Celebrity Graves

Today, I had a "get-acquainted" or "meet & greet" job interview at an insurance company in Culver City, California.

The interview was a few blocks away from Holy Cross Cemetery, where a number of celebrities are buried.

After my interview, with camera in hand, I paid a quick stop over at Holy Cross Cemetery (since I was in the neighborhood) and snapped a few pictures of celebrity graves buried in the "Grotto - Our Lady of Lourdes" section.

They include:


Bela Lugosi

Lugosi (right) is best known as Count Dracula on stage and the silver screen. His 1932 movie, Island of Lost Souls, in which he played a supporting role as "The Sayer of the Law," will be released this coming October on Blu-ray and DVD by Criterion.























Bing Crosby

In the same row as Bela Lugosi rests Bing Crosby, actor and singer. Several members of the Crosby family are buried next to each other in the same row. Crosby is famous for the holiday favorite, "White Christmas" and appeared in several "Road" pictures with Bob Hope.






















Jack Haley, Sr. and Jack Haley, Jr.

Actor Jack Haley, Sr. (below) is best known as the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz (1939) and son Jack Haley, Jr. (above) was a producer, director and an ex-husband of Liza Minnelli. They are buried next to each other a few rows below Bing Crosby and Bela Lugosi.




Sharon Tate

Actress Sharon Tate was little-known at the time of her death. She appeared in minor roles in different movies including Valley of the Dolls. But her murder at the hands of the Charles Manson family changed all that. She was married to director Roman Polanski and was eight and a half months pregnant at the time of her murder in her home in Benedict Canyon. Next month (August 9) marks 42 years since her murder.















There's a Walter Brennan in this section, but the "Grandpa McCoy" Brennan is buried in the San Fernando Valley.