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

Watch YouTube video titled Dominique Dunne in

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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popular name: Alice Faye

date_of_death: May 9, 1998

age: 83

cause_of_death: Stomach cancer

claim_to_fame: Show Business

best_know_for: Although may be a little forgotten after all these years, Alice Faye was one of the few movie stars to walk away from stardom at the peak of her career in the 1940s. Ms. Faye's warm, husky contralto and demure sexuality in ''Tin Pan Alley,'' ''Hello, Frisco, Hello'' and ''Alexander's Ragtime Band'' made her one of Hollywood's top 10 moneymaking stars in 1938 and 1939. Under contract to 20th Century Fox for a little over a decade, during which she made 32 movies, Ms. Faye walked out in 1945 after Darryl Zanuck, the studio's leader, chopped up her scenes in ''Fallen Angel'' to highlight the performance of a younger Fox star, Linda Darnell. While an accomplished actress with such film hits as In Old Chicago, Rose of Washington Square and Lillian Russell, she was also a talented singer. Irving Berlin was once quoted as saying that he would choose Faye over any other singer to introduce his songs, and George Gershwin and Cole Porter called her the "best female singer in Hollywood in 1937". During her years as a musical superstar (from the 1930s to the early 1940s), Alice Faye managed to introduce 23 songs to the Hit Parade and was the first female crooner and equivalent to Bing Crosby. In May 1941, she married bandleader Phil Harris. Their marriage, one of the most successful in Hollywood, became a plotline in the hit radio comedy, The Jack Benny Program, where for 16 years Harris was a regular cast member. in 1946. The Harrises' gently tart comedy sketches made them the show's stars. By 1948 the show became a strictly situation comedy with a music interlude each from husband and wife and was renamed The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show.

Dominique Dunne