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Motion Picture & Television Fund

{{Short description|Charitable organization in Woodland Hills, California, United States}}

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The Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF) is a charitable organization that offers assistance and care to those in the motion picture and television industries and their families with limited or no resources, including services such as temporary financial assistance, case management, and residential living.

Origin

Mary Pickford conceived the idea of a fund to help those in the motion picture industry who were out of work and struggling and, in 1921, the Motion Picture Relief Fund was founded with Joseph Schenck as president, Pickford as vice-president and the Reverend Neal Dodd as administrator.

During the 1930s, the untimely deaths of several former Hollywood stars who ended up destitute shook the community. These included Roscoe ("Fatty") Arbuckle, John Bowers, Karl Dane, Florence Lawrence, Marie Prevost and Lou Tellegen.Golden, Eve; King, Bob (2001), page 141. Golden Images: 41 Essays on Silent Film Stars. McFarland. {{ISBN|0-7864-0834-0}}

In 1940, Jean Hersholt, then president of the Motion Picture Relief Fund, found {{convert|48|acre}} of walnut and orange groves in the southwest end of the San Fernando Valley which were selling for US$850 an acre ($0.21/m2) ($40,800). The fund's board purchased the parcel that same year to build the Motion Picture Country House. To offset the costs for the first buildings, which were designed by architect William Pereira, {{convert|7|acre}} were sold. Pickford and Hersholt broke the first ground. The dedication was on September 27, 1942.

The Motion Picture Hospital was dedicated on the grounds of the Country House in 1948. In attendance were Buddy Rogers and Loretta Young, among other stars.{{Cite web |url=https://www.mptf.com/mptf-story-1/ |title=The MPTF Story: The First 50 Years - MPTF |access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=2020-11-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119082252/https://mptf.com/mptf-story-1/ |url-status=live }} Services were later extended to those working in the television industry as well, and the name was altered to reflect the change. The retirement community, with individual cottages, administrative offices, and a hospital, is located at 23388 Mulholland Drive in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

Operations

Scores of movie notables have spent their last years here, as have far less famous people from behind the scenes of the industry. Those with money paid their own way, while those who had no money paid nothing. Fees are based solely on the "ability to pay".

Individuals in movies, TV, and other aspects of the industry, such as actors, artists, backlot men, cameramen, directors, extras, producers, and security guards are accepted. To qualify for a cottage, applicants (or their spouses) must have reached a minimum age of 70 and must have worked steadily for at least 20 years in entertainment industry production. The waiting time is usually a few months, with no preference given to celebrities or those who can pay their own way, officials of the fund have said.{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}}

History since 1990

In 1993, the Motion Picture & Television Fund Foundation was established with Jeffrey Katzenberg as Founding Chairman. The Foundation, as it was formerly known, existed as the conduit to fulfill the vision of its donors and their philanthropy to the growing human needs of the entertainment community it serves. The MPTF Foundation puts on annual events that help raise millions of dollars in funds to continue to assist those entertainment industry members in need. These events include the Michael Douglas and Friends Golf Tournament,{{cite web | url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2447932/ | title = Michael Douglas and Friends Golf | date = 7 July 2012 | publisher = IMDB | location = USA | access-date = 2013-10-06 | archive-date = 2013-06-18 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130618051656/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2447932/ | url-status = live }} The Night Before and The Evening Before,{{cite web | url = http://www.mptf.com/events | title = MPTF Events | publisher = MPTF | location = Woodland Hills | access-date = 2013-10-06 | archive-date = 2013-10-04 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131004221246/http://www.mptf.com/events | url-status = live }} the Heartbeat of Hollywood golf tournament and its Heartbeat Lite companion event, and Reel Stories, Real Lives.{{cite web | url = http://www.mptf.com/events | title = MPTF Events | date = August 14, 2020 | publisher = MPTF | location = Woodland Hills | access-date = 2021-02-04 | archive-date = 2021-02-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210203181058/https://mptf.com/events/ | url-status = live }}

In 2004, filmmaker Barry Avrich directed and produced, Glitter Palace the first documentary on the Motion Picture Country Home that was narrated by Brian Linehan. The film featured many of the residents living at MPTF.{{cite web|title=Glitter House|website=IMDB|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0308319/reference/}}

In 2006, the groundbreaking for the Saban Center for Health and Wellness featuring the Jodie Foster Aquatic Pavilion was held on The Wasserman Campus. The center was named after donors Haim Saban and his wife, Dr. Cheryl Saban.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mptvfund.org/Library/services/saban-membership-info.pdf|title=MPTF PDF profile}}{{dead link|date=August 2013|fix-attempted=yes}} It opened its doors on July 18, 2007, and features aquatic and land-based therapies as well as MPTF's Center on Aging, a best-practice model which provides a variety of programs that are geared toward improving the lives of the entertainment industry seniors throughout southern California. A new and emerging need to address quality-of-life issues for older adults in their own homes was identified and led to the creation of such MPTF programs and initiatives as Palliative Care, Elder Connection, Rebuilding Together, and the MPTF Age Well Program.{{cite web | url = http://www.mptf.com/wellness | title = MPTF Wellness | publisher = MPTF | location = Woodland Hills | access-date = 2013-10-06 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131005001820/http://www.mptf.com/wellness | archive-date = 2013-10-05 | url-status = dead }} In 2014, MPTF opened the Samuel Goldwyn Jr. Center for Behavioral Health, specializing in adults over 55 with acute mental health needs.{{cite web | url = https://variety.com/2014/artisans/news/samuel-goldwyn-gift-mptf-1201319711/ | title = Samuel Goldwyn Foundation Makes $6 Million Gift to MPTF | date = 2 October 2014 | publisher = Variety | access-date = 2021-02-04 | archive-date = 2021-02-09 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210209031647/https://variety.com/2014/artisans/news/samuel-goldwyn-gift-mptf-1201319711/ | url-status = live }}

There was a turbulent period starting in early 2009 when the MPTF announced that rising costs amid the recession would force it to shutter its long-term care unit, which had 136 patients at the time, as well as its acute-care hospital. That decision created a barrage of criticism, with some questioning the fund's commitment to its stated goal of "taking care of our own."{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/mptf-s-seth-ellis-to-exit-post-1118057062/|title=MPTF's Seth Ellis to exit post|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=2012-07-26|website=Variety|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-16|archive-date=2016-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809144504/http://variety.com/2012/film/news/mptf-s-seth-ellis-to-exit-post-1118057062/|url-status=live}} The MPTF restructured, brought in Bob Beitcher in 2010, and launched an aggressive $350 million fundraising campaign in 2012 headed by Jeffrey Katzenberg and George Clooney. Beitcher said the fundraising push was to provide a safety net for the 75,000 baby boomers who would be retiring from the industry over the next 20 years. At that point, $238 million had already been raised with key contributions from Clooney, Steve Bing, Tom Cruise, Barry Diller, Fox Entertainment Group, David Geffen, Michael Lewis, Jerry Perenchio, Joe Roth, Jeffrey and Marilyn Katzenberg, Todd Phillips, Patrick Soon-shiong, Thomas Tull and John Wells, among others. {{as of|2014|post=,}} $325 million has been raised for this campaign.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2012/02/mptf-unveils-new-350m-fundraising-campaign-234971|title=MPTF Unveils New $350M Fundraising Campaign|last=Team|first=The Deadline|date=2012-02-23|website=Deadline|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-16|archive-date=2016-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820005728/http://deadline.com/2012/02/mptf-unveils-new-350m-fundraising-campaign-234971/|url-status=dead}} For its health care centers, MPTF partnered with UCLA Health, which today operates five MPTF health care centers in Los Angeles. These health centers are still exclusive to entertainment industry members.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mptf.com/healthy-well|title=Stay Healthy & Stay Well – MPTF|website=www.mptf.com|access-date=2016-06-16|archive-date=2016-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701230307/https://www.mptf.com/healthy-well|url-status=live}}

The brainchild of Jeffrey Katzenberg, the annual "Night Before the Oscars" launched in 2003 and remains one of the main MPTF fundraising events. The 14th annual "Night Before" party, held February 27, 2016, raised a total of $5.2 million to benefit the MPTF. More than $70 million has been raised since the event was launched.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/night-before-party-raises-52-869541|title='Night Before' Party Raises $5.2 Million to Benefit MPTF|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=28 February 2016|access-date=2016-06-16|archive-date=2016-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407002931/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/night-before-party-raises-52-869541|url-status=live}}

Through June 1, 2014, the MPTF's operations include a 250-bed multilevel care hospital, seven primary care health centers, a 186-unit retirement community on The Wasserman Campus in Woodland Hills providing independent and assisted living, and a free-standing child care facility.Motion Picture and Television Fund and Affiliated Entities Consolidated Financial Statements December 31, 2014 and 2013

The Samuel Goldwyn Foundation is the single largest donor in the foundation's 93-year history, with the family's total contributions to the MPTF upwards of $55 million.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/10/motion-picture-television-fund-samuel-goldwyn-donation-mptf-charity-845181|title=Latest Goldwyn Gift Ups Family's MPTF Total To $55M|last=Robb|first=David|date=2014-10-02|website=Deadline|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-16|archive-date=2016-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820013705/http://deadline.com/2014/10/motion-picture-television-fund-samuel-goldwyn-donation-mptf-charity-845181/|url-status=dead}}

On October 1, 2016, MPTF commemorated its 95th anniversary with a live entertainment event on its campus hosted by Hugh Jackman. Among the highlights were live musical performances by resident Helen Reddy, Derek Hough, Jane Lynch, Johnny Mathis, and Norm Lewis, with speakers including Chris Pine, Loretta Devine, Bryan Cranston, and Matt Bomer. A 100th birthday cake was presented to actor Kirk Douglas, who was in attendance with wife Anne and son Michael Douglas.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/gallery/mptf-95th-anniversary-celebration-hollywoods-night-under-the-stars/|title=MPTF's 95th Anniversary Celebration 'Hollywood's Night Under The Stars'|date=2016-10-02|website=Variety|language=en-US|access-date=2021-02-04|archive-date=2021-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209074657/https://variety.com/gallery/mptf-95th-anniversary-celebration-hollywoods-night-under-the-stars/|url-status=live}}

In 2020 and 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic, MPTF was the administrator or co-administrator for multiple relief funds including the DGA, IATSE, ViacomCBS, Cast & Crew, the cast and crew of Westworld, and The Comedy Store, as well as its own dedicated COVID-19 relief fund for industry members at large.{{Cite web|url=https://mptf.com/covid-19-relief-funds/|title=COVID-19 Emergency Relief Funds|website=MPTF|date=June 24, 2020 |access-date=2021-02-04|archive-date=2021-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203184058/https://mptf.com/covid-19-relief-funds/|url-status=live}} During the pandemic, MPTF Studios (the on-campus video production facility) began broadcasting live programming from its recently remodeled campus theater several days per week with residents and supporters video conferencing in to participate in a variety of shows and activities.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/biz/entertainment-industry/in-house-channel-gives-mptf-residents-creative-outlet-and-news-1234583495/|title=In-House Channel Gives MPTF Residents Creative Outlet and News|last=Dore|first=Shalini|date=2021-04-17|website=Variety|language=en-US|access-date=2021-02-04|archive-date=2021-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203051027/https://variety.com/2020/biz/entertainment-industry/in-house-channel-gives-mptf-residents-creative-outlet-and-news-1234583495/|url-status=live}}

MPTF's memory care facility, Harry's Haven (named after Kirk Douglas' father, Herschel "Harry" Danielovitch), was relocated from its original standalone building to the second floor of the hospital in 2019{{cite web|url=https://www.dailynews.com/2019/12/21/at-motion-picture-and-television-funds-woodland-hills-campus-a-new-haven-for-dementia-patients-funded-by-a-hollywood-icon/|title=At Motion Picture and Television Fund's Woodland Hills campus, a new haven for dementia patients – funded by a Hollywood icon|website=Los Angeles Daily News|date=2019-12-21|access-date=2021-02-05|archive-date=2021-01-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120080740/https://www.dailynews.com/2019/12/21/at-motion-picture-and-television-funds-woodland-hills-campus-a-new-haven-for-dementia-patients-funded-by-a-hollywood-icon/|url-status=live}} after an extensive remodel and upgrade. Also in 2019, the long-term care unit in the hospital was dedicated as Mary Pickford House, which contains 40 beds. Adjoining it is Hersholt Place (named after Jean Hersholt) with an additional 10 beds.{{cite web|url=https://www.sfvbj.com/news/2019/nov/06/retirement-facility-named-mary-pickford/|title=Retirement Facility Named for Mary Pickford|website=San Fernando Valley Business Journal|date=2019-11-06|access-date=2021-02-05|archive-date=2021-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213050955/https://www.sfvbj.com/news/2019/nov/06/retirement-facility-named-mary-pickford/|url-status=live}}

On January 14, 2021, MPTF was announced as the recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, to be presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the 93rd Oscars ceremony on April 25.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/tyler-perry-jean-hersholt-humanitarian-award-93rd-oscars-1234885529/|title=Tyler Perry and the Motion Picture Television Fund to Receive Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Awards at Oscars|last=Countryman|first=Eli|date=2021-01-14|website=Variety|language=en-US|access-date=2021-02-04|archive-date=2021-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203120423/https://variety.com/2021/film/news/tyler-perry-jean-hersholt-humanitarian-award-93rd-oscars-1234885529/|url-status=live}} This marked the first time in Academy history that an organization was chosen for the award, which was also presented that year to Tyler Perry. The award also coincided with the 100th anniversary of MPTF's founding.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/spotlight/motion-picture-television-fund-giving-day-1203326611/|title=Motion Picture and Television Fund Holds First Annual Giving Day|last=Nissen|first=Dano|date=2019-09-24|website=Variety|language=en-US|access-date=2021-02-04|archive-date=2021-02-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208102742/https://variety.com/2019/film/spotlight/motion-picture-television-fund-giving-day-1203326611/|url-status=live}}

2020 COVID-19 outbreak

The hospital experienced an outbreak amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020,{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/03/coronavirus-mptf-nursing-home-retiree-tests-positive-motion-picture-television-fund-two-with-symptoms-1202897239/ |title=First MPTF Nursing Home Retiree Tests Positive For Coronavirus; Two Others Showing Symptoms |date=April 2020 |access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=2021-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227074800/https://deadline.com/2020/03/coronavirus-mptf-nursing-home-retiree-tests-positive-motion-picture-television-fund-two-with-symptoms-1202897239/ |url-status=live }} resulting in the deaths of at least seven residents. All of the infected residents were transferred to the former acute care unit, J-Wing, which was set up as the dedicated COVID-19 unit of the hospital. The first fatalities at the retirement community were John Breier, a long-term care resident who died on April 7, 2020, and actor Allen Garfield, who also died on April 7.{{cite news |first=Yohana |last=Desta |title=Two Residents in Motion Picture Retirement Home Die of Coronavirus |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/04/coronavirus-motion-picture-retirement-home-deaths |work=Vanity Fair |date=2020-04-08 |access-date=2020-04-23 |archive-date=2020-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200409170248/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/04/coronavirus-motion-picture-retirement-home-deaths |url-status=live }} By April 22, 2020, 14 residents (out of a population of 162 residents) and nine of the facility's 400 employees had tested positive for COVID-19.{{cite news |first=Dave |last=McNary |title='Magnum, P.I.,' 'Knight Rider' Producer Joel Rogosin Dies of Coronavirus at MPTF Retirement Home |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/joe-rogosin-dead-dies-coronavirus-motion-picture-television-fund-1234587769/ |work=Variety |date=2020-04-22 |access-date=2020-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423200623/https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/joe-rogosin-dead-dies-coronavirus-motion-picture-television-fund-1234587769/ |archive-date=2020-04-23 |url-status=live}} Including Breier, at least five residents had died from COVID-19 by April 22, 2020. In January 2021, MPTF began a campus-wide program to vaccinate all residents.{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2021/01/actors-fund-home-mptf-covid19-vaccine-coronavirus-rollout-1234666064/ |title=Covid-19 Vaccinations Begin At MPTF & Actors Fund Retirement Homes |date=6 January 2021 |access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=2021-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116181308/https://deadline.com/2021/01/actors-fund-home-mptf-covid19-vaccine-coronavirus-rollout-1234666064/ |url-status=live }}

=Deaths=

  • Leah Bernstein, secretary{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/04/leah-bernstein-dead-coronavirus-stanley-kramer-executive-secretary-mptf-home-1202917479/ |title=Leah Bernstein, Longtime Executive Secretary To Stanley Kramer, Is Sixth To Die Of COVID-19 At MPTF Home |date=24 April 2020 |access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=2020-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228031427/https://deadline.com/2020/04/leah-bernstein-dead-coronavirus-stanley-kramer-executive-secretary-mptf-home-1202917479/ |url-status=live }}
  • John Breier{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/coronavirus-deaths-hollywood-retirement-home-motion-picture-1234574024/ |title=Two Die in Coronavirus Outbreak at Motion Picture Retirement Home |date=8 April 2020 |access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=2021-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302200358/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/coronavirus-deaths-hollywood-retirement-home-motion-picture-1234574024/ |url-status=live }}
  • Allen Daviau, cinematographer{{Cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/allen-daviau-dead-spielberg-cinematographer-five-time-oscar-nominee-was-77-1290572 |title=Allen Daviau, Spielberg Cinematographer and Five-Time Oscar Nominee, Dies of Coronavirus Complications at 77 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=16 April 2020 |access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=2020-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417020507/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/allen-daviau-dead-spielberg-cinematographer-five-time-oscar-nominee-was-77-1290572 |url-status=live }}
  • Allen Garfield, actor{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/04/ann-sullivan-dead-coronavirus-disney-animator-mptf-1202907504/ |title=Ann Sullivan, Longtime Disney Animator, Is Third Coronavirus Death At Motion Picture Home Facility |date=13 April 2020 |access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=2020-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414000926/https://deadline.com/2020/04/ann-sullivan-dead-coronavirus-disney-animator-mptf-1202907504/ |url-status=live }}
  • Joel Rogosin, television producer and screenwriter{{cite news |first=Mike |last=Barnes|title=Joel Rogosin, Producer on 'The Virginian,' Ironside' and 'Magnum, P.I.,' Dies of COVID-19 Complications at 87 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/joel-rogosin-dead-virginian-ironside-magnum-pi-producer-was-87-1291434 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=2020-04-22 |access-date=2020-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423191410/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/joel-rogosin-dead-virginian-ironside-magnum-pi-producer-was-87-1291434 |archive-date=2020-04-23 |url-status=live}}
  • Ann Sullivan, animator

Boards

The Fund has a board of directors and a Board of governors.{{cite web| url = https://variety.com/2017/biz/features/motion-picture-television-fund-1201968817/| title = As It Nears 100, Motion Picture Television Fund Strives to Recruit New Blood| date = 25 January 2017| publisher = Variety| access-date = 2017-08-18| archive-date = 2017-08-18| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170818160849/http://variety.com/2017/biz/features/motion-picture-television-fund-1201968817/| url-status = live}}{{cite web| url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/george-clooney-jeffrey-katzenberg-fight-789863| title = George Clooney, Jeffrey Katzenberg and the Fight for the Future of the MPTF Country House| date = 23 April 2015| publisher = The Hollywood Reporter| access-date = 2017-08-18| archive-date = 2017-08-06| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170806021439/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/george-clooney-jeffrey-katzenberg-fight-789863| url-status = live}}

=Board of directors=

The members include:{{Cite web|url=https://mptf.com/about-us/|title=About Us|access-date=2021-02-04|archive-date=2021-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209111559/https://mptf.com/about-us/|url-status=live}}

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=Board of governors=

Members are:{{Cite web|url=https://mptf.com/about-us/|title=MPTF Foundation|access-date=2021-02-04|archive-date=2021-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209111559/https://mptf.com/about-us/|url-status=live}}

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=NextGen board of directors=

The members include:{{Cite web|url=https://mptf.com/nextgen/|title=NextGen|date=August 31, 2020 |access-date=2021-02-04|archive-date=2021-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203181006/https://mptf.com/nextgen/|url-status=live}}

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Notable residents

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  • Bud Abbott (1897–1974), comedian{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/04/25/archives/bud-abbott-straight-man-to-lou-costello-is-dead.html |title=Bud Abbott, Straight Man To Lou Costello, Is Dead |website=The New York Times |date=25 April 1974 |access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=2021-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213035607/https://www.nytimes.com/1974/04/25/archives/bud-abbott-straight-man-to-lou-costello-is-dead.html |url-status=live }}
  • Rodolfo Acosta (1920–1974)
  • Mary Alden (1883–1946)
  • Eddie Anderson (1905–1977){{cite news |title=Eddie Anderson, 71, Benny's Rochester. Gravel-Voiced Comedian Noted for 'What's That, Boss?' Line Played Valet for More Than 30 Years. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/01/archives/eddie-anderson-71-bennys-rochester-gravelvoiced-comedian-noted-for.html |quote=Eddie (Rochester) Anderson, the gravel voiced comedian who played Jack Benny's valet for more than 30 years, died yesterday at the Motion Picture Country House and Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 71 years old and had been under treatment for a heart ailment since December. ... |work=The New York Times |date=March 1, 1977 |access-date=May 24, 2008 |archive-date=September 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925040502/http://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/01/archives/eddie-anderson-71-bennys-rochester-gravelvoiced-comedian-noted-for.html |url-status=live }}
  • Gilbert M. Anderson (1880–1971)Garraty, John Arthur; Carnes, Mark C. (1990). [ American National Biography]. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 444–445. {{ISBN|0-19-520635-5}}.
  • Jack Arnold (1916–1992)
  • Johnny Arthur (1883–1951)
  • Gertrude Astor (1887–1977)
  • Mary Astor (1906–1987)
  • Donna Atwood (1925–2010)
  • Parley Baer (1914–2002)
  • Carla Balenda (1925-2024)
  • Bob Banner (1921–2011), producer{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-bob-banner-20110616-story.html |title=Bob Banner dies at 89; Emmy-winning producer |website=Los Angeles Times |date=16 June 2011 |access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=2021-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213051808/https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-bob-banner-20110616-story.html |url-status=live }}
  • Walt Barnes (1918–1998)
  • Emory Bass (1925–2015){{cite news |title=Actor Emory Bass Dies at 89 |url=https://variety.com/2015/legit/people-news/actor-emory-bass-dies-at-89-1201450174/ |work=Variety |date=March 10, 2015 |access-date=March 28, 2015 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402174013/http://variety.com/2015/legit/people-news/actor-emory-bass-dies-at-89-1201450174/ |url-status=live }}
  • Jeanne Bates (1918–2007)
  • Charles Belden (1904–1954)
  • Monta Bell (1891–1958){{cite news |title=Monta Bell Dies. Ex-Film Director. Sound Movies. Was 66. Newsman and Actor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1958/02/05/archives/monta-bell-dies-exfilm-director-sound-movies-was-66newsman-and.html |quote=Monta Bell, former film writer, director and producer, died today at the Motion Picture Country House and Hospital. He would have been 67 years old ... |work=The New York Times |date=February 5, 1958 |access-date=March 9, 2010 |archive-date=July 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722213914/https://www.nytimes.com/1958/02/05/archives/monta-bell-dies-exfilm-director-sound-movies-was-66newsman-and.html |url-status=live }}
  • Sally Benson (1897–1972)
  • Willie Best (1916–1962)
  • Clem Bevans (1879–1963)
  • Helen Beverley (1916–2011){{cite web |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/153051-Helen-Beverley-Yiddish-Theatre-Actress-Dies-at-94 |title=Helen Beverley, Yiddish Theatre Actress, Dies at 94 - Playbill.com |access-date=July 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021194234/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/153051-Helen-Beverley-Yiddish-Theatre-Actress-Dies-at-94 |archive-date=October 21, 2012 }}
  • Whit Bissell (1909–1996)
  • Billy Bitzer (1872–1944)Bitzer, G.W. (1972). [https://archive.org/details/billybitzerhisst00bitz/page/246/mode/2up Billy Bitzer; His Story]. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p. 246. {{ISBN|0-374-11294-0}}.
  • Mari Blanchard (1927–1970)
  • Betty Blythe (1893–1972)Commire, Anne; Klezmer, Deborah (1999). [https://archive.org/details/womeninworldhist02comm/page/664/mode/2up?q=%22moved+to+the+motion+picture+country+home%22 Women in World History : A Biographical Encyclopedia]. Waterford, CT: Yorkin Publications. p. 664. {{ISBN|0-7876-4061-1}}. "In 1967, over a decade after her husband's death, Blythe moved to the Motion Picture Country home in Woodland Hills, California, where she lived in a cottage once occupied by the late Gareth Hughes who costarred with her in two movies."
  • DeWitt Bodeen (1908–1988){{cite web|work=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-18-mn-1860-story.html|title='Cat People,' 'Billy Budd': DeWitt Bodeen, 79; Screenwriter and Author|date=March 18, 1988|access-date=2021-07-03|archive-date=2021-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182814/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-18-mn-1860-story.html|url-status=live}}
  • Fortunio Bonanova (1895–1969)
  • Aldrich Bowker (1875–1947){{cite news|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0101172/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1|newspaper=Fitchburg Sentinel|date=March 25, 1947|title=Aldrich Bowker, Actor, Dies, 72; Native of Ashby|access-date=February 23, 2021|archive-date=November 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103225610/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0101172/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1|url-status=live}}
  • Eileen Brennan (1932–2013){{Cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/actress-eileen-brennan-dies-595503 |title=Actress Eileen Brennan Dies at 80 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=30 July 2013 |access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=2017-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035038/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/actress-eileen-brennan-dies-595503 |url-status=live }}
  • Evelyn Brent (1901–1975)
  • Johnny Mack Brown (1904–1974)
  • Pat Crawford Brown (1929–2019)
  • Phil Brown (1916–2006){{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-13-me-brown13-story.html |title=Phil Brown, 89; Actor Had a Big Hit With a Small Star Wars' Part |website=Los Angeles Times |date=13 February 2006 |access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=2021-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103225624/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-13-me-brown13-story.html |url-status=live }}
  • Vanessa Brown (1928–1999)
  • Carol Bruce (1919–2007), actress and singer{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/16/arts/television/16bruce.html |title=Carol Bruce, Actress on Film, Stage and TV, Dies at 87 |website=The New York Times |date=16 October 2007 |access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=2021-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213232252/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/16/arts/television/16bruce.html |url-status=live |last1=Peterson |first1=Alison J. }}
  • Virginia Bruce (1910–1982)
  • Fritzi Brunette (1890–1943)
  • Richard Bull (1924–2014){{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/richard-bull-television-character-actor-dies-at-89/2014/02/04/ff0ce00a-8dbe-11e3-95dd-36ff657a4dae_story.html |title=Richard Bull, television character actor, dies |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=2019-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415184637/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/richard-bull-television-character-actor-dies-at-89/2014/02/04/ff0ce00a-8dbe-11e3-95dd-36ff657a4dae_story.html |url-status=live }}
  • Walter Burke (1908–1984){{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/08/16/Walter-Burke-a-character-actor-who-appeared-in-a/2241461476800/|title=Walter Burke, a character actor who appeared in a... - UPI Archives|date=January 18, 2018|access-date=February 23, 2021|archive-date=January 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118023037/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/08/16/Walter-Burke-a-character-actor-who-appeared-in-a/2241461476800/|url-status=bot: unknown}}
  • Bruce Cabot (1904–1972)Parish, James Robert; Leonard, William T. (1976). [https://archive.org/details/hollywoodplayers0000pari_n6h6/page/n5/mode/2up?q=%22admitted+to+the+motion+picture+country+home%22 Hollywood Players, The Thirties]. p. 116. {{ISBN|0-87000-365-8}}. "In January, 1972, he was admitted to the Motion Picture Country Home and Hospital in Woodland, California, where he died of lung cancer on May 3."
  • Michael Callan (1935–2022)
  • William Campbell{{cite news | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/star-trek-favorite-william-campbell-183795 | work=The Hollywood Reporter | first=Mike | last=Barnes | title='Star Trek' Favorite William Campbell Dies at 84 | date=April 29, 2011 | access-date=February 23, 2021 | archive-date=January 26, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126162913/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/star-trek-favorite-william-campbell-183795 | url-status=live }} (1923–2011)
  • Rafael Campos (1936–1985)
  • Mary Carlisle (1914–2018){{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-ln-mary-carlisle-20180801-story.html |title=Mary Carlisle, a perpetual ingenue in dozens of 1930s films, dies at 104 |website=Los Angeles Times |date=August 2018 |access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=2021-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601161303/https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-ln-mary-carlisle-20180801-story.html |url-status=live }}
  • Eddie Carroll (1933–2010), voice of Jiminy Cricket{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-eddie-carroll11-2010apr11-story.html |title=Eddie Carroll dies at 76; voice of Jiminy Cricket and Jack Benny impersonator |website=Los Angeles Times |date=11 April 2010 |access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=2021-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208091108/https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-eddie-carroll11-2010apr11-story.html |url-status=live }}
  • Walter Catlett (1889–1960)
  • John Chambers (1922–2001)
  • Mae Clarke (1910–1992)
  • Anne V. Coates (1925–2018){{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/09/obituaries/anne-v-coates-admired-editor-of-acclaimed-movies-dies-at-92.html |title=Anne V. Coates, Admired Editor of Acclaimed Movies, Dies at 92 |website=The New York Times |date=9 May 2018 |access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=2021-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308223757/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/09/obituaries/anne-v-coates-admired-editor-of-acclaimed-movies-dies-at-92.html// |url-status=live |last1=Fox |first1=Margalit }}
  • Phyllis Coates (1927–2023){{cite web| url=https://deadline.com/2023/10/phyllis-coates-dead-1235571420| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012162252/https://deadline.com/2023/10/phyllis-coates-dead-1235571420/| url-status=dead| archive-date=October 12, 2023| title=Phyllis Coates Dies: TV's Original Lois Lane Was 96| date=October 12, 2023}}
  • Richard Collier (1919–2000){{cite web | url=https://www.gettyimages.ae/detail/news-photo/richard-collier-a-retired-character-actor-rides-his-bicycle-news-photo/569125807?adppopup=true | title=Richard Collier, a retired character actor, rides his bicycle around | date=August 6, 2015 }}
  • Jerry Colonna{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}} (1904–1986)
  • Pinto Colvig (1892–1967)
  • Chester Conklin (1886–1971)
  • Corinne Conley (born 1929)
  • Joe Connelly (1917–2003)
  • Ellen Corby (1911–1999)
  • Wendell Corey (1914–1968)
  • Robert Cornthwaite (actor) (1917–2006)
  • Lloyd Corrigan (1900–1969)
  • Maurice Costello (1877–1950)Thomas, Bob (April 12, 1949). [https://archive.org/details/1949-03-30-1949-04-27/page/n253/mode/2up?q=%22the+motion+picture+country+home%22 "Former Kings, Queens of Filmdom Retired or Trying Other Jobs"]. The Peterborough Examiner. p. 7. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  • Nick Cravat (1912–1994)
  • Donald Crisp (1882–1974)
  • Robert Cummings{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}} (1910–1990)
  • Stuart Damon (1937–2021)
  • Viola Dana (1897–1987)Card, James (1994). [https://archive.org/details/seductivecinemaa00card/page/275/mode/2up?q=%22moved+to+the+motion+picture+country+home%22 Seductive Cinema]. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. p. 275. {{ISBN|0-394-57218-1}}. "Lonely after the loss of her sister, she moved to the Motion Picture Country Home, where she spent her last years in the company of Mary Astor and other colleagues of the silent days. Viola Dana's sparkling personality was undimmed at ninety, when she died in July of 1987."
  • Ruby Dandridge (1900–1987)
  • Jane Darwell (1879–1967)Kinn, Gail (2011). [https://archive.org/details/academyawardscom0000kinn/page/58/mode/2up The Academy Awards : The Complete Unofficial History]. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. p. 58. {{ISBN|978-1-57912-878-4}}.
  • Allen Daviau (1942–2020)
  • Dorothy Davenport (1895–1977)
  • Yvonne De Carlo (1922–2007){{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-decarlo/munsters-actress-yvonne-de-carlo-dies-at-84-idUSN1030669220070111 |title="Munsters" actress Yvonne De Carlo dies at 84 |website=Reuters |date=21 January 2007 |access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=2018-03-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331104742/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-decarlo/munsters-actress-yvonne-de-carlo-dies-at-84-idUSN1030669220070111 |url-status=live }}
  • Fred de Cordova (1910–2001)
  • Carter DeHaven (1886–1977)Bacon, James (August 5, 1973). [https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist19730805/page/n43/mode/2up?q=%22motion+picture+country+home%22 "James Bacon's Hollywood"]. The Daily Colonist. p. 45. "George Jessel went to the Motion Picture Country home the other day and the first person he ran into was the man he used to imitate on stage 63 years ago. [...] When George bumped into Carter DeHaven Sr., now 87, the two old-timers immediately burst into the song Carter made famous in Vaudeville, The Lyle Bird." Retrieved January 26, 2023.
  • Joe DeRita (1909–1993)
  • Dena Dietrich (1928–2020)
  • Brian Donlevy (1901–1972){{cite news |title=Brian Donlevy Dies Of Cancer |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NiM0AAAAIBAJ&pg=3705%2C2167587 |agency=AP |newspaper=Bangor Daily News |location=Bangor, Maine |date=April 7, 1972 |page=5 |access-date=August 16, 2010 |archive-date=November 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103225536/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NiM0AAAAIBAJ&pg=3705%2C2167587 |url-status=live }}
  • Fifi d'Orsay (1904–1983){{cite news |author=United Press International |title=Fifi d'Orsay, Movie Actress. Played French Flirts in 30's |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/04/obituaries/fifi-d-orsay-movie-actress-played-french-flirts-in-30-s.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Aw%2C%7B%222%22%3A%22RI%3A16%22%7D |quote=Fifi d'Orsay, the 'French Bombshell' of 1930's motion pictures who was never able to visit France, has died at the age of 79. Miss d'Orsay was ill with cancer for several months before her death Friday at the Motion Picture and Television Country Hospital in suburban Woodland Hills. |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 4, 1983 |access-date=December 23, 2013 |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306153317/http://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/04/obituaries/fifi-d-orsay-movie-actress-played-french-flirts-in-30-s.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias:w,%7B%222%22:%22RI:16%22%7D |url-status=live }}
  • Diana Douglas Webster (1923–2015){{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/04/entertainment/obituary-diana-douglas-webster-dies-feat/index.html/|title=Diana Douglas Webster, mother of Michael Douglas, dies at 92|publisher=CNN.com|date=July 4, 2015|access-date=July 5, 2015|archive-date=July 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705125413/http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/04/entertainment/obituary-diana-douglas-webster-dies-feat/index.html|url-status=live}}
  • Billie Dove (1903–1997)
  • Charles Dudley (1883–1952)
  • Douglass Dumbrille (1889–1974)
  • Minta Durfee (1889–1975)Kirkpatrick, Sydney (1987). [https://archive.org/details/castofkillers0000kirk/page/256/mode/2up?q=%22motion+picture+country+home%22 A Cast of Killers]. London: Mysterious Press. p. 257. {{ISBN|0-09-951460-5}}. "MINTA DURFEE, silent-film comedienne and widow of Fatty Arbuckle, died on September 10, 1975, at the age of eighty-five at the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills."
  • Herb Edelman (1933–1996)
  • Cliff Edwards (1895–1971)
  • Anthony Eisley (1925–2003)
  • Stephen Elliott (1918–2005)
  • Muriel Evans (1910–2000)
  • Tom Ewell (1909–1994)
  • John Fante (1909–1983)Parini, Jon, ed. (2002). [https://archive.org/details/americanwritersc0011unse/page/172/mode/2up?q=%22the+motion+picture+country+home%22 American Writers : A Collection of Literary Biographies. Supplement X, Madison Smartt Bell to John Edgar Wideman]. p. 173. {{ISBN|0-684-31231-X}}.
  • Franklyn Farnum (1878–1961)Franklyn Farnum, Actor, Dies; The New York Times; July 6, 1961; p. 29
  • Dorothy Fay (1915–2003)
  • Maude Fealy (1883–1971){{cite web |title=Fealy, Maude |url=https://www.thanhouser.org/tcocd/Biography_Files/ind_u74or.htm |website=Thanhouser |access-date=July 25, 2022 |quote=Maude Fealy died in her sleep on November 9, 1971 in Woodland Hills, California. Prior to her passing, she had been hospitalized with arteriosclerosis at the Motion Picture Country House and Hospital.}}
  • Norman Fell (1924–1998)
  • Edith Fellows (1923–2011){{cite news |last1=Nelson |first1=Valerie J. |title=Edith Fellows, child actress, dies at 88 |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-edith-fellows-20110630-story.html |access-date=January 18, 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 30, 2011 |quote=Fellows died of natural causes Sunday at the Motion Picture & Television Fund's retirement home in Woodland Hills, said her only child, Kathy Fields Lander. She was 88.}}
  • Stepin Fetchit (1902–1985)
  • Larry Fine (1902–1975)
  • Max Fleischer (1883–1972)Maltin, Leonard (1980). [https://archive.org/details/ofmicemagic00leon/page/119/mode/2up?q=%22moved+to+the+motion+picture+country+home%22 Of Mice and Men]. New York: McGraw Hill. p. 120. {{ISBN|0-07-039835-6}}. "In the mid-1960s, Max and his wife moved to the Motion Picture Country Home, where he died in 1972 at the age of eighty-nine."
  • Richard Fleischer (1916–2006)
  • Bess Flowers (1898–1984)
  • June Foray (1917–2017)
  • Harrison Ford (1884–1957) (silent film actor)
  • Helen Forrest (1917–1999) (singer)
  • Douglas Fowley (1911–1998)
  • Eddie Foy Jr. (1905–1983)
  • Joe Frisco (1889–1958)
  • Annette Funicello (1942–2013){{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/09/movies/annette-funicello-mouseketeer-dies-at-70.html |title=Annette Funicello, 70, Dies; Beloved as a Mouseketeer and a Star of Beach Movies |newspaper=The New York Times |date=8 April 2013 |access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=2021-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213230333/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/09/movies/annette-funicello-mouseketeer-dies-at-70.html |url-status=live |last1=Martin |first1=Douglas }}
  • Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917–2016){{Cite web|url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2016/12/18/reports-zsa-zsa-gabor-dead-99/95594430/|title = Zsa Zsa Gabor, one of the first celebutantes, is dead at 99|website = USA Today|access-date = 2021-02-23|archive-date = 2021-02-13|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210213081924/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2016/12/18/reports-zsa-zsa-gabor-dead-99/95594430/|url-status = live}}
  • Lillian Gallo (1928–2012){{cite news |first=Valerie J. |last=Nelson |title=Lillian Gallo, pioneering TV movie producer, dies at 84 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lillian-gallo-pioneering-tv-producer-338693 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 17, 2012 |access-date=June 26, 2012 |archive-date=September 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922135557/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lillian-gallo-pioneering-tv-producer-338693 |url-status=live }}
  • Allen Garfield (1939–2020)
  • Peggy Ann Garner (1932–1984)
  • Lila Garrett (1925–2020), writer{{Cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=lila-garrett&pid=195453319 |title=Lila Garrett Obituary |website=Legacy.com |access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=2021-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213015341/https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=lila-garrett&pid=195453319 |url-status=live }}
  • Anita Garvin (1907–1994)
  • Hoot Gibson (1892–1962){{cite news |title=Hoot Gibson, Film Cowboy, Dies. Made His First Movie in 1915; Broke Into Motion Pictures as a Stunt Man. Last Role Was in 'Horse Soldiers' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/08/24/archives/hoot-gibson-film-cowboy-dies-made-his-first-movie-in-1915-broke.html |quote=Hoot Gibson, one of Hollywood's most famous cowboy stars, died early this morning of cancer at the Motion Picture Country House and Hospital, in Woodland Hills, Calif. He was 70 years old. |work=The New York Times |date=August 24, 1962 |access-date=March 9, 2010 |archive-date=April 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415192401/https://www.nytimes.com/1962/08/24/archives/hoot-gibson-film-cowboy-dies-made-his-first-movie-in-1915-broke.html |url-status=live }}
  • James Gleason (1882–1959)
  • Harold Gould (1923–2010){{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-harold-gould-20100914-story.html |title=Harold Gould dies at 86; veteran character actor |website=Los Angeles Times |date=14 September 2010 |access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=2017-11-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122233247/http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-harold-gould-20100914-story.html |url-status=live }}
  • Lita Grey (1908–1995)
  • Virginia Grey (1917–2004)
  • Edmund Gwenn (1877–1959)Rau, Neil; Rau, Margaret (1966). [https://archive.org/details/actyourwaytosucc00raun/page/144/mode/2up?q=%22motion+picture+country+home%22 Act Your Way to Successful Living]. Hollywood: Wilshire Book Company. p. 145. {{LCCN|6612568}}. "Director George Seaton recalled the many long talks he had with the 82-year-old actor, bedridden in the Motion Picture Country Home. He would find Gwenn bristling with various tubes which had been inserted into his body to keep him alive. But Gwenn never discussed those tubes. Instead, his conversations with Seaton revolved around the difficulty of playing comedy on stage in comparison to tragedy."
  • Anne Gwynne (1918–2003)
  • Sara Haden (1899–1981)
  • Jean Hagen (1923–1977)
  • Creighton Hale (1882–1965)Wilson, Scott (2016). [https://books.google.com/books?id=7-DgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA307 Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.]. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 307. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-7992-4}}.
  • Jonathan Hale (1891–1966)[https://archive.org/details/Filmfax191990/page/n33/mode/2up?q=%22the+motion+picture+country+home%22 "He Made Matrimony a Laughing Matter: Arthur 'Dagwood' Lake"]. Filmfax. March 1990. p. 37. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  • Bridget Hanley (1941–2021)
  • Julius Harris (1923–2004)
  • Ken Harris (1898–1982){{Cite web|url=http://masteranimator.com/bio.html|title=Biography|access-date=2021-02-23|archive-date=2021-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128113226/http://www.masteranimator.com/bio.html|url-status=live}}
  • Del Henderson (1877–1956){{cite news |title=Del Henderson, 79, Former Film Actor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/12/05/archives/del-henderson-79-former-film-actor.html |quote=Del Henderson, early motion-picture actor and director, died Sunday at the Motion Picture Country House after a heart attack, ... |work=The New York Times |date=December 5, 1956 |access-date=March 9, 2010 |archive-date=August 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809214015/http://www.nytimes.com/1956/12/05/archives/del-henderson-79-former-film-actor.html |url-status=live }}
  • Irene Hervey (1909–1998), mother of singer Jack Jones{{cite news|title=Irene Hervey, Film and Television Actress|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-dec-23-mn-56935-story.html|access-date=June 15, 2020|archive-date=June 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615144611/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-dec-23-mn-56935-story.html|url-status=live}}
  • Curly Howard (1903–1952)Gierucki, Paul E. (Spring 2022). [https://archive.org/details/comique-the-classic-comedy-magazine-issue-no.-2/page/140/mode/2up?q=%22motion+picture+country+home%22 "Malice in the Palace: Curley Howard's Final Film Revisited"]. Comique. p. 141. "Moe Howard recalled the event this way: '[...] I arranged for him to be taken to the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills. They furnished him with the best care and therapy.'" Retrieved January 26, 2023.
  • Rose Hobart (1906–2000)
  • Harry O. Hoyt (1885–1961)
  • Gareth Hughes (1894–1965)
  • Arthur Hunnicutt (1910–1979)
  • Wilfrid Hyde-White (1903–1991)
  • Frieda Inescort (1901–1976)
  • Richard Jaeckel (1926–1997)
  • Glynis Johns (1923–2024)
  • I. Stanford Jolley (1900–1978)
  • Marcia Mae Jones (1924–2007)
  • Allyn Joslyn (1901–1981)
  • DeForest Kelley (1920–1999){{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/12/us/deforest-kelley-79-creator-of-dr-mccoy-on-star-trek.html |title=DeForest Kelley, 79, Creator of Dr. McCoy on 'Star Trek' |work=The New York Times |date=June 12, 1999 |last1=Jacobs |first1=Andrew }}
  • Patsy Kelly (1910–1981)
  • Fred A. Kelsey (1884–1961)Associated Press (September 5, 1961). [https://archive.org/details/circleville-herald-1961-09-05/page/n9/mode/2up?q=%22motion+picture+country+home%22+%22death+has+ended%22 "Ohio Native Actor Dies at Age of 77"]. Circleville Herald. p. 6. "Death has ended the .50-year career of actor Fred A. Kelsey, who portrayed character roles in scores of silent and talking pictures. Kelsey, 77, died Saturday at the Motion Picture Country Home and Hospital In Woodland Hills." Retrieved January 26, 2023.
  • Edgar Kennedy (1890–1948)Edgar Kennedy, 58, Comedian in Films; The New York Times; November 10, 1948
  • Madge Kennedy (1891–1987)
  • Michael Kennan (1939–2020){{cite news |first=Mike |last=Barnes |title=Michael Keenan, 'Picket Fences' Actor and Longtime USC Professor, Dies at 80 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michael-keenan-dead-picket-fences-actor-longtime-usc-professor-was-80-1293179 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=2020-05-04 |access-date=2020-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511085440/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michael-keenan-dead-picket-fences-actor-longtime-usc-professor-was-80-1293179 |archive-date=2020-05-11 |url-status=live}}
  • Kathleen Key (1903–1954)
  • Andrea King (1919–2003)
  • Mabel King (1932–1999)
  • James Kirkwood, Sr. (1875–1963)James Kirkwood, Actor, Dead at 80; The New York Times; August 25, 1963
  • Fuzzy Knight (1901–1976)
  • Patric Knowles (1911–1995)
  • Gail Kobe (1932–2013)
  • Stanley Kramer (1913–2001)
  • Otto Kruger (1885–1974)
  • Charles Lamont (1895–1993)
  • Elsa Lanchester (1902–1986)
  • Allan Lane (1909–1973)
  • Laura La Plante (1904–1996)
  • Mitchell Leisen (1898–1972)
  • Nat Levine (1899–1989)
  • Ruby R. Levitt (1907–1992), 4-time Academy Award-nominated set designerCox, Stephen (1991). [https://archive.org/details/addamschronicles0000coxs/page/46/mode/2up?q=%22motion+picture+country+home%22 The Addams Chronicles : Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Addams Family]. New York, NY : HarperPerennial p. 47. {{ISBN|9780060968977}}. "Tragically unable to speak or see due to a massive stroke, Levitt, now in her mid-eighties, resides in the Motion Picture Country Home and Hospital."
  • Geoffrey Lewis (1935–2015)
  • Monica Lewis (1922–2015)
  • Vera Lewis (1873–1956)
  • Joanne Linville (1928–2021)
  • Babe London (1901–1980)
  • Edmund Lowe (1890–1971)
  • Marion Leonard (1881–1956)
  • John Litel (1892–1972)
  • Ida Lupino (1918–1995)
  • Ken Maynard (1895–1973)
  • Katherine MacGregor (1925–2018)
  • Diane MacGregor (1941–2022)
  • Pat McCormick (1927–2005)
  • Joel McCrea (1905–1990)died at the facility
  • Hattie McDaniel (1895–1952)
  • Ralph Meeker (1920–1988)
  • Bess Meredyth (1890–1969)
  • Lee Meriwether (born 1935)
  • Lillian Michelson (born 1928)
  • Nolan Miller (1933–2012){{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/08/fashion/nolan-miller-designer-of-dynasty-looks-dies-at-79.html | work=The New York Times | first=Eric | last=Wilson | title=Nolan Miller, Designer of 'Dynasty' Looks, Dies at 79 | date=June 8, 2012 | access-date=February 23, 2021 | archive-date=March 4, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304010912/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/08/fashion/nolan-miller-designer-of-dynasty-looks-dies-at-79.html | url-status=live }}
  • Thomas R. Mills (1878–1953)Retrieved January (December 19, 1953). [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_awoEAAAAMBAJ_2/page/n53/mode/2up?q=%22motion+picture+country+home%22 "The Final Curtain"]. Billboard. p. 56. "MILLS— Thomas R., 75, veteran stage, screen and radio actor, November 29 In the Motion Picture Country Home, Hollywood. Born in England, he went to Hollywood 35 years ago." Retrieved January 26, 2023.
  • Nico Minardos (1930–2011)
  • Dolores Moran (1924–1982)
  • Karen Morley (1909–2003)
  • Mae Murray (1885–1965) (a founding trustee)
  • George Nader (1921–2002)
  • Marshall Neilan (1891–1958)Blair, Miller (1995). [https://archive.org/details/americansilentfi0000mill/page/180/mode/2up American Silent Film Comedies : An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Persons, Studios, and Terminology]. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 180. {{ISBN|0-89950-929-0}}.
  • Lois Nettleton (1927–2008){{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/obituaries-103224/#! |title = obituaries|website = The Hollywood Reporter|date = 23 January 2008|quote=Lois Nettleton, noted for her work in the plays of Tennessee Williams and as a leading lady of the screen in the 1950s and '60s, died Jan. 18 of lung cancer at the Motion Picture and Television Fund Hospital in Woodland Hills. She was 78.}}
  • Tommy Noonan (1921–1968)
  • Gertrude Norman (1848 or 1851–1943)[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_owwEAAAAMBAJ/page/n27/mode/2up?q=%22motion+picture+country+home%22 "The Final Curtain"]. Billboard. August 7, 1943. p. 29. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
  • Harry Northup (born 1940)
  • Virginia O'Brien (1919–2001)
  • Arthur O'Connell (1908–1981)
  • Donald O'Connor (1925–2003)
  • Gerald S. O'Loughlin (1921–2015){{cite news | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gerald-o-loughlin-dead-rookies-814280 | work=The Hollywood Reporter | title=Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Star of 1970s ABC Cop Series "The Rookies," Dies at 93 | date=August 10, 2015 | access-date=February 23, 2021 | archive-date=February 24, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224233416/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gerald-o-loughlin-dead-rookies-814280 | url-status=live }}
  • Harry Oliver (1888–1973)Knyvett, William (June 1972). [https://archive.org/details/Desert-Magazine-1972-06/page/n3/mode/2up?q=%22the+motion+picture+country+home%22 "A Peek in the Publisher's Poke"]. Desert Magazine. p. 4. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  • Susan Oliver (1932–1990)
  • Maria Ouspenskaya (1876–1949)[https://archive.org/details/1949-11-26-1949-12-20/page/n183/mode/2up?q=%22character+actress+dies%22 "Character Actress Dies"]. Peterborough Examiner. December 5, 1949. p. 18. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  • Jean Parker (1915–2005)
  • Louella Parsons (1881–1972)
  • Hank Patterson (1888–1975)
  • Virginia Pearson (1886–1958)
  • House Peters Jr. (1916–2008){{Citation needed|date=November 2021}}
  • Edna Purviance (1895–1958)
  • Robert Quarry (1925–2009)
  • Norman Reilly Raine (1894–1971)
  • Jobyna Ralston (1899–1967)
  • Herbert Rawlinson (1886–1953)[https://archive.org/details/alumniquarterly100bloo_23/page/n277/mode/2up?q=%22at+the+motion+picture+country+home%22 "Herbert E. Rawlinson, '04"]. Bloomsburg State Teachers College Alumni Quarterly. September 1953. p. 18. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  • Anne Ramsey (1929–1988)
  • Irving Rapper (1898–1999)
  • Bernard B. Ray (1895–1964)[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112045231/obituary-for-bernard-b-ray/ "Obituaries: Bernard B. Ray"]. Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. December 14, 1964. p. 7. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  • Helen Reddy (1941–2020)
  • Madlyn Rhue (1935–2003)
  • Warner Richmond (1886–1948)
  • Hal Riddle (1919–2009){{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/markets-festivals/character-actor-hal-riddle-dies-1118005248 |title=Character actor Hal Riddle dies |website=Variety |date=2009-06-22 |access-date=2024-01-26}}
  • Robert Riskin (1897–1955)Victoria Riskin. Fay Wray and Robert Riskin: A Hollywood Memoir. Random House 2019 p320
  • Blossom Rock (aka Marie Blake) (1895–1978)Cox, Stephen (1991). [https://archive.org/details/addamschronicles0000coxs/page/46/mode/2up?q=%22motion+picture+country+home%22 The Addams Chronicles : Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Addams Family]. New York, NY : HarperPerennial pp. 121–122. {{ISBN|9780060968977}}. "In the early 1970s she suffered a massive stroke which greatly inhibited her speech, and prevented her from joining the rest of the 'Addams' cast in the reunion movie of 1977; but she watched the ill-fated show on television from her residence at the Motion Picture Country Home. She died at age eighty-two on January 14, 1978."
  • Joel Rogosin (1932–2020)
  • Leonard Rosenman (1924–2008)
  • Mark Rydell (born 1929)
  • Marin Sais (1890–1971)
  • Theresa Saldana (1954–2016)
  • Philip Saltzman (1928–2009){{cite news|title=Philip Saltzman, Producer of 'Barnaby Jones'|url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings22-2009aug22,0,3124034.story|work=Los Angeles Times|date=August 21, 2009|access-date=August 23, 2009|archive-date=August 27, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827041609/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings22-2009aug22,0,3124034.story|url-status=live}}
  • Ann Savage (1921–2008)
  • Connie Sawyer (1912–2018){{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/03/08/469532470/a-retirement-community-where-hollywood-takes-care-of-its-own|title=A Retirement Community Where Hollywood Takes Care Of Its Own|first=Susan|last=Stamberg|website=NPR.org|access-date=January 28, 2019|archive-date=January 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128083258/https://www.npr.org/2016/03/08/469532470/a-retirement-community-where-hollywood-takes-care-of-its-own|url-status=live}}
  • Richard Schaal (1928–2014){{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-dick-schaal-20141106-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times | title=Richard Schaal dies at 86; character actor was a Second City pioneer|date=November 6, 2014|url-access=subscription}}
  • Vito Scotti (1918–1996)
  • Dorothy Sebastian (1903–1957)
  • Mack Sennett (1880–1960)[https://archive.org/details/sim_newsweek-us_1960-11-14_56_20/page/28/mode/2up?q=%22years+at+the+motion+picture+country+home%22 "People: Satrap of Slapstick"]. Newsweek. November 14, 1960. p. 28. Retrieved January 25, 2023.Blair, Miller (1995). [https://archive.org/details/americansilentfi0000mill/page/220/mode/2up American Silent Film Comedies : An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Persons, Studios, and Terminology]. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 221. {{ISBN|0-89950-929-0}}.
  • Gustav von Seyffertitz (1862–1943)[https://archive.org/details/filmdail84wids/page/n681/mode/2up?q=%22motion+picture+country+home%22+%22death+has+ended%22 "Gustav von Seyffertitz Dies"]. The Film Daily. " Gustav von Seyffer titz, 80, veteran character actor died at the motion picture country home. At his request there will be no funeral service. His body will lie in state today and will be cremated tomorrow." December 28, 1953. p. 5.
  • Truly Shattuck (1875–1954)Truly Shattuck – The New York Times – December 10, 1954 p. 27
  • Robert Shayne (1900–1992)
  • Bette Shayne (1921–2010)
  • Norma Shearer (1902–1983)
  • Allan Sherman (1924–1973)
  • Vincent Sherman (1906–2006)
  • Geoffrey Shurlock (1884–1976), director of the Production Code Administration from 1954 to 1968[https://archive.org/details/IAPSOP-eclectic_theosophist_n35_jul_15_1976/page/4/mode/2up?q=%22motion+picture+country+home%22 "Tributes to Geoffrey M. Shurlock"]. The Eclectic Theosophist. July 1976. p. 5. "Geoffrey M. Shurlock, a former head of the Motion Picture Association Production Code, died Monday at the Motion Picture Country Home and Hospital where he lived. He was 81 years old." Retrieved January 26, 2023.
  • Henry Silva (1926–2022)
  • Jay Silverheels (1912–1980)Hurd, Mike (September 5, 1976). [https://archive.org/details/KSULKSColl197980V86N133/page/n139/mode/2up?q=%22motion+picture+country+home%22 "Hi Ho, Silver Away"]. Kansas State Collegian. p. 4. "Moore also had to fight without his trusty companions. Tonto (Jay Silverheels) is confined to a wheelchair at the Motion Picture Country Home and Hospital, and Silver...well, Silver ain't the old mare she used to be." Retrieved January 26, 2023.
  • Ronald Sinclair (1924–1992){{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-12-03-me-1793-story.html | work=Los Angeles Times | title=Ronald Sinclair; Child Actor, Film Editor | date=December 3, 1992 | access-date=2021-02-23 | archive-date=2016-03-06 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306165246/http://articles.latimes.com/1992-12-03/local/me-1793_1_ronald-sinclair | url-status=live }}
  • Gerald Oliver Smith (1892–1974)
  • Hal Smith (1916–1994)
  • Kent Smith (1907–1985)
  • William Smith (1933–2021)
  • Marguerite Snow (1889–1958)Marguerite Snow; New York Times; February 18, 1958; p. 27
  • Abraham Sofaer (1896–1988){{cite web| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-01-22-mn-25092-story.html| title=A. Sofaer, 91; Veteran Film, Stage Actor| website=Los Angeles Times| date=January 22, 1988}}
  • Gale Sondergaard (1899–1985)
  • Ralph Spence (1889–1949)[https://archive.org/details/motionpicturedai66unse_0/page/n403/mode/2up?q=%22motion+picture+country+home%22 "Funeral Rites Today for Ralph Spence, 60"]. Motion Picture Daily. December 23, 1949. p. 3. "Services will be held at Pierce Brothers Mortuary here tomorrow morning for Ralph Spence, 60, who died yesterday at the Motion Picture Country Home of a heart ailment after six weeks hospitalization." Retrieved January 26, 2023.
  • Spivy (1906–1971)
  • Jan Sterling (1921–2004)
  • George E. Stone (1903–1967)
  • Harold J. Stone (1913–2005)
  • Madame Sul-Te-Wan (1873–1959)Wintz, Cary D.; Finkelman, Paul, ed. (2004).[ Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance, Volume 2: K–Y]. London: Routledge. p. 761. {{ISBN|1-57958-389-X}}. "Madame Sul-Te-Wan died in 1959 at the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills, California."
  • Ann Sullivan (1929–2020)
  • Hope Summers (1896–1979)
  • Grady Sutton (1906–1995)
  • Richard Sylbert (1928–2002)Richard Sylbert, 73, Designer Of Oscar-Winning Film Sets; The New York Times; March 30, 2002
  • Benny Thau (1898–1983), studio executive{{cite book|author=Scott Eyman|title=Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer|date=2008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jid5xNh89wgC&pg=PA508|page= 508|publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=9781439107911 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612164108/https://books.google.com/books?id=Jid5xNh89wgC&pg=PA508 |archive-date=2021-06-12}}
  • Ruthie Tompson (1910–2021)
  • Regis Toomey (1898–1991)
  • Audrey Totter (1917–2013)
  • Forrest Tucker (1919–1986)
  • Richard Tucker (1884–1942)
  • Lawrence Turman (1926–2023){{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/lawrence-turman-dead-graduate-producer-1235528191/|title=Lawrence Turman, Oscar-Nominated Producer of 'The Graduate,' Dies at 96|first=Mike|last=Barnes|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 2, 2023|access-date=July 3, 2023}}
  • Florence Turner (1885–1946)
  • Edgar G. Ulmer (1904–1972)
  • Van Wakely (1919–1998)
  • H. B. Warner (1875–1958)
  • Johnny Weissmuller (1904–1984)
  • Ben Welden (1901–1997)
  • Lyle R. Wheeler (1905–1990){{cite news |last1=Folkart |first1=Burt A. |title=Lyle Wheeler, Who Won 5 Oscars for Art Direction, Dies at 84 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-01-12-me-232-story.html |access-date=25 July 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=January 12, 1990}}
  • Dick Wilson (1916–2007){{Citation needed|date=November 2021}}
  • Henry Willson (1911–1978)
  • Edward Winter (1937–2001)
  • Estelle Winwood (1883–1984)
  • Than Wyenn (1919–2015){{cite news |first=Mike |last=Barnes |title=Than Wyenn, Prolific Character Actor, Dies at 95 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wyenn-dead-twilight-zone-actor-768924 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=February 1, 2015 |access-date=February 21, 2015 |archive-date=February 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216033141/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wyenn-dead-twilight-zone-actor-768924 |url-status=live }}
  • Alan Young (1919–2016){{cite news |last=Dunham |first=Will |date=May 20, 2016 |title=Actor Alan Young, Human Star of Horse Sitcom 'Mister Ed,' Dies at 96 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-alanyoung-idUSKCN0YB2SJ |work=Reuters |access-date=May 20, 2016 |archive-date=May 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522134824/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-alanyoung-idUSKCN0YB2SJ |url-status=live }}
  • Clara Kimball Young (1890–1960)

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