‘Thirtysomething’ actress Mel Harris to sell her Pacific Palisades house

For 85 episodes of “thirtysomething,” actress Mel Harris played Hope Murdoch Steadman – a writer and stay-at-home mother who struggles with her desire to be at home with her kids and to work. From 1987 to 1991, millions of real-life mothers kept a weekly date with Hope, hoping to glean a shred of insight on how to walk this tightrope – or at least identifying with the walk.

With two children of her own, Harris, 51, has listed the Pacific Palisades property she has owned since 2003 at $4,347,000. The 4,500-square-foot remodeled, four-bedroom, 5 1/2 -bathroom Country English home sits on a corner lot. It has a brand-new marble-countered kitchen and bathrooms. Floors are hardwood and travertine, and the living room has a Batchelder fireplace. There is a pool, a detached two-car garage and a bonus room. The master has a high vaulted ceiling, a walk-in closet and a bathroom that will remind you of your favorite spa.

The cool-as-a-cucumber actress, named one of America’s 10 most beautiful women by Harper’s Bazaar in 1989, is separated from Michael Toomey, who was a pig trainer for “Babe: Pig in the City” (1998). One of her previous husbands was David Hume Kennerly, official White House photographer to President Ford.

Loraine Silver and Charles Pence of Coldwell Banker Pence, Hathorn, Silver’s office in Santa Monica have the listing.