Dominique Dunne

Birth Name:

Dominique Ellen Dunne

Birth Date:

November 23, 1959

Birth Place:

Santa Monica, California

Death Date:

November 4, 1982

Place of Death:

8723 Rangely Avenue, West Hollywood, California

Age:

Cause of Death:

Strangulation

Cemetery Name:

Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary

Claim to Fame:

Show Business

Dominique Dunne was an American actress who first appeared in the 1979 television film Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker which she parlayed into supporting roles in popular 1980s television series such as Lou Grant, Hart to Hart and Fame and Breaking Away. In 1981, she was cast in her first and only feature film, Poltergeist, produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Tobe Hooper. Shortly after the release of the hit movie she was strangled to death in the driveway of her West Hollywood home by ex-boyfriend and psychopath John Sweeney who served less that 4 years in prison for his crime.

Fun Fact

Dominique Dunne has quite the pedigree:

Her mother was Ellen Beatriz “Lenny” (née Griffin), a ranching heiress
Her father was fabled writer, producer, actor and investigative journalist Dominick Dunne
She was the niece of married novelists John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion
Her godparents were Maria Cooper-Janis, daughter of actors Gary Cooper and Veronica “Rocky” Cooper, and producer Martin Manulis

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary

1218 Glendon Avenue

Los Angeles, California, 90024

USA

North America

Map:

Grave Location:

Section D, Lot 193

Grave Location Description

As you drive into the cemetery entrance, go straight and park at the chapel. Miss Dunne’s final resting place can be found in the 3rd row of the center lawn section, directly across the street from the entrance to the chapel.

Grave Location GPS

34.058217, -118441079

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FAQ's

Dominique Dunne was born on November 23, 1959.

Dominique Dunne was born in Santa Monica, California.

Dominique Dunne died on November 4, 1982.

Dominique Dunne died in 8723 Rangely Avenue, West Hollywood, California.

Dominique Dunne was 22.

The cause of death was Strangulation.

Dominique Dunne's grave is in Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary

Videos Featuring Dominique Dunne:

Dominique Dunne Poltergeist scenes

Poltergeist (1982) - The Beast Tries To Take The Children

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Dominique Dunne in "Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker"

Dominick Dunne on writing about his daughter's murder trial

Dominique Dunne Love Gone Wrong

Hollywood True Crime: The terrifying case of actress Dominique Dunne

Dominique Ellen Dunne - Her Killer Served Less Than 4 Years

Did Dominick Dunne stalk John Sweeney

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Jayne Mansfield

popular name: Jayne Mansfield

date_of_death: June 29, 1967

age: 34

cause_of_death: Brain trauma sustained in automobile crash

claim_to_fame: Show Business

best_know_for: Jayne Mansfield was an American actress, singer, model, nightclub entertainer, and Playboy Playmate. A sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s while under contract at 20th Century Fox, Mansfield was known for her well-publicized personal life and publicity stunts. Her film career was short-lived, but she had several box-office successes and won a Theatre World Award and a Golden Globe Award. Mansfield enjoyed success in the role of fictional actress Rita Marlowe in the Broadway play Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1955–1956), which she reprised in the film adaptation of the same name (1957). Her other film roles include the musical comedy The Girl Can't Help It (1956), the drama The Wayward Bus (1957), the neo-noir Too Hot to Handle (1960), and the sex comedy Promises! Promises! (1963); the latter established Mansfield as the first major American actress to perform in a nude scene in a post-silent era film. Mansfield took her professional name from her first husband, public relations professional Paul Mansfield. She married three times, each marriage ending in divorce, and had five children. She was allegedly intimately involved with numerous men, including Robert and John F. Kennedy, her attorney Samuel S. Brody, and Las Vegas entertainer Nelson Sardelli. In 1967, Mansfield was in Biloxi, Mississippi, for an engagement at the Gus Stevens Supper Club. After two appearances on the evening of June 28, Mansfield, Sam Brody (her attorney and companion), their driver Ronnie Harrison (age 20), and three of her children – Miklós, Zoltán, and Mariska – left Biloxi after midnight in a 1966 Buick Electra 225. Their destination was New Orleans, where Mansfield was to appear on WDSU's Midday Show the next day. At about 2:25 a.m. on June 29, on U.S. Highway 90, 1 mile west of the Rigolets Bridge, the Buick crashed at high speed into the rear of a 'Johnson' tractor-trailer that had slowed down for an approaching insecticide fog-spraying truck which was flashing a red light. The three adults in the front seat died instantly. The children, asleep in the rear seat, survived with minor injuries.

Dominique Dunne