Inside, details include 12-foot-high beamed ceilings, original herringbone wood floors and a stone fireplace. Brown Harris Stevens
Actor Ralph Bellamy’s film, stage, radio and TV career spanned 65 years — from screwball comedies like 1940’s “His Girl Friday” to “Trading Places” in 1983 and “Pretty Woman” in 1990 before he passed at age 87 in 1991.
Now, a Midtown Manhattan apartment once owned by Bellamy, a founder of the Screen Actors Guild, has hit the market for $875,000 — down from $1.25 million last year.
The home is at the landmarked Osborne, across from Carnegie Hall. Maintenance charges are $3,666 a month. The second-floor, two-bedroom, one-bath co-op was later owned by Virginia Dortch Dorazio, ex-wife of Italian artist Piero Dorazio, who bought the apartment in the 1980s.
The residence opens to stairs that descend to a foyer, which leads to a large living room. Design details include 12-foot-high beamed ceilings, original herringbone wood floors, a decorative stone fireplace and a large bay window.
French doors open to a Juliet balcony overlooking 57th Street. A hall leads to a main bedroom with a custom closet built to house Bellamy’s suits, and an ensuite bath. A small kitchen can be expanded and reconfigured.
Ralph Bellamy.
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One of two bedrooms inside the Midtown West abode.
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The landmarked Osborne building has also housed the likes of Leonard Bernstein, actress Lynn Redgrave and cabaret crooner Bobby Short.
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Stairs descend to a foyer leading to a large living room.
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The main bedroom is connected to the rest of the home via an ornate hallway.
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The building, at 205 W. 57th St., dates to 1885. It’s known for its elaborate mosaic tile and Italian marble lobby.
Past Osborne residents include conductor Leonard Bernstein, actress Lynn Redgrave and cabaret singer/pianist Bobby Short.
The listing broker is Roger Gillen of Brown Harris Stevens.
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