Angelina Jolie has sold her historic Los Feliz estate in Los Angeles for $24.75 million, concluding a real estate chapter that began in 2017. The 11,000-square-foot compound, previously owned by filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille, drew high-profile buyer interest as the Oscar winner prepares for an international life abroad.
Jolie Sells Los Feliz Estate for $24.75 Million
The sprawling compound in the double-gated Laughlin Park enclave sold on September 24 for $24.75 million, according to real estate filings and property records. Angelina Jolie initially put the 2.1-acre property on the market in May with an asking price of $29.85 million. The final transaction closed at $5.1 million below her initial target after roughly four months on the market.
Jolie originally purchased the historic property in 2017 for $24.5 million following her high-profile separation from Brad Pitt, meaning the late-September transaction netted her a $250,000 profit before factoring in ownership expenses and transaction costs.
Century-Old Hollywood History
The Laughlin Park residence carries more than a century of Southern California cultural pedigree. Built in 1913, the property was later purchased in 1916 by Cecil B. DeMille, who lived on the grounds until his death in 1959. Ownership of the property stayed within DeMille’s family for roughly thirty years before Richard Grossman and Lisa Lyons purchased it in 1988. The historic enclave has long attracted actors, musicians, and filmmakers, including Carole Lombard, Cary Grant, Ellen Pompeo, and Kristen Stewart.
The estate remained within the DeMille family until the late 1980s before passing through subsequent owners and eventually reaching Jolie. The main bedroom includes its own sitting room, marble fireplace, spa-style bathroom, custom dressing rooms, and private access to an outdoor terrace through French doors. Grounds outside the main structure hold a guesthouse, a pool house, a gym, a tea house, a secluded treehouse, a detached garage, and a 40-foot pool, alongside a kitchen installed with high-end modern appliances, marble counter space, and a glass-enclosed breakfast room opening to the gardens.
Agents Dispute Reports Over the Buyer
While multiple international outlets reported that pop icon Madonna emerged as the buyer of the historic Los Feliz compound, conflicting statements from the property’s own listing team have cast uncertainty on the transaction’s beneficiary. Ernie Carswell, who co-listed the estate, publicly disputed claims that Madonna bought the mansion, stating during an episode of Real Talk
that the pop star is not the owner of the $24.75 million property while declining to name the actual buyer.
Madonna previously held the deed to the distinctive Castillo del Lago estate situated high above Beachwood Canyon, a Beverly Hills French Country residence along Sunset Boulevard, and the Hidden Hills compound formerly owned by The Weeknd—acquired in 2021 for $19.3 million and subsequently parted with for $23 million in 2023. Real estate records confirm the property changed hands on September 24, but the identity of the final buyer remains a point of public contradiction between published press accounts and listing representation.
Children Reach Adulthood Removing Geographic Restrictions
Following her 2016 separation from Brad Pitt and subsequent custody agreements that kept her rooted in California, the actress frequently expressed her intention to build an international life once her children reached adulthood. Her youngest children, twins Vivienne and Knox, celebrated their 18th birthday in July, removing the geographic restrictions tied to her court-ordered home base. Her four other children are already well into adulthood, with Maddox at 25 years old, Pax at 22, Zahara Marley Jolie at 21, and Shiloh at 20.
I grew up in this town. I am here because I have to be here from a divorce, but as soon as they’re 18, I’ll be able to leave,
Jolie told The Hollywood Reporter in a 2024 interview cited across coverage of her real estate move. Close circles indicate the Oscar winner plans to spend extended time in Cambodia, where she has maintained a rural home for more than two decades, while pursuing international humanitarian fieldwork and travel.
Close sources report that while her adult children encourage her global ambitions and want her to travel as far and wide as she needs to, they remain anxious about her return to high-risk pursuits such as her motorcycle, flying, and doing fieldwork in conflict zones, even as Jolie has sworn up and down and promised them that she will take precautions and remain sensible during her travels.