Former NYC pad of late actress Joan Fontaine lists for $7.95M

Trophy house: The previous Lenox Hill house of late Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine is up on the market.
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A glam Higher East Facet co-op as soon as owned by the late actress Joan Fontaine is available on the market for $7.95 million.

The four-bedroom, full-floor residence at 160 E. 72nd St. comes with a hefty $11,220-a-month upkeep price.

The sellers purchased the condo in 2013. The ACRIS recorded value was $8,67 million.

Fontaine, who received an Oscar for her function in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Suspicion,” was the youthful sister of Dame Olivia de Havilland, who received two Oscars and was maybe greatest identified for her function as Melanie in “Gone with the Wind.”

The sisters’ epic feuds — and sibling rivalry — had been legendary. Fontaine died at 96 in 2013; de Havilland handed away in 2020 at age 104. Their hatred for one another didn’t solely stem from Fontaine profitable an Academy Award in 1942 for Greatest Actress over her sister, but additionally traced again to their early years.

Fontaine as soon as reportedly stated, “I keep in mind not one act of kindness from Olivia all by way of my childhood. She so hated the concept of getting a sibling she wouldn’t go close to my crib.”

One among bedrooms contained in the Lenox Hill co-op.

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A comfy and well-lit residing space.

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The unit enjoys a full ground contained in the 1928-built historic 72nd Avenue constructing.

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Other than household bitterness, the unit is gorgeous. A personal elevator touchdown opens to an entrance gallery, which ends up in a 30-foot front room with a woodburning hearth, built-in bookcases and casement home windows overlooking 72nd Avenue.

There’s additionally a wood-paneled library with arched home windows and a woodburning hearth, in addition to a proper eating room with an ornamental hearth and a windowed chef’s kitchen.

The separate bed room wing features a fundamental bed room with an ornamental hearth and an ensuite marble tub.

The tony eat-in kitchen.

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A eating room contained in the 72nd Avenue abode.

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The co-op’s wood-paneled library has arched home windows and a woodburning hearth.

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The eight-room house asks over $11,000 a month in upkeep charges.

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One of many different three bedrooms options French doorways that open to a Juliet balcony overlooking townhouse gardens.

The 15-story, 20-unit constructing, developed by Kingdon Gould, dates to 1928 and was designed by Taylor & Levi.

The itemizing dealer is Leslie R. Coleman of Brown Harris Stevens.