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Return to the main sidewalk, and walk east, past
the Freddie Prinze / George Raft corridor, and out through the back
into the next garden. Then turn left, you'll run right into another large
white marble sarcophagus, similar to those of Bette Davis and Liberace This tomb belongs to Albert ("Cubby") Broccoli (1909-1996). While his name may not be that familiar, his work is. He's the producer who gave us all of those great James Bond / 007 movies: from "Dr. No" & "Goldfinger" to "The Spy Who Loved Me" and "License to Kill".
The series went through a number of different actors
playing 007 (Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan...),
but Broccoli remained at the helm. His daughter, Barbara Broccoli, is now
producing the Bond films. [Click
here to see a map
of the Courts of Remembrance area.]
Here, you'll find another familiar character actor from a popular sitcom: comic actor Morey Amsterdam (1908-1996), who was best known as the wisecracking gag writer 'Buddy' on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (alongside co-workers Dick & Rose Marie), the show that introduced Mary Tyler Moore to the TV audience. A gag writer in real life, he was nicknamed His wall crypt is 3 spaces up from the bottom and
4 spaces in from (to the right of) the corner.
You'll remember her as Louise ('Weezie') Jefferson, the TV wife of George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley) on the hit sitcom, "The Jeffersons". The Jeffersons started out as the next-door neighbors
of Archie Bunker, back in the early '70s, when "All in the
Family" was the hottest show on TV. They were spun off on their
own sitcom in 1975, which (like "Maude" and "Good
Times", two other "All in the Family" spin-offs),
turned out to be a big hit on its own. The show ran for ten years; its
theme song ("Movin'
on Up") is one of those memorable Isabel was the first African-American actress to
win the Emmy award for "Best Actress in a Comedy". And before
landing her role on "The Jeffersons", she appeared opposite
Spencer Tracy and Sidney Poitier in 1967's "Guess Who's Coming
to Dinner".
Her name is Ann Harding (1901-1981), and she was nominated for an Oscar as Best Actress of 1930 for her performance in "Holiday." She starred in dozens of other films, including "Girl of the Golden West," as well as numerous guest spots on TV shows later in her life.
Step inside this small room, and turn to your right. There, on the right wall, you'll see a small statue of a woman raising a small child over her head. (Click on the small photo to the right) On the left side of this statue, at eye level (on
pink tile), you'll find the niche of Academy Award-winning actor, Rod Steiger
(1925-2002). Steiger appeared in over 100 movies. He nominated for an Oscar for his role as Brando's brother in the 1954 classic, "On The Waterfront". Some will remember him best for his starring role as a holocaust survivor in 1965's "The Pawnbroker" (which garnered him another nomination), or as Laura's seducer in in "Doctor Zhivago", or as the villainous 'Jud' in the musical "Oklahoma!", or as the man covered with tattoos in 1969's "The Illustrated Man". But he won his Oscar for his role of Southern Sheriff
'Bill Gillespie' in the 1967 movie "In the Heat of the Night"
(the same role filled on TV by Carroll
O'Connor), opposite Sidney Poitier.
They are probably best known today as the nurse & doctor team on the 70s show Emergency. But long before that, Julie London was a successful torch singer (recording the hit Cry Me a River), and she was once married to Dragnets Jack Webb (who is also buried here at FLHH). Before "Emergency", Bobby Troup was better known as a songwriter, having written the hit Route 66. (Its interesting to note that Jack Webb produced
their show, Emergency, and hired them both after Jack and
Julie had parted ways.)
A man of many talents, Steve Allen was best known as a pioneer talk show host. In 1953, he became the first host of "The Tonight Show" (later followed in that role by Jack Paar, Johnny Carson & Jay Leno). He later hosted several "Steve Allen Shows," which ran on networks and in syndication from 1956 through the mid-70's. His shows introduced such talents as Don Knotts, Louis Nye and Tom Poston. More recently, he hosted the PBS series "Meeting of the Minds." Allen's greatest gift was that of outrageous, spontaneous
comedy - the man could ad-lib with the best of them, and wasn't beyond
such crazy stunts as having himself covered with tea bags and dunked in
a giant tank of water. An author, he wrote over 50 books. A pianist and
songwriter, Steve is said to have written over 8,000 songs, most notably
This
Could Be the Start of Something Big. He remained unpredictable
until the end - a political liberal, Allen's last book
was a slashing attack on "trash TV" and the likes of Howard Stern
and Jerry Springer. He was survived by his wife, actress Jayne Meadows. [Click
here to see a map
of the Courts of Remembrance area.]
There is an archway on each side of this statue. Walk through the archway to your right, into the Sanctuary of Enduring Protection, and look at the wall on your left just after you enter. Just three spaces inside, and three spaces up from the bottom, you'll find the crypt of actress Sandra Dee (1942-2005).
But the real Sandra Dee was a teen superstar in her day (the late '50s and early '60s), appearing as an innocent adolescent in such hit movies as (the original) "Gidget" and two of the popular "Tammy" films, as well as several dramas such as "Imitation of Life" and "A Summer Place". She was also married to teen heartthrob Bobby Darin.
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