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Guess Which Oscar Winners Lived In This Pacific Palisades Mansion
WOW House: Oscar winner Whoopi Goldberg is selling her longtime Pacific Palisades home, but she wasn't the first acclaimed star to own it.
PACIFIC PALISADES, CA -- Whoopi Goldberg, one of the few actors to ever win a an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony, is selling her historic Pacific Palisades digs and heading to the East Coast.
"The View" star bought the home in 1993 for $2.5 million, but now she is selling the 6 bedroom home for $8,795,000. Goldberg isn't the first big star to appreciate the 1933 home's historic harm. Before her, Oscar winner David Niven, of "Around the World in 80 Days" and "The Pink Panther" fame, previously owned the unique home situated on the coveted Amalfi Drive, bordering Will Rogers State Historic Park.
The home features several original historic details including black-and-white marble checkerboard floor in the foyer, crown moldings, fireplaces, and a onyx-clad master bathroom. It boasts five ensuite bedrooms, a guest house, and a pool overlooking the canyon.
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- Address: 1461 Amalfi Dr, Pacific Palisades, California
- Price: $8,795,000
- Square Feet: 7039
- Bedrooms: 6
- Bathrooms: 6 Full and 1 Half Baths
- Built: 1933
- Features: Built in 1933, this elegant former residence of David Niven, located in the Riviera section of Pacific Palisades boasts a marvelous Hollywood pedigree. On the market for the first time in decades, this gracious Moderne on the north rim of Amalfi Dr. has approx. 217' of frontage. The approx. 7,000-square-foot main house retains many of its distinctive original features, black-and-white marble checkerboard floor in the foyer, crown moldings, fireplaces, and a onyx-clad master bathroom along with the well-proportioned living room, dining room, library, family room and remodeled kitchen that overlook swimming pool, greenery and secluded woodland canyon below. The home has 5 ensuite bedrooms, 6.5 baths plus a separate guesthouse, with fireplace, kitchen and bath. The gated property is secure, private and surrounded by mature trees and lush landscaping. An exceptional and rare opportunity to restore the house to its 1930s grandeur or build anew.
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