The Graves of AFI's 50 Greatest Screen Legends

Welcome to Hollywood Cemetery. In 1999, the American Film Institute compiled its list of the

greatest

legends

of classic cinema. They defined a

screen

legend as an actor or team of actors who had a significant

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presence in feature films and whose careers began in 1950 or earlier. 500 nominees were voted on to decide the 25 best male and 25 female stars of classic cinema. Join us today as we count down AFI's Top 50 Screen Legends visiting their final resting places. We begin our countdown today at Sunset Memorial Park in North Carolina. Here we find the grave of Ava Gardner. She began appearing in films in the early 1940s and she rose to fame as an actress in the 1946 film The Killers, playing femme fatale Kitty Collins.

She became a Hollywood leading lady in the 1950s and 1960s with films such as The Barefoot Contessa, The Night of the Iguana and Mogambo, which earned her an Oscar nomination in 1954. Ava Gardner, more beautiful and more exciting than ever I have seen her. You know, this is not Sir Galahad that he loves from afar. This is a two-legged boa constrictor. Her later films include Earthquake, and on television she had a recurring role as Ruth Galveston on the soap opera Knott's Landing. Ava spent the last years of her life in London in relative tranquility and she died of pneumonia in 1990 at the age of 67.

Some stars on our list today do not have a grave to visit, as they have been cremated and their ashes are scattered or private. Such was the case with the male star of number 25, William Holden, whose ashes were scattered here in the Pacific Ocean after his death. By the 1950s, William Holden had become one of the biggest box office draws. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1953 film Stalag 17. "Listen, Schultz, you better talk, because I'm going to find out with you without you. I won't let you go for a second. Them." You'll have to kill me to stop me, so speak up!" He also won an Emmy for his lead role in the miniseries The Blue Knight.

Moviegoers know him for his performances in some of classic cinema's most critically acclaimed films, such as The Bridge on the River Kwai, Network, Sabrina and one of my favorites, Sunset Boulevard, which earned her her first Oscar nomination. "You're Norma Desmond. You used to appear in silent films. You used to be big." "I'm big. It's the photos that became small." William Holden frequently collaborated with director Billy Wilder, who called him a real star. In November 1981, he had not been heard from for several days. The manager of his apartment He entered and discovered William Holden's body on the floor.

According to the Los Angeles coroner, William slipped and fell, lacerating his head when he hit a nightstand. According to his records, William Holden was 63 years old. wishes, no funeral was held, her body was cremated and her ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean Back at the cemeteries, the female star of issue #24 takes us on our first of many visits to Forest Lawn Glendale, in the Gardens of. the Memory. Here is the large grave of Mary Pickford. She was known as America's sweetheart, ironic because she was Canadian. However, don't be fooled by her diminutive stature and demure demeanor. of Hollywood and helped shape the industry and art of film as we know it.

She began performing on stage as a child before discovering a new art form: film. Hesitant at first, Mary quickly found her place in the young, budding industry. She not only found her place in the movies, but she helped define them. Mary quickly realized that acting in a film required a different, more nuanced approach to stage acting. Basically, she helped invent acting for film. Her role in her first feature film, Tess of the Storm Country in 1914, catapulted her to international stardom and in the years that followed she became the most famous woman in the world. She was a savvy businesswoman and she took advantage of her attractiveness to negotiate a salary of $10,000 a week in 1916.

An unheard of amount for an actor at the time, male or female. She made the transition easily to talkies and won an Academy Award in 1930 for her performance in Coquette. In 1920 she married Douglas Fairbanks, the reigning king of Hollywood at the time. They became the first Hollywood celebrity couple with a hybrid name, Pickfair, which was the name of their property in Beverly Hills, considered the social center of Hollywood in the 1920s. In 1919 she joined Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith to form United Artists, which allowed them to bypass the studio system and have control over their projects.

The director of one studio jokingly responded, "The inmates are taking over the asylum." She was also one of the founding members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Mary died in 1979 from a brain hemorrhage at the age of 87. Eileen Whitfield appropriately titled Pickford's biography of her, "The Woman Who Made Hollywood." The male star at number 24 is one we recently featured on our trip back to New York. So if you watched that video, this mausoleum at Beth-el Cemetery in Queens will look familiar. Here lies Edward G. Robinson, an actor who personified the tough-guy gangster of Hollywood's golden age.

He rose to stardom for his acclaimed performance as the sneering psychotic Rico Bandello in 1931's Little Caesar. His performance set the standard for movie gangsters. "Ernie, you're done. You hired these mugs, they were lost, now you're done. If you're not out of town tomorrow morning, you'll never leave it except in a pine box. I'm taking over this territory. From now on, it's mine." Other notable roles include Barton Keyes in Double Indemnity, Dathan in The Ten Commandments, and Johnny Rocco in Key Largo. "You can make your hopes come true, but you must die for it. See where I'm aiming?

Right at your belly." Robinson also appeared in dozens of Broadway plays. He died of cancer just weeks after finishing Soylent Green and just months before receiving the Honorary Academy Award in 1973. He was honored for achieving greatness as a player, patron of the arts, and dedicated citizen. In short, a Renaissance man. His eulogy was given by Charlton Heston, and his pallbearers included George Burns and Frank Sinatra. Number 23 brings us back to Glendale, and our first of several visits today to the Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn, California's own Westminster Abbey, adorned with Renaissance-inspired statues and stunning stained glass windows, including Da Vinci's Last Supper .

Let's go to the Sanctuary of Trust to find the queen of screwball comedy, Carole Lombard. In the late 1930s, the highest-paid and perhaps most popular actress in Hollywood was Carole Lombard. This blonde-haired, blue-eyed and sometimes foul-mouthed beauty won the hearts of audiences with her quirky and eccentric comedic performances in films such as 20th Century and My Man Godfrey, the latter of which earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. . "It is very convenient to take a trip abroad without leaving the kitchen." "Oh, you have a wonderful sense of humor. I wish I had a sense of humor, but I never think of what to say until everyone has gone home." Carole appeared opposite Clark Gable in the 1932 film No Man of Her Own, and the two would eventually marry.

They are buried here next to each other. Carole's last film was 1942's To Be or Not to Be, a film she would never see completed. Shortly after the United States entered World War II, Carole began volunteering to help with war bond rallies to raise money for the war effort. She helped raise more than two million dollars at a fundraiser in her home state of Indiana. Carole was scheduled to return to her home in Los Angeles by train, but she preferred to fly to get home faster. But her mother was afraid of flying, so she tossed a coin to decide her route.

Carole won the fateful draw. They would fly home. Shortly after refueling in Las Vegas, the plane crashed into the mountains outside the city. Everyone on board died, including Carole, who was 33 years old. Clark Gable, waiting for her at the Burbank airport, chartered a plane and immediately rushed to her place to take her and her mother home. Carole was honored as the first woman to die serving her country during the war, and the Liberty Ship SS Carole Lombard was named in her honor. This is the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Delaware, where at number 23 we find a monument to the male star, one of Hollywood's tough protagonists, Robert Mitchum.

From films noirs to westerns, he was known for being charming and menacing at the same time. He rose to fame with an Oscar-nominated performance in The G.I. Story. Joe in 1945. "The new kids that come along, that's what gets you. The new ones. Some of them just have a little fuzz on their face. They don't know what it is. They're scared to death." He would go on to make a series of popular films such as Out of the Past and Cape Fear. "You just put the law in my hands and I will break your heart with it." On television, he played Captain Pug Henry in the miniseries The Winds of War and War and Remembrance.

Robert Mitchum died of lung cancer at age 79, after which he was cremated and his ashes scattered at sea. This marker was later placed here in memory of him. Moving on to number 22, we return directly to the Grand Mausoleum of Glendale, a little piece of Europe here in Los Angeles, a majestic and serene oasis in the bustle of Hollywood. The Sanctuary of Blessing is a small upscale neighborhood with residents among the who's who of old Hollywood. Like Sid Grauman, Red Skelton, Norma Shearer, Irving Thalberg, and occupying the room near the end on the left is Hollywood's first blonde bombshell, Jean Harlow.

In the brunette era, Jean shone on screen with her angelic white hair, a look that would influence future Hollywood stars like Marilyn Monroe. Her blonde bombshell status and her portrayal of bad girl roles made her the prominent sex symbol of the era. Her breakout role was in Howard Hughes' 1930 film Hell's Angels. "Would you be surprised if I wore something more comfortable?" "I'll try to survive." She would later star in films such as The Public Enemy and Platinum Blonde, a film originally titled Gallagher but renamed to promote Harlow. "It's almost six and you know how long it takes you to get dressed.

But the ambassadors come at eight and you have to be ready when he arrives." Jean fell ill in 1937 while filming Saratoga. Initially misdiagnosed as influenza, Jean fell into a coma and died on June 7 from kidney disease. She was only 26 years old. Her final scenes in Saratoga were completed by a series of doubles. Jean Harlow was buried in a pink dress she had worn on screen, and in her hands a note from her lover William Powell that read: "Good night, dear." Her crypt says, "Our baby." Jean's mother is buried beneath it and it was rumored that the third room crypt was originally reserved for Powell, but he is buried in Cathedral City, so the crypt may remain empty forever.

Despite only being in the film industry for nine years, Jean Harlow's legacy in film remains strong nearly a century later. Our next star doesn't have a grave to visit, but she was reportedly cremated here at Westwood Village Memorial Park. The 22nd male star is the legendary Sidney Poitier. He was of Bahamian descent and would be the first black actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor. As a teenager in New York, he would join the American Negro Theatre, which led to his breakout role in 1955's Blackboard Jungle. His role in the 1958 film The Defiant Ones earned him his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor, the first black actor to get nominated for a leading role.

Years later she would win the coveted gold statuette for her role in 1963's Lilies of the Field. "Wait a minute, just wait a minute! I mean, I'm not a nun, I'm no one you can boss around, you see." ?" Poitier divided his time between screen and stage, performing in the first production of A Raisin in the Sun on Broadway. He would reprise his role for the film version. Other notable films include Porgy and Bess, In the Heat of the Night, and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, one of the first films to portray an interracial marriage in a positive light.

Interracial marriage was still illegal in 17 states when the film was being produced. "Mrs Drayton, I'm medically qualified, so I hope you don't find it presumptuous if I tell you that he should sit up before he falls, I mean." "He thinks you're going to faint because he's black." "Well, I don't think I'm going to pass out." In addition to his Oscar, Sidney Poitier won two Golden Globes and a Grammy, and was nominated for an Emmy and a Tony. In 2009, President Obama awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and Queen Elizabeth II even named him a Knight Commander of the Order of theBritish Empire.

Sidney Poitier has been called the Martin Luther King Jr. of movies and Hollywood's first African-American film star, being the first actor to play black characters in leading roles in major studio films in a non-stereotypical way. His depiction became a particularly powerful symbol during the Civil Rights era of the 1960s. Sidney passed away in Beverly Hills on January 6, 2022, at the age of 94. He was the last living male star on our list today. There is only one star on this list of 50 who is still alive at the time of filming. The Beautiful Sofia Loren. The Italian actress was born in Rome and began appearing in films after participating in a beauty pageant in 1950.

Her first leading role was in Aida in 1953, and her breakout role came in The Gold of Naples in 1954. She became an international star when he began making films for Paramount. Perhaps her best-known role today is the one that would earn her the Oscar. In 1960 she starred in the gritty war drama Two Women. "You know what those men did...We know what they had the nerve to do in a holy place, under the eyes of the Virgin. Say you know!" She would become the first actress to win an Oscar for a foreign language film in 1962. A few years later she would be nominated again for Marriage Italian Style.

And in 1991 she received an honorary Academy Award for her career. She is rich in memorable performances that have added permanent brilliance to our art form and may she continue to do so for many years to come. Back in Los Angeles, we are now at Forest Lawn in the Hollywood Hills. The great stone face, silent film legend Buster Keaton Buster began appearing on the vaudeville circuit at a young age with his family, the Keaton Three, earning the nickname Buster for his ability to withstand falls and perform stunts without get injured. His physicality and stunt work combined with his deadpan delivery would become his trademark in some of the best comedies of the silent film era.

It is difficult to summarize in a few words the magnitude of the effect that Buster Keaton's work had on the beginnings of Hollywood. His influence is still seen in movies some 100 years later. Along with Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton is considered one of the

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comedic filmmakers of the silent film era. A master of physical comedy, Buster stood out among others for his visual gags and practical, dangerous stunts, all of which he performed. Buster would not only act but also write and direct many of his films. His notable films include Steamboat Bill Jr., The Cameraman, Our Hospitality, and the 1926 film The General, which consistently ranks among the best comedies ever made.

Buster gradually drifted away from Hollywood when studio bosses did not grant him the creative freedom he had enjoyed during the silent film years. But he continued acting into the '60s, even making appearances in films like Sunset Boulevard and The Twilight Zone. Buster Keaton received an honorary Academy Award in 1959 for his unique talent in bringing immortal comedies to the screen. Buster died of lung cancer at the age of 70. For the female star at number 20 on our list, we return to the Gardens of Memory at Forest Lawn Glendale. According to Find a Grave, the sultry, smoky-voiced big-screen star Lauren Bacall is locked up here in the Columbarium of Eternal Light, in the same alcove as her husband, Humphrey Bogart.

However, I should point out that there is no concrete evidence that this is actually the case. Not only is her name not here in the niche, but she once said in an interview with Dick Cavett that she had no intention of staying here with Bogie after her death. "There are two inevitable comic moments as there are in life, at least two. One in which the smiling mortician from Forest Lawn seemed straight out of a story." "Yes. Oh, yes." "And he said there's enough room in the urn..." "No, not in the urn, in the vault where the urns full of ashes are kept.

There's a plaque outside. And he said, "Where do you want, Mr.?" Bogart's name? There's room for all of you here." "Yes." And I thought, "Whoa, no." I said, "We'll just put your name right in the middle. I'm not going to go in there. I don't want to go in there." Sites like Find a Grave are edited by users and aren't always 100% accurate. And people may just want to believe she's here. So while we'll remember Lauren here alongside her husband , we do so with an asterisk and the disclaimer that her remains may not actually be here. Lauren Bacall made her film debut in 1944 in To Have and Have Not, alongside her future husband Humphrey Bogart.

They would marry the following year and star in many other films together, particularly in the film noir genre, including Dark Passage, Key Largo and The Big Sleep Yo." "What's the matter?" "Nothing you can't fix." Lauren would also spread her romantic comedy wings in films such as How to Marry a Millionaire and the 1996 film The Mirror Has Two Faces, which earned her an Oscar and Golden Globe nomination: “Now I, inside I feel young, like a child, which is just the beginning. I have everything ahead of me. But I don't." Her final role was providing that iconic voice to an episode of Family Guy.

After Humphrey Bogart's death in 1957, Lauren supposedly placed a whistle here in the niche with his urn, which bore the inscription: "If you want anything, just whistle." An allusion to one of their most famous scenes in their first movie together. "You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? Just put your lips together and blow." So if you're not here in person, at least you're here in that spirit. Lauren Bacall died on August 12, 2014 in Manhattan after suffering a stroke. She was 89. This is Eden Memorial Park in Mission Hills The next entry on our list is actually occupied not by an individual, but by a team of artists, a group of legendary brothers, the Marx Brothers, Groucho, Harpo and Chico The Marx Brothers are the only ones.

The First 50 featured a team of actors, but others were nominated, such as Laurel and Hardy and The Three Stooges. The brothers began performing together on the vaudeville stage in New York in the early 20th century, but became known for. his unique style of comedy. Each of the brothers developed a unique stage personality with the accompanying name, Groucho, the quick wit with a greasy mustache, glasses and cigar excellence." "You're not that bad either." "What morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How we got into our pajamas, I don't know." Harpo, the silent one with a curly wig, the mime and the clown, named for his ability to play the harp, and Chico, the charming false Italian, the cunning swindler, named for his penchant for chasing girls. girls. "That's what they call a sanity clause." "You can't fool me, there's no sanity clause." , but then focused on the business aspect, leaving the three older brothers as the core contingent of the Marx Brothers.

In the 1920s, the brothers were one of America's favorite theater acts. This, naturally, led them to make more than one film. Dozen movies combined, some of which are still among the best comedies ever made, like Duck Soup and A Night at the Opera. "I am very pleased with this magnificent display of outpouring. Later in his career, Groucho became a familiar fixture." radio and television, including You Bet Your Life presenter. He died at the age of 86 after an attack of pneumonia. "But I have to go." To find Chico's brother, we headed to the Liberty Mausoleum in Forest Lawn Glendale.

As the older brother, he was the group's unofficial manager for a time, negotiating their deals with the studios. He also combined his ability to play the piano with his comedy. Later in their careers, when they began performing separately, Chico frequently performed at nightclubs and casinos. He died of arteriosclerosis at the age of 74 and was buried here. Harpo Marx has no grave. He was cremated at Hollywood Forever, although a portion of his ashes were supposedly scattered in the sand trap on the seventh hole of the Rancho Mirage golf course. Unlike his brothers, Harpo's comedy was primarily visual and physical.

Never speaking, in the pantomime tradition, frequently using props. He was also a brilliant musician, as his name indicates. He had numerous memorable television appearances, including recreating the famous Duck Soup mirror scene with Lucille Ball. Harpo died after heart surgery on September 28, 1964, at the age of 75. Issue #19 takes us to Culver City, California and Holy Cross Cemetery. There are quite a few

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in this grotto area, including one of the most glamorous film goddesses of the 1940s, Rita Hayworth. Born Margarita Cansino, she began her career as a dancer. By the 1940s she had become the most glamorous film actress in Hollywood and was one of the most popular pin-up girls among the military during World War II.

Some of her best-known roles were in two of the iconic noir films of the era. Her role in the 1946 film Gilda made her a cultural icon. "Gilda, are you decent?" "Me?" The following year she appeared in The Lady from Shanghai with Orson Welles. "After that I knew I couldn't trust him. He was angry. He had to be shot." "What about me?" "I love you." Rita also shined in the Technicolor musical Covergirl. In 1949 she married Prince Ali Khan, making her the first true Hollywood princess. Later in life she suffered from Alzheimer's and she became one of the first public faces of the disease, helping to raise awareness.

She died from complications of the disease at age 68. Rita's male counterpart in number 19 rests in Westwood Village Memorial Park. Here we found Burt Lancaster's small cremation marker. In fact, she began her career as a circus acrobat in the 1930s, often performing with her partner Nick Cravat. The two would also act together on screen, such as in The Crimson Pirate. However, an injury in the late 1930s forced him to abandon the acrobatic life and, after the war, he began acting on stage and in films. His breakout role was in the 1946 film noir The Killers, opposite Ava Gardner.

Among her best-known roles today is that of First Sergeant Guard in the 1953 war drama From Here to Eternity. Burt Lancaster would be nominated for four Academy Awards, one for From Here to Eternity, the others for Atlantic City, Birdman of Alcatraz, and Elmer Gantry, which earned him the Oscar. "Elmer Gantry is coming!" Elmer Gantry is an all-American guy. He's interested in money, sex and religion. "His last film role was as Dr. Moonlight Graham in Field of Dreams." Win one for me someday, will you, guys? Burt Lancaster died after suffering a heart attack at the age of 80. By number 18 we headed north to Palo Alto and Alta Mesa Memorial Park.

There are a handful of people who have become indelible icons of cinema. Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp, Marilyn Monroe's blonde bombshell and a bright-eyed, curly-haired girl named Shirley Temple, the quintessential child star. In the 1930s she was not only the most popular child star in the world, but also the biggest box office draw. Her bright, cheerful screen presence was a panacea for a nation weary and plagued by a Great Depression. At the tender age of six he received a special award from the Youth Academy. His popular films of the time included Bright Eyes, Heidi and Curly Top.

She is also remembered for her dance duets with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, in films such as The Little Colonel. Shirley also made several films when she was young, including The Bachelor and The Bobby Soxer alongside Cary Grant. She retired from acting at age 22, but returned briefly to television in 1958, hosting a fairy tale anthology series, Shirley Temple's Storybook. Later in life she had a diplomatic career, representing the United States at the United Nations and serving as ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia. Shirley Temple died of COPD at the age of 85. Our journey now takes us to Indiana and Park Cemetery.

Follow the prompts here to find the #18 male actor, James Dean. He is known today as a symbol of adolescent disillusionment, embodied in his most famous film, Rebel Without a Cause, from 1955. "You're destroying me!" "That?" "You say one thing, he says another, and then everyone changes again!" He was nominated for two Oscars in his career, both posthumous, for his roles in East of Eden and Giant. "Mother, this is your other son, Aaron. Aaron is everything good, mother." The untimely death of a young star often has the unintended consequence of cementing the star's legendary status. They do not diminish or wither, but the moment they shine brighter, in an instant they separate from us, and we are left with the image of that brightness engraved in our minds forever.

James Dean grew to love fast cars and racing. In September 1955, Dean was traveling north to attend a racing event. While traveling on State Road 46, a FordHe turned left into his lane. Unable to stop in time, Dean's porch slammed into the passenger side of the Ford, sending his car to the side of the road at an intersection now known as James Dean Memorial Junction. His injuries were fatal and he died at only 24 years old. He was the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for acting and the only one to receive two. James Dean made the list today despite appearing in only three films with a credited role.

Continuing east, we landed in Manhattan, New York and St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church. On the lower level of the church there is a small columbarium. Here is Lillian Gish's niche. Many film historians consider her the greatest actress of the silent film era. A true pioneer of cinema, she was nicknamed the First Lady of Cinema. Lillian is known for playing characters with a fragile outward appearance, but great inner strength. She played the lead role in some of the biggest films of the silent era, including Birth of a Nation, Way Down East, and Intolerance, all directed by D.W.

Griffith. In 1920, she became one of the first women to direct a feature film, Remodeling Her Husband, starring her sister Dorothy. And throughout the 1920s, Lillian was one of the most powerful women in Hollywood. The arrival of talkies did not slow her career, starring in films such as The Night of the Hunter and Duel in the Sun, which earned her an Oscar nomination in 1947. "Oh, I'm so glad you came to us." , dear. Let me look at you. Yes, you are Scott's daughter and now you are ours. And in 1971, Lillian Gish received an Honorary Academy Award for her superlative artistry and for her distinguished contribution to the advancement of motion pictures.

She died just a few months before her 100th birthday. Back in Los Angeles and one of the most star-studded cemeteries per capita, one will appear several times on this list, Westwood Village Memorial Park. In the same neighborhood as stars like Farrah Fawcett and Karl Malden, we find the chiseled protagonist of the big screen, Kirk Douglas. Born Issur Daniellovich, Kirk Douglas would play the tough, square-jawed leading man of the '50s and '60s, and become a true Hollywood icon. He is most recognized for his leading role in the 1960 film Spartacus. "The symbol of the Senate, all the power of Rome.

I imagine a god for the slaves and pray." "Why do you pray?" "I pray for a son to be born free." Not only did he play Spartacus, but he also produced and helped break the Hollywood blacklist by hiring Dalton Trumbo to write the script. Kirk Douglas would earn three Oscar nominations in his career for Champion, The Bad and the Beautiful and Lust for Life, in which he played Vincent van Gogh. In addition to his numerous Hollywood accolades, Kirk Douglas received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1981 for his goodwill efforts. He died in 2020 at the age of 103.

At the time, he was one of the last surviving stars of Hollywood's Golden Age. He was the father of actor Michael Douglas. Kirk rests here with his wife and his son Eric. A swan greets us as we remember the actress who ranks 16th on the list. We are in Stratford upon Avon in England, a city synonymous with Shakespeare and theater. Here, in the Royal Shakespeare Company's Swan Gardens, there is a monument to a girl like no other, Vivien Leigh. She was born in British India and began acting in theater at a young age. In the mid-1930s, Vivien appeared in films.

In 1939 she landed the most coveted role in Hollywood, the role for which she would be best known, that of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind. Her role earned her the Oscar. "I'll go home and think of some way to get it back. After all, tomorrow is another day." She would later win another Oscar for her role as Blanche Dubois in A Streetcar Named Desire. "Well, they told me to take a streetcar called Desire. And then change to one called Cemetery, go six blocks and get off at Elysian Fields. She was also well known as a theater artist, giving life to characters like Ofelia.

Juliet and Lady Macbeth In 1940 she became one half of a powerful acting couple when she married Laurence Olivier. She suffered from chronic tuberculosis for much of her life. The disease would finally claim her life in 1967 at the age of 53. that the lights in all the theaters in central London were extinguished for an hour. After her death, Vivian was cremated in Golders Green and her ashes were scattered in the lake at her home in Tickeridge Mill. This stone was later placed here. in his memory. Towards the south we made our only visit of the day to Spain, specifically Ronda.

In this old town next to a cliff we found a giant of cinema. On the grounds of this Spanish estate there is an old well, in which to rest. , as it matches. the ashes of Orson Welles. A master storyteller Orson Welles left his mark on radio, theater and, of course, cinema. In 1938 he scared the entire country during his radio dramatization of The War of the Worlds, which was so realistic that some Americans believed they were hearing a real Martian invasion. His first film was 1941's Citizen Kane, which he co-wrote, produced, directed and starred in. Many cinephiles and film historians consider Citizen Kane to be the greatest film ever made.

It earned her three Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Screenplay, which she won and shared with Herman Mankiewicz. "Rosebud." "On the other hand, I am the editor of The Inquirer. As such, it is my duty, and I will tell you a little secret: it is also my pleasure." He directed 12 other films, including The Magnificent Ambersons, The Lady from Shanghai and Touch of Evil, appearing himself in many of them. And the movies he starred in that he didn't direct include The Third Man. "In Switzerland they had brotherly love. They had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce?

The cuckoo clock. See you later, Holly." His last released film, The Other Side of the Wind, spent 48 years in development and was recently released by Netflix in 2018, more than 30 years after his death. Orson Welles is considered by many to be one of the greatest filmmakers in Hollywood history, and he is the only individual on this list known primarily as a director as well as an actor. Orson Welles died in October 1985 after suffering a heart attack. He was 70 years old. Welles had fallen in love with Spain while he was making films here and his ashes were deposited in this well.

Welles' well, as some call it, on the farm of a friend, the bullfighter Antonio Ordóñez. Number 15 returns us to New York and Cypress Hills Abbey in Queens. It is a magnificent old mausoleum built around 1926, although it appears to be closed. We may have to ring the bell for the occupants to let us in. "Come see me sometime." Yes ma'am, how about now? Let's go up to the third floor and look back to the top row to find the crypt of the sultry queen of one-liners and double entenders, Mae West. She was an actress, writer and comedian whose career entertaining audiences spanned seven decades.

She began performing at the age of seven and by her teens she was a professional on the vaudeville circuit. When she was young, Mae showed her sexuality and began writing her own racy works, including the 1926 play titled "Sex." The play was a success, but it scandalized many spectators and locals because of its immorality. Mae was even arrested on an obscenity charge and sentenced to 10 days in an asylum. The scandal only increased her popularity. Her other works included 1927's "The Drag," which dealt with homosexuality, and 1928's "Diamond Lill," a Broadway hit. Hollywood soon came calling, launching her film career at around age 40.

She was a box office hit in the early '30s with films like "She Done Him Wrong" and "I'm No Angel." As her career took off, the production code's film censors were in full force. She continually pushed the limits of censorship with her own tasteless jokes and dodged the censors with mischievous double entenders. "When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad, I'm better." "I see a man in your life." "What, just one?" "Oh, you were wonderful tonight." "I'm always wonderful at night." "Aren't you forgetting that you're married?" "I'm doing my best." "Never forget you." "No one ever does." In the mid-1930s, she was the highest-paid woman in the United States.

But the censorship began to crack down, so she left the cinema and returned to the stage for a while. When censorship began to end in the '60s, she returned to film, as in Myra Breckenridge. After her death at age 87, a service was held for Mae at Forest Lawn Hollywood, before she was laid to rest here in New York with her family. Our next star doesn't have her grave, so let's visit her star on the Walk of Fame. The 15th male star is the one and only Gene Kelly. He was a dancer, actor, singer, choreographer and director who made some of the most recognized musical films of the 1940s and 1950s.

Some of his most beloved roles include Jerry in An American in Paris. And Don in Singin' in the Rain. And for his performance in the 1945 film Anchors Aweigh, he was not only nominated for an Academy Award, but he also danced with Jerry the cartoon mouse. Gene would also direct and co-direct films including On the Town, Hello Dolly and Singin' in the Rain. Kelly is credited with innovating the way dance was used in films, and in 1952 he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of his versatility as an actor, singer, director, dancer, and specifically for his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film.

Gene Kelly died on February 2, 1996 after suffering a stroke at the age of 83. He was cremated and his ashes held by his loved ones. Coming up to number 14, today we make our first of two visits to Chatsworth and Oakwood Memorial Park. Along this narrow stretch of memory valley we find the legendary Ginger Rogers. She was an actress and dancer, perhaps best remembered today for her on-screen pairing with Fred Astaire. Their debut together was in Flying Down to Rio in 1933. The duo danced their way into the hearts of the public and quickly became a sensation. They would go on to star together in nine more musical films, defining and revolutionizing the Hollywood musical for a generation with their iconic dance numbers, to hit music written specifically for them by some of the most popular composers of the time.

Ginger's talents were summed up perfectly in the reminder that she did everything Fred Astaire did, but in reverse and in heels. After Astaire, Ginger branched out into comedies like Monkey Business and dramas like Kitty Foyle, which earned her an Oscar for Best Actress. "What are you going to do?" "I'm going to have this baby. I'm going to name him Tom Foyle after my dad. And because of Judas Priest, he'll be a wrestler too. Tough as hell." Ginger retired from acting in the 1980s and died of a heart attack at age 83. She is buried here with her mother Lela, who had a minor career as a screenwriter.

Westminster Abbey in London is home to a who's who of English culture, history, art and politics. Joining royals like Queen Elizabeth I, composers like Handel, writers like Charles Dickens, and scientists like Isaac Newton and Stephen Hawking is the 14th male star on our list, Laurence Olivier. When we think of truly great actors, a few names come to mind. Among them, Laurence Olivier, whose ashes rest here, under these stones. Olivier is considered by many to be a milestone in acting excellence both on stage and screen, particularly in Shakespearean roles. His big break on stage came in the 1935 production of Romeo and Juliet, in which he alternately played Romeo and Mercutio.

He would later perform in other Shakespeare plays, including Hamlet and Henry V. Having established himself as one of Shakespeare's most accomplished performers, it would not be long until he brought those performances to film. He acted in and directed film versions of Henry V, Hamlet and Richard III. His performance in Hamlet earned him the Oscar. "Yes, therein lies the problem. Because in that dream of death, what dreams can arise when we have detached ourselves from this mortal body?" He would receive 10 nominations in total, including for his roles in Rebecca and Wuthering Heights. Olivier received countless other honors and awards throughout his life and career.

The OM here means Order of Merit. He even has an award named after him, the Olivier Awards, London's equivalent of the Tonys. Laurence Olivier was married to another legend of British stage and screen, Vivien Leigh, and they starred in several films together, including Fire Over England. "But we have the right to be happy. Everyone has the right to be happy, Michael." "All of us, yes. That's why we can't be." Olivier died of kidney failure at the age of 82. The lucky number 13 takes us to the picturesque coastal principality of Monaco, along the French Riviera. The actress from number 13 was also a real princess, which is why we met at the Monaco Cathedral.

In the majestic halls of this Byzantine Roman cathedral is the"A girl's best friends." Her soft, breathy voice, blonde locks, and curvy figure made her the quintessential symbol of the 1950s. But this led to her being typecast as the "dumb blonde" in films like The Seven Year Itch, "Ooo, do you feel the subway breeze? Isn't she delicious?" And how to marry a millionaire. "You have the most peculiar vision I've ever seen." "Why do you say that?" "Because you're reading that book backwards." But Marilyn began to get tired of the ditzy blonde bombshell she had become known for.

Despite this on-screen persona, she was highly intelligent, cultured, and considered by many to be a great actress, not just a movie star. She enrolled in the famous actor's studio in New York. York to broaden her range and worked toward more serious dramatic roles. She returned to Hollywood in 1958 to star in Some Like It Hot, a role that earned her a Golden Globe for Best Actress. honey!" Her last film was The Misfits, written for her by her husband Arthur Miller, a Valentine's Day gift to offer her a dramatic role. "How do you find your way back in the dark?" "Just head towards that big star .

The road is below it. It will take us straight home." But on the morning of August 5, 1962, Marilyn was found dead from a drug overdose the night before in her Brentwood home. She was 36 years old. Since then, Marilyn Monroe remains one of the Hollywood's biggest icons, a larger-than-life figure who embodied Hollywood glamour. But she was also Norma Jean, a girl few people really knew hidden behind the blonde locks and effervescent smile of her manufactured personality, a girl who faced struggles. that many of us could never understand, and having left so young, we are left here with haunting thoughts of what might have been.

Marilyn shares the number six spot with another actor who has no grave, Henry Fonda The Stage Actor. He honed his skills on Broadway before breaking into film in the 1930s. He first gained recognition in 1935's The Farmer Takes a Wife. , and then starred opposite Bette Davis in Jezebel and played Abraham Lincoln in Young Mr. Lincoln. But it was his role as Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath that catapulted him to stardom and earned him his first Academy Award nomination. "Well, maybe it's like Casey says, a boy doesn't have a soul of his own, just a little piece of a big soul." After serving in the Navy during the war, Fonda often found himself playing military roles, including the lead role in Mr.

Roberts, which he played both on stage and screen. "I don't understand tonight, Captain. What do you think I did tonight?" "You know what you did!" In 1957 he would star in and produce the film 12 Angry Men, in which he played the only dissenting juror in a trial in which the defendant was found innocent. "You want to see this boy die because you want it personally, not because of the facts. You are a sadist." The film is among one of the greatest and most important films ever made and earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. In 1968 he deviated from his usual good guy roles to play the villain in one of my favorite films, Once Upon a Time in the West.

Henry Fonda continued acting into the 1980s and eventually won the Oscar for his role in one of his last films, On Golden Pond, with Katharine Hepburn. He died the following year, on August 12, 1982, of heart disease at the age of 77. At his request, no funeral was held and his body was cremated. "We've made it to the top five, which takes us on a journey to the other side of the world, to beautiful Stockholm, Sweden. We're in a cemetery, you'll forgive me if I don't try to pronounce it. But the name translates to "Forest Cemetery." Appropriately named as a meditative walk through this cemetery it is truly a passage through a tranquil Nordic forest, precisely where our next star would want to be.

Here rests one of the great screen legends to come, originally from Sweden, Greta Garbo. to appear in silent films in Sweden in the early 1920s. Her role in Gosta Berling's saga caught the attention of MGM executive Louis B. Mayer, who brought her to Hollywood in the following years, Greta Garbo would become. MGM's biggest star. Her performance in 1926's Flesh and the Devil made her an international star. The transition to talkies itself became a marketing point with the catchphrase "Garbo Talks" for the film Anna Christie. 1930, in which the public first heard that rich low voice. "Give me a whiskey, with ginger ale on the side.

And don't be stingy, darling." The film earned him an Oscar nomination for one of two films that year, the other for Romance. Other notable films include Anna Karenina, Grand Hotel, Mata Hari, Ninotchka and Camille; the last two earned him two additional Oscar nominations. "I could kill you for this." "I'm not worth killing myself, Armand. I've loved you as much as I could love. If that weren't enough, it's not my fault." But after making Two-Faced Woman in 1941, Greta Garbo retired from the screen and became famous for her seclusion for the rest of her life. "I want to be alone.

I just want to be alone." In 1955 she received the Honorary Academy Award for her unforgettable film performances, although she was not present at the ceremony. Greta Garbo died on April 15, 1990 at the age of 84 as a result of pneumonia and kidney failure. She was cremated in New York, where she lived. Nine years later, her family decided to lay her to rest in this serene spot in her homeland. We're back at Oakwood Cemetery in Chatsworth, where the silver screen's favorite duo who sang and danced together, also rest together in these same grounds. Here lies the one and only Fred Astaire.

He could sing, he could act, but to this day he is best remembered and regarded for his dancing, particularly with his on-screen partner Ginger Rogers, who we visited earlier. They starred together in 10 films and are considered the best on-screen dance couple in classic Hollywood. But before there were Fred and Ginger, there were Fred and Adele, his sister. Fred Astaire began performing on the vaudeville circuit as a child in the early 20th century, singing and dancing with his older sister Adele, and soon became a hit on the Broadway stage as well. He became known worldwide especially for his tap dancing skills.

Fred and Adele separated in 1932, which opened the door for him to find a new partner. He was first paired with Ginger Rogers in 1933's Flying Down to Rio. They would go on to appear together in 10 films, many of the biggest romantic musicals of the era, including The Gay Divorcee, Top Hat, Swing Time and more. He also shined brightly outside of the Fred and Ginger partnership, in films such as Funny Face with Audrey Hepburn, Daddy Long Legs with Leslie Caron and memorably dancing on the roof in Royal Wedding. He even flexed his acting muscles in heavier roles, like the disaster movie The Towering Inferno, which earned him an Oscar nomination.

Like Gene Kelly, whom we featured above, Fred is credited with innovating the way dance was used and presented in feature films. He received an honorary Academy Award in 1950 for his unique artistry and his contributions to the technique of musical imagery. And for modern movie nerds, Fred Astaire was the first star added to IMDb. He died of pneumonia at the age of 88. If you were starting to miss beautiful Sweden, good news. We return again to number four, which takes us to a cemetery that translates as the Northern Burial Place in the Stockholm area. If you know your Hollywood history, you know who we're here to find.

Here I am looking at you, Ingrid Bergman. His place at number four is not a surprise, as he is one of the most influential and award-winning film figures in the history of cinema. She began appearing in Swedish and German films in the 1930s. Her introduction to American audiences came in 1939 with Intermezzo. She had played the role in the original Swedish version of the film in 1936. A few years later she would star in one of Hollywood's most beloved classic films, as Ilse in Casablanca, alongside Humphrey Bogart. "Play it Sam. Play "As Time Goes By." She quickly rose through the ranks to become one of the most acclaimed actresses of the time.

She received her first of seven Academy Award nominations in 1944 for the film Who They Dub For the bells. She would win three acting Oscars, these were for the films Gaslight, "I wasn't drinking alcohol. She said I was going crazy." "You're not going crazy. You are slowly and systematically losing your mind. -But why? Why!?" Anastasia, "I want to be me. Whoever it is, I want to be me. I want someone to tell me, someone to accept me." and Murder on the Orient Express. "Thou Shalt Not Kill." "Ingrid Bergman." Other memorable films include Hitchcock's Spellbound and Notorious. Ingrid brought her talents to the stage and television.

In addition, she won a Tony for the play Joan of Lorraine and Emmy awards for the television films The Turn of the Screw and A Woman Called Golda. She was 67 years old when she died from complications of breast cancer. The rest buried here with his family. Our male star at number four has no

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. His ashes scattered between two places significant to him, we will remember Marlon Brando, both here and in Tahiti. every young aspiring actor admired and wanted to be in the 1950s. He was one of the first actors to employ what we know as method acting.

Marlon earned praise for one of his first film appearances, playing Stanley Kowalski in. a streetcar named Desire, a role he had played with great success on stage. "Hello STELLA!" It would be the first of eight Academy Award nominations. A few years later came On the Waterfront, which earned him an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his performance in Tour de Force. "You don't understand. He could have had class. He could have been a contender. He could have been someone instead of a bum." Despite these successes, his career declined somewhat in the 60s, until the role of a lifetime arrived, the one for which many today best know him.

For the role of his godfather, Francis Ford Coppola wanted the best actor in the world. That came down to Laurence Olivier or Marlon Brando. Coppola had to fight hard to convince studio bosses that Brando was the right man for the role. And aren't we glad he did it? It's impossible to imagine anyone other than Marlon Brando playing Vito Corleone in The Godfather. "We have known each other for many years, but this is the first time you have come to me for advice and help. I don't remember the last time you invited me to your house for a cup of coffee." His gentle, reverent approach, the polar opposite of the cinematic gangster maniacs of previous generations.

The role earned him his second Oscar. More memorable roles would follow, including Apocalypse Now, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Last Tango in Paris, and playing Superman's father, Jor-El. On July 1, 2004, Marlon Brando died of respiratory and heart failure at the age of 80. His ashes were scattered partly in Tahiti, where he owned land and sometimes lived, and partly in Death Valley. Number three takes us back to the sleepy Swiss town of Tolochenaz. This is the Tolochenaz Cemetery, a small and humble cemetery in the countryside, with just over 100

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. If you look closely, among the names you will see here is one of the most famous in the world.

She was an actress, fashion icon and humanitarian. She personified grace, beauty and kindness. She was the one and only Audrey Hepburn. She was born in Belgium, and from a very young age she began performing on stage as a musical theater actress. Her big break came when William Wyler was looking for an unknown to play Princess Anne in Roman Holiday. "I could do some things I always wanted to do." "Like what?" "Oh, you can't imagine. I'd like to do whatever I want, all day long." Her talent did not go unnoticed by the world of cinema. She won an Oscar for the role of her.

She was nominated four more times for her roles in the timeless classics Sabrina, The Nun's Story, Wait Until Dark and perhaps her most iconic role as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's. "Who are always people, anyway?" "Who knows? Word gets around. Don't you care who, honey?" She is also remembered for playing Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. "The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain." And on stage she won a Tony Award for her role in the play Ondine. She is one of the few artists to have won the coveted EGOT, as well as an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony.

Audrey only had about 30 credits to her name, having dedicated much of her life and time to being a wife and mother. She also dedicated much of her time to UNICEF, an organization focused on providing humanitarian aid to children around the world, particularly inof classic Hollywood cinema? Let us know in the comments below and be sure to like, share and subscribe for more famous tomb tours. See you at the next one.