List of burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)

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This is a list of notable people buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park cemetery in Glendale, California. The cemetery was founded in 1906 and has been used for many funerals of film stars and other celebrities since then.

Contents

(Those in non-public areas are marked NP.)

A

Crypt of Gracie Allen Gracie Allen Grave.JPG
Crypt of Gracie Allen

B

Crypt marker of Rex Bell and Clara Bow Bell-Bow crypt.jpg
Crypt marker of Rex Bell and Clara Bow
Niche marker of Humphrey Bogart Humphrey Bogart Grave.JPG
Niche marker of Humphrey Bogart
Crypt of George Burns George Burns Grave.JPG
Crypt of George Burns

C

Grave of Sam Cooke Sam Cooke Grave.JPG
Grave of Sam Cooke

D

Crypt of Dorothy Dandridge Dandridge crypt.jpg
Crypt of Dorothy Dandridge
Walt Disney's garden and crypt Disney garden.jpg
Walt Disney's garden and crypt
Grave of Sammy Davis Jr Sammy Davis Jr. Grave.JPG
Grave of Sammy Davis Jr

E

F

Crypt of Larry Fine Larryfinegrave.jpg
Crypt of Larry Fine
Grave of Errol Flynn Forestlawn Flynn.jpg
Grave of Errol Flynn
Crypt of W.C. Fields W. C. Fields Grave.JPG
Crypt of W.C. Fields

G

Sid Grauman's alcove in the Great Mausoleum Forestlawn grauman.jpg
Sid Grauman's alcove in the Great Mausoleum
Crypt of Clark Gable Clark Gable Grave.JPG
Crypt of Clark Gable

H

Ian Hornak's tablet in the Great Mausoleum Hornak1.JPG
Ian Hornak's tablet in the Great Mausoleum
Tomb of Jean Harlow Jean Harlow Grave.JPG
Tomb of Jean Harlow

I

J

Crypt of Michael Jackson Michael Jackson Grave.jpg
Crypt of Michael Jackson

K

L

Crypt of Carole Lombard Carole Lombard Grave.JPG
Crypt of Carole Lombard

M

N

O

P

Tomb of Mary Pickford Mary Pickford Tomb.JPG
Tomb of Mary Pickford

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R

S

Grave of Jimmy Stewart Forestlawn Stewart grave.jpg
Grave of Jimmy Stewart
Tomb of David O. Selznick Grave of David O. Selznick.JPG
Tomb of David O. Selznick

T

Grave of Spencer Tracy Forestlawn Tracy.jpg
Grave of Spencer Tracy
Crypt of Elizabeth Taylor Elizabeth Taylor Grave.JPG
Crypt of Elizabeth Taylor

V

W

Y

Z

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