LOS ANGELES _ A Malibu beach house where actress-singer Judy Garland of "The Wizard of Oz" once lived has sold in a deal completed off-market for $3.545 million.
The buyers are television and documentary writer-director-producer Cynthia Harrison-Wallach and her husband, real estate investment firm head Lewis Wallach.
Set on the sands in the Las Tunas Beach area, the Cape Cod-style house was built in 1947 and originally was owned by Garland's second husband, stage and film director Vincente Minnelli.
Extensively renovated three years ago, the two-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom house makes the most of oceanfront living with ipe-wood decking and balconies extending from the master suite. A walled courtyard sits off the front.
Inside, the roughly 1,800 square feet of living space features white oak floors, built-ins and vaulted and beamed ceilings. A two-sided fireplace is shared by the living and dining rooms. In the kitchen, which has been updated, marble countertops are teamed with Viking stainless-steel appliances.
"It really is a special property," said real estate agent Jory Burton of Sotheby's International Realty, who along with Heather Shorr represented the buyers. "To find something on the sand, at this price, is pretty rare."
Harrison-Wallach is a co-executive producer of the TV series "Dogfights" and a writer-producer for the documentary "Rogue Waves." Wallach is president and chief executive of the property investment and management firm Professional Financial Investors.
