Carla Ridge

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Carla Ridge
Street in Beverly Hills
Basic data
place Beverly Hills
Created 1950s
Connecting roads Schuyler Road (south beginning)
Cross streets Carla Lane, Usher Place, Haynes Avenue, Arkell Drive, Williams Lane, Endrino Place, Cole Place, Burk Place, Chalette Drive, Loma Vista Drive , Walker Drive

The Carla Ridge is a street in the residential area Trousdale Estates of Beverly Hills . It begins in the south on Schuyler Road and ends in the north just after the junction with Walker Drive as a dead end .

Famous residents

Actress Joanne Dru (1922-1996) lived in one of the first houses on the street in the 1990s under number 1455 . In the further section of the street - between Carla Lane and Usher Place - first the actress Rhonda Fleming (* 1923) lived under number 1476 in the 1970s and then the musician Ray Charles (1930-2004) until 1985. On the property number 1479 resided in the 1990s the actor Harvey Fierstein (* 1952) and under number 1492 in the 1980s the actress Florence Henderson (* 1934).

In the next section of the street - between Usher Place and Haynes Avenue - the director Henry King (1886-1982) lived under number 1525 until the completion of his last film The Night Tender , which was produced in 1962. His professional colleague John Rich (1925–2012) resided under number 1575 for several decades .

Singer and actress Leslie Uggams (* 1943) lived at number 1700 in the 150 meter short section between Arkell Drive and Williams Lane and her colleague Angie Dickinson (* 1931) and the cartoonist, director and producer at number 1715 , Walter Lantz (1899-1994). On property number 1720, also located in this section, the architect Quincy Jones built a villa in the 1960s, which was initially inhabited by the five-star general Omar Bradley (1893-1981). The house later served as the residence of the music producer Giorgio Moroder (* 1940), who recently sold it to the film director Harold Becker (* 1928).

In the further course of the street lived the singer and actress Nancy Sinatra (* 1940) under number 1780, the musician and politician Mike Curb (* 1944) under number 1820 and the television producer and screenwriter Sherwood Schwartz (1916-2011) under number 1865. Also the film producer Mike Medavoy (* 1941) under number 1880, the director, screenwriter and actor Andy Sidaris (1931-2007) under number 1891 and at the end of the street under number 1960 the actor Robert Lipton (* 1943).

Revenge murder in jealousy drama

Immediately in front of the property with the number 1860, which was long owned by the film producer Fuminori Hayashida ( Basils Liebe ), his 21-year-old son Katsutoshi Takazato was murdered in a jealous drama on July 20, 2010. The alleged murderer was 23-year-old Scott Joseph Barker, whose girlfriend Chie Alexandra Coggins Johnson (20) had previously had a relationship with Takazato and who, according to her own statements, was abused by Takazato. In revenge, Barker is said to have ambushed and murdered Takazato in front of the entrance to his father's villa.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. BIGLIN architectural GROUP: Architect Brian Biglin, Custom Beverly Hills Home Design (English; accessed May 1, 2014)
  2. BlockShopper LA: 1720 Carla Ridge, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 (English)
  3. The Movieland Directory: 1860 Carla Rdg, Beverly Hills, California ( Memento of the original from May 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English; accessed April 29, 2014) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / movielanddirectory.com
  4. Katsutoshi Takazato: Love Triangle Allegedly At The Heart Of Beverly Hills Murder (English; article from July 22, 2010)
  5. West Springfield acquaintances of Scott Barker are shocked with his arrest for murder in Beverly Hills (English; article from July 26, 2010)

Coordinates: 34 ° 6 '27 "  N , 118 ° 23' 52.3"  W.