Gloria Holden

Birth Name:

Gloria Anna Holden

Birth Date:

September 5, 1903

Birth Place:

London, England

Death Date:

March 22, 1991

Place of Death:

Redlands Hospital, Redlands, California

Age:

Cause of Death:

Heart attack

Cemetery Name:

Hillside Memorial Park

Claim to Fame:

Show Business

Alluring, dark-haired former model and English leading lady Gloria Holden was active in Hollywood from the late 1930s through the 50s. Holden is best remembered as the title character in "Dracula's Daughter" (1936) and as Paul Muni's wife in the Oscar-winning 1937 film "The Life of Emile Zola." Often cast as a femme fatale, Holden also appeared in "Test Pilot" (1938) opposite Spencer Tracy and Myrna Loy, "This Thing Called Love" (1941) and "The Eddie Duchin Story" (1956). Her performance in "Dracula's Daughter" influenced the writings of horror novelist Anne Rice, and Dracula's Daughter is directly mentioned in Rice's novel The Queen of the Damned. In July 1937, Holden was assigned to play the character of Marian Morgan in The Man Without a Country (1937). The Technicolor short co-starred John Litel and was nominated for a Short Subject (Color) Academy Award. Her film career ended with This Happy Feeling (1958).

Losing Her Son

William Christopher Hoyt, the son of actress Gloria Holden and her third husband William Hoyt, died in 1970 after a boulder was dropped onto the car he was driving in Los Angeles. His death is listed as a homicide and remains unsolved.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Hillside Memorial Park

1540 Alessandro Road

Redlands, California, 92373

USA

North America

Map:

Map of Hillside Memorial Park in Redlands, California

Grave Location:

Block L

Grave Location Description

As you enter Gate 1 from Alessandro Road, take the first right and drive until you park in the center of Block L directly across from Block 05. Take the stairs down into the section and then turn left and follow low wall until it curves. There are 2 rows on your left. The memorial to actress and mother is in-between the 2 rows, about 14 markers down.