Notable burials · Arts and entertainment
Actors buried in Connecticut
Wikidata records 49 actors as buried in 27 of the cemeteries we list in Connecticut. Cedar Hill Cemetery in Newington holds the most, with 6. Connecticut has the 9th highest count of any state, out of 5,146 nationally.
People with actor among their recorded occupations, including film, television, stage and voice actors.
49
actors
27
cemeteries
3%
of notable burials in Connecticut
1940s
the decade with the most deaths (6)
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In order of death
Actors buried in Connecticut
- General Tom Thumb1838-1883American circus performerMountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, CT
- Charles Dudley Warner1829-1900American writerCedar Hill Cemetery, Newington, CT
- Francis Carlyle1868-1916British-American actorMount Saint Benedict Cemetery, Blue Hills, CT
- Lew Madden1881-1919American vaudeville actorOld Saint Josephs Cemetery, Waterbury, CT
- Lavinia Warren1841-1919American circus performerMountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, CT
- James O'Neill1847-1920Irish-American theatre actorSaint Mary Cemetery, New London, CT
- James O'Neill Jr.1878-1923American actorSaint Mary Cemetery, New London, CT
- Robert Ames1889-1931American actorCedar Hill Cemetery, Newington, CT
- Rose Wood1845-1932American actressPleasant View Cemetery, Salem, CT
- Winchell Smith1871-1933American playwrightRiverside Cemetery, Farmington, CT
- William Gillette1853-1937American actor, inventor and writerRiverside Cemetery, Farmington, CT
- Adrienne Morrison1883-1940American actressPleasant View Cemetery, Salem, CT
- White Whittlesey1861-1940American actorWooster Cemetery, Danbury, CT
- Richard Bennett1870-1944ActorPleasant View Cemetery, Salem, CT
- Isabel Irving1871-1944American actressMountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, CT
- Doris Rankin1887-1947American actressCedar Hill Cemetery, Newington, CT
- Harriet Ford1864-1949American actress and playwrightTrinity Cemetery, Seymour, CT
- Cecil Spooner1875-1953American actressLakeview Cemetery, New Canaan, CT
- Edna May Spooner1873-1953American actress and playwrightLakeview Cemetery, New Canaan, CT
- Elsie Ferguson1883-1961American actressDuck River Cemetery, Old Saybrook, CT
- Florence Rockwell1880-1964American actressWoodland Cemetery, Stamford, CT
- Alan Bunce1900-1965American actorLong Ridge Union Cemetery, North Stamford, CT
- Henry G. Sell1884-1968American film actorCedar Hill Cemetery, Newington, CT
- Fern Andra1893-1974American actressCedar Hill Cemetery, Newington, CT
- Evelyn Greeley1888-1975Silent film actressSpring Grove Cemetery, Darien, CT
- Cyril Ritchard1897-1977Australian actorSaint Marys Cemetery, Ridgefield, CT
- Douglas C. Kenney1946-1980American writer, co-founder and editor of National LampoonNewtown Village Cemetery, Newtown, CT
- Frank McHugh1898-1981American actorFairview Cemetery, West Hartford, CT
- Marian Shockley1908-1981American actressPutnam Cemetery, Cos Cob, CT
- Kenny Delmar1910-1984American actorLong Ridge Union Cemetery, North Stamford, CT
- Benny Goodman1909-1986American jazz clarinetist and bandleaderLong Ridge Union Cemetery, North Stamford, CT
- Norma Terris1904-1989American actress and singerPleasant View Cemetery, Salem, CT
- Joan Bennett1910-1990American actressPleasant View Cemetery, Salem, CT
- Barbara Baxley1923-1990American actressUmpawaug Cemetery, Georgetown, CT
- Alice Reinheart1910-1993American actressRiverside Cemetery, Farmington, CT
- Moses Gunn1929-1993American actorNut Plains Cemetery, Guilford, CT
- Lilia Skala1896-1994Austrian-American actressLakeview Cemetery, New Canaan, CT
- Victor Borge1909-2000Danish comedian and pianistPutnam Cemetery, Cos Cob, CT
- Jason Robards1922-2000American actorOaklawn Cemetery, Fairfield, CT
- Jackie Kelk1923-2002Actor and comedianLakeview Cemetery, New Canaan, CT
- Art Carney1918-2003American actor and comedianRiverside Cemetery, Old Saybrook Center, CT
- Katharine Hepburn1907-2003American actressCedar Hill Cemetery, Newington, CT
- Teresa Wright1918-2005American actressEvergreen Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Ron Palillo1949-2012American actor and teacherSaint Lawrence Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Virginia Dwyer1919-2012American actressAssumption Cemetery, Westport, CT
- Rosemary Rice1925-2012American actressLakeview Cemetery, New Canaan, CT
- Matthew Cowles1944-2014American actor and playwrightCarmel Hill Cemetery, Bethlehem Village, CT
- Clifford Coleman1925-2017East Lawn Cemetery, East Haven, CT
- Mary Tyler Moore1936-2017American actress and television producerOaklawn Cemetery, Fairfield, CT
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1880s1
- 1900s1
- 1910s3
- 1920s2
- 1930s4
- 1940s6
- 1950s2
- 1960s4
- 1970s3
- 1980s6
- 1990s5
- 2000s6
- 2010s6
By recorded year of death, for the 49 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Cedar Hill Cemetery · Newington, CT6
- Lakeview Cemetery · New Canaan, CT5
- Pleasant View Cemetery · Salem, CT5
- Mountain Grove Cemetery · Bridgeport, CT3
- Riverside Cemetery · Farmington, CT3
- Long Ridge Union Cemetery · North Stamford, CT3
- Putnam Cemetery · Cos Cob, CT2
- Oaklawn Cemetery · Fairfield, CT2
- Saint Mary Cemetery · New London, CT2
- Mount Saint Benedict Cemetery · Blue Hills, CT1
- Duck River Cemetery · Old Saybrook, CT1
- Saint Marys Cemetery · Ridgefield, CT1
- Trinity Cemetery · Seymour, CT1
- Saint Lawrence Cemetery · New Haven, CT1
- Nut Plains Cemetery · Guilford, CT1
- Fairview Cemetery · West Hartford, CT1
- Woodland Cemetery · Stamford, CT1
- Evergreen Cemetery · New Haven, CT1
- Wooster Cemetery · Danbury, CT1
- Old Saint Josephs Cemetery · Waterbury, CT1
- Assumption Cemetery · Westport, CT1
- Spring Grove Cemetery · Darien, CT1
- Umpawaug Cemetery · Georgetown, CT1
- Riverside Cemetery · Old Saybrook Center, CT1
- Carmel Hill Cemetery · Bethlehem Village, CT1
Top 25 of 27 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
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Other notable burials in Connecticut
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Method
How this list is made
A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.
Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.