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Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (New Rochelle, NY)
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Holy Sepulchre Cemetery is a Catholic cemetery in New Rochelle
in Westchester County, New York
. The cemetery is maintained by the Blessed Sacrament Church, whose priest, Father McLoughlin, started it in 1886.
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery is the resting place of notables including Eddie Foy
and his family of famous Vaudeville
actors and actresses, memorialized in the 1955 film The Seven Little Foys
.
New Rochelle, New York
New Rochelle is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States, in the southeastern portion of the state.The town was settled by refugee Huguenots in 1688 who were fleeing persecution in France...
in Westchester County, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. The cemetery is maintained by the Blessed Sacrament Church, whose priest, Father McLoughlin, started it in 1886.
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery is the resting place of notables including Eddie Foy
Eddie Foy
Eddie Foy, Sr. , was an actor, comedian, dancer and vaudevillian.-Early years:...
and his family of famous Vaudeville
Vaudeville
Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...
actors and actresses, memorialized in the 1955 film The Seven Little Foys
The Seven Little Foys
The Seven Little Foys is a 1955 film starring Bob Hope as Eddie Foy. James Cagney reprises his role as George M. Cohan for an energetic tabletop dance showdown sequence. In addition to the famous film, the story of Eddie Foy, Sr...
.
Notable interments
- Richard Beddows (1843–1922), Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient.
- Charley Foy (1898–1984), actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
- Eddie Foy, Jr.Eddie Foy, Jr.Eddie Foy Jr. was an American character actor.Born Edwin Fitzgerald Jr. in New Rochelle, New York, the son of vaudevillian Eddie Foy and his third wife, Madeline Morando, he was one of the "Seven Little Foys" immortalized in the 1955 film of the same name...
(Edwin Fitzgerald), (1905–1983), actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
- Eddie Foy, Sr. (Edwin Fitzgerald), (1856–1928), actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
- Irving Foy, (1909–2003), actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
- Madeline Foy, (1906–1988), actress
- Mary Foy, (1901–1987), actress
- Richard Foy, (1905–1947), actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
- Harry TierneyHarry TierneyHarry Austin Tierney was a successful American composer of musical theatre, best known for long-running hits such as Irene , Broadway's longest-running show of the era , Kid Boots and Rio Rita , one of the first musicals to be turned into a talking picture .Born...
(1890–1965), composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...