Mono-oval drive
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| place | los Angeles |
| Connecting roads | Ladera Drive (east start), North Carolwood Drive (west end) |
The Monovale Drive is a street in the residential area Holmby Hills in the west of Los Angeles . It starts on Ladera Drive in the east and ends on North Carolwood Drive in the west.
Known residents
The approximately 170 meter long street only has a total of seven properties, three of which are on its north side and four on its south side.
All of the villas on the north side of the street were inhabited by world-famous stars and the middle property with number 144 in particular housed a large number of well-known personalities from the film industry over the years.
The first two lots in the west (numbers 120 and 144) are between Monovale Drive in the south and Ladera Drive in the northeast.
In the 1960s, singer and entertainer Frank Sinatra (1915–1998) and actress Mia Farrow (* 1945), who were married between 1966 and 1968 , lived under number 120 . The fashion designer Stan Herman (* 1938), who was married to actress Linda Evans (* 1942) between 1976 and 1981 , also lived at this address for a time.
The actor Robert Montgomery (1904–1981) lived under number 144 between 1938 and 1942 and his colleague Elizabeth Allan (1908–1990) immediately before and after him .
Between 1946 and 1956 the screenwriter and playwright Norman Krasna (1908–1984) lived in the property, followed by the actress Dolores Dorn (* 1934) and her colleague Franchot Tone (1905–1968).
In 1970 Elvis Presley (1935–1977) purchased the property for $ 339,000. After the divorce from his wife Priscilla (* 1945) in October 1973, she and their daughter Lisa Marie (* 1968) moved here for a short time, while Elvis Presley used his property on North Hillcrest Road as a second home next to his main residence, Graceland used. In 1975 Presley sold the house on Monovale Drive for $ 625,000 to Kojak actor Telly Savalas (1922-1994).
After him, the actress and singer Julie Andrews (* 1935) and the film director Blake Edwards (1922-2010), who were married since 1969, lived in the house.
House number 206 was the home of rapper Calvin Broadus (* 1971) and was used as a location for several rap videos.
The house at number 135 on the south side of the street was inhabited by Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger (* 1943) in the 1970s .
Behind the properties on the south side of the street runs Sunset Boulevard , which divides the Holmby Hills residential area into a northern and southern sector.
Web links
- The Movieland Directory: 4 notable addresses in Monovale, Holmby Hills, CA (English; accessed May 2, 2014)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Elvis Presley's Kingdom: 144 Monovale-Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English; article from October 19, 2007)
Coordinates: 34 ° 4 ′ 52.5 " N , 118 ° 25 ′ 27.3" W.