A mansion in Beverly Hills is up for sale that, according to its owners, has hosted parties filled with a who’s who of comedy and music. Ringo Starr even played the sauce pans in lieu of drums at one jam session at the home. Mansion Global details the stories of the La Frenaises, who are selling the home, writing:
A Beverly Hills estate where rock icons Mick Jagger, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, Harry Nilsson and Ronnie Wood used to hang out and jam has just been listed for $3.995 million.
It is being sold by screenwriter Ian La Frenais and artist Doris La Frenais, who bought it in 1989 for $490,000 from actors David Hemmings and Gayle Hunnicutt, a couple who entertained many Hollywood celebrities during their ownership. The La Frenaises put the home on the market earlier this month with agent Juliette Hohnen of Douglas Elliman.
Englishman La Frenais is the co-creator, with Dick Clement, of the British TV shows “Porridge,” “The Likely Lads” and “Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.” He started renting the home in the 1970s, when, he said, “it was the perfect bachelor house,” complete with a pool room and a shag carpet.
“The house has a remarkable history of creative energy in music and film,” Ian La Frenais said, adding that he has co-written screenplays for numerous films, including “The Commitments” (1991), “Excess Baggage” (1997), “Still Crazy” (1998), “Across the Universe” (2007) and “The Bank Job” (2008), during his time there.
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