Actress Kelly Rutherford, who played the first victim in the movie "Scream 3" and plays Helen Kimble in the new TV series "The Fugitive," has become a first-time home buyer with her purchase of a Hollywood Hills home with two bedrooms and a maid's quarters for about $1 million.
     Rutherford, 32, is probably best known for starring as the ex-prostitute Megan in the long-running Fox soap "Melrose Place." She has had a recurring role in the Fox drama "Get Real," and she made a cameo appearance as Lady Maria Cosway in the CBS miniseries "Sally Hemings: An American Scandal."
     She and Chad Lowe will co-star in the TBS original movie "Robin Cook's Acceptable Risk," expected to premiere in March.
     The traditional-style house she purchased was built in the '40s.
     Aileen Comora of Sotheby's International Realty, Beverly Hills, represented Rutherford in her purchase.