Queen of Angels Hospital

The hospital consisted of a number of buildings, but the iconic main building is known because it looms over the Hollywood Freeway. The hilltop site was chosen for the hospital because it was close to both Sunset Boulevard and Temple Street, and because it was outside Downtown Los Angeles.

Seeing a need for quality care in the city, the Franciscan Sisters went as far as begging door to door to accrue money for the hospital. Once built, the hospital kept growing in size by adding wings and new buildings, topping out at 14 stories in height. Due to excess capacity, the operations of the Queen of Angels Hospital were merged with the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in 1989, becoming known as the Queen of Angels – Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center.

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Due to its proximity to Hollywood, several notable people were born (Jill St. John,[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-jill-st-johns-bi/113596744 "Births"]. Los Angeles Times. August 31, 1940. Michael Reagan,{{Cite book|last1=Reagan|first1=Michael|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Aeiyo_KOKIcC&q=maureen+reagan+born+hospital+los+angeles&pg=PA2|title=Twice Adopted|last2=Denney|first2=James D.|last3=Denney|first3=Jim|date=2004|publisher=B&H Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-8054-3144-5|language=en}} Bob Beemer, Harry Crosby,{{cite news |last1=West |first1=Richard | first2= Ted Jr.| last2 = Thackrey |title=From the Archives: Bing Crosby Dies at 73 on Golf Course |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-bing-crosby-19771015-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=1977-10-15}} Marcia Reed,{{cite journal |title=Marcia Reed |journal=Operating Cameraman |date=2001 |volume=10 |issue=1 |page=14 |url=https://issuu.com/cameraoperators/docs/soc_co_2001springsummer |publisher=Society of Operating Camermen}} Madeleine Stowe,{{cite web|url=http://www.lamag.com/laculture/lastory/2012/02/01/madeleine-stowe1|title=Madeleine Stowe|work=Los Angeles Magazine|access-date=28 November 2014}} Mike Thaler,{{cite web |last1=Thaler |first1=Mike |author-link1=Mike Thaler |title=Biography |url=https://mikethaler.com/bio/ |website=mikethaler.com |access-date=2019-11-04}} Victoria Vetri{{cite book |last1=Lisanti |first1=Tom |title=Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood: Seventy-Five Profiles |date=2007 |publisher=McFarland & Company |isbn=978-0786431724}}) or died (Esther Dale,{{cite news|title=Esther Dale, Actress, Dies in Hospital|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9909616/independent/|work=Independent|agency=Associated Press|date=July 24, 1961|location=California, Long Beach|page=10|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = 2017-03-29}} {{Open access}} John Harvey Gahan,{{cite web |title=Oscar Gahan |url=http://www.b-westerns.com/henchie4.htm |website=Old Corral |access-date=2019-12-17}} Linda Loredo,{{cite web |last1=Lord Heath |first1=David |title=Linda Loredo |url=http://www.lordheath.com/menu1_318.html |website=Another Fine Mess |access-date=2017-08-17}} Robert Asa Todd{{cite news | title = Robert A. Todd, Ex-Official, Dies | work = Los Angeles Times | date = 1943-03-05| page =A-10|id = {{ProQuest|165432009}}}}) there.

Kathryn Crosby is among the alumnae of the nursing school.{{Cite web|url=https://outlet.historicimages.com/products/rsd99527|title=1963 Press Photo Kathryn Crosby wife Bing Crosby nurse cap Queen Angels School |website=Historic Images}} Sakaye Shigekawa was a past president of the hospital.{{cite news| url = http://www.rafu.com/2013/10/pioneering-nisei-doctor-sakaye-shigekawa-dies-at-100 | work= Rafu Shimpo | title= Pioneering Nisei Doctor Sakaye Shigekawa Dies at 100 | date= 2013-10-28 |access-date=2015-09-04}} Tirso del Junco was once the medical chief of staff. During its heyday, the hospital was a "centerpiece" of the city's hospital community.

In 1951, the exterior was used as the setting for the fictitious Mercy General Hospital in the Adventures of Superman television series.{{Cite web|url=https://angelusnews.com/local/la-catholics/celebrating-our-lady-queen-of-the-angels/|title=Celebrating Our Lady Queen of the Angels | Angelus News|date=August 16, 2017}} After its closure, the main building, a Spanish-style hospital complex, was used primarily as a film set. It appeared in a number of productions,{{cite news |last1=Mozingo |first1= Joe |title= Queen of Angels Undergoes Conversion |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-sep-06-me-29359-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=1997-09-06}} including Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers,{{cite web| url = http://movielocationsandmore.blogspot.com/2013/10/halloween-6-curse-of-michael-myers-1995.html | work = Set-Jetter & Movie Locations and More | title = Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995) | date = 2013-10-12 | access-date = 2014-08-16 | first = Robert | last = Patterson}} Men Don't Tell, Snapdragon, Late for Dinner, The Invaders, and The Innocent.{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Leon |title=Movie and Television Locations: 113 Famous Filming Sites in Los Angeles and San Diego |date=2015-09-03 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0786440825 |pages=97 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d4iACgAAQBAJ&q=%22The+Innocent%22+,+%22queen+of+angels+hospital%22}}

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• {{commons category-inline|Queen of Angels Hospital}}
• {{cite web | url = https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-101403813-img | title = Queen of Angels Hospital, Los Angeles, CA: General view | work = U.S. National Library of Medicine}}
• {{cite web | url = http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll44/id/109618 | title = Queen of Angels Hospital | work = USC}}
• {{cite web | url = https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?locations=Queen%20of%20Angels%20Hospital%20-%202301%20Bellevue%20Avenue,%20Los%20Angeles,%20California,%20USA | title = Queen of Angels Hospital| work = Filming Location | publisher = IMDb | access-date= 2019-12-17}}

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