Actor’s L.A. Run Comes to an End
Actor Joel Grey, whose main residence is in New York, has put his Hollywood Hills pied-a-terre on the market at $585,000.
Grey, 67, starred in the Broadway and movie versions of “Cabaret,” for which he received an Academy Award as best supporting actor (1973). He also has won Tony and Golden Globe awards.
He made his London stage debut last year, reprising his Broadway role as Amos Hart in “Chicago.”
Grey also co-starred in the movie “The Empty Mirror,” released in the U.S. in May, and portrays the Ghost of Christmas Past in the NBC adaptation of “A Christmas Carol,” starring Patrick Stewart. It is scheduled to air in December.
Grey is the father of Jennifer Grey, who co-stars in the sitcom “It’s Like, You Know.” She gained fame in the 1980s movie “Dirty Dancing,” co-starring Patrick Swayze.
The two-bedroom, two-bathroom house, built in 1957, was renovated in 1994 by the late architect Franklin D. Israel and now features walls of glass with canyon views. The 3,000-square-foot, contemporary home was purchased by the veteran actor in the mid-’90s before it was remodeled.
Barry Sloane, vice chairman of architectural and historic properties for Fred Sands Estates in Beverly Hills, has the listing, records show.
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Actor Don Johnson has put his Beverly Hills-area home on the market for the second time this year, this time at $2.85 million.
He had listed the gated home, on 1.4 acres in Coldwater Canyon, at $3.25 million in February but took it off the market.
Johnson, 49, spends most of his time in San Francisco, where he plays the title role in the CBS series “Nash Bridges.” In April, he was married in the Bay Area to preschool teacher Kelley Phleger, 31.
Johnson has owned his Beverly Hills-area home for about 10 years. He lived there with his former wife, actress Melanie Griffith. They were divorced in 1995.
Designed by architect Paul Williams, the four-bedroom, 6,000-square-foot house was built in 1941 for actor Bert Lahr, who played the cowardly lion in “The Wizard of Oz” (1939). Lahr loved the avocado, lemon, lime, grapefruit, almond and fig trees that still grow on the property. Lahr had so many avocados that he sent some to the 21 Club in New York with instructions to serve them to his friends for free.
After Lahr, actress Betty Grable and her then-husband, bandleader Harry James, owned the house. Later, music producer Michael Chapman lived there, and added a gazebo and pool house.
Johnson’s home also has a tennis court, pool, spa, cabanas, outdoor bar and barbecue, an enclosed playground with a treehouse, a four-car garage and a motor court.
Mary Brill of Fred Sands Estates and Sharona Alperin of DBL Realtors have the listing.
Patricia Hitchcock O’Connell, daughter of the late movie director Alfred Hitchcock, has purchased a Tudor-style home in the North Ranch area of Westlake Village for just under $1.6 million.
On the centennial of Hitchcock’s birth in July, a bronze bust of him was unveiled near the entrance to Universal Studios. He died in 1980.
O’Connell, 70, played actress Ruth Roman’s sister in the Hitchcock movie “Strangers on a Train” (1951). She is moving from the Solvang area.
The North Ranch house reminds O’Connell of her childhood home in England. Built in 1981, the five-bedroom, 5,000-square-foot California house has been described as having Old World charm with such features as maple cabinets.
Kris Spayde of Fred Sands’ Westlake Village office had the listing.
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Eight prospective purchasers have been bidding on the penthouse of the Textile Building in the TriBeCa area of New York City. The asking price of the condo, one of the most expensive in town, is $6.5 million.
The 6,000-square-foot penthouse will have 5,000 square feet of outdoor space, which could accommodate a pool and a basketball court. The unit also will have 20-foot ceilings and floor-to-ceiling glass walls with city views.
The building is due to be completed in December, according to the Sunshine Group, which is handling sales and marketing.
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