Jeff Garlin, a longtime comic presence on TV and in the movies who was written out of the 10th season of his ABC sitcom “The Goldbergs” because of misconduct allegations, put his Chicago condo on the market.
Garlin, who in December agreed to leave his role as Murray Goldberg after confirming in an interview with Vanity Fair that he’d been investigated by human resources personnel three times in three years, put the three-bedroom Elm Street condo on the market Oct. 7 at $825,000. It’s listed with Emily Sachs Wong of @properties Christie’s International Real Estate. (See more photos below.)
Garlin bought the condo in December 2010 for $592,000, according to the Cook County clerk. He could not be reached for comment, and Sachs Wong declined to comment on the seller.
Of the condominium, Sachs Wong said in a text message that “it’s a total charmer, straight out of Paris,” with large entertaining space, nice finishes and a balcony off the back. Her listing photos show hardwood floors and crisp white walls and moldings throughout, a white-and-marble kitchen and two fireplaces.
Raised in Morton Grove until the sixth grade, when the family moved to Florida, Garlin moved back to Chicago in his early 20s, in 1984, and became part of the Second City troupe, according to published biographical articles. He first appeared on television in “Roseanne” in 1989 and has gone on to be a perennial presence. Since 2000, he’s been part of HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” and from 2013 until late last year he starred in “The Goldbergs.”
Vanity Fair reported last year that multiple sources who had worked on the show said that Garlin “allegedly engaged in a pattern of verbal and physical conduct on set that made people uncomfortable.” Garlin told the magazine, “My opinion is, I have my process about how I’m funny, in terms of the scene and what I have to do. They feel that it makes for a quote ‘unsafe’ workspace. Now, mind you, my silliness making an unsafe workspace—I don’t understand how that is.”
Shorly afterward, Garlin agreed to leave “The Goldbergs,” which in September began its 10th season with an explanation that the character he played had died.
Since 1992, when Garlin appeared in "Straight Talk," a Dolly Parton movie filmed in Chicago, he has been in over 40 movies.
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