The Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 22601 Lassen Street, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California. It is the resting place for famous movie stars such as Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Gloria Grahame, and Stephen Boyd.

History and description Oakwood Memorial Park is located in the San Fernando Valley, surrounded by rocky hills that have served as a backdrop for many a film setting. It has been used as a cemetery since 1924, and there was a Native American graveyard next to the cemetery before a fire destroyed the old wooden crosses that marked the site. The Old Stagecoach Trail passed beside it. The historic Chatsworth Community Church, which is designated as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 14, is located within the cemetery grounds.

Notable burials

Notables buried here include: Adele Astaire (1897–1981), actress, dancer Fred Astaire (1899–1987), actor, singer, dancer Joe Don Baker (1936–2025), actor Dehl Berti (1921–1991), actor Derya Arbaş Berti (1968–2003), actress Stephen Boyd (1928–1977), actor Scott Bradley (1891-1977), composer Grace Cunard (1893–1967), actress, screenwriter, director Lloyd G. Davies (1914–1957), Los Angeles City Council member, 1943–1951 Frank Kelly Freas (1922–2005), illustrator Gloria Grahame (1923–1981), actress Raymond Greenleaf (1892–1963), actor Russell Hayden (1912–1981), actor Earl Holliman (1928-2024), actor Jack Ingram (1902–1969), actor Al Jennings (1863–1961), lawyer, outlaw, actor Adele Jergens (1917–2002), actress Milton Kibbee (1896–1970), actor Jackson Loper (1875-1944), Justice of the Peace Dorothy Mackaye (1899–1940), actress Montie Montana (1910–1998), cowboy Freddie Perren (1943–2004), songwriter, record producer Richard Reeves (1912–1967), character actor best known for playing henchmen and thugs Floyd Roberts (1900–1939), Indianapolis 500 winner Ginger Rogers (1911–1995), actress, singer, dancer Robert Sampson (1933–2020), actor Mark Schaeffer (1948–2022), baseball player Robert F. Simon (1908–1992), actor Ted Snyder (1881–1965), composer Ken Spears (1938–2020), animator Robert Strange (1881–1952), actor Ken Terrell (1904–1966), actor Henry Victor (1892–1945), actor Gregory Walcott (1928–2015), actor Nydia Westman (1902–1970), actress Dallas Willard (1935–2013), Christian philosopher Walter Tetley (1915-1975), voice actor Felix the cat 1919-1959

See also List of United States cemeteries

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