Zsa Zsa Bel Air Home Sells Again

I wonder if the old lady smell still lingers.

It was her sister with the Merv appearances.

[quote]It was her sister with the Merv appearances.

..and the wigs.

I hear you, OP. Though as a little boy, Zsa Zsa was way too down market for my refined tastes.

In my childhood, Phyllis Newman was the pinnacle of everything sophisticated and glamorous and fun.

My dream never included that hag Hungarian puta sistah. Zsa didn’t like her either. Reduced to working on a second billed, CBS, common hillbilly show. A real embarrassment to Magda and the family Gabor. Hisssss...

Probably still smells like Aquanet and a Chanel No. 5 knock off.

Smell you, R5 / OP!

At least Eva never GOT FIRED FROM A DINNER THEATER.

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Sold at over $4m loss? Mystery buyer? Sounds fishy.

Sounds fishy.... no that’s the smell left behind.

Also the filming location of...

What's to know, R9? The excitement and glamour of living in Zsa Zsa Gabor's mansion just drove someone to over pay.

R12 and they never even moved in. Sounds legit.

That kitchen is just crying out for a remodel with white cabinets, subway tiles, and granite countertops!

A FRONT-FACING GARAGE???? Quelle Tragique!

This is actually not bad, I could live in that. It's way nicer than Ryan Seacrest's dreary overpriced mausoleum that was on here the other day, and less than a quarter the price too

R15, I suspect the layout and slope of the property and its relation to the road means there is nowhere else to put the garage

Will most definitely be razed, unfortunately. Provenance aside, homes of the Hollywood Regency vernacular are becoming extinct. It takes a certain je ne sais quoi to work and I think the majority of people today don't have the understanding or ability to pull it off without making it gauche or hideous. It is interesting to note that a lot of the (private) development that is occurring on the Westside of Los Angeles is driven by wealthy foreigners who really have no interest or attachment to our collective canon of what we regard to be historically or architecturally significant. Combine that with a city that has a core DNA comprised of destructive (literal and figurative) superficiality, you get blasé glass boxes.

My toilet? Louis XV, of course.

No room for a pool house? Hard pass.

R17 your right, these foreigners all want ridiculous Mega Mansions now. Kinda like the ridiculous Mansions in Beverly Park.

And the types of Mansions that Hadid asshole specializes in. These people are sick, I don't mind big houses. But some of these monstrosities are beyond belief that anyone would want to live in them. There just so beyond the pale of why and how anyone could live in what is essentially tacky palaces.

I personally prefer the Hollywood traditional styled homes. I call them "Movie Star Traditional Homes."

Was Zsa Zsa gay friendly? For some reason I would say no. Even if she married a gay dude. Eva, yes. See Merv but not Zsa Zsa.

God, I thought she’s been dead for years, who knew? Is she moving to that old people actors home?

I certainly hope that's just a butler's kitchen and not the main kitchen. I've seen 1 bedroom apartments with bigger kitchens than that.

Bet the Baron Von Asshole and Merv banged his ass by the cement pond while Zsa slapped his purty face.

How the hell did Ryan Seacrest from Atlanta, get hooked up with Merv Griffin? How did that mentorship come about?

Like they all do. He went out to LA and pulled his pants down and presented to all the big wigs. Merv was the one who tucked a contract in his hiney first.

He’s got the gayest haircut ever. I can’t imagine having to go down on Merv’s ancient shriveled wee wee. Or him on his back, legs in the air... (NO RUBBERS). Barf.

I remember Ryan working the night shift on a radio station in Atlanta back in the early 90s when he was still in high school. I thought he had a good future in radio ahead of him. He had a lot of talent far beyond his young years.

I think it's likely a tear-down. Hollywood Regency is a hopelessly outdated style,and the house while decent in its day looks worn. It is a gorgeous lot though, I'm sure you could put a beautiful house here.

I love a mansard roof.

R17 the truth of this hurts my soul.

R10 is Hillary. "No smell left behind."

Hollywood Regency certainly is not the style du jour but it can be elegant if done tastefully with a sensitivity to its nuances. R30 is just as hopelessly outdated with her shopping at T.J. Maxx and donning of Ariana Grande body spray. "Waiter - check, please."

R30 = poor white trash or nouveau riche.

The exterior looks like a 70s funeral home or nursing home. The interior looks hideous----the colors, the spaces.

Go back to your Lennar tract home with your faded haircut, hideous tribal tattoos, low cheekbones R36

I think it may survive. it has a discreet second story and a roof deck. Bel Air only gets stricter with their building regulations. It might not even be possible to build another two story house here. Perhaps that's quietly the reason it's been sold at a loss. Who knows.

I love this house and the lot. I'd be very happy to live in it as is after changing out the flooring. One can feel Zsa Zsa's spirit there, I'm sure. Its a caftan paradise.

When Zsa Zsa reigned.

How much money did the Gabors squire out of Hungary? Did they make off with the royal jewels?

Two ladies at home

Somehow, I always forget...

I love the house, but the first thing I'd do is replace all that yellow on the exterior and the red carpeting on the outside stairs and covered area. That's just gaudy. And of course do some updating inside, especially in the kitchen.

R42's photo is quite old, she has both legs.

The red carpeting on the outdoor stairs is reminiscent of pulling up to the Dolby Theater in a limo to receive an Oscar. Something you wouldn't understand R44

They need a SunSetter.

The Mansard roof is kind of odd with the rest of it. Does one remodel, or keep it as is, given its history? Which option would help it sell higher and faster?

R40 damn thats nice! I'd bring it back to that look if I got it, maybe with the addition of some rugs

I wonder if her carpet matched her drapes?

I’d love to keep it as is. But I don’t have $20m lying around.

Oh! I thought Zsa Zsa was dead.

R51 There are treasures for you in heaven.

"But I don't have $20m lying around"

Call me..

R53 lololol 😂

[quote] As a little gay boi, I would dream of living there. She and I would frolic in the pool, try on wigs and rehearse lines for her Merv appearances. Oh, the fun we had.

These are the words of a hetero man stereotyping gay men. The hetero fascination with DL is puzzling.

^delusion

Nope r56. There really are fem guys. Your denial is homophobic. She was fascinating to me. She provided a fantasy world I could inhabit that made me able to cope with a religious family of masc brothers that hated me for being me.

They were glamorous AF but the Gabors used to love bowling in Palm Springs. They bowled regularly at Palm Springs Lanes and IIRC Mama, Jolie Gabor, Countess de Szigethy (born Janka Tilleman,) bowled in a league

An old timer in PS who worked for Jolie as a driver recounted this story to me

$16 million for THAT piece of shit??!! It’s a complete tear down or would take at least $5 million to renovate it’s so run down inside.

I bought a few things off eBay from the Zsa Zsa estate sale in 2018 from Bobby Trendy (I know, I know) and also another guy who became friendly with the "Prince" (big quotes). I still even have the opportunity to buy the dining room and breakfast room drapes...and the dining room ones are relatively new, as Soderbergh and Co replaced all the main room drapes for filming of 'Behind the Candelabra'. I think for now I'll be content with the trinket-y things I already have of Zsa Zsa's, though the drapes are nice and a steal at $1250. Whomever bought her dining table is also reselling it for about $2K...I really wanted that, but don't have room for it.

^^ wonderful.

How the hell did Zsa Zsa have the $$$ to afford this house for all of those decades she lived there? She was never an A-List Movie Star, like Crawford, Davis, Hepburn, Russell, or Stanwyck etc.

So how did she afford her extravagant lifestyle? She claimed to have always worked, but I just don't see where she pulled in big enough Hollywood $$$ to live the way she lived. I also don't believe she ever received huge divorce settlement payouts either.

I remember during her estate auction, some of her jewelry she had worn for decades was going for just $1 dollar and just a little more. She wore fake costume jewelry the whole time. And I never believed she lost $10 million to maddoff. How would she still have that kind of money? Her "wealth" has always been a mystery to me.

Were any of her marriages profitable?

R60. Nothing wrong with living in a bit of history. Not everything has to be a new white box.

R63 According to Crazy Days & Nights blind reveal, Zsa Zsa was the highest paid escort/prostitute for the who's who of anywhere for some time. Dignitaries, heads of state, actors, etc. The list goes on and on.

R61 Fascinating!!

Zsa Zsa had her own perfume (Zig Zag), and did tons of adverts for the likes of Smirnoff, VW, Studebaker, etc. She also "wrote" (again, big quotes) two books. Even her arrest brought her a renewed level of fame and interest in her life. She paid very little for this house when she bought it in the late 70s, so it would've just been a matter of keeping it up and furnishing it.

And yes, R66 is correct as well...Zsa Zsa never went with a man without being compensation, whether for jewels or $$$. She tried to get Dame Joan Collins in on the gig, but Joan wouldn't do it and ended up on welfare for a short time before she hit the goldmine with 'Dynasty'.

[quote] R42's photo is quite old, she has both legs.

R42's pic was the last formal pic take of her. It was after her accident and stroke, so she wasn't 100%, but before she became totally bedridden.

So basically the last few decades of Zsa Zsa life, was just smoke and mirrors and keeping up appearances?

I guess if that's true, there's a lot of that going on in Hollywood and on those tacky reality shows the real housewives etc.

R70, the Gabors were also terribly close with closeted Merv Griffin...Eva Gabor (whom some say was a lesbian) "dated" him for quite awhile on and off. Who knows how much $$$ and free publicity he sent their way, just for keeping him in the closet to middle America. The comparisons to Seacrest and the Kardashians, etc. ring pretty true once you compare the circumstances. I'm actually surprised one of the Kardashians hasn't bearded for Ryan.

^^ Ryan is total masc dom daddy pussy hound. He lives for the scent of a woman.

Eva sucked my cock.

R60 post a picture of your adorable apartment in Toledo. I bet Zsa Zsa would be absolutely green with envy at your T.J. Maxx candles.

R71 I didn't think of Merv Griffin, he was a billionaire and was probably very quietly floating them financially and writing checks big enough to secure them.

I love it. I’d fix the interiors and that awful red carpet (?) outside. I love the view and the pool and the mansard roof. Apparently I’m not as picky as some of you.

If memory serves, this house was a replacement for one that burned in the Bel Air fire of the early 60s. Insurance rebuilt the house, but game show appearances paid for the the rest. The pediments above the door and windows really don't go with the mansard roof. the ornamentation needs to be plain---that schmaltz is part of what makes it look like a funeral home.

R77 The 'schmaltz' is what makes it taste good, honey. If you want fat-free yogurt I suggest you go back to your stepmom's house or else I can add some tap water to your milk.

Face it, the exterior isn't timeless unless you like kitsch. The interiors look like basic late 50s/early 60s designs you could find in an upscale house just about anywhere.

The red carpet is the best part!

I’m a marvellous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house!

Zsa Zsa supposedly had an apartment in the Waldorf Towers from her marriage to Conrad Hilton.

Glamour queen.