MOVING FOREST IN LA

06/10/1999 at 12:00 AM EDT

Forest Whitaker is picking up and moving to bigger digs. The actor-director has sold his Los Feliz home for about $1 million and is moving into a larger home nearby, the Los Angeles Times reported. Whitaker, his wife Keisha Nash and their four children needed more room. The four-bedroom home, built in the early 1940s, was purchased by actress Leslie Charleson, who plays Monica Quartermaine on the daytime soap opera "General Hospital." The 3,800-square-foot home also has an office, basement, pool and view of the city.