GREENWICH – The final home of TV and movie actress Mary Tyler Moore was sold March 25 by her widower S. Robert Levine for $16.9 million to an LLC, according to town property records.
Levine, who was married to the late actress until her death at the age of 80 in 2017, had originally listed the 13,825-square-foot property at 50 Dingletown Road for $21.9 million in 2023. The new owner is 50 Dingletown Road LLC.
The couple bought the 125-year-old estate in 2006 for $9 million before they fully restored and expanded the 7.37-acre property. It now includes five bedrooms a guest apartment with its own kitchen and bath, a spa and a billiards room. Architect Stephen Wang designed it to include a 2,000+ square-foot primary suite with dual baths, dressing rooms and closets. There is also 23 by 23-foot glass conservatory; gym with spa facilities, such as jacuzzi, steam shower and sauna. There is also an elevator, 65-foott pool with an outdoor fireplace.
The listing agent was Joseph Barbieri of Sotheby’s International Realty.
According to the real estate listing, Levine will donate a portion of the proceeds from the sale to the Mary Tyler Moore Vision Initiative, which aims to preserve and restore vision for those with diabetes, SeacoastCurrent reported. Mary herself was diagnosed with diabetes in 1969 and was reportedly losing her vision due to the disease towards the end of her life.
According to IMDB, Moore was the star of The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961), and The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970). She ran a successful eponymous TV production company. She also appeared in such movies as Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), in which she plays a ditsy aspiring actress, and Change of Habit (1969), in which she plays a nun-to-be and love interest for Elvis Presley, and Run a Crooked Mile (1969).
On Jan. 25, 2017, Mary Tyler Moore died at age 80 at Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich, from cardiopulmonary arrest complicated by pneumonia after having been placed on a respirator the previous week. She was laid to rest during a private ceremony at Oak Lawn Cemetery in Fairfield.
