Notable statues of Hollywood figures
Posted: July 2025
Notable statues of Hollywood figures on display around the world, plus birthplaces, year of sculpture, and artist.
Cary Grant (birthplace: Bristol, England) — Bristol, England 2001, created by Graham Ibbeson
George M. Cohan (birthplace: Providence, R.I.) — Duffy Square, Manhattan, New York, 1959, created by Georg John Lober
Jimmy Stewart (birthplace: Indiana, Pa.) — Indiana, Pennsylvania, intended for a 1983 dedication but finished later, created by Malcolm Alexander
Douglas Fairbanks Sr. (birthplace Denver, Colo.) — University of Southern California film school campus, Los Angeles, 2009, created by Jay Hall Carpenter, commissioned by George Lucas
Marilyn Monroe (birthplace: Los Angeles, Calif., as Norma Jeane Mortenson) — Palm Springs, California, 2011 (rotating), titled “Forever Marilyn,” created by Seward Johnson
Orson Welles (birthplace: Kenosha, Wis.) — Woodstock, Ill., 2018, created by Bobby Joe Scribner
Rudolph Valentino (birthplace: Castellaneta, Italy) — Castellaneta, southern Italy, 1961, created by Luigi Gheno
Philip Seymour Hoffman (birthplace: Fairport, New York) — George Eastman Museum, Rochester, N.Y., 2022, created by David Annand
Frank Sinatra (birthplace: Hoboken, N.J.) — Hoboken, N.J., 2021, created by Carolyn D. Palmer
Buster Keaton (birthplace: Piqua, Kansas) — Frauenthal Center of the Performing Arts, Muskegon, Mich., 1998, originally located at the Hollywood Entertainment Museum, current location since 2010, created by Emmanuel Snitkovsky
Charlie Chaplin (birthplace: London, England) — London, England, 1981, created by John Doubleday; Vevey, Switzerland, 1982, created by John Doubleday; Waterville, Ireland 1998, created by Alan Ryan Hall
Ingrid Bergman (birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden) — Fjällbacka, Sweden (her ashes were scattered in the sea in 1982), 1964, created by Gudmar Olovson
Elizabeth Taylor (birthplace: London, England) and Richard Burton (birthplace: Pontrhydyfen, Glamorgan, Wales) — Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, 2015, created by Jim Demetro and Christina Demetro
Bob Hope (birthplace: London, England) — San Diego, Calif., 2009, created by Eugene Daub
Rocky Balboa, movie character portrayed by Sylvester Stallone (birthplace: Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan, New York) — Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1980, created by A. Thomas Schomberg
Greta Garbo (birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden) — alone in an undisclosed forest location in Härjedalen province, Sweden, 2016, created by Jón Leifsson