Actors buried in District of Columbia
Wikidata records 20 actors as buried in 5 of the cemeteries we list in District of Columbia. Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington holds the most, with 9. District of Columbia has the 16th highest count of any state, out of 5,146 nationally.
People with actor among their recorded occupations, including film, television, stage and voice actors.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Actors buried in District of Columbia
- John Howard Payne1791-1852American actor and writerOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Harriette Fanning Read1815-1876American poet, dramatist, actorOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Elizabeth Crocker Bowers1830-1895American actressRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Ella Wren1839-1899ActressThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Lizzie MacNichol1864-1899American opera singer and actressCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Sol Smith Russell1848-1902American actorRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Jean Margaret Davenport1829-1903British actressOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- James Lackaye1867-1919American actor and film directorMount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Marie Drofnah1861-1938American stage actressRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Julia Hay1883-1938American actressRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Helen Lackaye1883-1940American actressMount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Elizabeth Tyree1865-1952American actressRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Lilija Štengele1891-1958Latvian actressRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Mary Fuller1888-1973American actress and screenwriterCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Pola Nireńska1910-1992Polish dancer and choreographerMount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Howard K. Smith1914-2002American news anchorOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Edith Kingdon Gould1920-2004American socialite, linguist and poetOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Robert Prosky1930-2008American actorRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Gore Vidal1925-2012American writerRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Elizabeth Norment1952-2014American actressRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1850s1
- 1870s1
- 1890s3
- 1900s2
- 1910s1
- 1930s2
- 1940s1
- 1950s2
- 1970s1
- 1990s1
- 2000s3
- 2010s2
By recorded year of death, for the 20 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Rock Creek Cemetery · Washington, DC9
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Washington, DC5
- Mount Olivet Cemetery · Washington, DC3
- Congressional Cemetery · Washington, DC2
- The Glenwood Cemetery · Washington, DC1
Other notable burials in District of Columbia
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.