Calvary Cemetery - Definition and Overview

Calvary Cemetery is a fairly common name for a burial ground.

• There is a Calvary Cemetery in Queens, New York.

• There is a Calvary Cemetery in Seattle, Washington.

• There is a Calvary Cemetery, a Roman Catholic cemetery operated by the Los Angeles Archdiocese, located at 4201 E. Whittier Boulevard in East Los Angeles, California. It is also called "New Calvary Cemetery" because the original 1896 cemetery on North Broadway was moved to make way for Cathedral High School.

Amongst others, it is the final resting place for a few notables, including:

• King Baggot (1879-1948), screenwriter/director
• Lionel Barrymore (1878-1954), actor (monument - burial place is in Philadelphia)
• Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959), actress
• Richard Boleslawski (1889-1937), film director
• Lou Costello (1906-1959), actor, part of comedy team, "Abbott & Costello"
• Dolores Costello-Barrymore (1903-1979), actress
• Henry Dalton, Azusa founder and creator of honey industry
• Edward L. Doheny (1856-1935), oil tycoon
• Irene Dunne (1898-1990), actress
• Henry Gage (1852-1924), governor of California
• Cedric Gibbons (1893-1960), prolific film art director and production designer
• John Hodiak (1914-1955), actor
• Leno La Bianca (1925-1969), murdered by the Charles Manson family
• Matt Moore (1888-1960), actor
• Owen Moore (1886-1939), actor
• Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton (1885-1941), musician/composer of jazz and blues
• Pola Negri, actress
• Mabel Normand (1892-1930), silent film actress
• Ramon Novarro (1899-1968), actor
• Hal Roach, Jr. (1918-1972), film producer

See also: List of United States cemeteries; List of famous cemeteries (non-US)

External links

Political Graveyard - containing a list of politicians buried in Calvary Cemetery in Los Angeles (http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA5.html#R9V0BWFJH)