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    Cloris Leachman’s Former L.A. Estate Hits the Market for $20 Million

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    Almost four years after Cloris Leachman passed away at age 94, the Hollywood legend’s totally reimagined onetime estate in the lower Mandeville Canyon area of Brentwood has surfaced for sale, asking a smidge under $20 million.

    The veteran TV and film actress—probably best known during her seven-plus-decade career for her Oscar-winning turn as neglected housewife Ruth Popper in The Last Picture Show, as well as her roles in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Phyllis, and Malcolm in the Middle—reportedly owned the property from 1971 to 2000. Her former home has since been razed and replaced with the modern mansion now on the market for the first time in over two decades. Sally Forster Jones and Kathryn Perkins of Compass share the listing.

    The formal dining room has been painted in a warm buttery yellow hue.

    Andrew Bramasco

    RELATED: Artist Ed Ruscha’s Onetime L.A. Compound Just Listed for $4.6 Million

    Designed by architect Lise Claiborne Matthews and completed in 2003, the residence offers a total of six bedrooms and seven baths in roughly 10,600 square feet across three levels. Elegant yet warm interiors boast hardwood floors, high ceilings, custom millwork, curved glass windows, and French doors throughout. All the furnishings are also available for purchase.

    Tucked away behind a lengthy tree-lined driveway and gates, amid a two-parcel spread spanning nearly an acre, the structure stuns from the outset with its dark wood-shingled, white-trimmed, and stone-accented facade. Beyond the manicured lawn framed by hydrangeas, wisteria, and mature trees, steps lead up to a front door that opens into a double-height entry foyer flanked by formal living and dining rooms.

    The movie theater has rows of plush seating.

    Andrew Bramasco

    At the rear of the house, a sunken fireside family room opens seamlessly to a foliage-laced backyard featuring a 50-foot saltwater pool and spillover spa, a meditation area, and a koi pond. Back inside, a casual dining area connects to a sleek kitchen outfitted with a butcher block-topped island, a trio of sinks, and top-tier Viking, Sub-Zero, and Miele appliances. A sunroom overlooks the surrounding gardens, with the rest of the main level containing a study, a guest suite, and a bedroom.

    Four additional bedrooms upstairs include a posh primary suite flaunting a private balcony, a separate sitting room, two walk-in closets, a dressing area, and a luxe bath sporting a soaking tub and an oversized steam shower. The lower level, meanwhile, is primed for entertainment and wellness with a kitchenette-equipped lounge, a billiards room, a sauna, a movie theater, a wine cellar, and a soundproof playroom.

    A 50-foot saltwater pool in the backyard is flanked by a sundeck and spillover spa.

    Wayne Ford

    RELATED: L.A.’s Famed 112-Acre Robert Taylor Ranch Is Back on the Market for $70 Million

    Rounding it all off is a detached three-car garage flanked by a spacious motor court that can accommodate parking for at least a dozen vehicles. Per the listing, there’s also a large, fully functional gym or potential accessory dwelling unit, plus plenty of room on the grounds for a future play area or a sports court.

    Click here for more photos of the Brentwood residence.

    Andrew Bramasco

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    Wendy Bowman

    Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…

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      Artist Ed Ruscha’s Onetime L.A. Compound Just Listed for $4.6 Million

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      Back in 1987, iconic anti-pop artist Edward “Ed” Ruscha doled out $2.6 million for a ranch house in the Mandeville Canyon area of Brentwood. He and his wife, Danica, went on to acquire the home next door when it came up for sale—to avoid having it torn down and replaced with what Ruscha called a “three-story Swiss Tudor Pop Gothic”—and then engaged architectural designer Morgan Livingston to help combine the two existing 1950s structures into a seamless live/work compound that was later featured in the pages of Architectural Digest.

      The couple eventually sold the entire spread in the early 2000s for $1.95 million to a creative couple, who in turn transferred the place in 2011 for $2.5 million to Little Minx founder and president Rhea Scott, a film and commercial producer most known for her work on music videos for everyone from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Madonna. Now, 14 years later, the artistic property has returned to the market, this time at a speck under $4.7 million. Frank Langen of Compass holds the listing.

      A vaulted fireside great room with plenty of natural light is the perfect spot for displaying art.

      Gavin Cater

      RELATED: L.A.’s Famed 112-Acre Robert Taylor Ranch Is Back on the Market for $70 Million

      Set behind gates on a corner parcel spanning almost two acres and faced with energetic murals, the residence features a total of four bedrooms and six baths sprawled across 6,350 square feet of single-level living space connected by a central great room boasting a 14-foot-tall beamed ceiling, oversized windows, and a fireplace.

      An eye-catching Dutch door swings open into an entry foyer, which flows to a bookshelf-lined library, a glass-encased dining room, and a large kitchen sporting zigzag-patterns painted on pale hardwood floors, an eat-in island, top-tier stainless appliances, and a fireside sitting area alongside a breakfast nook. A vaulted, pink-hued primary suite donning the same floors found in the kitchen has French doors spilling out to a patio.

      An eye-catching eat-in kitchen has hardwood floors fashioned in a zigzag pattern.

      Gavin Cater

      RELATED: Designer Windsor Smith Left Her Signature Mark on This $19.5 Million Estate in L.A.

      In addition to a meditation studio and a one-bedroom guesthouse, the palm tree-dotted grounds also host numerous spots ideal for alfresco lounging and entertaining, plus a kidney-shaped pool with a diving board, a fire pit, a treehouse, and a cactus garden.

      Ruscha, a Nebraska native whose pieces have brought in prices upwards of $30 million, currently maintains a substantial Southern California real estate portfolio that includes two homes in the Trousdale Estates neighborhood of Beverly Hills, as well as a house in Malibu’s Point Dume neighborhood, a gigantic studio complex in Culver City, and several hundred acres of vacant land in the Mojave Desert, near Joshua Tree.

      As for Scott, who happens to be the daughter of legendary filmmaker Ridley Scott, she’s also simultaneously selling a restored 1920s Spanish retreat in West Hollywood listed for $2 million.

      Click here for more photos of the Brentwood residence.

      Gavin Cater

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      Wendy Bowman

      Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…

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      L.A.’s Famed 112-Acre Robert Taylor Ranch Is Back on the Market for $70 Million

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      A sprawling Los Angeles ranch property long owned by the late film and TV actor Robert Taylor has just hit the market for the first time in a decade. Nestled into the Mandeville Canyon neighborhood of Brentwood, just minutes from the popular Country Mart and Rodeo Drive, the entire spread is asking a cool $70 million, with the listing held by Rochelle Maize of Nourmand & Associates.

      Originally designed and built in the 1950s by noted architect Robert Byrd for petroleum magnate Waite Phillips, the estate was subsequently acquired by Taylor, who lived there until his death from lung cancer in 1969 at age 57. Married throughout the ’40s to screen legend Barbara Stanwyck, the Hollywood Walk of Fame inductee starred in the iconic early 1950s films Quo Vadis and Ivanhoe and later appeared in the TV series The Detectives and hosted the series Death Valley Days.

      A rustic-chic living area has collapsible steel-framed glass doors opening to the pool area.

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      RELATED: Designer Windsor Smith Left Her Signature Mark on This $19.5 Million Estate in L.A.

      The residence was purchased in the 1970s for just $900,000 by the late radio concert promoter and radio station magnate Ken Roberts, who wound up relinquishing it to the financial services firm New Stream Capital in 2010 to settle a $27.5 million legal claim. New Stream immediately put it back up for sale at nearly $30 million. After reducing the price and having no takers, however, the place ultimately sold at auction for $12 million to Chicago-based real estate developer Fred Latsko. It last traded hands in late 2015 for $18.7 million and has since been extensively renovated by designer Malcolm James Kutner.

      Fully fenced and gated, the property features a main home and multiple guest and staff quarters spread across roughly 20,000 square feet. Special amenities include a casino lounge, a gym, meditation and massage rooms, a dog spa, an art studio, and a children’s playhouse, just for starters.

      The fully renovated barn includes up to 12 horse stalls, a tack room, and a stable manager’s office.

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      Inside the 12,000-square-foot primary dwelling are formal living and dining rooms, along with a library and a media room. A gourmet kitchen is outfitted with Wolf appliances and an accompanying breakfast nook, while five to seven bedrooms (depending on the configuration) include a fireside primary suite boasting a custom walk-in closet, a steam shower, and a sauna.

      Rounding it all out are the expansive grounds, which are showcased by a rock-encased pool and spillover spa, a fire pit conversation area, an outdoor kitchen with a grill and a pizza oven, equestrian facilities, hiking trails, a private well, and parking for around 20 vehicles. There’s also a generator, plus advanced fire-safety systems.

      Click here for more photos of the Brentwood residence.

      Anthony Barcelo/Barcelo Photography Inc.

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      Wendy Bowman

      Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…

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