It should come as no surprise that a peek through the AD archives can land you a glimpse at the homes of several Oscar winners—after all, AD’s been touring the homes of celebrities practically since its inception in 1920. In preparation for this year’s Academy Awards ceremony on March 12, we’ve selected some of our very favorite homes owned by Oscar-winning performers (and even one EGOT winner). Though he doesn’t qualify as an Oscar winner, we’d be remiss to neglect mentioning that AD has even toured the former home of Oscar statuette designer Cedric Gibbons himself.
AD has toured several of Elton John’s homes through the years, and while all of the Rocket Man’s homes are perfectly pretty, our very favorite has to be his Atlanta space designed by Fred Dilger and Stan Topol. We’re particularly into this appropriately glitzy mirror-backed lounge space that showcases John’s array of Baccarat and Lalique crystal and vintage Italian glass.
As Diane Keaton and her designer Stephen Shadley acquainted themselves with the actress’s home, a 1927 Spanish Colonial Revival in Bel Air, they were aware it would take some serious finessing. The 1977 Best Actress winner (for Annie Hall) was prepared to put in some major elbow grease, and in the end all of that mood boarding, envisioning, and consideration paid off. The home, which AD toured in 2005, was packed with personality and color while still holding true to its Spanish Colonial Revival roots.
Though she’s technically an honorary Oscar winner, we had to include the late Angela Lansbury. The Murder, She Wrote star built her Irish farmhouse from the ground up in the early 1990s with her friend Stephen Pearce, a potter who had built his own home just 15 minutes away from the land her house would be built on. AD toured the spare but undeniably cozy home in 2007 and, 16 years later, the design of the space has proven itself to be as timeless as intended.
