'Doctor's' next house call will be in Austria
Alexandra Kingston, who plays Elizabeth Corday, a British doctor, on the NBC series "ER," and her husband, German journalist Florian Haertel, have listed actor Robert Blake's former Studio City home at about $1.6 million now that they are nearing completion on its restoration.
The couple, who have owned the property for about a year, had planned to move into the home, which was built in 1937 in the Colfax Meadows area, but since refurbishing it they have decided to stay in their current L.A.-area residence and have purchased a second home in Austria, which they are already remodeling.
Paul Hinckley, who has worked on the homes of such celebrities as Bette Midler and Richard Chamberlain, designed and oversaw reconstruction of the main house of Blake's former home. The main house has three bedrooms and 2 1/2 bathrooms in nearly 3,000 square feet. It also has a kitchen and a great-room with a fireplace and 16-foot-high ceilings.
At the rear of the property, there is a 2,100-square-foot "auxiliary living quarters," which has an exercise room with a sauna and bathroom; another great-room with a loft-bedroom, a bathroom and a fireplace; and a second bedroom that has vaulted ceilings and a bathroom. Another guesthouse was razed.
Blake, 69, had owned the compound since 1983. It is where he was living when his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, was fatally shot in his car outside a Studio City restaurant in May 2001. Blake is accused of murdering Bakley, who had been living in the guesthouse that has since been razed.
The actor is currently free on $1.5-million bail as he awaits trial, which is scheduled to begin in October.
Kingston stars in the PBS movie "Warrior Queen," which is due to air in the U.S. and England this fall.
On "ER," she plays a widowed mother who is a surgeon. NBC recently renewed "ER" through the 2005-06 season.
Kingston, 40, grew up on the outskirts of London. She studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and worked in repertory theater, including a stint with the Royal Shakespeare Company, before winning critical acclaim in the title role of the PBS miniseries "Moll Flanders" (1996).
Lee Walters of Leland Properties, Studio City, has the listing.
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