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| The Golden Girls' TV Home, 245 North Saltair Avenue, Brentwood Neighborhood, Los Angeles, CA |
Photo credit: Brandon Valente, Brandon V
Photography
Source: www.elliman.com
BRENTWOOD, LOS ANGELES, CA -- For the first
time in 65 years, welcome to the inside of the “Miami” home of TV’s The
Golden Girls.
Although the lush subtropical landscaping
surrounding the home was in keeping with the Miami environment, the house itself
was actually located in Los Angeles.
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| Bea Arthur as 'Dorothy' |
While we were convinced that the comedic
adventures of Blanch, Dorothy, Rose and Sophia took place inside the
home we knew so well from the outside, in fact it was a set and not the
original house, according to TopTenRealEstateDeals.com.
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| Betty White as 'Rose' |
Now we have the opportunity to see that the
actual house is far larger in volume and is a mix of mid-century modern,
Japanese and Hawaiian architecture cleverly designed to reap the most from the
mild California climate.
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| Rue McClanahan as 'Blanch' |
Still going strong on cable television 28
years after the final episode, the sitcom that ran from 1985 through 1992 and
won more awards than almost any TV comedy on record, revolves around three slightly-over-middle-aged
women who find themselves single again, plus the elderly mother of one, who
struggle to be viable in a youth-oriented world.
Add the four strong characters, Dorothy, the
sensible one, Rose, the innocent airhead, Blanch, the consummate man-crazy
flirt and Sophia, the spry, sometimes too active mother of Dorothy, and their
interactions between each other, and the script’s formula was a hands-down
winner.
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| Estelle Getty as 'Sophia' |
The actresses: Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue
McClanahan and Estelle Getty each received at least one Emmy Award for
their work on the show.
Little did we know that the real interior
of The Golden Girls house had a completely different interior
than that of the set. Instead, the 2,901-square-foot, four-bedroom,
four-bath Brentwood home has huge open rooms and tall vaulted ceilings enjoying
the feeling of wide-open space, unlike the small-cozy rooms we came to know
through the sitcom.
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| Rachelle Rosten |
Original design features include
floor-to-ceiling glass, oak floors, sliding Japanese shoji screens eliminating
the need for drapes, and a wonderful green-and-turquoise kitchen cheerfully
displaying the epitome of a cool 1970’s look.
The Hawaiian element brings the outdoors in
with vanishing threshold and large covered patio with skylights to protect from
the occasional raindrop.
For the first time in 65 years, the true
interior of The Golden Girls sitcom house can be seen by the
public.
Now for sale and priced at $2.9 million, it is
guaranteed to give the new owner many years of party-conversation topics.
The listing agent is Rachelle Rosten
of Douglas Elliman, Beverly Hills.
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Genelle C. Brown
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Phone: 434-480-4504
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