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Candice Bergen | 11/06/2009 12:00 am

When Candice Bergen Bought John Barrymore's Aviary

Candice Bergen
My first adult purchase was a house. A very quirky but fabulous house that had once been John Barrymore’s aviary where he kept exotic birds in a large skylit room that became my bedroom. Katharine Hepburn and Marlon Brando had both rented the house and it had stained-glass windows with scenes from Barrymore’s movies. It was a tiny house with a little living room with a 30-foot ceiling with a cupola and a huge wrought-iron chandelier suspended from a stained-glass circle at the top. It was truly a magical house with a huge personality.

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Anne Collingwood
Awesome.  I dig the description!
By Anne Collingwood on 11/06/2009 7:23 am
Effie Velardo
Sounds wonderful. What did you do with it? Who owns it now? I guess my first big purchase was a car. My husband was in the Air Force, we were in California and within his first 4 years we had 4 kids which necessitated our selling our wonderful Olds 98 turquoise convertable and buying a station wagon!! The house came later.  Effie V
By Effie Velardo on 11/07/2009 7:41 am
SHIRLEY NEIL
You got me on "tiny house".
By SHIRLEY NEIL on 11/06/2009 11:53 am
Amanda  Ned

now I want an aviary for a bedroom:(

sounds like a nice buy with awesome memories

By Amanda Ned on 11/06/2009 3:34 pm
Fran Miller
Do you still have this house?  I’d love to see the photos!
By Fran Miller on 11/06/2009 5:45 pm
Deborah Fuentes
I love the idea for the stained glass…beautiful!
By Deborah Fuentes on 11/07/2009 5:44 pm