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.<ref name="Ford" /> Once built, the hospital kept growing in size by adding wings and new buildings, topping out at 14 stories in height.<ref name="Mozingo" /> Due to excess capacity, the operations of the Queen of Angels Hospital were merged with the [[Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center]] in 1989,<ref name="Ford" /> becoming known as the Queen of Angels – Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center.
Due to its proximity to [[Hollywood]], several notable people were born ([[Michael Reagan]],<ref>{{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}}</ref> [[Bob Beemer]], [[Harry Crosby (businessman)|Harry Crosby]],<ref name="LAT Obit">{{cite news |last1=West |first1=Richard | first2= Ted | last2 = Thackrey, Jr. |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}}</ref> [[Marcia Reed]],<ref name="SOC_2001">{{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}}</ref> [[Madeleine Stowe]],<ref>{{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}}</ref> [[Mike Thaler]],<ref name="mikethaler">{{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}}</ref> [[Victoria Vetri]]<ref name="Lisanti">{{cite book |last1=Lisanti |first1=Tom |title=Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood: Seventy-Five Profiles |date=2007 |publisher=McFarland & Company |isbn=978-0786431724}}</ref>) or died ([[Esther Dale]],<ref>{{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}}</ref> [[John Harvey Gahan]],<ref name="Corral">{{cite web |title=Oscar Gahan |url=http://www.b-westerns.com/henchie4.htm |website=Old Corral |access-date=2019-12-17}}</ref> [[Linda Loredo]],<ref name="Lord Heath">{{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}}</ref> [[Robert Asa Todd]]<ref name=TimesObituary>{{cite news | title = Robert A. Todd, Ex-Official, Dies | work = Los Angeles Times | date = 1943-03-05| page =A-10|id = {{ProQuest|165432009}}}}</ref>) there.
[[Kathryn Crosby]] is among the alumnae of the nursing school.<ref>{{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}}</ref> [[Sakaye Shigekawa]] was a past president of the hospital.<ref name=rafu>{{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}}</ref> [[Tirso del Junco]] was once the medical chief of staff. During its heyday, the hospital was a "centerpiece" of the city's hospital community.<ref name="Ford" />
