Forest Lawn Memorial Park–Cathedral City is located in Cathedral City, California, and operated as Palm Springs Mortuary and Mausoleum until 2005. Unlike its counterparts under the Forest Lawn name, the majority of this location’s space is dedicated to multiple levels of mausoleum and niche spaces in addition to striking art features typical of Forest Lawn.
Primarily serving the Coachella Valley, there are many individuals with ties to classic Hollywood and the entertainment industry at rest here.
John Conte
(September 15, 1915 – September 4, 2006)
He was an American stage, film, and TV actor, and a television station owner.
L. Wolfe Gilbert
(August 31, 1886 – July 12, 1970)
Louis Wolfe Gilbert was a Russian-born American songwriter of Tin Pan Alley. He is best remembered as the lyricist for “Ramona” (1928), the first movie theme song ever written.
Phil Harris & Alice Faye
Phil Harris
(June 24, 1904 – August 11, 1995)
Wonga Philip Harris was an American actor, bandleader, entertainer, and singer.
Alice Faye
(May 5, 1915 – May 9, 1998)
Born Alice Jeanne Leppert. She was an American actor and singer.
Rock Hudson (cenotaph)
(November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985)
Born Roy Harold Scherer Jr. He was an American actor. One of the most popular film stars of his time, he had a screen career spanning more than three decades, and was a prominent figure in the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Dorothy “Dottie” Kamenshek
(December 21, 1925 – May 17, 2010)
She was an American All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player.
Gavin MacLeod
(February 28, 1931 – May 29, 2021)
Born Allan George See. He was an American actor best known for his roles as news writer Murray Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and ship’s captain Merrill Stubing on ABC’s The Love Boat.
Guy Madison
(January 19, 1922 – February 6, 1996)
Born Robert Ozell Moseley. He was an American film, television, and radio actor.
John Phillips
(August 30, 1935 – March 18, 2001)
Born John Edmund Andrew Phillips. He was the leader of the vocal group the Mamas & the Papas and remains frequently referred to as Papa John Phillips.
Charles “Buddy” Rodgers
(August 13, 1904 – April 21, 1999)
Charles Edward “Buddy” Rogers was an American film actor and musician. During the peak of his popularity in the late 1920s and early 1930s, he was publicized as “America’s Boyfriend.”
Dinah Shore
(February 29, 1916 – February 24, 1994)
Born Frances Rose Shore. She was an American singer, actress, television personality, and the chart-topping female vocalist of the 1940s. Shore was cremated and is at rest here and also at Hillside Memorial Park.
Ruth Terry
(October 21, 1920 – March 11, 2016)
Born Ruth Mae McMahon, she was an American singer and actress in film and television from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Jerry Vale
(July 8, 1930 – May 18, 2014)
Born Gennaro Louis Vitaliano. He was an American traditional pop singer.
Jane Wyman
(January 5, 1917 – September 10, 2007)
Born Sarah Jane Mayfield. She was an American actress. A star of both movies and television, she received an Academy Award for Best Actress, four Golden Globe Awards, and nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards.
Hometowns to Hollywood 