Notable burials · Arts and entertainment
Actors buried in Virginia
Wikidata records 50 actors as buried in 10 of the cemeteries we list in Virginia. Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington holds the most, with 40. Virginia has the 8th highest count of any state, out of 5,146 nationally.
People with actor among their recorded occupations, including film, television, stage and voice actors.
50
actors
10
cemeteries
1%
of notable burials in Virginia
2010s
the decade with the most deaths (10)
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In order of death
Actors buried in Virginia
- Helen Dauvray1859-1923American actressArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Henry Rhoades1844-1934American naval officer, engineer and journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Bernard A. Reinold1860-1940American stage actorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Sylvanus Stokes, Jr.1897-1949American yachtsman and socialiteHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Henry W. Pemberton1875-1952American actorShockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Wayne Morris1914-1959American actorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Anderson Lawler1902-1959American film and stage actorSpring Hill Cemetery, West Lynchburg, VA
- Grace Filkins1865-1962ActorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Alan Campbell1904-1963American screenwriterHebrew Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Constance Bennett1904-1965American actressArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- William Harrigan1886-1966American actorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Fay Bainter1893-1968American actressArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Marguerite Clayton1891-1968American actressArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Robert Porterfield1905-1971American actor and directorKnollkreg Cemetery, Abingdon, VA
- Audie Murphy1924-1971American soldier and actorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Ilona Massey1910-1974Hungarian actressArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Nicholas Soussanin1889-1975Russian film actorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Queenie Rosson1889-1978American actressArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Joe Louis1914-1981American boxerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Violet Heming1895-1981British actressArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Ula Holt1915-1982ActorOakwood Cemetery, Charlottesville, VA
- Arthur Godfrey1903-1983American radio personality and television actorUnion Cemetery, Leesburg, VA
- John Davis Lodge1903-1985American politicianArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Lady Tsen Mei1888-1985American actressWoodlawn Memorial Gardens, Chesapeake, VA
- Lee Marvin1924-1987American actorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Peter J. Ortiz1913-1988United States Marine Corps officerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Virginia Sale1899-1992American actressArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Tony Harvey1928-1994Spring Hill Cemetery, West Lynchburg, VA
- Priscilla Lane1915-1995American actressArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Francesca Braggiotti1902-1998Italian dancer, actress and First Lady of ConnecticutArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Valentine Pringle1937-1999American actorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Burt Kennedy1922-2001American film director and screenwriterArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Dick Stilwell1943-2002ActorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Bill Mauldin1921-2003American editorial cartoonistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Ignatius Wolfington1920-2004Actor and recipient of the Purple HeartArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Phyllis Kirk1927-2006ActressArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Jack Valenti1921-2007American political advisor and lobbyist who served as a Special Assistant to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson; also President of the MPAAArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Moultrie Patten1919-2009American musician and actorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Jackie Cooper1922-2011American actor, directorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Bob Davis1920-2011Radio personality, born 1920Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Charles Durning1923-2012American actorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Poni Adams1918-2014ActressArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Maureen O'Hara1920-2015Irish, American actress and singerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Anthony Sydes1941-2015American actor and military personnelArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John Glenn1921-2016American astronaut and politicianArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- R. Lee Ermey1944-2018American actor and soldierArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Diana Sowle1930-2018American actressArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Georgia Engel1948-2019American actressCape Charles Cemetery, Cape Charles, VA
- Michael Collins1930-2021American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1920s1
- 1930s1
- 1940s2
- 1950s3
- 1960s6
- 1970s6
- 1980s8
- 1990s5
- 2000s7
- 2010s10
- 2020s1
By recorded year of death, for the 50 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Arlington National Cemetery · Arlington, VA40
- Spring Hill Cemetery · West Lynchburg, VA2
- Hollywood Cemetery · Richmond, VA1
- Oakwood Cemetery · Charlottesville, VA1
- Hebrew Cemetery · Richmond, VA1
- Union Cemetery · Leesburg, VA1
- Shockoe Hill Cemetery · Richmond, VA1
- Cape Charles Cemetery · Cape Charles, VA1
- Woodlawn Memorial Gardens · Chesapeake, VA1
- Knollkreg Cemetery · Abingdon, VA1
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Other notable burials in Virginia
World War II veterans1,175World War I veterans815American Civil War veterans444Medal of Honor recipients401Spanish-American War veterans353Korean War veterans314United States representatives305Writers and poets279Vietnam War veterans213Aviators and astronauts171Journalists125Inventors and engineers113Painters, sculptors and photographers95Business leaders92Physicians86Scientists86United States senators85American football players81Governors64Mexican-American War veterans53Musicians and singers45Baseball players43Architects23Supreme Court justices19Basketball players18
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.