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Gloria Swanson house: Inside the New Jersey mansion once owned by Joseph Kennedy
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Talk about the sale of the century… An Englewood, New Jersey mansion that was built for Polish royalty and was once owned by Joseph Kennedy, patriarch of the Kennedy clan, who gifted it to his mistress, silent film star Gloria Swanson, has sold for $4.6 million, about 88% under its original asking price of $39 million.
Gloria Crest, so named after its location rather than its owner, was built in 1926 by Count Stefan Poniatowski, who claimed to be the heir to Polish royalty. The count had made millions in the silk industry and built the mansion as a testament to his wealth. His wife, Edythe, landscaped the walled five acres with exotic gardens, which still contain rare horticultural examples today.
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When the stock market crashed in 1929, the count sold the villa to Kennedy, who then gifted it to Gloria Swanson.
Designed to resemble an Italian villa in the Renaissance Revival style, the 24,000 square-foot home was often referred to as the White House of Englewood.
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The mansion was originally priced at $39 million in 2013 before a series of price reductions to $9.9 million and the final price of $4.6 million.
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Price cuts may have been partly due to a somewhat dated interior, along with high property taxes of $168,000 per year, and a complicated corporate ownership.
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With a keen design eye, it could easily be in one of the world's best homes category – the home has much to sing about, including a pool, pool house and aviary, stream, lake, waterfall, island and pavilion.
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The interior boasts eight bedrooms, 14 bathrooms, banquet-sized formal rooms, music/bar room, den, library, chef’s kitchen, elevator, seven-car garage, greenhouse, staff quarters, gym, grotto, steam, spa, media room, and wine cellar.
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There's also a beautiful three-room master suite, a home theater, private gym, and a home office.
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The new owner will be rubbing shoulders with an elite crowd. Englewood is a high-profile enclave, thanks to its prestige and proximity to Manhattan, and has been home to authors Upton Sinclair and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, actor-and-musician David Cassidy, Forbes publisher Malcolm Forbes and actresses Sarah Jessica Parker and Brooke Shields.
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An American actress, producer, and businesswoman, Gloria Swanson first achieved fame acting in dozens of silent films in the 1920s and was nominated three times for an Academy Award as Best Actress, most famously for her 1950 return in Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard, which also earned her a Golden Globe Award.
Gloria was married six times, and embarked on an affair with Joseph Kennedy, father of John F.
Kennedy, while married to her third husband.
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A recent history of the opulent Gloria Crest Estate in Englewood, NJ
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There’s a certain charm that’s specific to Old Hollywood.
And this sprawling estate with ties to the Golden Age of Hollywood is a fit display of the elegance and sophistication of those times.
The Gloria Crest Estate in Englewood, New Jersey was built back in 1926, and traces its history all the way back to Polish blue blood, as it was commissioned by Poland’s Count Stefan de Poniatowski.
Inside the opulent Gloria Crest Estate in New Jersey.
Image credit: Signature Realty New JerseyIn later years, it became Gloria Swanson’s house — a Hollywood silent film starlet best known for her role as Norma Desmond in the 1950s classic, Sunset Boulevard.
Even without its famous past owner, the palatial Gloria Crest mansion is a sight to behold.
It should then come as little surprise that it had such a crazy run on the market — going from a $39 million asking to a far more humble $4.6 million sale.
But more on that later; before we go into the property’s sale numbers, let’s take a moment to appreciate its beauty and sophistication, as well as its glamorous past history.
It was once Gloria Swanson’s house, most famous for playing Norma Desmond on ‘Sunset Boulevard’
Unsurprisingly, the Gloria Crest estate was once home to Hollywood royalty.
American actress and producer Gloria Swanson, an acclaimed silent film star and unforgettable screen presence, was the previous owner of the opulent Gloria Crest estate.
Swanson is best known for her role as Norma Desmond in the iconic 1950s film noir Sunset Boulevard, a role that earned her an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe Award win.
Actress Gloria Swanson along co-star William Holden in Sunset Boulevard (1950). Photo credit: Paramount Pictures press photo, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsThe memorable character will soon be reprised by Glenn Close in the upcoming remake of the movie, which was set to be released last year, but production was put on hold due to social distancing concerns.
The starlet was a pupil of Cecil B. DeMille, the famous producer/director whose use of spectacle attracted vast audiences and made him a dominant figure in Hollywood for almost five decades.
She starred in many of the filmmaker’s projects, including Don’t Change Your Husband (1919), Male and Female (1919), Zaza (1923), Bluebeard’s 8th Wife (1923), and Madame Sans-Gêne (1925).
She then formed her own production company and worked on projects that earned her several Academy Award nominations, including Sadie Thompson (1928) and The Trespasser (1929).
Aside from her successful Hollywood career, Gloria Swanson was also known for having a very public affair in the 1920s with Joseph P. Kennedy, none other than the father of President John F. Kennedy.
Which makes it likely that she opened the doors of her palatial New Jersey mansion to some very prominent figures.
The Gloria Crest Estate, a home fit for royalty
If you’re under the impression that the home’s Old Hollywood ties are the estate’s only claims to fame, you’d be sorely mistaken.
Gloria Crest Estate – interiors. Image credit: Signature Realty New JerseyThe Gloria Crest mansion traces its history all the way back to Polish blue blood, as it was commissioned by Poland’s Count Stefan de Poniatowski.
The sprawling property, which lies on a 5-acre site in the prestigious East Hill area of Englewood — just 5 miles away from Manhattan — has 8 bedrooms and 14 bathrooms spread across 24,000 square feet of living space.
The Mediterranean-style villa has all the characteristics of a classic Hollywood estate mixed with modern-day amenities like a home theater, a private gym, and a home office.
Gloria Crest Estate – interiors. Image credit: Signature Realty New JerseyGloria Crest Estate – interiors. Image credit: Signature Realty New JerseyGloria Crest Estate – interiors. Image credit: Signature Realty New JerseyThe outdoor space includes expansive patios, an infinity pool, an eight-car garage, a hot tub, and a cabana overlooking a private lake with waterfalls.
An important feature that is a must-have for celebrities is privacy, and this mansion offers plenty of it.
The grounds are enclosed by a 10-foot wall and tall, lush trees, and access is possible only through a gated entrance.
Inside the estate, luxury features abound, and you are welcomed by a formal marble entry with a majestic double staircase.
The house features a banquet-sized dining room for throwing private but lavish gatherings, and multiple living rooms, one of which includes a beautiful stone fireplace and gilded moldings.
Gloria Crest Estate also includes an opulent, state-of-the-art chef’s kitchen and a three-room master suite that boasts a separate seating area with a fireplace, as well as an en suite master bath with a fabulous marble tub.
Listed in 2013 for $39 million, Gloria Crest Mansion ended up selling for just $4.6 million
The historic mansion was originally brought to market in 2013 with a hyper-expensive price tag of $39 million. But that didn’t play out quite as expected.
Gloria Crest mansion in Englewood NJ. Image credit: Signature Realty New JerseyWith no takers willing to pay its ambitious asking price, it then came dangerously close to hitting the auction block in 2017, only to be re-listed in the first half of 2019 for (just) $9.
9 million.
Despite the massive price cut, the 24,000-square-foot, 8-bedroom mansion still failed to attract a buyer.
Listed with Michelle Pais of Signature Realty New Jersey, the property then reduced its listing price to $5,999,000, which marked an additional $4 million cut.
It wasn’t until August 2021 that the Gloria Crest mansion finally found its new owners (though their identity has never been disclosed), putting an end to its long, 8-year run on the market.
Gloria Crest Estate sold for $4,600,000, a far cry from the ambitious price it sought back in 2013.
But that doesn’t make this palatial estate any less impressive.
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-Zealis 7 -Feasts 7 . seventeen years as a comic actress at the Keystone film company, one of the owners and artistic director of which was Mack Sennett. She played with brilliance in such films as "The Bride from the Pullman Car", "Her Decision, or Dangerous Girl", and also together with Charles Chaplin in the film "His New Job", which later, at 19At the age of 24, she imitated in the comedy "Controlled by a Man". But her artistic fate is connected, first of all, with the work of the director Cecil deMille, with whom she starred in the films Don't Change Your Husband (1919), In Sorrow and In Joy (1919), Males and Females, Why to change his wife "(1920)," The Case of Anatole "(1921).
In the late 1920s, having become one of the leading stars of Hollywood, Svenson founded her own studio in 1926 and starred in the films Sadie Thompson (1928) and The Delinquent (1929), for which she was nominated twice for "Oscar". With the advent of sound, she almost stopped acting in films.
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Gloria began her film career in 1915 at the age of seventeen as a comic actress at the Keystone Film Company, co-owned and artistic director by Mac Sennett. She brilliantly played in such films as "The Bride from the Pullman Car", "Her Decision, or Dangerous Girl", and also, together with Charles Chaplin in the film "His New Job", which she then, in 1924, imitated in the comedy "Controlled by a Man ". But her artistic fate is connected, first of all, with the work of director Cecil deMille, with whom she starred in the films "Don't Change Your Husband" (1919), "In sorrow and in joy" (1919), "Males and females", "Why change your wife" (1920), "The Case of Anatole" (1921).
In the late 1920s, having become one of the leading stars of Hollywood, Svenson founded her own studio in 1926 and starred in the films Sadie Thompson (1928) and The Delinquent (1929), for which she was nominated twice for "Oscar". With the advent of sound, she almost stopped acting in films.
After a long break, Gloria Swanson returned to acting in the 1950s, regained her reputation as a remarkable film actress of the 20th century, and thus found a second life, now in sound films.
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Her most notable achievement on screen was her role as mad silent star Norma Desmond in Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard (1950), for which she was nominated for an Oscar. True, the award went to another actress - Judy Holliday ("Born Yesterday").
Gloria again began to be invited to film, she played on stage, entered the clip of television actors - and all this was accompanied by success. In addition, she was a wealthy business woman who had her own business. Gloria Swenson organized in New York at 1960-1970s fashion house under its own brand.
Gloria Swanson's passion for yoga is known. Together with star actors Ramon Navarro, Jennifer Jones, Greta Garbo, Robert Rein, she attended classes at a yoga school opened in Hollywood in 1947 by Indra Devi. Indra dedicated her book "Yoga for Americans" to Gloria Swanson.
In 1968 Gloria Swenson came to the USSR to promote vegetarianism. The last time Gloria starred in a movie in 1974 in a small role in the film "Airport 1975" (1975).
