Anne Heche laid to rest at historic Hollywood cemetery

The actress was cremated and her ashes placed in a mausoleum at Hollywood Forever Cemetery nearly two weeks after she was declared dead

Anne Heche at the 74th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Beverly Hills on March 12, 2022. The Hollywood actress was in a fiery car crash in Los Angeles in August. Reuters

Anne Heche at the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg Reception at the 68th Berlinale International Film Festival in 2018. Getty Images

The actress at the premiere of the HBO television series 'Big Little Lies' in Los Angeles in 2017. Reuters

Canadian actor James Tupper, left, Anne Heche, right, and son Atlas Heche Tupper at the premiere of 'Mr Popper's Penguins' in 2011. EPA

A pregnant Heche at the premiere of the movie 'Spread' in 2009. EPA

From left, Anne Heche, Hugh Jackman and Donna Murphy pose for photographers during the the Tony Award Nominee class picture at the Minskoff Theatre in New York in 2004. EPA

Alec Baldwin and Heche at the American Theatre Wing Gala annual Luncheon in 2004. Reuters

The cast of the new film 'John Q', from left, Anne Heche, Kimberly Elise, Denzel Washington, young Daniel Smith and James Woods, at the film's premiere in 2002 in Los Angeles. Reuters

Hugh Grant and Anne Heche attend the Warner Brothers/ 'InStyle' party after the 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards in 2001. Reuters

Anne Heche and Robert Downey Jr at the premiere of 'Snatch' at the Directors Guild, Los Angeles, California. Getty Images

Anne Heche, right, directing Sharon Stone, left, and Ellen Degeneres on the set of 'If These Walls Could Talk'. Getty Images

Ed Harris as Father Frank Shore and Anne Heche as Roxanna in the 2000 film 'The Third Miracle'. Getty Images

Anne Heche in the 1998 remake of 'Pyscho'. Getty Images

Director Gus Van Sant, left, Anne Heche and Vince Vaughn at the premiere of 'Return To Paradise' in October 1998. Getty Images

Harrison Ford, left, and Anne Heche in the 1998 film '6 Days,7 Nights'. Getty Images

From left, Dustin Hoffman, Anne Heche and Robert De Niro on the set of 'Wag The Dog' in 1998. Getty Images

Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Heche in 1997 film 'Volcano'. Getty Images

Actress Anne Heche has been laid to rest in a storied Los Angeles cemetery alongside many Hollywood luminaries, her family said on Tuesday.

Heche was cremated and her ashes placed in a mausoleum at Hollywood Forever Cemetery nearly two weeks after she was declared dead at a hospital from injuries suffered in a fiery car crash.

In a statement, Heche's son, Homer Laffoon, 20, said he and her other son Atlas Tupper “are convinced our mom would love the site we have chosen for her; it's beautiful, serene and she will be among her Hollywood peers."

The cemetery has in recent years become a cultural hub for film screenings, musical performances and festivals.

Laffoon went to see the band My Morning Jacket there after his mother’s death, with tickets bought before she died. He loved the vibrancy of the location, and took it as a sign that her grave should be there.

“Hollywood Forever is a living place," Laffoon's statement said.

A small private memorial will be held once Heche's headstone is etched.

“She was our mom, but the kindness and the outpouring of the past few days reminded us that she also belongs to her fans, to the entertainment community, and now, to the ages.”

Founded in 1899 and located near the Paramount Pictures lot, the cemetery is home to the graves and tombs of actors including Judy Garland and Douglas Fairbanks, and of musicians including Chris Cornell and Johnny Ramone.

Heche's spot in the mausoleum in the cemetery's Garden of Legends is near that of Mickey Rooney, and faces a lake where Burt Reynolds's remains were recently relocated.

Heche, 53, starred opposite Johnny Depp and Harrison Ford during her career, and had worked consistently in movies and television for more than three decades. But personal turmoil, which she described in a memoir and in interviews, often followed her.

On August 5, her car jumped a curb and smashed into a West Los Angeles home. Both the car and the home burst into flames. She was declared brain dead on August 11, and was kept alive on life support for three more days so her organs could be donated.

Her death was ruled an accident, with the cause being inhalation injuries and burns, according to the Los Angeles County coroner.

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