Florida home of lingerie mogul and ‘Spaceballs’ actress Rhonda Shear sells for $6.8 million

Rhonda Shear, known as the host of USA Up All Night, as well as founder of a massively successful lingerie company and quite a few notable screen roles in the ’80s, has sold her Snell Isle Mediterranean-style home in St. Petersburg.

Nicknamed “Casa de Palm Ahh,” after Shear’s popular Ahh Bra line, the house is located at 2020 Brightwaters Blvd. NE and was sold by Smith & Associates realtor Justin Smith on Dec. 5 for $6.8 million, which is “one of the highest Pinellas County residential sales of the year,” says the brokerage.

According to property records, the waterfront home was purchased by Shear in 2011 for $3.2 million and has been on and off the market for years, reaching its highest asking price of $13 million in 2023.

Built in 1995, the 9,722-square-foot home comes with five bedrooms and six-and-a-half bathrooms, as well as a heated saltwater pool and spa, a deepwater dock, a ballroom, three powder rooms, a 2,000-pound capacity elevator, a gym, a theater, a billiards room and more.

Besides taking a “Lunafish” order at Gus’ Galaxy Grill in Spaceballs, Shear played the neighbor in “Married … With Children” and also made appearances in The A-Team, Dallas, CHiPs, Dukes of Hazzard, Full House, Silk Stalkings and Happy Days.

Most recently, Shear starred as “Teri” in indie comedy The Throwback.

This story first appeared in our sister publication Creative Loafing Tampa Bay.

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