Westchester Hills Cemetery

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The main office of Westchester Hills Cemetery

The Westchester Hills Cemetery, approximately 20 miles north of New York City, was established at 400 Saw Mill River Road in Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York. It welcomes the burial of Christians and Jews, and many well-known entertainers and performers are interred there. It contains the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue cemetery.

Notable interments

Barricini family, boxed candy makers
Charles E. Bloch (1927-2006), President Bloch Publishing Company
Ilka Chase (1900-1978), actress and novelist
Mischa Elman (1891-1967), violinist
I. J. Fox, furrier
Stanley P. Friedman, writer
John Garfield (1913-1952), actor
George Gershwin (1898-1937), composer
Ira Gershwin (1896-1983), lyricist
Ben Grauer (1908-1977), television and radio personality
Guggenheim family, founders of the Guggenheim Museum
Sidney Hillman (1887-1946), first president of Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Judy Holliday (1921-1965), actress
Allyn King (1899-1930), Broadway actress and former Ziegfeld Follies performer
Richard Lindner (1901-1976), German-American painter
Lucille Lortel (1900-1999), actress and producer
Arnold Newman (1918-2006), photographer
Tony Randall (1920-2004), actor
Max Reinhardt (1873-1943), producer and director
Billy Rose (1899-1966), Broadway producer
A. M. Rosenthal (1922-2006), Pulitzer Prize winning journalist
Robert Rossen (1908-1966), motion picture director and screenwriter
Ron Silver (1946-2009), American actor, director, and producer
Lee Strasberg (1901-1982), actor-teacher
Paula Strasberg (1909-1966), actress-teacher
Irving Sturm (1932-2010), founder of New York City landmarks Iridium Jazz Club and Ellen's Stardust Diner
Maxine Sullivan (1911-1987), American jazz vocalist and performer
David Susskind (1920-1987), Emmy award winning producer
Laurence Tisch (1923-2003), head of CBS and co-founder of Loews
Preston Robert Tisch (1926-2005), financier and business magnate
Rabbi Stephen Wise (1874-1949), religious leader

External links

Westchester Hills Cemetery at FindAGrave.com

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