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They are interred at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, Los Angeles, California.
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Perennial starlet Dorothy Abbott was a sexy, vivacious, wide-smiling model, showgirl and actress who could brighten up a room. Unfortunately, her cinematic offerings wound up being pretty minimal and her last years were marred by depression and, ultimately, a tragic end.
She was born Dorothy E. Abbott on December 16, 1920, in Kansas City, Missouri and started her career off as a chorine with Earl Carroll and his Los Angeles-based revues and in Las Vegas showrooms where she was dubbed the rather mystifying title of "The Girl with the Golden Arm". Paramount Studios perked up on the lovely blonde with the Betty Page-like bangs and gave her a starting contract at $150 a week. Groomed in dozens of decorative "good time girl" bits -- dancers, chorus girls, waitresses, stewardesses, party girls, nurses and models -- she was at the same time promoted as a cheesecake pinup, "winning" such dubious titles as "Miss Wilshire Club," "Miss Los Angeles Transit" and "Miss Oil Cans".
The dusky-voiced Dorothy was usually briefly seen and not heard in such dramatic and lightweight fare as The Razor's Edge (1946), Road to Rio (1947), Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948) (in which she has her first speaking role as a maid), Words and Music (1948), Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949), Little Women (1949), Neptune's Daughter (1949), Annie Get Your Gun (1950), His Kind of Woman (1951), Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1952), _The Las Vegas Story (1952)_, The Caddy (1953), There's No Business Like Show Business (1954), Love Me or Leave Me (1955), Rebel Without a Cause (1955), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), Jailhouse Rock (1957), South Pacific (1958), The Apartment (1960), That Touch of Mink (1962), A Gathering of Eagles (1963) and Dear Heart (1964). Her one starring role came early in the exploitative, lowbudget potboiler A Virgin in Hollywood (1953) as a star reporter out to get a seamy Hollywood story, but she was unable to capitalize on it.
Working bit parts at the studio during the days, she would often perform on stage in little theatre shows at night. On the sly, when work was meager, she became a real estate agent in the 1950s in order to help supplement her income. TV chores included guest roles in "Leave It to Beaver" and "Ozzie and Harriet". She also had a recurring part for one season as Jack Webb's girlfriend on the Dragnet (1954) series.
Dorothy married LAPD narcotics squad officer-turned homicide detective Adolph Rudy Diaz in 1949. Diaz, who was of Native American (Apache) descent, eventually retired as a cop in order to pursue acting. By this time, the marriage was in trouble and the couple separated. Going by the stage name of Rudy Diaz in 1967, he began to get work and was seen out in public with other women. The divorce was finalized in 1968, but Dorothy took it hard and never seemed to get over it. On December 15, 1968, she committed suicide at her Los Angeles home -- one day before her 48th birthday. She was interred (as Dorothy E. Diaz) at Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California, Plot: Valley Lawn, Lot 2939.Plot: Valley Lawn, Lot 2939
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Ailey was born in the rural town of Rogers, Texas, USA. His childhood memories and experiences often informed his choreography; the most notable of his works was "Blues Suite", "Cry" (choreographed for Judith Jamison), and "Revelations", a ballet based on Ailey's observations and experiences in Black Baptist churches that was set to traditional Negro Spirituals. "Revelations" has the distinction of being one of the most performed ballets in the world. Beginning his dance career in 1953 with Lester Horton's dance company, Ailey assumed the artistic direction of Horton's company after Horton's death in 1953. In 1958, Ailey's seven member dance company, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, made its debut at the 92nd Street YMHA in New York City. Keeping a unique perspective about dance, he did not use his dance company merely as a vehicle to showcase his own choreography; he developed the Ailey American Dance Theater into a repertory company that provided art and entertainment while institutionalizing modern dances, helping preserve and develop old and new works by a variety of choreographers. Before his death in 1989, he had choreographed seventy-nine ballets, received New York's Handel Medallion, the Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award for lifetime contributions to modern dance, and in 1988, the Kennedy Center honored him for lifetime achievement in the performing arts. Additionally, Ailey's company was sent on several world tours by the U. S. State Department performing in the Soviet Union, France, Denmark, Finland, Morocco, and throughout South America to enthusiastic audiences and critics. After his death in 1989, his protege and former principal dancer Judith Jamison became artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater furthering the Ailey dance tradition and artistic mission that is applauded and acknowledged throughout the world.- Actress
- Griff Barnett was born on 12 November 1884 in Blue Ridge, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Pinky (1949), For the Love of Mary (1948) and Apartment for Peggy (1948). He died on 12 January 1958 in El Monte, California, USA.Plot: Cypress Lawn, Lot 1435, Grave 1
- Bobbie 'Cotton' Beard was born on 2 August 1930 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He was an actor, known for A Lad an' a Lamp (1932), Forgotten Babies (1933) and Birthday Blues (1932). He died on 16 October 1999 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
- Curley Bradley was born on 18 September 1910 in Coalgate, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor, known for Cavalcade of America (1952) and Curley Bradley: The Singing Marshal (1951). He was married to Margaret "Boots" Gonzales, Olga Bewon and Hope Elizabeth Anderson. He died on 3 June 1985 in Long Beach, California, USA.Plot: Cherry Blossom Garden, Lot 62, Grave B
- Charles Edward Bull born in Texas in 1881, tall, handsome man was a real life Judge working for the Justice of the Peace in Reno, Nevada, became better known for his impersonation of Abraham Lincoln in two films, first a western starring O'Brien and Madge Bellamy in 'The Iron Horse' at the Fox Film Company in 1924 later followed by a melodrama 'The Heart of Maryland' directed by Lloyd Bacon, starring Dolores Costello and Jason Robards snr at Warner Brothers in 1927. He died in Lynwood, California in 1971 aged 90.Plot: Hillcrest Lawn, Lot 549, Grave 1
- Rusty Burrell was born on 17 November 1925 in Metropolis, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Divorce Court (1957), Animal Court (1998) and The People's Court (1981). He was married to Clara Mae Odom. He died on 15 April 2002 in Rosemead, California, USA.
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Timothy Carey had one of the most unusual careers of all Hollywood character actors, obtaining full cult status for his portrayals of the doomed, the psychotic and the plain crazy. Carey's career was an "only in America" type of story, and he retains his status as a great American original many years after his death.
As a 22-year-old acting school graduate, Carey made his film debut in 1951, as a corpse in a Clark Gable western, but it was his brief, uncredited part as Chino's Boy #1, a member of Lee Marvin's motorcycle gang The Beetles in The Wild One (1953) which made an impression, and was a harbinger of the unsavory characters to come.
Prone to improvising, it was the fearless Carey who came up with the idea of squirting beer in Marlon Brando's face, even though the great methods actor himself had expressed reservations about what Carey was up to.
Carey registered the same year as the bordello bouncer who threatens James Dean in East of Eden (1955), making his face, if not his name (he was uncredited in both parts), known to the mass audience.
Carey followed this up with superb acting jobs in 2 Stanley Kubrick films; The Killing (1956) and Paths of Glory (1957).
In the former he played the sociopath, Nikki Arane, who 's contracted to shoot a race horse, which he does with great glee. In Paths of Glory (1957), Carey had an atypically sympathetic role as French soldier, Pvt. Ferol, unjustly condemned to be shot to atone for the stupidities of his generals during World War I. However, it was in Bayou (1957) in which Carey reached what must be considered good apex as an actor: as the psychotic Cajun Ulysses, he crafted an indelible performance that went beyond the acceptable limits of cinema scenery-chewing. He became Ulysses, on-screen, the mad Cajun who epitomized evil, his insanity perfectly encapsulated in the psychotic jig Carey danced to more fully limn his character's madness. This classic exploitation film was re-cut and re-released as "Poor White Trash" (1961), and became a grind house Gone with the Wind (1939), playing to crowds throughout the decade.
With these performances, Carey's career as a Hollywod heavy was established, though many directors saw the talent lurking within his physically forbidding, 6'4" frame. His former co-star Brando directed him in One-Eyed Jacks (1961) (Brando's sole directorial effort), gunning down the shotgun-wielding heavy in the process. Francis Ford Coppola tried to hire him for The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974), but Carey was working on his own project during the shooting of the first classic, and turned down the opportunity to appear in the second. He did agree to appear in Coppola's The Conversation (1974), yet another classic, but walked off the set during filming. John Cassavetes gave him a prominent role in Minnie and Moskowitz (1971) and cast him as the second lead in The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976).
Carey's penchant for improvising (in the execution scene for Paths of Glory (1957), his character was supposed to remain silent, but Carey began moaning, I don't what to die,', and Kubrick kept it in the film) coupled with his eccentric behavior gave him a reputation as difficult to work with in the 1960s.
During that tumultuous decade, Carey spoofed his psycho screen image in Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), playing South Dakota Slim, who - like villains of old flickers - straps the second female lead to a buzz saw. As the heavy Lord High-and-Low, he menaced The Monkees in the Jack Nicholson-penned Head (1968). Nicholson was one of his biggest fans.
Carey's greatest role was in a film he produced, wrote and directed himself, The World's Greatest Sinner (1962), in which he played a rock 'n roll-singing evangelist who, in a burst of hubris, names himself "God," runs for President and is struck down by God himself at the film's climax.
As Clarence Hilliard, the insurance salesman who drops out of straight society, starts his own evangelical religion (using rock 'n roll music played by himself and a band featuring a woman saxophone player to whip up the crowds and manipulate the masses) and eventually runs for president, Carey fully realised his talent, a grind house, exploitation circuit John Gielgud assaying his Hamlet.
Filmed fitfully between 1958- 61 for a total cost of approximately $100-thousand (the shooting was sporadic, as the production kept running out of money), it remains one of the most notorious works in grind house cinema--even Elvis Presley himself asked Carey for a copy! (Carey, always in character as the Jester, refused The King's request).
Carey's last film was Echo Park (1985). A favorite actor of cineaste/video store clerk Quentin Tarantino, he tested for the role of crime boss Joe Cabot in Tarantino's debut film, Reservoir Dogs (1992), but the tyro director didn't think he was right for the role. Instead, he cast Lawrence Tierney (equally great in the movie heavy and eccentricity departments) and dedicated the film to Carey.
Timothy Carey taught acting in his later years. This true American original died of a stroke on May 11, 1994, age of 65. He's sorely missed, as his like will not be seen again.- Producer
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Robert Chandler is known for Snapped Judgment (2013), NCBF Championship (2008) and The FCS Tailgate Tour (2008).Plot: The Gardens, L-7, private garden- Actor
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Alexander Chavez is known for The Meadow (2011), Steel City (2011) and Scars That Heal: The Dave Roever Story (1993).- Boyd Coddington was born on 28 August 1944 in Rupert, Idaho, USA. He was married to Jo Andenise Clausen McGee, Diane Marie Ragone Elkins and Peggy Jeanne King. He died on 27 February 2008 in Whittier, California, USA.Plot: Fountainhead Lawn, Sec 1000
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Los Angeles native Donfeld (born Donald Lee Feld) attended Chouinard Art Institute before being hired as art director in 1953 by Capitol Records. After several years at Capitol he went out on his own, and soon found steady employment in the film industry as a costume designer. He has been nominated for an Academy Award for Costume Design four times: for Days of Wine and Roses (1962), They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), Tom Sawyer (1973) and Prizzi's Honor (1985).Plot: Garden of Prayer, sec. 18, lot 5007, grave 4- Kathryn Eames won the National Collegiate Players Award in 1940 while attending the University of Arizona. Her prize included a summer workshop with Tamara Daykarhanova who gave her a scholarship to continue study in the fall. Her first professional appearance was in the Broadway production of "Winged Victory". For over 50 years, she appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, on radio, television and film. She worked in regional theatre, stock packages, dinner theatre and industrial shows with such actors as Ian Keith, Groucho Marx, Shirley Booth, Robert Alda, Kaye Ballard, Eddie Bracken, Tom Ewell and Gloria de Haven. In 1992, she was Actor in Residence at Iowa State University where a theatre scholarship has been established in her name.
- Ted Edwards is known for The Way to the Gold (1957).Plot: Ivy Lawn, Lot 744, Grave 2
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Jaime Escalante was born to two Bolivian schoolteachers who taught in a small Aymara Indian village. After 9 years of teaching in Bolivia, Escalante moved to the United States in 1964, and worked as a busboy, a cook, and an electronics factory technician. He attended the Universidad de Puerto Rico, later moving to California and studying at Pasadena City College, earning a degree in Electronics.
In 1976 he began teaching at Garfield High School, in east Los Angeles, California, where drugs, gangs and violence were facts of daily life. Despite these obstacles, Escalante was able to motivate a small group of students to take the AP calculus exam. In 1979, two of his students passed the A.P. test. In 1980, seven of his students passed the test. A year later, 14 students passed the test. In 1982, so many students passed that the Educational Testing Service invalidated the scores, believing that the students had cheated. Most of the pupils retook the test and passed, making Escalante a national hero. In recognition of his incredible achievements, Escalante was awarded the United States Presidential Medal and the Andres Bello award by the Organization of American States. By 1987, Garfield High's A.P. calculus program had outpaced Beverly High's.
In 1991, he left Garfield High, citing faculty politics and petty jealousies. He taught in Sacramento for several years, but later retired to his native Bolivia. He is living in his wife's hometown and teaching part time at the local university. He returns to the United States frequently to visit his children.Plot: Lakeside Gardens, Section 18, Lot 3914, Grave 3- Elizabeth Flournoy was born on 18 November 1886 in Saint Charles, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for Adam's Rib (1949), Grounds for Marriage (1951) and Science Fiction Theatre (1955). She died on 14 August 1977 in Los Angeles, California, USA.Plot: Valley View Lawn, Lot 2154, Grave 2
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Scots actress, long in the United States, who specialized in housekeepers and mothers, most notably the housekeeper Mrs. Hudson in the Sherlock Holmes series of movies of the Thirties and Forties. She was born Mary Gilmour, the daughter of a Glasgow wire weaver. She worked as a dressmaker before finding work on the stage. Joining a company bound for an American tour, she came to the U.S. in her twenties, apparently making a few appearances on Broadway in small roles, but primarily touring in stock. With her mother Mary and daughter (also named Mary), she arrived in Los Angeles in the mid-Twenties and began playing variations on the roles she would spend her career doing. She became friends with John Ford while making Hangman's House (1928) and made seven more films for him. In 1939, she took on her most famous role as Sherlock Holmes's housekeeper and played the role in ten films and numerous radio plays. She was a charter member of the Hollywood Canteen, entertaining servicemen throughout the Second World War. On the radio show "Those We Love," she played the regular role of Mrs. Emmett. She entered retirement just as television reshaped the entertainment industry, making only a single appearance in that medium. Very active in the Daughters of Scotia auxiliary of the Order of Scottish Clans, she lived out her final years in Pasadena, California with her daughter and grandson. She died after a long illness on August 23, 1963.Plot: Court of Eternal Light, Section C, Crypt 579- John Gough was born on 22 September 1894 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Border Justice (1924), The Calendar Girl (1917) and Ain't Love Funny? (1927). He died on 30 June 1968 in Hollywood, California, USA.Plot: Garden of Rememberance, Lot 394, Grave 1
- Bryan Gregory was born on 20 February 1951 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for The Foreigner (1978) and The Cramps: Human Fly (1978). He was married to Robyn Hunt. He died on 10 January 2001 in Anaheim, California, USA.Plot: Section 1, Lot 808, Grave 808
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Al Haskell was born on 4 December 1886 in Watsonville, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Terror of the Plains (1934), The Fiddlin' Buckaroo (1933) and The Voice from the Sky (1929). He died on 6 January 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA.Plot: Garden of Prayer, Lot 7617, Grave 1- Mahdi Abdul-Rahman (born Walter Raphael Hazzard Jr.; April 15, 1942 - November 18, 2011) was an American college, Olympic and professional basketball player and college basketball coach. He was best known for his association with the men's basketball team at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), having been a star player for that team when it won its first national championship in 1964 and having served as the team's head coach in the 1980s.
- Wally Hood was born on 9 February 1895 in Whittier, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Warming Up (1928). He died on 2 May 1965 in Hollywood, California, USA.Plot: Whispering Pines, Lot 5167, Grave 4
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William Hopper was born on 26 January 1915 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Perry Mason (1957), 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) and The Bad Seed (1956). He was married to Jeanette Juanita Ward and Jane Gilbert. He died on 6 March 1970 in Palm Springs, California, USA.Plot: Memorial Urn Garden, Space 201- Clara Horton was born on 29 July 1904 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Girl from Outside (1919), Tom Sawyer (1917) and Huck and Tom (1918). She was married to Hyman Brand. She died on 4 December 1976 in Encino, California, USA.Plot: Alderlawn, Lot 6303, Lot 1