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 a number 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
- William Goetz, producer, President of Universal Pictures
- 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)
- Sam Katzman, producer
- Michael Landon, actor
- Sheldon Leonard, actor, producer
- Vic Morrow, actor, victim of filmmaking accident
- Joe Pasternak, film producer
- Jerry Rubin, Yippie turned businessman, member of the Chicago Seven
- Dick Shawn, actor, comedian
- Allan Sherman, musician
- Dinah Shore, entertainer
- Irene Mayer Selznick, theatrical producer
- Lew Wasserman, agent, studio executive
See also: List of United States cemeteries; List of famous cemeteries (non-US)