Rhonda Shear, known as the host of “USA Up All Night,” as well as a founder of a massively successful lingerie company, and quite a few notable 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 home 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 also played the neighbor in “Married … With Children,” and also had appearances in “A-Team,” “Dallas,” “Chips,” “Dukes of Hazzard,” “Full House,” “Silk Stalkings” and “Happy Days.”

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

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