Ethel Barrymore (1879 - 1959)

Actress. In the first half of the 20th Century, Ethel Barrymore and her brothers Lionel and John were probably the most famous family of actors in the English-speaking world. She was a legend on the New York and London stage for over 40 years. Her aristocratic poise and distinguished career earned her the sobriquet, “The […]

Mona Barrie (1909 - 1964)

Actress. She appeared in the films “Plunder Of The Sun” (1953), “The First Time” (1952), “My Dog Rusty” (1948), “Cass Timberlane” (1947), “When A Girl’s Beautiful” (1947), “The Devil’s Mask” (1946), “The Secret Of The Whistler” (1946), “Storm Over Lisbon” (1944), “One Dangerous Night” (1943), “Lady In A Jam” (1942), “Syncopation” (1942), “Down On The […]

Edith Barrett (1907 - 1977)

Edith Williams was a granddaughter of 19th-century American actor Lawrence Barrett.  She entered the entertainment industry at age 16 in a staging of Walter Hampden’s production of Cyrano de Bergerac. At age 19, in 1926, she appeared with Hampden in Caponsacchi. During the 1930s, she performed with Orson Welles’s Mercury Theatre troupe. While appearing in […]

Conway Twitty (1933 - 1993)

Conway Twitty The career of singer, songwriter, producer, entertainer and recording artist Conway Twitty stands among the greatest in the history of popular music. His 55 No. 1 singles are an astounding and singular accomplishment in the annals of the recording industry. Those hits drove sales of more than 50 million records, powering literally thousands […]

Clarice Mayne (1886 - 1966)

Singer, Actress. She began her career in the early 1900s performing in the theatres and music halls in Britain. She was most noted for the variety act “Clarice Mayne & That”, which included her singing with husband composer, James W. Tate on piano. Their popular songs included “A Broken Doll”, “This sings, That Plays!”, “I […]

Janet Blair (1921 - 2007)

Actress. She was a singer in Hal Kemp’s Band when she signed with Columbia Studios in 1941. She made her film debut in “Three Girls on the Town” and held lead roles in “Broadway” (1944), “The Fabulous Dorseys,” “The Fuller Brush Man”(1946) and “The Black Arrow”(1948). After Columbia dropped her contract, she turned to acting […]

Betsy Blair (1923 - 2009)

Actress. She won a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award, and received an Oscar nomination, for the 1955 film “Marty”. Born Elizabeth Winifred Boger, she was raised in northern New Jersey and had decided on a show business career by age eight. At 12, she was a professional model; graduating from high […]

Patricia Avery (1902 - 1973)

Actress. Motion Picture star of the silent era. She is interred along with her husband, although her name does not appear on the marker.

Dorothy Arnold (1917 - 1984)

Actress. Born Dorothy Arnoldine Olson, she was performing by the age of 12 on amateur nights at Duluth’s Lyric Theater and with the local Salvation Army Band. Her first theatrical job was with the Band Box Revue, out of Chicago. She studied at Paramount School in New York and played bits in pictures as a […]

Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977)

Elvis Presley Rock Singer, Actor. His career reached such acclaim that he is now universally known as “The King of Rock and Roll”. Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, he and his parents moved to Memphis, Tennessee in 1948. Graduating from Humes High School in 1953, in 1954, he began his singing career with the Sun Records […]

Bob Marley (1945 - 1981)

Reggae Musician. He is best remembered for bringing mainstream cultural acceptance of reggae music outside of Jamaica. His music was especially popular in Africa due much to its smooth combination of Jamaican and African musical sources. Born in Saint Ann, Jamaica, as Robert Nesta Marley, his father was a British Army Officer, Norval St. Clair […]

Anne Bancroft (1931 - 2005)

Actress, Stage, Screen, Television. Her career spanned half a century. Anne Bancroft was a prolific award winner for her excellent acting. Nominated for an Academy Award four times, she won once then was a two time winner of both Tony and Emmy Awards. However, her role as ‘Mrs. Robinson’ in the “Graduate” was her defining […]

Lenita Lane (1901 - 1995)

Actress. She appeared in films for three decades, from the 1930s to the 1950s, usually in uncredited roles. In 1924 she began her career on Broadway, in the play “Flame of Love” and appeared on stage in “Kept” (1926), “Congratulations” (1929), “Penny Arcade” (1930, and “Border-Land” (1932). Her most notable film role was in the […]

Jerry Paris (1925 - 1986)

Actor, Director and Producer. In the early part of his career he appeared in such films as “The Wild One,” “Marty” and “The Caine Mutiny” before landing roles on television programs “The Untouchables,” “Michael Shayne” and “The Dick Van Dyke Show”. It was on the Dick Van Dyke Show where he became a director and […]

Roberto Sanchez (1945 - 2010)

Singer, Actor. Born Roberto Sánchez, he is considered by many to be one of the greatest Argentine music stars. Widely known as “El Gitano” or “Sandro de América”, he began his career when he was a child, imitating singer Elvis Presley. In 1960, Sandro formed his first band, but gained some notoriety after joining “Los […]

Maciste (1878 - 1947)

Actor. Born Bartolomeo Pagano, he starred in a series of swenty six silent films including,”Cabiria” (1914), “Maciste” (1915), “Maciste The Alphinist” (1916), “Maciste The Athlete” (1919), “Maciste And The Chinese Cabinet” (1923), “Maciste Against The Sheik” (1925), and “Maciste In Hell” (1926). He legally changed his name to Maciste in 1915 after the success of […]

Geoffrey Keen (1916 - 2005)

Actor. London born the son of prominent stage actor Malcolm Keen, he proved his talent when he won the Gold Medal at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. On stage from 1932 and in films from 1946, he acted as the premiere purveyor cold-edged corporate type. Of all his roles, he is most identified for […]

Barbara Hamilton (1926 - 1996)

Actress. Known for her work on Canadian stage and television, she was once labelled the funniest woman in Canada. Born in Kingston, Ontario, Hamilton attended the University of Toronto before embarking on a career in theatre arts. Her father, who raised her and sister Mary, alone since the death of her mother when she was […]

Carrie Hamilton (1963 - 2002)

Hamilton worked in a number of productions for stage, film, video, and television. She took the role of Reggie Higgins in the TV version of the musical Fame for the fifth and sixth seasons (1985–1987), and portrayed the role of Maureen Johnson in the first national tour of the stage musical Rent to considerable acclaim. […]

Anne Canova (1901 - 1994)

Anne Canova Singer, Musician, Actress. Member of the singing/acting Canova family, which included sister Judy Canova

George Wallace (1917 - 2005)

Wallace was born in New York City. When he was 13 his family moved to McMechen, West Virginia. While still in his teens Wallace worked as a coal miner and also joined the Civilian Conservation Corps.  He joined the U.S. Navy in 1936 and served for eight years. Wallace served in the U.S. Pacific Fleet, […]

Addison Owen Randall (1906 - 1945)

Actor. The brother of fellow actor Robert Livingston (who he strongly resembled), he appeared in a number of Western B movies. Two versions of the cause of his death exist; he either had a heart attack or he fell off his horse Rusty and broke his neck while filming “The Royal Mounted Rides Again”. He […]

Thomas Randall (1857 - 1932)

British Vaudeville Actor. With the stage name “Harry Randall”, Thomas started out professionally as a comedic singer at Deacon’s music hall in 1883. Within a couple of years he was a favourite “top of the bill” throughout the nation, where he remained until his retirement in 1913. He also started a long and successful pantomime […]

Charles E. Mack (1887 - 1934)

Stage, screen, vaudeville and radio actor. He was in the “Moran and Mack” comedy team with George Moran. They were usually referred to as the “Two Black Crows.”

Hughie Mack (1884 - 1927)

Actor. Born Hugh McGowan in New York City, he was a former undertaker when he was spotted one day sleeping on a park bench by producer J. Stuart Blackton of Vitagraph Pictures. Vitagraph’s biggest star at the time was roly-poly comedian John Bunny; Blackton thought another corpulent comic might be popular too, so he offered […]

Charles Emmett Mack (1900 - 1927)

Actor. He was discovered by director D. W. Griffith, who cast him in his films “Dream Street” (1921), “One Exciting Night” (1922), “The White Rose” (1923), and “America” (1924). Mack later joined Warner Bros. and seemed destined for stardom when he was killed in a car crash while filming “The First Auto” (1927). He is […]

Joseph Mack (1878 - 1946)

Italian born motion picture actor of the 1910s, 20s, 30s, and 40s.

Fran Allison (1907 - 1989)

Frances Helen was born to Jesse Louis (1871-1941) and Anna M “Nan” (née Halpin 1876-1957) Allison in La Porte City, Iowa. She was a 1927 graduate of Coe College, where she was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta. She was a teacher before beginning her broadcasting career at WMT in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She moved […]

Karla Alvarez (1972 - 2013)

Actress. A gorgeous brunette, she was a type-cast villainess of the Mexican small screen for 20 years. Raised in her country’s capital city, she took to show business early, studied at the National School of Dance, and made her 1992 television debut as Rosario in “Maria Mercedes”. Over the next two decades she was a […]

Bridgette Andersen (1975 - 1997)

Actress. Bridgette Andersen was best known as the title character in the 1982 comedy,”Savannah Smiles”. Born Bridgette Marriah Andersen in Inglewood, California, she showed expectational intelligence from a young age. By age 2, she was able to read and noted Ernest Hemingway as her favorite author. That same year, she decided she wanted to be […]