Notable burials · Arts and entertainment
Actors buried in Illinois
Wikidata records 80 actors as buried in 43 of the cemeteries we list in Illinois. Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago holds the most, with 13. Illinois has the 5th highest count of any state, out of 5,146 nationally.
People with actor among their recorded occupations, including film, television, stage and voice actors.
80
actors
43
cemeteries
2%
of notable burials in Illinois
1990s
the decade with the most deaths (13)
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In order of death
Actors buried in Illinois
- Dan Marble1810-1849American stage actorRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Mary McVicker Booth1848-1881American actress, second wife of Edwin BoothRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- James H. McVicker1822-1896American actor and theatre managerRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Jessie Bartlett Davis1861-1905American opera singerOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Paul Dresser1858-1906American musicianSaint Boniface Catholic Cemetery, Lincolnwood, IL
- Francis Boggs1870-1911American film actor and directorGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Harry Cashman1869-1912American actorGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- J. C. Williamson1845-1913Actor and theatre managerOakwood Cemetery, Upper Alton, IL
- Bob Fitzsimmons1863-1917British boxerGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Eugenie Blair1864-1922American actressRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Frantisek Barcal1837-1923American actorBohemian National Cemetery of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Milton Sills1882-1930American stage and film actorRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Irene Dalton1901-1934American actressMount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, IL
- Richard Berry Harrison1864-1935Canadian actor, teacher, dramatic reader, lecturer, and elocutionistLincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, IL
- Herbert Rice1887-1938American actorWunder's Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Robert McWade1872-1938American actorRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Olive May1871-1938American actressOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Fanny Hatton1869-1939American screenwriter, playwrightGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Granville Bates1882-1940American actorGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Anna Marcet Haldeman1887-1941United States feminist, playwright, editor, author, and bank president.Cedarville Cemetery, Freeport, IL
- Clara E. Laughlin1873-1941American writerGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Helen Morgan1900-1941American jazz singer and actress
- Virginia Lee Corbin1910-1942American actressWestlawn Cemetery and Mausoleum, Norridge, IL
- Edward McWade1865-1943Actor, screenwriterRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Victor Potel1889-1947ActorRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- May de Sousa1884-1948American singer and actressMount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, IL
- Adrienne Kroell1892-1949American actressRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Dwight Deere Wiman1895-1951Actor, playwright, director, Broadway producerRiverside Cemetery, Moline, IL
- Mimi Forsythe1921-1952Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Alan Curtis1909-1953American actorMemorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL
- Faith Bacon1910-1956American burlesque dancerWunder's Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Albert Carroll1898-1956American stage actor and impersonatorCalvary Catholic Cemetery, Evanston, IL
- Margaret McWade1871-1956American actressRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Douglas Spencer1910-1960American actorOakland Cemetery, Princeton, IL
- J. Scott Smart1902-1960American actor and amateur artistOak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL
- Tadeusz Faliszewski1898-1961Polish cabaret performer
- Jun Fujita1888-1963American photojournalist and actorGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Karyn Kupcinet1941-1963American actressMemorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL
- Morris Ankrum1896-1964American actorSpringhill Cemetery, Danville, IL
- Whip Wilson1911-1964American actorSunset Hill Cemetery, Glen Carbon, IL
- Arthur W. Bates1892-1972American actorMemory Gardens Cemetery, Prospect Heights, IL
- Irna Phillips1901-1973American screenwriter and actressMemorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL
- Ron Haydock1940-1977American musicianResurrection Cemetery, Justice, IL
- Staats Cotsworth1908-1979American actorForest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
- Edith Wilson1896-1981American blues singer and vaudeville performerMount Glenwood Memory Gardens Cemetery South, Glenwood, IL
- John Bay1928-1982American actorMemorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL
- Eadie Adams1907-1983American actressHope Town Cemetery, Streator, IL
- Jacqueline Logan1901-1983American actressGreenwood Cemetery, Decatur, IL
- Robert La Tourneaux1940-1986American actorSaint Paul Evangelical Cemetery, Columbia, IL
- Clara Peller1902-1987Russian-American character actressJewish Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, IL
- Feliks Konarski1907-1991Polish musician and poetMaryhill Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Niles, IL
- Laurel Cronin1939-1992American actressQueen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, IL
- Robert Reed1932-1992American actor, directorMemorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL
- Valerie Wellington1959-1993American Chicago blues and electric blues singer and actressRestvale Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Mary Wickes1910-1995American actressShiloh Valley Cemetery, Shiloh, IL
- Burl Ives1909-1995American musicianMound Cemetery, Oblong, IL
- George Kirby1923-1995Comedian, actor, singerQueen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, IL
- Lexie Bigham1968-1995American actorBurr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Liam Sullivan1923-1998American actorDiamond Grove Cemetery, South Jacksonville, IL
- Martha O'Driscoll1922-1998American actress, dancer, socialiteRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Les Podewell1907-1998U.S. actor born 1907Oakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Richard Allan1923-1999American actorGillham Cemetery, Winchester, IL
- Shel Silverstein1930-1999American poet, cartoonist, songwriter, and children's writerWestlawn Cemetery and Mausoleum, Norridge, IL
- Byrne Piven1929-2002American actorMemorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL
- Dick Cusack1925-2003American actorGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Fred Pinkard1920-2004American actorHomewood Memorial Gardens, Homewood, IL
- Bernie Mac1957-2008American actorWashington Memory Gardens Cemetery, Thornton, IL
- June Travis1914-2008American actressOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- John Hughes1950-2009American filmmakerLake Forest Cemetery, Lake Forest, IL
- Albertina Walker1929-2010American singerOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Michael O'Hare1952-2012American actor
- Ken Norton1943-2013American boxerJacksonville East Cemetery, Jacksonville, IL
- Dennis Farina1944-2013American actorMount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, IL
- Harold Ramis1944-2014American actor, comedian, and filmmakerShalom Memorial Park, Arlington Heights, IL
- Elaine Stritch1925-2014American actress and singer in film, television, and the theatreMemorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL
- Nelsan Ellis1977-2017American actorCedar Park Cemetery, Calumet Park, IL
- Mary Alice1936-2022American actressOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Jerry Springer1944-2023American television personality and politicianMemorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL
- George Wendt1948-2025American actorSaint Mary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleums, Evergreen Park, IL
- Joyce Piven1930-2025American actressMemorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1840s1
- 1880s1
- 1890s1
- 1900s2
- 1910s4
- 1920s2
- 1930s7
- 1940s9
- 1950s6
- 1960s7
- 1970s4
- 1980s6
- 1990s13
- 2000s6
- 2010s7
- 2020s4
By recorded year of death, for the 80 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Rosehill Cemetery · Chicago, IL13
- Memorial Park Cemetery · Skokie, IL9
- Graceland Cemetery · Chicago, IL8
- Oakwoods Cemetery · Chicago, IL6
- Mount Carmel Cemetery · Hillside, IL3
- Saint Adalbert Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleums · Niles, IL2
- Wunder's Cemetery · Chicago, IL2
- Queen of Heaven Cemetery · Hillside, IL2
- Westlawn Cemetery and Mausoleum · Norridge, IL2
- Shalom Memorial Park · Arlington Heights, IL1
- Jewish Waldheim Cemeteries · Forest Park, IL1
- Oak Ridge Cemetery · Springfield, IL1
- Calvary Catholic Cemetery · Evanston, IL1
- Washington Memory Gardens Cemetery · Thornton, IL1
- Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens Cemetery South · Glenwood, IL1
- Forest Home Cemetery · Forest Park, IL1
- Lincoln Cemetery · Blue Island, IL1
- Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum · Alsip, IL1
- Maryhill Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum · Niles, IL1
- Resurrection Cemetery · Justice, IL1
- Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleums · Evergreen Park, IL1
- Cedar Park Cemetery · Calumet Park, IL1
- Burr Oak Cemetery · Alsip, IL1
- Bohemian National Cemetery of Chicago · Chicago, IL1
- Homewood Memorial Gardens · Homewood, IL1
Top 25 of 43 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
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Other notable burials in Illinois
Business leaders265United States representatives260Writers and poets238Baseball players201Musicians and singers191Journalists129Painters, sculptors and photographers94Physicians93American Civil War veterans88American football players78Architects74World War II veterans71World War I veterans70Scientists66Medal of Honor recipients57Inventors and engineers55Basketball players51Governors31United States senators25
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.