‘General Hospital’ producer puts Bel-Air estate up for lease or sale

Shelley Curtis, producer of such daytime TV shows as “Days of Our Lives� and “General Hospital,� and her husband, cardiologist Frank Litvack, have listed their estate in Bel-Air for lease at $59,000 a month. Alternatively, the home is available for purchase with a list price of $32.5 million.

Set on an acre and a half of grounds, the French chateau-style home is reached by a gated drive that ends at a stone-lined motor court.

Features of the 10,427-square-foot house include marble and hardwood floors, gilded flourishes and beamed ceilings. A two-story entry with a spiral staircase sits just beyond the front door and opens to a step-down living room. A sunlit breakfast room, dining room, library and center-island kitchen are among the common areas.

The master suite, which has a fireplace and a sitting room, opens to a private balcony overlooking the backyard. There are seven bedrooms and 10 bathrooms in all.

A lighted tennis court, a swimming pool, lawns and formal gardens make up the grounds.

Steve Frankel of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage and Myra Nourmand of Nourmand & Associates are the listing agents.

Curtis shared in multiple Daytime Emmy Awards for her work on “General Hospital.� Her other television credits include “All My Children,� “The Bold and the Beautiful� and “Monarch Cove.�

She and her husband bought the house new in 1997 for $4.295 million, records show.

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