Notable burials · Arts and entertainment
Actors buried in Massachusetts
Wikidata records 112 actors as buried in 60 of the cemeteries we list in Massachusetts. Mount Auburn Cemetery in North Brighton holds the most, with 22. Massachusetts has the 3rd highest count of any state, out of 5,146 nationally.
People with actor among their recorded occupations, including film, television, stage and voice actors.
112
actors
60
cemeteries
2%
of notable burials in Massachusetts
1940s
the decade with the most deaths (17)
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In order of death
Actors buried in Massachusetts
- Daniel Pinckney Parker1781-1850American businessmanMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Joseph M. Field1810-1856American actor and dramatistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Sarah Lapsley Riddle1811-1861American actressMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Eliza Riddle Field1812-1871American actressMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- William Henry Smith1806-1872Welsh-born American actor and theatre managerMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- James Buckley1803-1872Organizer of the minstrel group The Buckley SerenadersMount Hope Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Charles Kemble Fox1833-1875American actorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Charlotte Cushman1816-1876American actressMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- George Aiken1830-1876American dramatistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- George L. Fox1825-1877American clown and comedianMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Lucille Western1843-1877American actressMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Edward Loomis Davenport1816-1877American actorForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Giuseppina Morlacchi1836-1886Italian and American ballet dancerSaint Peters Cemetery, Lowell, MA
- George C. Howard1818-1887American actor and showmanMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- William Warren1812-1888American actorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- John Gibbs Gilbert1810-1889American actorForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Lawrence Barrett1838-1891American stage actorCohasset Central Cemetery, Cohasset, MA
- Fanny Vining1829-1891English actressForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Edwin Booth1833-1893American actorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Kate Field1838-1896American journalistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Jennie Kimball1851-1896American actor, soubrette, theatrical managerForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Fanny Davenport1850-1898American stage actressForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Stuart Robson1836-1903American actorCohasset Central Cemetery, Cohasset, MA
- Laura A. G. Mattoon1841-1905Opera singer, actorSpringfield Cemetery, Springfield, MA
- Joseph Jefferson1829-1905American actor and painterBay View Cemetery, Sandwich, MA
- Georgia Cayvan1857-1906American actressNewton Cemetery, Newton, MA
- George Riddle1851-1910American elocutionistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Wright Lorimer1874-1911American actorQuabbin Park Cemetery, Ware, MA
- Catherine Mary Reignolds1836-1911English-American actressSpringfield Cemetery, Springfield, MA
- Edgar L. Davenport1862-1918American actorForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Nathaniel Carl Goodwin1857-1919American actorMilton Cemetery, Milton, MA
- Shelley Hull1884-1919American actorNewton Cemetery, Newton, MA
- Count Primo Magri1849-1920American entertainerSaint Mary's Cemetery, Middleborough, MA
- Maude Banks1857-1927American actressGrove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, MA
- Henry Jewett1862-1930Australian-born actor who worked in the United StatesMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Pauline Hopkins1859-1930American novelist, journalist, playwright, historian, and editorCambridge Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- William Elliott1879-1932American actor and theatrical producerRidgewood Cemetery, North Andover, MA
- William Courtenay1875-1933American stage and film actorSaint Charles Cemetery, Blackstone, MA
- William Seymour1855-1933American actor, stage manager, and directorMayflower Cemetery, South Duxbury, MA
- Thelma Todd1906-1935American actressBellevue Cemetery, Methuen, MA
- Paul McCullough1883-1936Actor, comedianWoodlawn Cemetery, Everett, MA
- Miriam O'Leary Collins1861-1936American theater actorMount Calvary Cemetery, Clarendon Hills, MA
- Alexandra Carlisle1886-1936American actorShawsheen Cemetery, Bedford, MA
- George Fawcett1860-1939American actorSaint Marys Cemetery, Nantucket, MA
- Effie I. Canning1856-1940American actressMount Feake Cemetery, Waltham, MA
- Dorothy Dorr1867-1940American actressOak Grove Cemetery, Arlington, MA
- Richard Carle1871-1941American actor and playwrightWyoming Cemetery, Melrose, MA
- Cordelia Howard1848-1941American actressMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Reginald Barlow1866-1943ActorCambridge Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Edward McNamara1884-1944American actorWest Tisbury Village Cemetery, West Tisbury, MA
- Jessie Ralph1864-1944ActressMount Pleasant Cemetery, Gloucester, MA
- George B. Seitz1888-1944American film director, producer and screenwriterForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Robert Benchley1889-1945American writer and actorProspect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket, MA
- Percy Haswell1871-1945American actressSaint Marys Cemetery, Nantucket, MA
- Rose Melville1867-1946American actressLong Neck Cemetery, Buzzards Bay, MA
- Virginia Walker1916-1946American actressSaint Josephs Cemetery, Oak Hill Park, MA
- William Winter Jefferson1876-1946American actorBay View Cemetery, Sandwich, MA
- Susan Glaspell1876-1948American writerSnow Cemetery, Truro, MA
- Eugene Cowles1860-1948American singer and actorLaurel Hill Cemetery, Reading, MA
- Elissa Landi1904-1948Italian born actress who was popular in Hollywood films of the 1920s and 1930sOak Hill Cemetery, Newburyport, MA
- Frank Minzey1878-1949(1878-1949) actorLong Neck Cemetery, Buzzards Bay, MA
- James Vincent1882-1957Actor and film directorSaint Michaels Cemetery, Springfield, MA
- Josephine Hull1877-1957American stage and film actressNewton Cemetery, Newton, MA
- Thomas W. Ross1875-1959American actorForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Carol Haney1924-1964American dancer and actressOld Landing Cemetery, Marion Center, MA
- Leopoldine Blaine Damrosch1899-1964American pianist and actorTyringham Cemetery, Lee, MA
- Vivian Wessell1894-1965American actress and socialiteMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Howard Petrie1906-1968ActorRural Cemetery & Crematory, Worcester, MA
- Helen Walker1920-1968American actressOak Hill Cemetery, Sterling, MA
- Sonny Tufts1911-1970American actorMunroe Cemetery, Lexington, MA
- Carlotta Monterey1888-1970American actressForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Katharine Cornell1893-1974American actress, theatre manager and producerTisbury Village Cemetery, Vineyard Haven, MA
- Patricia Collinge1892-1974American actressSaint Marys Cemetery, Nantucket, MA
- Billy De Wolfe1907-1974American actorMount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, MA
- Phoebe Foster1895-1975American actressForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Zena Keefe1896-1976American actressMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Cornelia Otis Skinner1899-1979American actress and authorOak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, MA
- Ruth Gordon1896-1985American actress and writerHancock Cemetery, Quincy, MA
- Collette Lyons1908-1986American actressMilton Cemetery, Milton, MA
- Catharine Sargent Huntington1887-1987American actress and directorOld Hadley Cemetery, Hadley, MA
- Jeff Burton1924-1988American actorCambridge Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Joe Raposo1937-1989American composerUnion Cemetery, Chatham, MA
- Thomas Coley1913-1989Stage Manager, Performer, Writer ( b. Jun 29, 1913 Bethayres, Pennsylvania, USA - d. May 23, 1989 Tyringham, Massachusetts, USA ) MaleTyringham Cemetery, Lee, MA
- Marc Daniels1912-1989American television directorSleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, MA
- Robert Tessier1934-1990American actor and stuntmanSaint Joseph Cemetery, Lowell, MA
- Anne Revere1903-1990American actressMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Mildred Dunnock1901-1991American theater, film and television actressLamberts Cove Cemetery, Vineyard Haven, MA
- Jennifer Howard1925-1993American actressTyringham Cemetery, Lee, MA
- William Reynolds Beal1914-1995American actor, artist, and television producerBeech Grove Cemetery, Rockport, MA
- William Roerick1911-1995American actorTyringham Cemetery, Lee, MA
- Robert Nevin1914-1997Actor americanNew Westside Cemetery, Edgartown, MA
- Carmen Filpi1923-2003American character actorSaint Josephs Cemetery, Pittsfield, MA
- Robert Consoli1964-2005American actorLinwood Cemetery, Haverhill, MA
- Curt Gowdy1919-2006American sportscasterMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Norman Mailer1923-2007American writerProvincetown Cemetery, Provincetown, MA
- Christopher Allport1947-2008American actorProspect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket, MA
- Brad Sullivan1931-2008American actorCummaquid Cemetery, Barnstable, MA
- Paul Benedict1938-2008American actorSaint Marys Cemetery, Needham, MA
- Jimmy Slyde1927-2008American tap dancerForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Arnold Stang1918-2009American actorNewton Cemetery, Newton, MA
- Fred Foy1921-2010American actorWoodbrook Cemetery, Woburn, MA
- Norris Church Mailer1949-2010American writer; widow of Norman MailerProvincetown Cemetery, Provincetown, MA
- Olga C. Nardone1921-2010American actressNewton Cemetery, Newton, MA
- Mary Fickett1928-2011ActressUnion Cemetery, Chatham, MA
- Mike Wallace1918-2012American journalist, game show host and actorWest Chop Cemetery, Vineyard Haven, MA
- Tom Magliozzi1937-2014Car Talk hostMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Wes Craven1939-2015American filmmakerLamberts Cove Cemetery, Vineyard Haven, MA
- George Kennedy1925-2016American actorForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Patty Duke1946-2016American actressForest Cemetery, Carlisle, MA
- John Heard1946-2017American actorOld South Cemetery, Ipswich, MA
- Israel Horovitz1939-2020American writerBnai Brith Cemetery, Peabody, MA
- Barry Newman1930-2023American film, television, and stage actorSharon Memorial Park, Sharon, MA
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1850s2
- 1860s1
- 1870s9
- 1880s4
- 1890s6
- 1900s4
- 1910s6
- 1920s2
- 1930s10
- 1940s17
- 1950s3
- 1960s5
- 1970s8
- 1980s7
- 1990s7
- 2000s9
- 2010s10
- 2020s2
By recorded year of death, for the 112 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Mount Auburn Cemetery · North Brighton, MA22
- Forest Hills Cemetery · Roslindale, MA12
- Newton Cemetery · Newton, MA5
- Tyringham Cemetery · Lee, MA4
- Cambridge Cemetery · North Brighton, MA3
- Saint Marys Cemetery · Nantucket, MA3
- Cohasset Central Cemetery · Cohasset, MA2
- Milton Cemetery · Milton, MA2
- Springfield Cemetery · Springfield, MA2
- Union Cemetery · Chatham, MA2
- Long Neck Cemetery · Buzzards Bay, MA2
- Bay View Cemetery · Sandwich, MA2
- Prospect Hill Cemetery · Nantucket, MA2
- Lamberts Cove Cemetery · Vineyard Haven, MA2
- Provincetown Cemetery · Provincetown, MA2
- Saint Marys Cemetery · Needham, MA1
- Sleepy Hollow Cemetery · Concord, MA1
- Shawsheen Cemetery · Bedford, MA1
- Woodlawn Cemetery · Everett, MA1
- Saint Peters Cemetery · Lowell, MA1
- Saint Josephs Cemetery · Oak Hill Park, MA1
- Linwood Cemetery · Haverhill, MA1
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Newburyport, MA1
- Oak Grove Cemetery · Fall River, MA1
- Ridgewood Cemetery · North Andover, MA1
Top 25 of 60 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
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Other notable burials in Massachusetts
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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.