Darc, Mireille
Show Business
Age 79
May 15, 1938 - August 28, 2017
Cimetière du Montparnasse / Paris / France / Europe
Mireille Darc was a French model and actress. She appeared as a lead character in Jean-Luc Godard's 1967 film Weekend and was a Knight of the Legion of Honor and Commander of the National Order of Merit. One of her most famous rol...
Daumier, Sophie
Show Business
Age 69
November 24, 1934 - December 31, 2003
Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe
Sophie Daumier was a French film actress who appeared in 28 films between 1956 and 1979 including On Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels (1957), Amelie or The Time to Love (1961), Carom Shots (1963), Sweet and Sour (1963) and Crime on a...
Davies, Marion
Show Business
Age 64
January 3, 1897 - September 22, 1961
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
In the Roaring Twenties, Marion Davies was a superstar. By 1923, Davies was the #1 female box office star in Hollywood due to the popularity of "When Knighthood Was in Flower" and "Little Old New York", which were among the bigges...
Davis, Madelyn
Show Business
Age 90
March 15, 1921 - April 20, 2011
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Madelyn Pugh Davis was a television writer who became known in the 1950s for her work on the famous 'I Love Lucy' television series. Madelyn and her writing partner Bob Carroll Jr. are credited with helping create the 'Lucy' chara...
Davis, Sammy Jr.
Show Business
Age 64
December 8, 1925 - May 16, 1990
Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery / Glendale / California / USA / North America
Sammy Davis Jr. overcame prevailing racism to establish himself as an entertainment legend, becoming a successful comedian, actor, dancer and singer. Sammy first appeared on stage at age 2 and made his debut in the film Rufus Jone...
Dawson, Richard
Show Business
Age 79
November 20, 1932 - June 2, 2012
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Richard Dawson, the original and longtime host of “Family Feud” known for planting kisses on female contestants was also a regular on television appearing in Hogan's Heroes (a hilarious sit-com about prisoners in a Nazi German...
Dean, James
Show Business
Age 24
February 8, 1931 - September 30, 1955
Park Cemetery / Fairmount / Indiana / USA / North America
With only three movies to his name - Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden, Giant - James Dean cemented his legacy as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement when he died tragically at the age of 24. Sadly...
DeMille, Cecil B.
Show Business
Age 77
August 12, 1881 - January 21, 1959
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Considered the founding father of the American cinema and the most commercially successful producer-director in film history he was also one of the founders of Paramount Pictures. As a director, producer, writer and actor. Cecil B...
Dexter, Brad
Show Business
Age 85
April 9, 1917 - December 12, 2002
Desert Memorial Park / Cathedral City / California / USA / North America
Brad Dexter was an American actor and film producer whose very first film was the classic The Asphalt Jungle. From there he was known for tough-guy and western roles in such films as The Las Vegas Story (1951), Untamed (1955), Vio...
Dorléac, Françoise
Show Business
Age 25
March 21, 1942 - June 26, 1967
Cimetière communal de Seine-Port / Seine-Port, Seine-et-Marne / France / Europe
Françoise Dorléac was a beloved French actress whose father was Maurice Dorleac, a stage and screen actor and her mother, Renee Deneuve, re-voiced Hollywood movies (including Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz). However most Ameri...
Douglas, Kirk
Show Business
Age 103
December 9, 1916 - February 5, 2020
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
The story of Kirk Douglas is the story of how an epitome of underprivilege had become world famous – recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur, fulfilling the roles of Van Gogh, Spartac...
Duncan, Isadora
Show Business
Age 50
May 26, 1877 - September 14, 1927
Cimetière du Père Lachaise / Paris / France / Europe
Known as the Mother of Dance, Isadora Duncan was an American dancer and choreographer, who was a pioneer of modern contemporary dance, who performed to great acclaim throughout Europe and the US. Born and raised in California, she...
Duncan, Michael Clarke
Show Business
Age 54
December 10, 1957 - September 3, 2012
Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Hollywood Hills / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Remembered for his huge size and deep, resonant voice, American actor Michael Clarke Duncan's breakout role came as John Coffey in The Green Mile (1999), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor a...
Dunne, Dominique
Show Business
Age 22
November 23, 1959 - November 4, 1982
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
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...
Eddy, Nelson
Show Business
Age 66
June 29, 1901 - March 6, 1967
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Nelson Eddy was an American actor and baritone singer who appeared in 19 musical films during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in opera and on the concert stage, radio, television, and in nightclubs. A classically trained baritone,...
Emmons, Louise
Show Business
Age 77
January 7, 1858 - March 6, 1935
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Louise Emmons was an American character actress who specialized in portraying old hags, such as the evil headmistress from the Our Gang film Mush and Milk (1933). Louise appeared in 53 films throughout her career including "The Fo...
Engel, Georgia
Show Business
Age 70
July 28, 1948 - April 12, 2019
Cape Charles Cemetery / Cape Charles / Virginia / USA / North America
Georgia Engel was an American actress best known for having played Georgette Franklin Baxter (Ted Baxter's wife) in the sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show from 1972 to 1977, Pat MacDougall on Everybody Loves Raymond from 2003 to 200...
Fairbanks, Douglas
Show Business
Age 56
May 23, 1883 - December 12, 1939
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
One of cinema's first icons, Douglas Fairbanks was an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films including The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Z...
Fairbanks, Douglas Jr.
Show Business
Age 90
December 9, 1909 - May 7, 2000
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Son of actor Douglas Fairbanks and once married to Joan Crawford, Fairbanks Jr. was a decorated navel officer in WW II and a well respected actor who starred in The Prisoner of Zenda, Gunga Din, The Corsican Brothers and later in...
Falk, Peter
Show Business
Age 83
September 16, 1927 - June 23, 2011
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
American actor and comedian, known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo in the long-running television series Columbo, for which he won four Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. In 1996, TV Guide ranked Falk No. 21 on its...