LOS ANGELES CEMETERIES
Angelus Rosedale Cemetery
By Allan R. Ellenberger
Yesterday was a typical sunny day in California and a perfect morning to spend in a cemetery. I attended a walking tour at Angelus Rosedale cemetery sponsored by the Studio for Southern California History.
Our tour guides for the day were author Steve Goldstein and Los Angeles criminal history expert, Joe Walker (above).
Steve is the author of, LA’s Graveside Companion: Where the V.I.P.s R.I.P. which is on bookstands now from Schiffer Books.
The tour was a comination of film stars, Los Angeles historic figures, murder victims and killers. Angelus Rosedale Cemetery is located at 1831 W. Washington Blvd.
Here are just a few of the residents that were covered in Saturday’s tour:
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HATTIE MCDANIEL
Academy Award winning actress for Gone With the Wind (1939).
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DOOLEY WILSON
Actor besy-known for his role as Sam in Casablanca (1942). |
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ANNA MAY WONG
The first Chinese-American film star and the first Asian-American to become an international star who has more than 80 film credits to her name.
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PHINEAS BANNING
Southern California pioneer. Known as “The Father of the Port of Los Angeles,” he was one of the founders of the town of Wilmington, which was named for his birthplace.
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DR. DAVID BURBANK
A New Hampshire-born dentist and entrepreneur who founded the city of Burbank, California.
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CAROLINE SEVERANCE
Woman’s club leader; women’s rights activist; and abolitionist. |
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TOD BROWNING
Motion picture director best known for the films London After Midnight (1927), Dracula (1931) and Freaks (1932)
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MARIA RASPUTIN
Daughter of the Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin.
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LOUISE PEETE
Infamous serial killer who was executed in the gas chamber at San Quentin at age 66. She lies in an unmarked grave.
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HARRY KELLAR
Magician who presented large stage shows during the late 1800s and early 1900s. A predecessor of Harry Houdini. |
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MABLE MONOHAN
A once-famous roller skater who once toured on the Orpheum circuit, and was strangled with a strip of her own bed sheet. Barbara Graham was convicted of her murder though she allegedly did not actually participate. Susan Hayward played the part of Graham in the film I Want to Live and received an Academy Award.
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HONORABLE WU
Chinese-American actor in such films as Stowaway (1936) and Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)
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