She Leaves Hills for a Park Place
Kathy Bates, who co-stars in the upcoming comedy movie “Unconditional Love,” has just sold her Hollywood Hills home for close to its $859,000 asking price to actor-writer Jon Cryer.
The Oscar-winning Bates (best actress, “Misery,” 1990), who played Miss Hannigan in the ABC production of “Annie” (1999) and directed last year’s A&E; TV movie “Dash & Lilly,” co-stars with Dan Aykroyd in “Unconditional Love,” now shooting in Chicago.
She moved in the fall to a Hancock Park home that she purchased in the mid-$2-million range.
The Hollywood Hills home, which closed escrow last week, has three bedrooms in about 3,000 square feet. Built in 1930, the country English-style home also has a library, spa and gardens.
The house is Cryer’s first home purchase in the L.A. area. Cryer, 34, owns an apartment in New York.
The actor, who co-starred in the Fox sitcom “Getting Personal” (1998-99), played Molly Ringwald’s fanatical devotee in the classic ‘80s teen movie “Pretty in Pink,” and he followed Matthew Broderick in the New York stage production of Neil Simon’s “Brighton Beach Memoirs.”
Bates, 51, had owned the Hollywood Hills home for nearly eight years. She had restored parts of it. The house has views from downtown to the ocean.
Cryer, who has been writing for film and TV and is planning to marry in a couple of weeks, had been leasing nearby.
Randi Lieberman and Zane Zubalsky of Coldwell Banker, Studio City, represented Cryer in his purchase, and Richard Stanley and Marc Janvier of Coldwell Banker, Los Feliz, shared the listing.
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Gary Tomlin, who was recently an executive producer of Aaron Spelling’s daytime soap “Sunset Beach” and is now working on the NBC series “Passions,” has purchased a gated tennis estate in the hills of Tarzana for close to the asking price of $1.24 million.
The Emmy-winning producer-director bought a 5,300-square-foot house with four bedrooms, including a 1,100-square-foot master suite that has a sitting room and a marble spa-tub big enough for two people.
Built in 1955 and recently refurbished and expanded, the house also has an office-library and a gym. Most of the rooms have sweeping views of the San Fernando Valley.
The grounds, nearly one acre, have a tennis court, a pool, waterfalls, a spa, a shuffleboard court and extensive grassy areas and gardens.
Tomlin was represented in his purchase by Brian Farrell of Prudential John Aaroe’s Pacific Design Center office.
The seller, builder-contractor Frank Niesner, was represented by Todd and Lori Michelle Marks of Re/Max on the Blvd., Studio City.
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Tom Kreiss, an executive with his family’s furnishings business, the Kreiss Collection, and his wife, Lisa, have sold their home in the Beverly Hills area for about $1.4 million.
Kreiss is an executive vice president with his brother, Tom, of Kreiss Enterprises, headed by their older brother, Michael. The family’s home furnishings and interior design firm was founded in 1939 by their parents, Norman Kreiss and his late wife, Eileen.
The brothers’ grandfather, M. Bert Fisher, once owned the Hotel del Coronado, the U.S. Grant Hotel and the Cortez, all in the San Diego area. The brothers were all professional tennis players and played at the U.S. Open, Wimbledon and the French Open.
Tom Kreiss, 43, and his wife recently bought another home nearby that is about 6,000 square feet at about double the sale price of the Beverly Hills home.
The house they sold was built in 1962 and has five bedrooms in about 3,000 square feet.
Joe Babajian and John Richette of Fred Sands Estates, Beverly Hills, had the listing on the house that was sold.
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Attorney Bruce Drucker, who specializes in developing power plants from Singapore to Pakistan, and his wife, Regina, have put their Pasadena home on the market at $2.9 million.
Regina Drucker is principal of the design firm Beaux Arts and has restored homes for Madonna and Anthony Edwards, one of the stars of “ER.”
The Druckers’ home, which they refurbished, was built in 1956. Situated on 1.5 acres, the 18th century French Pavilion Revival-style home has panoramic views of the Arroyo and San Gabriel Mountains.
The 4,300-square-foot house has three bedroom suites as well as a library, 14-foot ceilings and French doors.
Martyn Belmont of Coldwell Banker, Pasadena, has the listing.
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