movie star homes
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Beverly Wilshire Hotel
Beverly Hills, California
1928
Completed in 1928, this historic hotel in Beverly Hills was once home to Warren Beatty and Elvis Presley (1958-60). It also enjoyed a starring role in Pretty Woman (1990).
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Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
Hollywood, California
1927
Founded in 1927 by Hollywood heavyweights including Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Sid Grauman, and Louis B. Mayer, this historic hotel hosted the first Academy Awards in 1929 and was the home of Marilyn Monroe for two years.
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Lana Turner Home
Beverly Hills, California
1958
The house in which mobster Johnny Stompanato was stabbed to death by Lana Turner's daughter (or Lana Turner herself, according to some) on April 5, 1958.
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Ronald Reagan House
Los Angeles, California
This ranch house was purchased by Ronald and Nancy Reagan in November 1955; the couple was still living here when Reagan was elected president in 1980.
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Clara Bow House
Beverly Hills, California
Home of the movie star Clara Bow in the 1920s.
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George Burns House
Beverly Hills, California
Located just south of Sunset Blvd., this was the home of George Burns for 60 years and the place where he died at age 100 in 1996.
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Gene Kelly Home
Beverly Hills, California
The home of movie star Gene Kelly in the 1940s.
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Charlie Chaplin House (Hollywood)
Los Angeles, California
Charlie Chaplin lived in this house (next door to Cecil B. DeMille) in the late teens.
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Charlie Chaplin House
Los Angeles, California
1926
This Spanish-style house above Sunset Blvd. was built for Charlie Chaplin in 1926. It was later home to Robert Downey, Jr. and Kelly Osbourne.
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W. C. Fields House
Los Angeles, California
Comedian W. C. Fields lived in this house in the late 1940s.
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Ramon Novarro House
Los Angeles, California
1928
This exotic mansion, made of concrete and copper and resembling a pre-Columbian temple, was designed by Lloyd Wright (son of Frank) and completed in 1928.
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Sunset Tower Hotel
Los Angeles, California
1929
Still a Hollywood hotspot today, the Art Deco-style Sunset Hotel was once home to Howard Hughes, John Wayne, Marilyn Monroe, Errol Flynn, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, and Bugsy Siegel.