Notable burials · Arts and entertainment
Actors buried in Pennsylvania
Wikidata records 83 actors as buried in 48 of the cemeteries we list in Pennsylvania. Mount Vernon Cemetery in Philadelphia holds the most, with 13. Pennsylvania has the 4th highest count of any state, out of 5,146 nationally.
People with actor among their recorded occupations, including film, television, stage and voice actors.
83
actors
48
cemeteries
2%
of notable burials in Pennsylvania
2000s
the decade with the most deaths (11)
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In order of death
Actors buried in Pennsylvania
- Joseph Jefferson1774-1832British-born American actor, 1774-1832Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, PA
- John Augustus Stone1800-1834American writerMount Moriah Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
- John Darley1765-1853English-born actor in AmericaLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- John Drew1827-1862Irish-American actor and theatre managerMount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Edwin Adams1834-1877American actorMount Moriah Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
- Charles Fechter1824-1879French actorMount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- John McCullough1837-1885American actorMount Moriah Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
- Alexina Fisher Baker1822-1887American actressMount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- John R. Reed1808-1891American actor and stagehandMount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- George S. Knight1850-1892American actorMount Moriah Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
- Georgiana Drew1854-1893American actressMount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Harriet Emma Adalaide Vallée DeBar1828-1894ActressNorth Cedar Hills Cemetery, Cheltenham, PA
- Frank Mayo1839-1896American actorWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Louisa Lane Drew1820-1897British actressMount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Jennie Parker1820-1898American actress (died 1898)North Cedar Hills Cemetery, Cheltenham, PA
- Lillian Lewis1852-1899American stage actorNewton Cemetery, Emporium, PA
- Charles L. Davisdied 1900American actor and theatre ownerHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- Frank Drew1831-1903American actorGirard Cemetery, Girard, PA
- Maurice Barrymore1849-1905British stage actorMount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- George L. Holland1846-1910American actor and theatre managerIvy Hill Cemetery, Wyndmoor, PA
- Josephine Baker1854-1918American actress, wife of John Drew Jr.Mount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Sidney Drew1863-1919American comedian and filmmakerMount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Lillian Russell1861-1922American opera singer and actressAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- Marie Wainwright1853-1923American actressDunmore Cemetery, Dunmore, PA
- Stanlislaus Kostka Govern1854-1924American actorEden Memorial Cemetery, Collingdale, PA
- John Drew Jr.1853-1927American actorMount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Margaret Lawrence1889-1929American actressIvy Hill Cemetery, Wyndmoor, PA
- Bertha Galland1876-1932American stage actorDunmore Cemetery, Dunmore, PA
- Thomas Meighan1879-1936American actorSaint Mary Catholic Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- Ethel Amorita Kelly1893-1936Musical theatre actressLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Rosamond Pinchot1904-1938American socialite and actressMilford Cemetery, Gold Key Lake, PA
- John Barrymore1882-1942American actorMount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- George Barbier1864-1945American actorFernwood Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
- Frances Ring1882-1951ActressSaint Mary Catholic Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- Sam Kasten1865-1953Yiddish theatre performerHar Jehuda Cemetery, Drexel Hill, PA
- Louise Drew1882-1954American actressMount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- William Eythe1918-1957American actorSaint Peters Cemetery, Butler, PA
- Dorothy Page1904-1961American actressAllen Union Cemetery, Coplay, PA
- Joseph Sweeney1884-1963American actorHoly Sepulchre Cemetery, Wyndmoor, PA
- Linda Darnell1923-1965American actressUnion Hill Cemetery, Kennett Square, PA
- Jayne Mansfield1933-1967American actressFairview Cemetery, Pen Argyl, PA
- Oscar Shaw1887-1967American actor-singerEvergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, PA
- James Patterson1932-1972American actorColes Cemetery, Derry, PA
- Marian Swayne1891-1973American actressWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- George Kelly1887-1974American playwright, screenwriter, director, and actorWestminister Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Gene Lyons1921-1974American actorCalvary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Homestead, PA
- Erroll Garner1921-1977American jazz pianist and composerHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- Nat Nazarro, Jr.1903-1982American vaudeville performerJefferson Memorial Park, Baldwin, PA
- Jeanne Silvain1892-1983Laurel Point Cemetery, Fairdale, PA
- Walter Burke1908-1984American actorLaurelwood Cemetery, Stroudsburg, PA
- Martin Gabel1912-1986American actorRoosevelt Memorial Park, Trevose, PA
- Guy Marks1923-1987American actor, comedian, singer and impressionistHoly Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
- Sal Ponti1935-1988American actorResurrection Cemetery, Bensalem, PA
- Betty Garde1905-1989ActressWestminister Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Paul Shannon1909-1990Pittsburgh radio and television presenterQueen of Heaven Cemetery, Thompsonville, PA
- Sara Seegar1914-1990American record actorWashington Crossing National Cemetery, Newtown Grant, PA
- Peter Brocco1903-1992American actorGethsemane Cemetery, Laureldale, PA
- John Granger1924-1993American film actorUpper Tinicum Cemetery, Tinicum, PA
- Ezra Stone1917-1994Actor, television and film directorWashington Crossing National Cemetery, Newtown Grant, PA
- Don Brockett1930-1995American actorAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- Dorothy McHugh1907-1995American actressMount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Paulene Myers1913-1996American actressChester Rural Cemetery, Parkside, PA
- Laurie Beechman1953-1998American singerMontefiore Cemetery, Rockledge, PA
- Arlene Francis1907-2001American actress and television hostRoosevelt Memorial Park, Trevose, PA
- Robert Osterloh1918-2001American actorUniondale Cemetery 1, Pittsburgh, PA
- Fred Rogers1928-2003American television personalityUnity Cemetery, Latrobe, PA
- Caitlin Clarke1952-2004American actressSewickley Cemetery, Sewickley, PA
- Gerald Anthony1951-2004American actorCalvary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Homestead, PA
- Matthew McGrory1973-2005American actorSaints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Broomall, PA
- Frank Gorshin1933-2005American actor and comedianCalvary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Homestead, PA
- George Meade Easby1918-2005American actor and art collectorLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Fred McCarren1951-2006American actorCalvary Cemetery, Butler, PA
- Alberta Nelson1937-2006ActressLaurel Hill Cemetery, Erie, PA
- Barry Nelson1917-2007American actorLansdale Cemetery, Lansdale, PA
- Joe Frazier1944-2011American boxerIvy Hill Cemetery, Wyndmoor, PA
- Richard Lynch1940-2012American actorSaints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Broomall, PA
- John Pinette1964-2014American comedian and actorSaints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Broomall, PA
- David Langston Smyrl1935-2016Actor and writerWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Kenny Rogers1938-2020American country singerThe Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, PA
- Michael K. Williams1966-2021American actorEast Harrisburg Cemetery, Penbrook, PA
- Michael Constantine1927-2021Greek-American actorCharles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA
- Bobby Rydell1942-2022American singer and teen idolSaints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Broomall, PA
- British actressMount Moriah Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1830s2
- 1850s1
- 1860s1
- 1870s2
- 1880s2
- 1890s8
- 1900s3
- 1910s3
- 1920s5
- 1930s4
- 1940s2
- 1950s4
- 1960s5
- 1970s5
- 1980s7
- 1990s9
- 2000s11
- 2010s4
- 2020s4
By recorded year of death, for the 82 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Mount Vernon Cemetery · Philadelphia, PA13
- Mount Moriah Cemetery · Yeadon, PA5
- Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery · Broomall, PA4
- Calvary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum · Homestead, PA3
- West Laurel Hill Cemetery · Bala Cynwyd, PA3
- Laurel Hill Cemetery · Philadelphia, PA3
- Ivy Hill Cemetery · Wyndmoor, PA3
- Westminister Cemetery · Bala Cynwyd, PA2
- Washington Crossing National Cemetery · Newtown Grant, PA2
- Allegheny Cemetery · Bloomfield, PA2
- Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery · Bloomfield, PA2
- Homewood Cemetery · Wilkinsburg, PA2
- Roosevelt Memorial Park · Trevose, PA2
- Dunmore Cemetery · Dunmore, PA2
- North Cedar Hills Cemetery · Cheltenham, PA2
- Charles Evans Cemetery · Reading, PA1
- Gethsemane Cemetery · Laureldale, PA1
- Holy Sepulchre Cemetery · Wyndmoor, PA1
- East Harrisburg Cemetery · Penbrook, PA1
- Eden Memorial Cemetery · Collingdale, PA1
- Evergreen Cemetery · Gettysburg, PA1
- Fairview Cemetery · Pen Argyl, PA1
- Harrisburg Cemetery · Harrisburg, PA1
- Jefferson Memorial Park · Baldwin, PA1
- Milford Cemetery · Gold Key Lake, PA1
Top 25 of 48 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
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Other notable burials in Pennsylvania
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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.