While Eric Forrester’s mansion seems like Grand Central Station, with people coming and going at leisure and moving in and out as the mood suits them, Eric’s house looks very much like the real-life home of the late Bill and Lee Philip Bell, the husband and wife writing team that created “The Bold and the Beautiful” back in 1987.
When Lee Philip Bell passed away in early 2020 after losing her husband in 2005, their children, Bill Bell Jr., Lauralee Bell (Christine on “The Young and the Restless,” which Bill also created), and Bradley Bell, the current executive producer and head writer for “B&B”, sold their parents’ Beverly Hills mansion, with Lauralee posting a farewell to their family home on Instagram.
“This house was also where lots of story ideas were created, Y&R and B&B holiday parties took place, family bday celebrations, hysterical grandkid Easter egg hunts, our annual Christmas photo but most importantly, lots of laughs,” Lauralee wrote. “So when you see some the B&B actors in the opening titles or an establishing Forrester house shot, you’ll know that was the location of so many special times.”
