CEMETERY

A Jewish section, "Sharon Gardens", was established in 1953.

Official Website:
http://www.kensico.org/

Location:
Valhalla, NY

Founding Date:
1889

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Glenn Anders	Actor	1-Sep-1889	26-Oct-1981	The Lady from Shanghai
Peter Arno	Cartoonist	8-Jan-1904	22-Feb-1968	The New Yorker
Anne Bancroft	Actor	17-Sep-1931	6-Jun-2005	Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate
Wendy Barrie	Actor	18-Apr-1912	2-Feb-1978	The Private Life of Henry VIII
Ed Barrow	Baseball	10-May-1868	15-Dec-1953	Yankees General Manager, 1920-45
Vivian Blaine	Actor	21-Nov-1921	9-Dec-1995	Guys and Dolls
Billie Burke	Actor	7-Aug-1885	14-May-1970	Glinda, the Good Witch of the North
Paddy Chayefsky	Playwright	29-Jan-1923	1-Aug-1981	Network
Marc Connelly	Playwright	13-Dec-1890	21-Dec-1980	The Green Pastures
Frank Conroy	Actor	14-Oct-1890	24-Feb-1964	The Ox-Bow Incident
Milton Cross	Radio Personality	16-Apr-1897	3-Jan-1975	Announcer, voice of the Metropolitan Opera
Harry Davenport	Actor	19-Jan-1866	9-Aug-1949	Gone with the Wind
Lee Dixon	Actor	22-Jan-1914	8-Jan-1953	Ready, Willing and Able
Tommy Dorsey	Musician	19-Nov-1905	26-Nov-1956	Popular bandleader
Geraldine Farrar	Singer	28-Feb-1882	11-Mar-1967	Soprano, New York Metropolitan Opera
Emanuel Feuermann	Cellist	22-Nov-1902	25-May-1942	Cellist
Fred Friendly	Journalist	30-Oct-1915	3-Mar-1998	President of CBS News, 1964-66
Lou Gehrig	Baseball	19-Jun-1903	2-Jun-1941	Played 2,130 consecutive games
Jill Haworth	Actor	15-Aug-1946	3-Jan-2011	In Harm's Way
Danny Kaye	Actor	18-Jan-1913	3-Mar-1987	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Guy Kibbee	Actor	6-Mar-1882	24-May-1956	Captain January
Herbert H. Lehman	Politician	28-Mar-1878	5-Dec-1963	Governor of New York, 1933-42
Dorothy Loudon	Actor	17-Sep-1933	15-Nov-2003	American stage actress
Robert Merrill	Singer	4-Jun-1917	23-Oct-2004	Operatic baritone, NY Metropolitan Opera
Anna Moffo	Singer	27-Jun-1932	10-Mar-2006	Operatic soprano
Allan Nevins	Historian	20-May-1890	5-Mar-1971	Civil War historian
David Graham Phillips	Journalist	31-Oct-1867	24-Jan-1911	Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
Sergei Rachmaninov	Composer	20-Mar-1873	28-Mar-1943	Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Ayn Rand	Author	2-Feb-1905	6-Mar-1982	Atlas Shrugged
David Sarnoff	Business	27-Feb-1891	12-Dec-1971	CEO of RCA, founder of NBC
Gordon Scott	Actor	3-Aug-1926	30-Apr-2007	Played Tarzan, 1955-60
Richard B. Shull	Actor	24-Feb-1929	14-Oct-1999	Holmes and Yo-Yo
Beverly Sills	Singer	25-May-1929	2-Jul-2007	Soprano at the New York City Opera
Alison Skipworth	Actor	25-Jul-1863	5-Jul-1952	Broadway and character actress
Henry Stephenson	Actor	16-Apr-1871	24-Apr-1956	The Prince and the Pauper
Lewis Stone	Actor	15-Nov-1879	12-Sep-1953	Judge James Hardy
Andrew Tombes	Actor	29-Jun-1885	17-Mar-1976	Doubting Thomas
Florenz Ziegfeld	Theatre Producer	21-Mar-1869	22-Jul-1932	The Ziegfeld Follies

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