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Actress Geena Davis Lists Longtime L.A. Home for $6 Million
The five-bedroom, Mediterranean-style house has some quirky touches
Academy Award-winning actress Geena Davis is ready to part with her longtime Mediterranean-style Los Angeles residence, listing it Tuesday for $5.99 million.
Tucked away on a quiet cul-de-sac in the city’s posh Pacific Palisades neighborhood, the five-bedroom home spans 5,146 square feet. Its Mediterranean vibe extends further than just the charming exterior with its vine-laden facade and red-tile roof. Inside are clean lines, wooden floors, terracotta floors, high ceilings, French doors and antique Italian tiles, according to the listing.
“I love the 18th and 19th century Italian tiles around the house,” Ms. Davis told Mansion Global in a statement. “Some are on the floor of the entry hall, some in the kitchen, and the master fireplace is surrounded by them.”
The formal dining room and family room both open up to the landscaped, terraced backyard, as does the living room, in which the focal point—a colossal statement fireplace—is the most unique element in the house, according to Ms. Davis.
“Instead of a mantle surrounding it, there’s a large sculpted figure of Neptune’s head and long hair, and his mouth is the fireplace,” she said. “I had it made to copy something I saw in a book on Italian villas.”
There is also a recently remodeled kitchen, a bar, a safe room, and Ms. Davis’s favorite room: the main bedroom suite.
“The sitting area in there is so big, it almost looks like an extra living room. It also has a very high vaulted ceiling which I just love,” she said.
David Offer of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties has the listing.
The “Thelma and Louise” star, 64, has owned the home for more than a decade. She snapped up the spread in 2007 using a trust to shield her identity for the $4.19 million purchase, records with PropertyShark show.
In 1989, Ms. Davis won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in “The Accidental Tourist,” and her filmography includes “A League of Their Own” and “Beetlejuice.”
In 2004, she launched the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, and in 2019, she received the Academy Awards’ Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her work in gender equality in Hollywood.
Variety first reported the listing.
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