Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery

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The Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 6001 W. Centinela Avenue, in Culver City, California. A number of prominent individuals of the Jewish faith, including several from the entertainment industry, are buried or entombed here, such as:

• Milton Berle, comedian
• Jack Benny, comedian
• Ben Blue, actor
• Eddie Cantor, actor, screenwriter
• Nell Carter, actress
• Jeff Chandler, actor
• Mickey Cohen, mobster
• Max Factor, cosmetics magnate
• Percy Faith, band leader
• Friz Freleng, film animator, writer, director, producer
• Hank Greenberg, Detroit Tigers baselball great
• Lorne Greene, voice of the CBC, actor: 'Ben Cartwright' on "Bonanza"
• Ruth Handler, business executive who invented the Barbie doll
• Moe Howard, comedic actor, member of the Three Stooges
• David Janssen, actor, TV’s "The Fugitive"
• George Jessel, actor
• Al Jolson, musician, actor, entertainer (His monument was designed by Paul R. Williams)
• Michael Landon, actor
• Sheldon Leonard, actor, producer
• Vic Morrow, actor, victim of filmmaking accident
• Jerry Rubin, Yippie turned businessman, member of the Chicago Seven
• Dick Shawn, actor, comedian
• Allan Sherman, musician
• Dinah Shore, entertainer

See also: List of United States cemeteries; List of famous cemeteries (non-US)