Desert Cathedral City
by Sylviastel | created - 17 Sep 2012 | updated - 5 months ago | PublicThe men and women interred at Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, Riverside County, California.
1. Busby Berkeley
Director | Gold Diggers of 1935
Busby Berkeley was one of the greatest choreographers of the US movie musical. He started his career in the US Army in 1918, as a lieutenant in the artillery conducting and directing parades. After the World War I cease-fire he was ordered to stage camp shows for the soldiers. Back in the US he ...
Plot: Section A-14 # 74 GPS coordinates: 33.8178787, -116.4426498 (hddd.dddd)
2. Rodney Bell
Actor | The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues
Rodney Bell was born on October 21, 1915 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was an actor, known for The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955), Waiting in the Lurch (1949) and The Fire Chaser (1954). He died on August 3, 1968 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Plot: Section B-17, Lot 205
3. Dorothy Arnold
Actress | The Phantom Creeps
Dorothy Arnold was a nightclub singer and budding movie star when she married baseball great Joe DiMaggio in 1940. She had made several films for Universal starting in 1938, but after her marriage to DiMaggio she gave up acting. Although the two divorced in 1944, Arnold did not try to resume her ...
4. Sonny Bono
Soundtrack | The Sonny and Cher Show
Sonny Bono was born on February 16, 1935 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for The Sonny and Cher Show (1976), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) and Hairspray (1988). He was married to Mary Bono, Susie Coelho, Cher and Donna Rankin. He died on January 5, 1998 in South Lake Tahoe...
Plot: B-35, #294 GPS coordinates: 33.8197212, -116.4417191 (hddd.dddd)
5. Lorayne Brox
Actress | Manhattan Serenade
Lorayne Brox was born on November 11, 1901 in Riverton, Iowa, USA. She was an actress, known for Manhattan Serenade (1929), The General (1929) and King of Jazz (1930). She was married to Henry Busse and Joseph D. Hall. She died on June 14, 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Plot: Section B-8, Lot 67
6. Brad Dexter
Actor | The Magnificent Seven
American supporting player specializing in tough guys. Of Serbian extraction, he was born in Nevada in 1917. As a young man, he boxed in amateur bouts and had early training in theatre at the Pasadena Playhouse. He joined the Air Corps during World War II and was assigned to the troupe performing ...
Plot: Section B2, grave 28
7. Alex Dreier
Actor | Toma
Alex Dreier, a rare case of a well-known radio and TV news reporter and commentator turned actor late in life. Born in 1916, he graduated from Stanford University in 1939 and became a newsman shortly afterwards. His first assignment was as a correspondent for the United Press in Berlin. Put under ...
Plot: Section B-30, lot 351
8. Jolie Gabor
Jolie Gabor was born on September 30, 1896 in Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Budapest, Hungary). She is known for Captain Blackjack (1950), The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) and All Star Revue (1950). She was married to Count Edmond de Szigethy, Peter Howard Christman and Vilmos Gabor. She ...
Plot: B-8, #126
9. Magda Gabor
Actress | Mai lányok
Magda Gabor was born on June 11, 1914 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. She was an actress, known for Mai lányok (1937), Tokaji rapszódia (1937) and The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950). She was married to Tibor Heltai, George Sanders, Tony Gallucci, Sidney R. Warren, William ...
Plot: B-8, #125
10. Bill Goodwin
Actor | Spellbound
Bill Goodwin was born on July 28, 1910 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Spellbound (1945), Tea for Two (1950) and House of Horrors (1946). He was married to Philippa Hilber and Paula Winslowe. He died on May 9, 1958 in Palm Springs, California, USA.
Plot: B-1, #17
11. Earle Hagen
Composer | I Spy
Earle Hagen was born on July 9, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for I Spy (1965), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) and Tango & Cash (1989). He was married to Laura Roberts (Gunn) and Lou Sidwell. He died on May 26, 2008 in Rancho Mirage, California, USA.
12. Claude Harmon
Self | The Phil Silvers Show
Claude Harmon was born on July 14, 1916 in Savannah, Georgia, USA. He died on July 23, 1989 in Houston, Texas, USA.
Plot: B8-50
13. Josephine Hill
Actress | Lightnin' Jack
Josephine Hill was born on October 3, 1899 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Lightnin' Jack (1924), The Blind Trail (1926) and Border Vengeance (1925). She was married to Jack Perrin and Jack Brown. She died on December 17, 1989 in Palm Springs, California, USA.
Plot: Section B-30, Grave 18
14. Eddy Howard
Soundtrack | The Green Mile
Singer, songwriter ("Careless", "A Million Dreams Ago"), conductor, composer and guitarist, educated at San Jose State College and at Stanford University's medical school. He appeared in a number of hotels and night clubs, and sang with the Dick Jurgens dance band, finally leading his own band in ...
Plot: B-16, Grave 9
15. Betty Hutton
Actress | Annie Get Your Gun
Betty Hutton was born Elizabeth June Thornburg on February 26, 1921, in Battle Creek, Michigan. Two years later, Betty's father decided that the family way of life wasn't for him, so he left (he committed suicide 16 years later). Having to fend for themselves, Mrs. Thornburg moved the family to ...
16. Jennings Lang
Producer | The Concorde... Airport '79
Originally a lawyer from New York City, Jennings Lang came to Hollywood in 1938 and set up an office as a talent agent. In 1940, he joined the Jaffe Agency and, within a few years, became the company's president and one of Hollywood's leading agents. He joined MCA in 1950 and, two years later, ...
17. Andrea Leeds
Actress | Stage Door
She made only a handful of films within a span of four years (1936-1940), but gentle, soulful-eyed Andrea Leeds touched hearts with those few, culminating in an Oscar-nomination for Best Supporting Actress as the sensitive, aspiring young actress who doesn't survive the school of hard knocks in the...
18. Frederick Loewe
Music_department | Camelot
Frederick Loewe's parents were Austrian; he studied music with Ferruccio Busoni, Eugene D'Albert and N. Reznicek and he was awarded the Hollander Medal in Berlin. He came to the US in 1924 and joined ASCAP in 1941; in 1942, he gave a piano recital at Carnegie Hall. His chief musical collaborator ...
Plot: B-8, #89
19. George Burr MacAnnan
Actor | Supernatural
George Burr MacAnnan was born on November 30, 1887 in Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Supernatural (1933) and White Zombie (1932). He died on November 12, 1970 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
20. Marian Marsh
Actress | Beauty and the Boss
One of the early sound era's most attractive young leading ladies, doll-faced Marian Marsh enjoyed a short yet significant film career as the star of several memorable 1930s melodramas opposite some of the cinema's best, most charismatic lead actors. Her youthful, wide-eyed innocence combined with ...
Plot: B-35, site 129
21. Cameron Mitchell
Actor | The High Chaparral
Cameron Mitchell was the son of a minister, but chose a different path from his father. Prior to World War II, in which he served as an Air Force bombardier, Mitchell appeared on Broadway, and, in 1940, an experimental television broadcast, "The Passing of the Third Floor Back". He made his film ...
Plot: Section A-23, Lot 83
23. William Powell
Producer | All American
William Powell was born on February 27, 1925 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for All American (1953), Stagecoach West (1960) and Bonanza (1959). He was married to Patsy Parsons and Irene Mary Brodowski. He died on March 13, 1968 in the USA.
Plot: Sec.B-10 Lot 20
24. William Powell
Actor | The Thin Man
William Powell was on the New York stage by 1912, but it would be ten years before his film career would begin. In 1924 he went to Paramount Pictures, where he was employed for the next seven years. During that time, he played in a number of interesting films, but stardom was elusive. He did ...
Plot: B-10, #20
25. Marjorie Rambeau
Actress | Primrose Path
Born July 15, 1889 in San Francisco, unappreciated character player Marjorie Rambeau worked on the stage from the age of 12. In the 1910s and 1920s, she became a prominent Broadway lead, noted for her serene beauty, elegant poise and touching theatrics. Around the same time she made a few silent ...
Plot: section B-10-26
26. Pete Reiser
Self | 1947 World Series
Pete Reiser was born on March 17, 1919 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He died on October 25, 1981 in Palm Springs, California, USA.
Plot: Section C-12, grave 219
27. Jilly Rizzo
Actor | Year of the Dragon
Jilly Rizzo was born on May 6, 1917 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Year of the Dragon (1985), Eternity (1990) and Cannonball Run II (1984). He was married to Dorothy. He died on May 6, 1992 in Mission Hills, California, USA.
Plot: B-8, #157
28. Ginny Simms
Actress | Night and Day
War-era songstress Ginny Simms was born Virginia Simms on May 23, 1913, in Texas but was raised in California, which accounts for her lack of a Southern accent in her speaking/singing voice. Though she studied piano as a child, it was her vocal gifts that launched her career, which started when she...
29. Frank Sinatra
Actor | From Here to Eternity
Frank Sinatra was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Italian immigrants Natalina Della (Garaventa), from Northern Italy, and Saverio Antonino Martino Sinatra, a Sicilian boxer, fireman, and bar owner. Growing up on the gritty streets of Hoboken made Sinatra determined to work hard to get ahead. ...
Plot: B-8, #151 GPS coordinates: 33.8166389, -116.4418564 (hddd.dddd)
30. Sid Tomack
Actor | The Life of Riley
Sid Tomack was born on September 8, 1907 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Life of Riley (1948), Living It Up (1954) and Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (1949). He died on November 12, 1962 in Palm Springs, California, USA.
Plot: Section A-9, Lot 14
31. Bobbe Brox
Actress | Manhattan Serenade
Bobbe Brox was born on November 28, 1902 in Riverton, Iowa, USA. She was an actress and costume designer, known for Manhattan Serenade (1929), The General (1929) and The Big Lift (1950). She was married to Jimmy Van Heusen and William Perlberg. She died on May 2, 1999 in Glen Falls, New York, USA.
Plot: Section B-35, near Frank Sinatra
32. Jimmy Van Heusen
Soundtrack | Going My Way
Jimmy Van Heusen was inarguably one of the most accomplished songwriters in history. Claiming four "Oscars" and one Emmy award among his credits he also wrote more songs (85) recorded by Frank Sinatra, his long time friend, than any other composer. He also composed the songs for another good friend...
Plot: B-8, #63
33. Ralph Young
Soundtrack | Nude on the Moon
Ralph Young was born on July 1, 1918 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Nude on the Moon (1961), Hideout in the Sun (1960) and Blaze Starr Goes Nudist (1962). He was married to Arlene Young and Muriel Young. He died on August 22, 2008 in Palm Springs, California, USA.
Plot: Section A-37, #67
34. Monica Lewis
Actress | Earthquake
For almost two decades, Monica Lewis was the idealized, wholesomely sexy sound and image of apple-pie America, lending a curvaceous, dimpled smile and melodious voice of hope to thousands of U.S. troops through two of the 20th century's greatest wars. She starred on the very first "Ed Sullivan Show...
35. Barbara Sinatra
Self | Sinatra in Palm Springs
Barbara Sinatra was born on October 16, 1926 in Bosworth, Missouri, USA. She was married to Frank Sinatra, Zeppo Marx and Robert Harrison Oliver. She died on July 25, 2017 in Rancho Mirage, California, USA.
36. Bob Cobert
Soundtrack | X-Men: Apocalypse
Bob Cobert was born on October 26, 1924 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), Click (2006) and Dark Shadows (2012). He was married to Helen Elizabeth Fosse. He died on February 19, 2020 in Palm Desert, California, USA.
37. Howard Hesseman
Actor | WKRP in Cincinnati
Howard Hesseman was a leading counter-culture figure since the late 1960s. He was a member of the improv group, "The Committee", for a decade in the 1960s/1970s. A character actor for many years on different television shows since the 1960s, he took small parts in The Andy Griffith Show (1960), ...
38. Shirley Spork
Self | The Founders
Shirley Spork was born on April 14, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She died on April 12, 2022 in Palm Desert, California, USA.
39. Alan Hamel
Producer | Nothing Personal
Alan Hamel was born on June 15, 1936 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a producer and actor, known for Nothing Personal (1980), Somersize Part 1, Suzanne Somers: Eat Great, Lose Weight (1996) and Exclusive (1992). He was previously married to Suzanne Somers and Marilyn Shapiro.
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40. Suzanne Somers
Actress | Three's Company
Suzanne Somers was the third of four children born to Frank and Marion Mahoney. Her father worked loading beer onto boxcars, and her mother was a medical secretary. She grew up living in constant fear of being hurt or even killed at the hands of her verbally and physically abusive, alcoholic father...
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