Scott1867-1958Californian attorney and community leader
- Lou Figaro1920-1954American racing driver
- Luther H. Dyer1867-1927American Idist and US navy personnel
- Ray Prim1906-1995American baseball player
- Richard Molony1839-1938American blacksmith
- Robert Steere1833-1910American politician
- William R. Rowland1846-1926American sheriff
- Anthony Mondell1916-2009American Set decorator
- Elliot Carpenter1894-1982Musical artist
- Eugene S. Ives1859-1917American politician
- Ida Hancock Ross1843-1913American landowner
- John Patrick Cudahy1876-1921
- José Gallardo Díaz1919-1942Murder victim
- Louis Snaer1842-1917American politician
- Patton G. Whiteheadborn 1840American soldier
- Peggy O'Neill1924-1945American actress
- Robert Brown Young1854-1914
- Robert Symington Baker1826-1894American businessman
- Sarah E. Kellogg1870-1957American politician
- William H. Savage1837-1930American politician
- Carl Leonardt1855-1927German-American business executive
- Emeline Huber Childs1838-1935
- Estelle Doheny1875-1958Book collector
- Frank McGlynn Jr.1904-1939American actor
- Henry Lassalette1910-1966American athletics competitor
- Isaac Hilliard Polk1854-1919
- James Wallace Winston1862-1915Heir
- Jean Kent Allison1872-194913 Aug 1872 - certain 24 Sep 1949
- Lena Adele Reed Henderson1877-1907Woman
- Patrick H. McGarry1860-1935American politician (1860-1935), Minnesota, House 1909-10 (District 52); House 1913-14 (District 52); Senate 1915-22 (District 52)
- Robert A. Golden1897-1942American filmmaker
- Samuel Colt1909-198620th century American actor
People whose Wikidata entry gives Calvary Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
34.02835, -118.17674
What Calvary Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Home of Peace Memorial Park4334 Whittier Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · est. 1902Memorial park0.4 mi
- Serbian CemeteryEast Los Angeles, CACemetery0.5 mi
- Agudath Achim Cemetery1022 Downey Road, Los Angeles, CAJewish cemetery0.5 mi
- Old Russian Molokan CemeteryEast Los Angeles, CACemetery0.5 mi
- Mount Zion Cemetery1030 Downey Road, Los Angeles, CAJewish cemetery0.5 mi
- Beth Israel Cemetery1068 Downey Road, Los Angeles, CAJewish cemetery0.6 mi
- Chinese CemeteryEast Los Angeles, CACemetery0.6 mi
- Independent Order of Oddfellows CemeteryEast Los Angeles, CACemetery1.1 mi
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows CemeteryEast Los Angeles, CACemetery1.2 mi
- Los Angeles County Cemetery3301 East 1st Street, Los Angeles, CAMunicipal cemetery1.3 mi
Funeral homes near Calvary Cemetery
- East Olympic Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Los Angeles · (323) 260-7995
- A Serenity Funeral & Cremation Services0.9 miCremation provider · Los Angeles · (323) 264-0065
- Funeraria Latino Americana0.9 miFuneral home · Los Angeles · (323) 265-7016
- Castaneda-Crollett Mortuary1.0 miMortuary · Los Angeles · (323) 269-8455
- Funeraria Cervantes1.1 miFuneral home · Los Angeles · (323) 686-7476
- Guerra Gutierrez Mortuary1.5 miMortuary · Los Angeles · (323) 721-8444
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Frequently asked questions
Where is Calvary Cemetery located?
Calvary Cemetery is at 4201 Whittier Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90023 in Los Angeles County. GPS coordinates: 34.02835, -118.17674.
Is Calvary Cemetery a Catholic cemetery?
Our records list a Catholic affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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