Recent Sales: Sold · 685 Elkins Road, Los Angeles, CA 90049 9.4 Million

Audrey Hepburn's Former Brentwood Home

The 1939 Georgian where Audrey Hepburn lived in the 1950s — rented from its owner, Hollywood legend Deborah Kerr — just sold for $9.4 million, led by listing agent Jennifer Montague.

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The Story

One Gate. Two Hollywood Legends. Thirty Years of Silence.

Tucked behind a private gate near Brentwood Park sits a 1939 Georgian estate with a biography most addresses would envy. It was first owned in the early 1950s by director and producer Edwin Knopf, brother of publishing legend Alfred Knopf.

In the 1950s it passed to Deborah Kerr — star of From Here to Eternity and The King and I — who lived there with her husband, writer Peter Viertel. And in those same years, a young Audrey Hepburn rented the home from Kerr while conquering Hollywood — the era of Roman Holiday and Sabrina.

The home then stayed quietly with one family for more than three decades. In June 2025 it surfaced for the first time since — and the world noticed.

Jennifer Montague, of Sotheby's International Realty's Beverly Hills brokerage, led the sale alongside The Larson Burmester Group — placing a Hollywood crown jewel with its next caretaker for $9.4 million.

When the listing surfaced, the internet did what it always does with Audrey: it showed up. A single post about the estate reached 4.5 million+ people worldwide — proof that provenance isn't trivia, it's the most powerful marketing a home can have.

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Covered Worldwide

The sale made design and lifestyle press across the globe. A few of the outlets that told the story:

Architectural Digest"The Brentwood Home Audrey Hepburn Rented from Deborah Kerr Sells for $9.4 Million"Read the story →

Elle Decor"Audrey Hepburn's Former LA Mansion Sells for $9.4 Million"Read →

Mansion Global"Audrey Hepburn's L.A. Rental Is up for Sale for the First Time in More Than 30 Years"Read →

Realtor.com"Breakfast in Brentwood: Audrey Hepburn's L.A. Rental Finds a Buyer"Read →

Homes & Gardens"Audrey Hepburn used to call this Georgian California house home"Read →

Galerie Magazine"California Home with Ties to Deborah Kerr and Audrey Hepburn Sells for $9.4 Million"Read →