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Eye on Real Estate: Hollywood actress and 'the Jewish Shakespeare' rest in peace at this Brooklyn graveyard
Ten thousand fans rioted at her grave.
Crowds at Washington Cemetery went wild at Brooklyn-born Hollywood actress Lilyan Tashman’s March 1934 burial.
According to a United Press newswire account, 30 police officers formed a square around her grave to hold back a mob of mostly female fans.