The Pink Palace

Tucked behind hedges and gates on Sunset Blvd. in the Holmby Hills neighborhood in Los Angeles was once a huge 40 room Spanish style mansion. The house was once the home of Rudy Vallee but in 1957 it was sold to Jayne Mansfield. Ms Mansfield loved the color pink ( it was her signature color) so she decided that her dream home should be painted a light pink. The Pink Palace was then born. Jayne Mansfield had her own ideas as to what was right for her dream home and naturally the interiors were also mainly in shades of pink. Carpeting in the living room as well as the walls. The master bathroom was cover in pink fur and included a heart shaped tub. Mansfield's husband Mr. Universe aka Mickey Hargitay was handy around the house and built her a heart shaped swimming pool as well as a heart shaped fireplace. Jayne mansfield also being the queen of publicity stunts was also able to arrange to get over $150,000 (1950's dollars) worth of free furniture by writing to furniture companies and decorating firms asking for free samples in exchange for publicity.

This was her dream home and she loved it! She loved to show it off and have it photographed for magazines. This was her home until her tragic death 1967. Hargitay lived in the home with their children for many years after her death but did in time sell it. The house had several famous owners after the sale including Ringo Starr, Cass Elliot and finally Englebert Humperdinck. Humperdinck sold the home in 2002 and it was sadly raised.