San Fernando Mission Cemetery

The San Fernando Mission Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery operated by the Los Angeles Archdiocese since 1800, and is located at 11160 Stranwood Avenue in the Mission Hills community of northern Los Angeles, California, near the Mission San Fernando Rey de España. Among those interred here are several stars of the entertainment industry including:

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Roman Catholic - Los Angeles Archdiocese - 1800 - Mission Hills - Los Angeles, California - Mission San Fernando Rey de España

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• Edward Arnold (1890-1956), actor.
• Ed Begley, Sr. (1901-1970), Academy Award-winning actor
• William Bendix (1906-1964), actor - on TV’s Life of Riley
• Walter Brennan (1894-1974), actor, 3 Academy Awards, recorded song "Old Rivers"
• Evelyn Brent (1899-1975), actress
• Jerry Colonna, comedian
• Betty Compson (1897-1974), pioneer film actress
• Chuck Connors (1921-1992), baseball player, actor - The Rifleman
• Joseph Crehan (1883-1966), actor
• Lee De Forest (1873-1961), scholar, inventor
• Allan Dwan (1885-1981), director, producer, screenwriter
• Frank Faylen, actor
• Ted Fio Rito (1900-1971), Big Band leader, composer
• Harry Fox (1882-1959), stage and film star, "Fox-Trot" dance
• William Frawley (1887-1966), actor
• George Gobel (1919-1991), comedian
• Bob Hope (1903-2003), entertainer
• Alice Joyce (1890-1955), early film star
• June Marlowe (1903-1984), actress, Miss Crabtree in the Little Rascals
• Clarence Nash (1904-1985), the voice of Donald Duck
• Trinidad Silva (1950-1988), TV and film actor
• Penny Singleton (1908-2003), actress, first woman president of an AFL-CIO union
• Ritchie Valens (1941-1959), early Rock and Roll singer, died in a plane crash
• Bruce Yarnell (1935-1973), actor, singer

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

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List of United States cemeteries - List of famous cemeteries

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