Remember that classic diner scene in "When Harry Met Sally" in which Meg Ryan fakes an orgasm and a nearby customer instructs the waitress, "I'll have what she's having"? Well, what we'd like to have is actress Ryan's Bel-Air house, which she just listed for sale at $19.5 million.
It was a pocket listing -- never in the Multiple Listing Service but known to be for sale for the right price -- for the last few years, having been shown to Galaxy soccer star David Beckham and wife Victoria-the-Posh and, more recently, to Ben Affleck and wife Jennifer Garner, who apparently fall in and out of escrow with the frequency that Paris Hilton falls in and out of love.
The house, built in 1931, has six bedrooms and seven bathrooms in 6,877 square feet. The compound was restored to much of its original glamour and features a stenciled beamed living room, a 1930s-era bar, a formal dining room and complete cook's kitchen. All the main rooms open to views of the city.
Hot Property items: In Saturday's Home section, an item about Rosemarie Stack selling her Wilshire Corridor co-op apartment, gave actor Edward G. Robinson's first name as Edgar. Another item, about actor Matthew Rhys buying a Mid-City home, said he was from South Wales, England. South Wales is part of Wales.
Hot Property items: In the Nov. 22 Hot Propery, an item about Rosemarie Stack selling her Wilshire Corridor co-op apartment gave actor Edward G. Robinson's first name as Edgar. Another item, about actor Matthew Rhys buying a Mid-City home, said he was from South Wales, England. South Wales is part of Wales.
Ryan, 47, made her screen debut in 1981 playing Candice Bergen's daughter in "Rich and Famous." Her breakaway hit performance came with "When Harry Met Sally" in 1989, followed by "Sleepless in Seattle" in 1993 and "You've Got Mail" in 1998. She was also in "Kate & Leopold" (2001) and "Against the Ropes" (2004).
Aileen Comora and Paul Lester, both of Westside Estate Agency, Beverly Hills, co-listed the property, according to the MLS.
From dining room to living space
In a region known for its natural beauty, the appeal of living in a soulless apartment tower along the Wilshire Corridor is an enigma to some. But to each his own, and all that.
There is one unit, however, that stands out amid the uniformity of the corridor: It once was the Wilshire Terrace's dining room and was converted into a living space by Lucy Doheny Battson, widow of oil heir Edward "Ned" Doheny Jr. Yes, those Dohenys.
Rosemarie Stack, widow of "Unsolved Mysteries" narrator Robert Stack, just listed the 5,000-square-foot unit at $6.65 million, unfurnished. She has lived in it for about four years and is moving to her villa in Cuernavaca, Mexico, where she plans to pursue her painting.
