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Updated · Fox News · Jul 19

Helen Mirren, Taylor Hackford Re-list 6.5-Acre Hollywood Hills Estate for $12 Million

Updated

Updated · Fox News · Jul 19

Helen Mirren, Taylor Hackford Re-list 6.5-Acre Hollywood Hills Estate for $12 Million

Q: What secrets of Hollywood's golden age are held within the walls of an estate owned by only four famous families?

The estate’s “secrets” are its unusually intact link to Hollywood’s earliest and golden-age eras: a 1911 mansion built for silent-film star Dustin Farnum and later owned by producer Mark Hellinger, actress-producer Gail Patrick, and now Helen Mirren and Taylor Hackford—just four owners in more than a century. What makes the property notable is not hidden scandal but rare continuity. Farnum ties it to the silent-film period, when Hollywood was still taking shape. Hellinger connects it to classic studio-era filmmaking through credits such as *The Killers* and *The Naked City*. Patrick adds another layer of industry history, bridging film stardom and early television through her later work on the original *Perry Mason*. Mirren and Hackford, who bought the estate in 1986, spent decades preserving that lineage and its old-Hollywood character. The house itself reinforces that history. Set on 6.5 acres in the Hollywood Hills, the compound includes a grand main residence, a guesthouse, an office, and an apartment above the garage, with terraces, a pool, and panoramic views near Runyon Canyon. Recent staging and renovation were designed to highlight, rather than erase, its period identity. So the real answer is that the walls hold a living record of Hollywood’s evolution—from silent pictures to noir, from classic film to television, and into the modern era—preserved through an exceptionally short chain of famous owners.

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 19

$12 million is the new asking price for Helen Mirren and Taylor Hackford’s 10,199-square-foot Hollywood Hills estate, a relisting that revives a sale effort first launched in 2021.
The price is down $6.5 million from the couple’s original $18.5 million listing, reflecting a reduced bid to move the longtime property.
Built in 1911 for silent film star Dustin Farnum, the 6.5-acre compound also passed through owners including Mark Hellinger and Gail Patrick, giving the estate deep Old Hollywood ties.
The property includes a main residence, a three-bedroom guesthouse, an office and apartment above the garage, plus a pool, terraces and refreshed landscaping with panoramic city views.
Jonas Heller and Kurt Rappaport of Westside Estate Agency hold the exclusive listing for the estate, which has been marketed as a rare, highly private Hollywood Hills property.