Eden Memorial Park Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery located at 11500 Sepulveda Boulevard, Mission Hills, California, in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. Many Jews from the entertainment industry are buried here. It is located north of the San Fernando Mission Cemetery. It is currently owned by Service Corporation International.
The operators of the cemetery were accused on more than one occasion of destroying graves and discarding human remains to make room for new burials.Los Angeles Daily News; 7 March 2015; ‘’Jewish cemetery Eden Memorial Park sued again for throwing out remains’’
Notable interments Phil Arnold (1909–1968), actor Marty Allen (1922–2018), actor, comedian Terry Becker (1921–2014), actor John Brown (1904–1957), actor Lenny Bruce (1925–1966), comedian James Caan (1940–2022), actor Howard Caine (1926–1993), actor Jon Cedar (1931–2011), actor Harvey Cohen (1951–2007), composer Allen Curtis (1878–1961), film director Dan Curtis (1927–2006), film producer and director Lewis Dauber (1949–2019), actor Sam Denoff (1928–2011), screenwriter Don Diamond (1921–2011), actor Phil Foster (1914–1985), actor Bruce Gary (1951–2006), musician Michael Gilden (1962–2006), actor Bert Gordon (1895–1974), comedian Robert Gordon (1913–1990), actor Mitzi Green (1920–1969), actress Morton Heilig (1926–1997), cinematographer, inventor Jerry Heller (1940–2016), American music manager Jack Herer (1939–2010), cannabis activist Sam Jaffe (1891–1984), actor Milt Kamen (1921–1977), actor, comic Herb Karpel (1917–1995), baseball player Kurt Katch (1896–1958), actor Al Lapin Jr. (1927–2004), co-founder of IHOP Abe Levitow (1922–1975), animator Harvey Lembeck (1923–1982), actor, father of actor/director Michael Lembeck Larry D. Mann (1922–2014), actor Nicholas Markowitz (1984–2000), murder victim Groucho Marx (1890–1977), actor/comedian Vic Mizzy (1916–2009), composer Brad Morrow (1942–1997), actor Buck Ram (1907–1991), songwriter Catya Sassoon (1968–2002), actress/model Hacham Yedidia Shofet (1908–2004), Chief Rabbi of Iran and worldwide spiritual leader of Persian Jewry Roy Stuart (1927–2005), actor George Wyle (1915–2003), film and television composer
References
External links Eden Memorial Park Cemetery website