Map to the Stars’ Tombs

“This is not an obsession.

I started this as a hobby,” insists Allan Ellenberger, North Hollywood resident and author of “Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries” (McFarland & Co.).

The directory lists resting places for hundreds of some-bodies, along

with obit headlines and appendices such as “Sea Burials, Cremations and Donations to Science.” Here’s where a few of the bodies are buried.

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Hollywood Forever Cemetery

6000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood

Atmosphere

Resting place since 1899 to many early Hollywood luminaries. Monuments and headstones abound. Notable recent arrival, Ellenberger says: Punk rock trailblazer Dee Dee Ramone.

Name-Dropping

Marion Davies. Tyrone Power. Cecil B. DeMille. John Huston. Mel Blanc. Nelson Eddy. Janet Gaynor. Woody Herman. Peter Lorre.

Buried in Trivia

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Sr. share a crypt.

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Forest Lawn Memorial-Park

Hollywood Hills location

Atmosphere

Flat grave markers only here.

Name-Dropping

Gene Autry. Bette Davis. Andy Gibb. Liberace. Telly Savalas. Jack Webb.

Buried in Trivia

Lucille Ball and her mother were moved last year from Forest Lawn to a family plot in New York.

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Pierce Brothers

Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary

1218 Glendon Ave., Los Angeles

Atmosphere

“Per capita they probably have more celebrities than any other,” says Ellenberger of this small cemetery dating from the early 1900s.

Name-Dropping

Marilyn Monroe. Natalie Wood. Dean Martin. Burt Lancaster. Roy Orbison.

Buried in Trivia

Jack Lemmon, Carroll O’Connor and Billy Wilder are next to each other.

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Hillside Memorial

Park and Mortuary

6001 Centinela Ave., Los Angeles

Atmosphere

You can see the Al Jolson Memorial and its waterfall from the 405 Freeway.

Name-Dropping

Jack Benny. Lorne Greene. Michael Landon. David Janssen.

Buried in Trivia

Max Factor Sr. was re-interred at Hillside. “[One] portion of Dinah Shore’s ashes is at Hillside and another portion is in Palm Springs,” says Ellenberger.

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Oakwood Memorial Park

22601 Lassen St., Chatsworth

Name-Dropping

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers (but not next to each other).

Buried in Trivia

“Hogan’s Heroes” star Bob Crane started out at Oakwood but his family later had him moved to an unmarked grave at Pierce Brothers after revelations about his personal life gave him a certain notoriety.