Chapel of the Pines Crematory

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Chapel of the Pines Crematory is a crematory and columbarium located at 1605 South Catalina Street Los Angeles, California, in the historic West Adams District a short distance southwest of Downtown. It is beside Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery, one street east, at the southwest corner of Catalina and Venice Boulevard.

Established in 1903, this domed structure, which looks like an observatory, provides crematory services and columbarium inurnment. It is the final resting place for the cremains of a number of noted persons.

[edit] List of notable inurnments

(Note: This is a partial list.)

Use the following alphabetical links to find someone.

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Ted Adams (1890-1973), actor
Broncho Billy Anderson (1882-1971), actor
Lionel Atwill (1885-1946), actor

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Ross Bagdasarian (David Seville) (1919-1972), musician, actor
Alma Bennett (1904-1958), actress
Nigel Bruce (1895-1953), actor, played Dr. Watson in Sherlock Holmes movies with Basil Rathbone

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Helen Chandler (1906-1965), actress
Tom Conway (1904-1967), actor

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William Desmond (1878-1949), actor, known as "The King of the Silent Serials"
Margaret Dumont (1889-1965), actress, played "straight woman" to Groucho Marx in seven Marx Brothers comedies

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Stuart Erwin (1903-1967), actor

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Bess Flowers (1898-1984), actress, known as "The Queen of the Hollywood Extras"

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Edmund Gwenn (1875-1959), actor, played Santa Claus in 1947's Miracle on 34th Street

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Raymond Hackett (1902-1958), actor

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Thomas Mitchell (1892-1962), actor, played Uncle Billy in It's a Wonderful Life (1946) with James Stewart

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Tom Neal (1914-1972), actor, convicted murderer

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George P. Putnam (1887-1950), publisher, author and explorer, husband of Amelia Earhart

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Harry Ruby (1895-1974), screenwriter, songwriter and composer

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William Selig (1864-1948), pioneer movie studio owner
Ann Sheridan (1915-1967), actress, known as the "Oomph Girl," originally inurned here, her cremains were removed to Hollywood Forever Cemetery, in 2005
Jay Silverheels (1919-1980), actor, played Tonto in The Lone Ranger, cremated here, his cremains were scattered in Canada