Known as Chatsworth or the Fox Residence, the house used for Coraline’s home has quite a rich history. It was designed by renowned architect William Pereira, whose credits include the Transamerica pyramid in San Francisco as well as a myriad of other buildings, and his partner, Charles Luckman. It was completed in 1949 (or 1951 depending on the source). Notably, Chatsworth has been owned by Frank Sinatra and Lucille Ball, and was allegedly the location of Marilyn Monroe’s last photo shoot.
The Chatsworth, CA home has been used as a location in a number of Hollywood productions.
Most recently, in July of this year, it was used to house the contestants for HGTV’s Design Star. As part of the competition, the designers were challenged with re-decorating several rooms of the house. : Link
(Photos from HGTV website)
The first episode, which includes some nice shots of the interior, can be viewed here: Link
A word of warning, however – viewing what these would-be designers did to this magnificent house is not for the faint of heart.
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Television:
2011: Californication, Season 4
2009: HGTV’s Design Star, Season 4: Hollywood
2008: Mad Men, Season 2, Episode 11: The Jet Set
2007: Moonlight, Episode 7: The Ringer and Episode 9: Fleur de Lis
2001: Six Feet Under, Season 1, Episode 5: An Open Book
Movies:
2006: Dreamgirls
2001: Swordfish
There are probably dozens of other appearances -- they will be added here as they come to our attention.
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Mad Men, Season 2, Episode 11: The Jet Set.
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Gabriel’s house in the movie Swordfish:
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Interior
Front door:
ML – 1952:
ML – 2008:
Living room:
ML – 1952:
ML- 2008:
There was not enough information in the way of visual cues to construct a floor plan from what we saw in "The Ringer" and "Fleur de Lis," but I'm hoping that these other shows will help provide some of the missing detail.
If anyone has screencaps from other productions featuring the estate, we'd be delighted to have you post them.
Thank you so much. 
