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Incredibly rich has-been celebrities

There are some celebrities who are just completely past getting many good roles anymore, yet who made so much money during their time on top that they don't have to work again in their lives. Examples: Sylvester Stallone, Anthony Edwards, Paul Reiser, Helen Hunt, Martin Lawrence, Linda Evans, Billy Crystal, David Schwimmer, Bill Cosby, Phil Donahue & Marlo Thomas, Lionel Richie...

What do they do with their time? Other than run for governor of California and host the Oscars, that is.

by Anonymousreply 155February 27, 2019 8:22 PM

Bump

by Anonymousreply 1November 15, 2011 6:50 PM

Sunbathe, Mexico, plastic surgery, charity work, I am always suprised when someone as wealthy as Stallone continues to work...and does not just enjoy his time in the twillight. Same as Ahnuld-

by Anonymousreply 2November 15, 2011 6:54 PM

Jessica Simpson is now reportedly worth $1 billion.

Anthony Edwards lives in my sister's town in CT. He spends a lot of time at the hardware store.

by Anonymousreply 3November 15, 2011 6:55 PM

Travel, party, shop, enjoy life.

It would work for me. Can't imagine why it would mystify anyone.

by Anonymousreply 4November 15, 2011 7:00 PM

Not incredibly rich, but Vanilla Ice made a decent little fortune during the 18 months or so he was famous. He was working too hard at the time to blow it all on a lavish lifestyle.

He became a national punchline when his brief window of fame slammed shut. But in a way he got the last laugh because he hasn't had to work ever since.

by Anonymousreply 5November 15, 2011 7:01 PM

Ryan O'Neal had a good business manager early on, so he seems to be free to do drugs, abuse his family and do the occasional guest shot on TV.

by Anonymousreply 6November 15, 2011 7:06 PM

Suzanne Somers is a professional celebrity.

The later years of Elizabeth Taylor's life would actually fall into this category too.

Carol Channing, Zsa Zsa Gabor.

by Anonymousreply 7November 15, 2011 7:10 PM

Marlo Thomas periodically does NY theater.

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by Anonymousreply 8November 15, 2011 7:13 PM

How in the world was Jessica's fashion line a smashing success - when so many celebrity lines have failed- such as SJParkers at the store Dave and Barry?

by Anonymousreply 9November 15, 2011 7:22 PM

Jessica Simpson is not worth 1 billion.

Marlo Thomas (not a nice lady) and Phil Donahue are very active philanthopists- good for them, even if Marlo is a witch.

Lionel Richie still works, Linda Evans is incredibly wealthy? She was salaried for Dynasty in the 9=80s and got no residual from reruns.

Most productive and successful people do not like to stop being the same until they really cannot produce at all- most slow down, but few ever really stop or retire. And why should they? Old people get cast in movies and plays, right?

by Anonymousreply 10November 15, 2011 7:24 PM

Jessica's merchandise is carried where people actually shop.

by Anonymousreply 11November 15, 2011 7:24 PM

Suzanne Somers is wealthier than any of us could imagine because of her exercise-diet food-jewelry empire.

She's actually an incredibly savvy businesswoman.

by Anonymousreply 12November 15, 2011 7:26 PM

How did Richard Burton afford to buy Liz Taylor all of those incredibly expensive jewels? He was never one of the top money-makers in Hollywood and he came from a poor family.

by Anonymousreply 13November 15, 2011 7:55 PM

[quote]How in the world was Jessica's fashion line a smashing success - when so many celebrity lines have failed- such as SJParkers at the store Dave and Barry?

Jessica's crap is geared toward teens.

by Anonymousreply 14November 15, 2011 7:55 PM

Dick Van Patten sells a really good natural dog food, seriously

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by Anonymousreply 15November 15, 2011 7:56 PM

Burton did lots of crappy paycheck movies.

by Anonymousreply 16November 15, 2011 7:57 PM

The fact that anyone thinks Jessica Simpson is worth $1 billion is hilarious. She doesn't design those ugly shoes - someone else does the heavy lifting and she just slaps her name on them

by Anonymousreply 17November 15, 2011 8:01 PM

I heard once that Jenilee Harrison (Three's Company) was an astute business woman and became very rich.

by Anonymousreply 18November 15, 2011 8:02 PM

How about the entire casts of Roseanne, Seinfield, That Romano piece of Shit, Frasier, Friends and any other show in the last 20 years that "went out when it was time".

I believe the all time winners, for gross adjusted income, are Alan Alda for MASH and Cosby and Jerry. All three had production deals as did Roseanne and Kelsey and Ray.

It's where the big money is.

by Anonymousreply 19November 15, 2011 8:05 PM

To many of them there's something panicking about their careers being over, and so they work obsessively even when they don;t have to (or shouldn't keep working because they're old and past it); Joan Rivers comes immediately to mind.

I always respected most the ones like Elizabeth Montgomery, who knew when their time was done (and they had saved their money), but just occasionally kept working--she would do one TV movie a year and that was it.

by Anonymousreply 20November 15, 2011 8:08 PM

Do your homework on Burton- from 1960 until about 1968 Burton and Taylors films together produced about a quarter of all revenue in Hollywood- many of his clinkers after that made money as well. They had their own production company. Now he spent alot, but also invested well.

She had been making money since the 40s and investing- rather her family invested well for her. She became one of the wealthiest actresses in history- also the first to make a million for movie and she also negotiated profit percentages by the 60s.

She went on in the 90s and 00s to make another vast fortune with her perfume business. White Diamonds is the most successful celebrity fragrance to date. She was conservatively estimated to be worth half a billion when she died, probably more.

by Anonymousreply 21November 15, 2011 8:08 PM

[quote]Linda Evans is incredibly wealthy? She was salaried for Dynasty in the 9=80s and got no residual from reruns.

Why would she not have gotten residuals? SAG got the residuals as part of the standard contracts by the early '70s.

[quote]In 1973, when Dennis Weaver was president of SAG, a new contract awarded residuals in perpetuity. The WGA got residuals in perpetuity in 1977.

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by Anonymousreply 22November 15, 2011 8:09 PM

I remember wanting to try SJP's line, It got a lot of press. But there were no Dave and Barry's in my area. They started building one, then the company went bankrupt. Bad timing. She should try again.

by Anonymousreply 23November 15, 2011 8:11 PM

Taylor's jewels were purchased through an investment vehicle they set up. I don't remember the details; I just remember Burton and Taylor had an eye on the bottom line.

by Anonymousreply 24November 15, 2011 8:12 PM

"from 1960 until about 1968 Burton and Taylors films together produced about a quarter of all revenue in Hollywood"

ROFLMAO. That is a seriously inflated figure.

And they weren't even making movies together in 1960.

by Anonymousreply 25November 15, 2011 8:14 PM

Lyle Waggoner of the Carol Burnett Show went into business leasing trailers that actors use on set(Star Waggons). I don't know that he's "incredibly rich," but I gather he did well.

by Anonymousreply 26November 15, 2011 8:14 PM

Even with just a salary, Linda Evans was making quite a fortune on DYNASTY. It was a big success from the second year on. (This isn't even to speak of all the money she earned from THE BIG VALLEY.) She used to have a gigantic mansion in her home city of Tacoma; I don't know if she still owns it or not.

by Anonymousreply 27November 15, 2011 8:15 PM

SJP is pretty savvy with a dollar but her endorsements/design deals with Bitten/Dave & Barrys and then with Halston have been disastrous. I guess her perfume lines have been pretty successful, at least.

by Anonymousreply 28November 15, 2011 8:18 PM

Connie Stevens is worth $50 million.

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by Anonymousreply 29November 15, 2011 8:19 PM

She's still working but she doesn't have to. Julia Louis-Dreyfus is a bigtime heiress who will be worth a billion dollars someday.

by Anonymousreply 30November 15, 2011 8:20 PM

When Cleopatra started filming- may have been a bit later than 1960. It is an accurate figure, and I think even higher during a several year period. Their films appart and together during that period raked in the dough despiter quality.

Linda Evans and Joan Collins on a talk show once said they receive no residuals for Dynasty in reruns. Collins even stated that was the reason she continued to work, she needed to. This was 5 or10 years ago. Sounds like something Spelling would pull off.

by Anonymousreply 31November 15, 2011 8:21 PM

[quote]Linda Evans and Joan Collins on a talk show once said they receive no residuals for Dynasty in reruns. Collins even stated that was the reason she continued to work, she needed to. This was 5 or10 years ago. Sounds like something Spelling would pull off.

Just 'cause they said, doesn't mean it's true. It might be that the residuals have dwindled - and that happens since with each successive broadcast, the residuals decrease, but they never go to zero.

In that case, it may be that the residuals were not sufficient, and the diminished, but they almost assuredly received them. And if the programed are still broadcast, they still get them.

by Anonymousreply 32November 15, 2011 8:25 PM

"When Cleopatra started filming- may have been a bit later than 1960"

But it wasn't released in theaters until 1963.

"It is an accurate figure"

Yet you have no statistics to back it up

by Anonymousreply 33November 15, 2011 8:26 PM

Antonio Fargas (Huggy Bear) from Starsky and Hutch.

by Anonymousreply 34November 15, 2011 8:31 PM

"The fact that anyone thinks Jessica Simpson is worth $1 billion is hilarious. She doesn't design those ugly shoes - someone else does the heavy lifting and she just slaps her name on them"

Simpson's shoes, purses, and other crap are selling at every Macy's in the country. Even if she only gets a tiny percentage of every sale for the use of her name, it may not add u/p to a billion, but it's still wealth beyond the dreams of avarice.

And Richard Burton may not have been the biggest box-office draw, but he was considered to be a "movie star" from the fifties to the seventies - nearly thirty years. He earned enough to live lavishly, especially if he blew it all and didn't save for his old age. Did he have anything left when he died?

by Anonymousreply 35November 15, 2011 8:36 PM

Art Linkletter cut a deal with Walt Disney. In exchange for hosting the grand opening ceremonies and doing some PR work for Disneyland, Linkletter got the exclusive rights to all film sold and developed at Disneyland for over a decade.

He made millions out of that Kodak store he had at the end of Main Street.

by Anonymousreply 36November 15, 2011 8:46 PM

That Halston website sucks. Click on the only area available and you get java script. Isn't this sleazy Harvey W's venture?

by Anonymousreply 37November 15, 2011 8:48 PM

Victoria Principal owns this thread. I was told that her QVC (or whatever shopping channel) products outsell Suzanne Somers and even Joan Rivers. That woman is loaded, plus she was married to a very successful Beverly Hills plastic surgeon and got a nice chunk in the divorce.

by Anonymousreply 38November 15, 2011 9:42 PM

As much as it pains me to contemplate, reports of Jessica Simpson's wealth are not exaggerated. Of course, she's not worth a billion, but sales of her eponymous lines are expected to hit a billion this year and her licensing fee is reportedly 10 percent of that. Something tells me that if she ever marries her soon-to-be baby daddy, she'll have a pre-nup this time.

by Anonymousreply 39November 15, 2011 10:04 PM

Burton used Liz Taylor's money to buy most of those jewels. It was good PR for both of them.

by Anonymousreply 40November 15, 2011 10:50 PM

[quote]Even with just a salary, Linda Evans was making quite a fortune on DYNASTY. It was a big success from the second year on. (This isn't even to speak of all the money she earned from THE BIG VALLEY.) She used to have a gigantic mansion in her home city of Tacoma; I don't know if she still owns it or not.

I doubt Linda Evans made much $$ from The Big Valley. When she was married to John Derek in the early 70's they were broke and Linda posed for Playboy to pay the bills.

Aaron Spelling was notoriously cheap. Most of Linda and Joan Collins Dynasty fame fortune came from capitalizing off their Dynasty fame. Commercials, books, etc.... They probably renegotiated after the show became a hit, but most of their $$ came from other projects.

Linda saved her $$ and works when she wants to. Joan still has to work to support her lifestyle, but also she is a famewhore, something Linda wasn't.

by Anonymousreply 41November 15, 2011 10:58 PM

Linda needs to work to support her collagen addiction.

by Anonymousreply 42November 15, 2011 11:14 PM

Jessica Simpson's fashion line/s have grossed about a billion $ - this was reported in the traditional financial press not too long ago. She's been phenomenally successful. Not sure how much of the gross winds up in her account at the end of the day, but she's making millions a year at least.

r41 may be correct re. Taylor's funds paying for Burton's gifts for her - he churned out a LOT of films in the 60s, working constantly to fund his lifestyle and that of his large impoverished family back home in Wales. At one point he was supporting more than a dozen people there.

Lionel Richie had good advisors at the peak of his 70s/80s fame and supposedly heavily invested in upscale LA area real estate. He obviously reaped the rewards later on during the real estate boom.

by Anonymousreply 43November 15, 2011 11:18 PM

I'm sure Linda Evans also made quite a bot of money hawking FOREVER KRYSTLE and her chain of fitness centers. And she also sold "Rejuvenique," a facial toning mask, on infomercials.

by Anonymousreply 44November 15, 2011 11:28 PM

Since we're talking about Linda Evans, and I can't find the "Which Celebrities Have You Met?" thread, I would just like to say that Linda Evans is one of the sweetest people I have ever met.

by Anonymousreply 45November 15, 2011 11:31 PM

Courtney Love

by Anonymousreply 46November 15, 2011 11:31 PM

Hate to say this, because I can't stand her, but Jessica Simpson's high heel shoes are unbelievably comfortable. It's her shoes that started her fashion line.

by Anonymousreply 47November 15, 2011 11:39 PM

They live a life of leisure, sometimes taking work when they feel like it. But why should anybody give a fuck what "has-been celebrities" do with their time anyway?

by Anonymousreply 48November 16, 2011 12:02 AM

OP

Helen Hunt started working as an actress when she was a very young child and her parents did not blow through her money.

by Anonymousreply 49November 16, 2011 12:43 AM

Would the Olsen twins be considered has-been celebrities?

by Anonymousreply 50November 16, 2011 1:02 AM

[quote]But why should anybody give a fuck what "has-been celebrities" do with their time anyway?

Because this is a celebrity gossip board.

And while you're pondering that for a few minutes, maybe you'd like to take the opportunity to change your tampon too.

by Anonymousreply 51November 16, 2011 1:07 AM

If I could do it all over again, I would have been a playwright/screenwriter or a songwriter. The money comes in and keeps flowing.

by Anonymousreply 52November 16, 2011 2:52 AM

Suzanne Somers.

by Anonymousreply 53November 16, 2011 2:57 AM

Nene is Rich. She cashed a Trump Check !!!

by Anonymousreply 54November 16, 2011 3:10 AM

[quote]Suzanne Somers is wealthier than any of us could imagine because of her exercise-diet food-jewelry empire. She's actually an incredibly savvy businesswoman.

Actually her husband Alan is the brains of the business. Suzanne, not so savvy.

[quote]Not incredibly rich, but Vanilla Ice made a decent little fortune during the 18 months or so he was famous.... he got the last laugh because he hasn't had to work ever since.

He actually works his ass off now as a real estate investor and flipper. He did a terrific show for HGTV about last year.

by Anonymousreply 55November 16, 2011 4:40 AM

Most of Elizabeth Taylor's money came from her ownership of Todd AO.

by Anonymousreply 56November 16, 2011 4:57 AM

[quote]Anthony Edwards lives in my sister's town in CT. He spends a lot of time at the hardware store.

He is also married to Jeanine Lobell, the makeup artist who founded Stila cosmetics. Between her wealth and what he made and continues to make from ER, he must be sitting pretty.

by Anonymousreply 57November 16, 2011 10:12 AM

[quote]If I could do it all over again, I would have been a playwright/screenwriter or a songwriter.

Uh....huh.

There are 300,000,000 people in the US. Just how many of those are playwrights who live off their royalties? 100? 150? 200?

What you suggest is akin to saying, "If I could do it over again, I think I would be born one of the Koch Brothers."

by Anonymousreply 58November 16, 2011 10:23 AM

Was Lionel Richie squeaky clean? Did he ever do drugs?

by Anonymousreply 59November 16, 2011 10:46 AM

They featured Edward's and Lobell's Chicago (?) apartment in a decorator magazine. They're obviously LOADED. Lots of brightly colored wallpaper and fabrics that are obscenely priced.

by Anonymousreply 60November 16, 2011 10:48 AM

[quote]Not incredibly rich, but Vanilla Ice made a decent little fortune during the 18 months or so he was famous. He was working too hard at the time to blow it all on a lavish lifestyle.

Which must be why he did "Surreal Life" and other low-brow faux-reality shows.

by Anonymousreply 61November 16, 2011 12:45 PM

Someone posted up-thread that Carol Channing is well off. I don't think that's the case.

How much residuals would Linda Evans get from Dynasty still? Other than short spells on SoapNet and FX I can't think of a single network that has aired the show over the past fifteen years.

by Anonymousreply 62November 16, 2011 1:19 PM

Anthony Edwards was from a pretty well-to-do family himself, as I recall.

by Anonymousreply 63November 16, 2011 1:25 PM

They hang around in delis in LA with their friends, go to ballgames, play golf and get into disagreements with other people.

by Anonymousreply 64November 16, 2011 2:30 PM

And sometimes their careers resurge, like Travolta's. He used to be an incredibly rich has-been who did the occasional lousy movie and spent his spare time flying.

by Anonymousreply 65November 16, 2011 2:44 PM

Go to Farmer's Market in LA any weekday afternoon at lunchtime. You can see some actors mixed with writers and producers from the past sitting around munching on kosher deli foods. If you sit close enough, You will hear them reminiscing and sharing anecdotes about the Hollywood of yesteryear, all the while validating each others worth in a town where they are largely forgotten.

by Anonymousreply 66November 16, 2011 2:53 PM

[quote]Someone posted up-thread that Carol Channing is well off. I don't think that's the case.

Carol has worked non stop for over 60 years and wasn't foolish with her money and has lived pretty modestly.

by Anonymousreply 67November 16, 2011 3:54 PM

[quote]How in the world was Jessica's fashion line a smashing success - when so many celebrity lines have failed- such as SJParkers at the store Dave and Barry?

I have a lot of female friends who love her purses and her other accessories. l like her clothes as they are trendy but not over the top and the price is reasonable. And it's not because she has a line at Macy's---Jennifer Lopez had a clothing line at Macy's years ago but her clothes were not appealing -I remember gagging at this ugly night gown with pink and blue polka dots costing $100? J-Lo's line failed but this year, she opened up another clothing line with Kohl's but once again, her jewelry and clothes are way overpriced for what she's offering. The thing that makes Simpson's line successful is that her style appeals to regular people and it's reasonably priced.

by Anonymousreply 68November 16, 2011 7:10 PM

[quote]Someone posted up-thread that Carol Channing is well off. I don't think that's the case

How could she not be reasonably well off after playing Dolly over 5,000 times?

by Anonymousreply 69November 16, 2011 7:23 PM

If I was one of the Koch Brothers, I'd have to kill myself and my brother too. How disgusting! Might as well be born Hitler.

by Anonymousreply 70November 16, 2011 7:27 PM

I have wondered about Phil Donahue. Though he may not need money, what does he do all day long? He always seemed so vital and engaged in work, I can't imagine he enjoys just sitting around, vacationing and golfing.

I also wonder about former sex gooddesses like Kim Novak, who were once the epitome of glamour and have remained out of the spotlight for almost 30 years. What are her days like? Does she miss the attention? Do people even recognize her?

by Anonymousreply 71November 16, 2011 7:35 PM

I think Linda is not that well off, but I hope I am wrong. I think she wrote that last book because she had too. It was really sad to see her on Joy Behar a few weeks ago. Joy was out sick and this idiot substitute insulted her over and over again with rude and stupid questions. You could see Linda was embarrassed put she bit her tongue and answered.

BTW she is looking better and her botched lip injections have mellowed out.

by Anonymousreply 72November 16, 2011 7:40 PM

Who was the guest host, R72? Now I'm curious.

by Anonymousreply 73November 16, 2011 7:42 PM

I was kind of shocked when I first learned that Bette Davis died with something like $100,000 in the bank. Supporting her mother and her leech of a daughter really took its toll, I guess.

by Anonymousreply 74November 16, 2011 7:52 PM

I saw Vanilla Ice on either HGTV or DIY flipping a huge house in Florida. I think it's a job for him now.

by Anonymousreply 75November 16, 2011 7:55 PM

[quote]He actually works his ass off now as a real estate investor and flipper. He did a terrific show for HGTV about last year.

"Terrific" being here an EXTREMELY relative term.

by Anonymousreply 76November 16, 2011 8:01 PM

Bump.

by Anonymousreply 77November 17, 2011 9:58 PM

[quote]I was kind of shocked when I first learned that Bette Davis died with something like $100,000 in the bank. Supporting her mother and her leech of a daughter really took its toll, I guess.

Maybe, it's certainly possible she outlived her money, but upon her death the Bette Davis Foundation was established and continues to give scholarships to acting students to this day.

I suspect that she had very good estate planning advice and the $100,000 left in her name was just a slush fund for final medical and burial expenses.

by Anonymousreply 78November 17, 2011 11:37 PM

Marisa Berenson

by Anonymousreply 79November 20, 2011 12:34 PM

How rich is Miss Cleo?

by Anonymousreply 80November 20, 2011 1:01 PM

W/everyone taking about Jessica's success, I am thinking that she must be smarter than she appears. I will agree that her clothes are appealing.

by Anonymousreply 81November 22, 2011 2:31 PM

Lara Flynn Boyle

by Anonymousreply 82November 23, 2011 6:36 PM

Julie Newmar invested in Los Angeles real estate when she had good dough in the 1960s -- some on Fairfax Avenue and some in the Valley when both were reasonably priced. She's made a mint from those investments and now lives in a beautiful house in Pacific Palisades.

by Anonymousreply 83November 23, 2011 6:46 PM

Suzanne Somers owns a compound - not a house bitches, but a compound - in Malibu in addition to other properties. She also has her own private jet.

She really got the last laugh on all those people who tried to drum her right out of Hollywood all those years ago. She's wealthier than most A-Listers.

Good for her, I say.

by Anonymousreply 84December 6, 2011 7:43 AM

I wonder what Carrot Top is worth.

by Anonymousreply 85December 6, 2011 8:01 AM

Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates.

Wealthy, living on the upper east side, with neither having a big role in like forever.

by Anonymousreply 86December 6, 2011 8:13 AM

The truth is that Joyce DeWitt was the actress that was FIRST offered the thigh-master endorsement deal. When she turned it down, it was offered to Suzanne, and away she went.

Joan Rivers reportedly banks $17-18 million a year from her QVC line. Not too shabby, and this is in addition to all her other work. But she also reportedly lost it all after Edgar died, though in watching JOAN & MELISSA last year, and seeing the house they owned when she was just subbing for Carson, makes me think she must have been incredibly well-paid for the time. That house was massive!

Mindy Cohn said the only reason they agreed to do the Facts of Life reunion movies a while back was that they didn't get one cent in residuals, but she's gone on to become a very sough-after voice over actress and apparently lives very, well, large.

The cast of Everyone Loves Ray didn't love him initially when the show was to be released on DVD because they weren't getting any money from those sales. They banded together and each got something like 1/2 of 1%, something incredibly cheap, but Doris Roberts said it would still net her like $50 million. The cast of Seinfeld was also largely cut out of the DVD's and that's why, I believe, they banded together to get all that money per episode that they did. And yes, Julia Louis Drefuss is one of the heirs to the Dreyfuss Investment group--it's her grandfather's or great grandfather's company and she is worth around one billion dollars as a result.

What always puzzles me is celebrities like Florence Henderson. She had basically ONE ROLE her entire life that couldn't have paid very well and I'm sure she missed out on residuals, so how was she able to really live? You know, we look at things now with celebrities making insane amounts of money for tv shows, movies, and commercials, but that's something only relatively recent.

Of course, the grand-daddy of this thread is Dick Wolfe. Law and fucking Order. How much must HE be worth as the creator of that incredibly successful franchise? They are constantly in repeats, on several different stations, many times per day. They have dozens of seasons on DVD and still producing new episodes. Jesus, I'd like to be him!

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by Anonymousreply 87December 6, 2011 8:30 AM

Henderson guest-hosted the Tonight Show in the 1960s (first female to do so), had a long stage career, was married twice (not sure if the men were rich), got Brady residuals (?), did specials for them, did Wesson commercials for twenty years (huge $$$), and now has a talk show. She also co-hosted Later Today in 1999-2000.

Commercials pay huge on her level because they get paid in each individual market, now something like $104 every time it's run (don't even ask how much Stephani "Flo" Courtney banks now). She also has done commercials for Polident (more $$).

Her late second husband was a hypnotherapist who founded the Hypnosis Motivation Institute (big cash cow), and she is a hypnotherapist herself.

The better question is how is she NOT rich?

by Anonymousreply 88December 6, 2011 9:02 AM

Jenilee Harrison is quite bright and did invest her "Three's Company" money very well.

Justin Berfield from "Malcolm In The Middle" is also set for life from good real estate investment.

by Anonymousreply 89December 6, 2011 9:39 AM

RE:83 - I'm Julie's neighbor, and it's Brentwood, not Pacific Palisades, and though it's a lovely neighboorhood, it's not a mansion.

by Anonymousreply 90December 6, 2011 9:46 AM

RE: 62 - Carol Channing lives at Sunrise Country Club, in Rancho Mirage,CA. Nice, but not one of the best there. 2 bedroom bungaloo like condos. The Vantage, in Palm Desert, is where a Koch brother lives,along with Bill gates father, and many other celebs. Prices go from $5 mil.-15 mil. Thats living big. Carol's longtime BROADWAY MONEY lets her live like a typical retiree, but thats it.

by Anonymousreply 91December 6, 2011 10:15 AM

R89,

Jenilee Harrison would have made how much on Three's Company? Actors didn't make a fortune back then even on the big shows.

Heck she could have been a cocktail waitress and gotten rich off that money too, as a surprising number of women do.

Also on a general note, many women marry rich, date rich, or take gifts from all kinds of sources. To women, much more than men, wealth is not always tied directly to employment.

by Anonymousreply 92December 6, 2011 10:32 AM

José Feliciano must be set for life many times over, just with "Feliz Navidad."

Considering how many times that song has been recorded around the world and how much commercial play it gets, he might as well have written "Jingle Bells" and "White Christmas."

by Anonymousreply 93December 6, 2011 11:19 AM

[quote]If I could do it all over again, I would have been a playwright/screenwriter or a songwriter. The money comes in and keeps flowing.

Very big chances are you'd be broke or a waiter (not even a bartender, they make money so even that field is competitive).

A previous poster dramatized it for you in numbers, but let me be perfectly clear: Successful writers, artists, actors, magicians, athletes, and anyone else in the public eye are the VERY RARE exception, not the norm.

Just leave it to Hollywood and their lazy plots to overexpose these professions, making them look like it's a piece of cake to become a published novelist, a mystery writer, a music industry insider, or a star.

I squirm every time (disproportionately too often) the hero of a movie happens to be a writer. How self-serving, narrow-scoped and unrealistic of their creators.

by Anonymousreply 94December 6, 2011 11:38 AM

I think Dennis Franz deserves a spot on this thread. Finished NYPD Blue,cashed his last paycheck and disappeared.

by Anonymousreply 95December 6, 2011 11:57 AM

Michael Todd patented some kind of production technique I don't know if it was projection-related or sound related, but anyway, when he died, Elizabeth inherited the patents and all the money so when any film used "Todd- AO " on their film, and most of them did, she got a chunk of $$$. For at least two decades after his death. Elizabeth was very savvy about the movie industry as "the gift that keeps on giving." Her perfume line is one of the first, most successful celebrity endorsed cosmetic deals around. Still making money.

Ryan O'Neal is not rolling in $$$. He had to scramble right around the time of Farrah's illness and was begging for jobs. Tatum has more money than he does which is why he was trying to engineer a "reconciliation."

He was also hoping to cash in on the BFF Stewart's documentary about Farrah's last days. Ryan is one of the most despicable bottomfeeders in Hollywood. He hoped to get something out of her estate. That's why he was around her soo much in that final years.

by Anonymousreply 96December 6, 2011 12:05 PM

Julie Newmar's fellow Batmanite Yvonne "Batgirl" Craig got her realtor's license after the work dried up and made a killing off of selling high end homes in Beverly Hills during the 70s and 80s. That is one reason you rarely, if ever, see her do a signing show. She doesn't need the money.

Henderson made mucho bucks off of Wesson oil and some country music show she hosted during the 80s and 90s.

by Anonymousreply 97December 6, 2011 12:08 PM

A lot of these hasbeens have the smarts to get into something afffiliated with the industry as contractors, so they use their connections well, like Lyle Waggoner and his "waggons."

Hell, I'd bet a successful craft services operation could make someone a small fortune. It's sort of like former Congressmen becoming lobbyists.

Real Estate brokers are the same way. Some former celebrities become real estate brokers and make money. They aren't necessarily billionaires, but they use connections in the industry to live well.

Some former celebrities sell drugs. So there's that.

by Anonymousreply 98December 6, 2011 12:16 PM

Waggoner has made a staggering amount of money off his movie set trailers. He doesn't just rent them out, he also custom builds very expensive ones and sells them to celebs.

by Anonymousreply 99December 6, 2011 12:21 PM

Funny eccentric is a word that only applies to the rich. If you're poor your just crazy.

by Anonymousreply 100December 6, 2011 12:27 PM

FWIW (and that's probably a lot), Linda Evans had a very wealthy husband after she left John Derek. She was also with Yanni for at least 10 years in his prime earnings days and I am sure he set her up nicely. She has since become involved with some new-age meditation guru and lives in Washington State.

by Anonymousreply 101December 6, 2011 12:43 PM

[quote]Mindy Cohn said the only reason they agreed to do the Facts of Life reunion movies a while back was that they didn't get one cent in residuals, but she's gone on to become a very sough-after voice over actress and apparently lives very, well, large.

Perhaps you heard wrong but unless "The Facts Of Life" was a non-union production and of course it was union, the cast most certainly receives residuals.

by Anonymousreply 102December 6, 2011 12:58 PM

r91, I think you mean The Vintage in Indian Wells, next town over from Palm Desert. That's where the money is.

by Anonymousreply 103December 6, 2011 1:01 PM

R94, it's not as bleak as you make it sound.

My dad gave up screwenwriting for selling franchises, and did fine writing his own ad copy, which many do. I've written books that never made me rich, but which would bolster a retirement income, and that has led to me getting deals to edit things like graduate-level textbooks (I'm a college dropout!).

I think it's far sadder when someone who has "lived right" piles up a nice amount of cash while stuck in a cubicle until they are fifty-five, then decides they wish they had moved to LA or NYC in their twenties, which they could have done, had they not chosen the "safe" route. Even sadder is the last few years, when many who played it safe wound up every bit as broke and old as those who didn't make it in Hollywood.

I know in 1992 the job market got so bad that it was actually easier to land a movie role than a nice paying office job.

by Anonymousreply 104December 6, 2011 2:17 PM

I don't know if she is rich, but Liza Minnelli.

by Anonymousreply 105December 6, 2011 2:22 PM

R21,

>>>Do your homework on Burton- from 1960 until about 1968 Burton and Taylors films together produced about a quarter of all revenue in Hollywood- many of his clinkers after that made money as well.

So? They weren't getting any percentage of the films. Back then they just got paid per picture. period. That's it

by Anonymousreply 106December 6, 2011 5:59 PM

Lynda Carter didn't make much money off of 'Wonder Woman' and she says she doesn't get residuals. Her Maybelline contract in the 80s is what made her a nice chunk of change, and she married a bit power attorney in DC. They're still together and live very large.

by Anonymousreply 107December 6, 2011 6:47 PM

r92, I'm not sure why you're trying to downplay Harrison's investment success. (Joyce, is that you?) She was smart enough to realize that "Three's Company" was a great opportunity but a temporary one and didn't squander the money she made from it. And even if the show didn't pay a fortune, the opportunities she got by replacing Suzanne Somers were legion. Modeling, interviews, personal appearances.

Sure a lot of it is luck but she managed to make investments that worked well for her.

by Anonymousreply 108December 6, 2011 6:49 PM

David Schwimmer's 10 million plus house in Hancock Park. I usually hate the houses on the Real Estalker blog, but this one--at least from the outside--is beautiful.

All this for a slow drawl and a long face...

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by Anonymousreply 109December 6, 2011 6:58 PM

Nanette Fabray did very well buying and renovating Beverly Hills real estate, starting in the 1950s... Was still flipping houses in Pacific Palisades at 88.

by Anonymousreply 110December 6, 2011 7:30 PM

Marissa Berenson was in I am Love last year.

What Does Phil Donohue do? He tried to have a show on cable TV about 5 years ago.

by Anonymousreply 111December 6, 2011 7:34 PM

r89, Justin Berfield also owned a production company with his rumored boyfriend, Jason Felts. Now he's the Chief Creative Officer of Virgin Produced, the film and television production division of the Virgin Group.

Speakin of MiTM, add Frankie Muniz to this list. He was making close to $3 million a season toward the end of that show's run. Now he doesn't do shit, except seemingly play with all his fancy sports cars. And to think $3 million was a lot in Hollywood just 5 years ago. Now Angus T Jones makes about $300,000 per episode of Two and a Half Men.

by Anonymousreply 112December 7, 2011 12:10 AM

Is David Schwimmer's father Stan Schwimmer? If so, he produced Sally Field's "Gidget" ABC series and others.

by Anonymousreply 113December 7, 2011 12:58 AM

Heard Elizabeth Montgomery was very wealthy, because she, and her divorced husband,William Asher, owned a piece of the show 'Bewitched'. When that went off the air, she did a serires of TV movies, that were so highly rated, she could command a huge price-highest paid actress, at the time, on TV. Also, her father was old time actor, Robert Montgomery, who made a fortune in movies, in the 30's and 40's, and later became a hugely successful TV production Co. owner, of Four Star Productions, along with Dick Powell, and David Niven. Reruns from the shows it made must still bring royalties to all their children, grandchildren.

by Anonymousreply 114February 20, 2012 10:54 PM

Wasn't Ian Anderson from Jerhro Tull a rather successful businessman after he was a rock star?

by Anonymousreply 115February 20, 2012 11:09 PM

Didn't Carol Channing's gay husband rip-off/mismanage most of her money?

by Anonymousreply 116February 20, 2012 11:24 PM

There is a story about Shug Knight shaking down Vanilla Ice for song rights. His goons held Vanilla Ice upside down over a balcony in Vegas years ago. Supposedly.

by Anonymousreply 117February 20, 2012 11:25 PM

I know a woman whose sister was a second tier regular on a few MTM series and an HBO show. She is set for life because she went to a financial planner who put her on an allowance while she was on these shows and invested in real estate in the 80s and 90s.

Apparently, it's the thing to do when you get a sitcom or drama recurring role. The non-idiots say, "My shelf life is limited. I'm going to make some good money now, but in 20 years I'll be forgotten. I need to hold back from blowing it all and put some aside for later."

by Anonymousreply 118February 20, 2012 11:37 PM

Unfortunately, Lainie Kazan lives on the street these days. She was photographed last year rummaging through dumpsters in West Hollywood looking for food.

by Anonymousreply 119February 20, 2012 11:48 PM

Gene Autry owns this thread and a whole bunch of other stuff--a major league team, KTLA, radio stations.

by Anonymousreply 120February 21, 2012 12:21 AM

Jessica Simpson is a staunch conservative. Buying her crap is like keeping the repugs in office.

by Anonymousreply 121February 21, 2012 12:33 AM

Whatever happened to Joe Pesci? Scorsese movies, the Home Alone franchise, My Cousin Vinny and then boom .. He disappears into thin air.

by Anonymousreply 122February 21, 2012 1:02 AM

RE 119 - I doubt Lainie Kazan is 'on the street' as you say - maybe she was throwing out trash , behind her own house ( do think she lives in WeHo), but she still acts , and sings in clubs, around the country.

by Anonymousreply 123February 21, 2012 1:16 AM

[quote]Whatever happened to Joe Pesci? Scorsese movies, the Home Alone franchise, My Cousin Vinny and then boom .. He disappears into thin air.

Who cares? He's a fat republican.

R121 Agreed.

by Anonymousreply 124February 21, 2012 1:24 AM

R124, Joe Pesci invested a lot of money in a show about the music he loved growing up.

JERSEY BOYS

by Anonymousreply 125February 21, 2012 1:33 AM

Mary Kate Olsen

by Anonymousreply 126February 21, 2012 1:38 AM

R109 $10.7 million for THAT??? And in Hancock Park???

Yeah right!

by Anonymousreply 127February 21, 2012 1:41 AM

[quote]Whatever happened to Joe Pesci? Scorsese movies, the Home Alone franchise, My Cousin Vinny and then boom .. He disappears into thin air.

He showed up a few years ago in his friend Bobby DeNiro's movie's THE GOOD SHEPHERD.

But basically, no one in Hollywood will work with Joe Pesci because he basically is the crazy character he played in GOODFELLAS. He's an angry, violent man, and people can't control him. He's rich from all his leading roles, but no one wants to work with an actor who might beat them to a pulp if he objects to your direction.

by Anonymousreply 128February 21, 2012 6:25 AM

[quote]Aaron Spelling was notoriously cheap.

I know people who worked with Aaron and he was very, very generous with salaries, but a cheapo with production costs.

by Anonymousreply 129February 21, 2012 6:37 AM

How did Piscopo get as far as he did? He must have picked up a drug addiction along the way.

by Anonymousreply 130February 21, 2012 8:52 AM

Always heard that John Travolta, who went many years in the C-list catagory, after his fims faltered, continued to live large, because he had been given a small % of profits on both the 'Saturday Night Fever' film & sountrack grosses, and the same for 'Grease'. He never really suffered, financially, even though he was making dreck, for nothing, cause he continued to get those profits.

by Anonymousreply 131March 6, 2012 2:46 AM

Heard the same - that Robert Stigwood did it in exchange for a some special 'favors' that the young, hot ,Travolta did at the time. No one knew 'SNF' would become the massive hit the film/soundtrack was.

by Anonymousreply 132March 6, 2012 4:50 AM

In response to Anonymous 2/20/12 @ 7:48 pm. The comments about Lainie Kazan living on the street are false, ridiculous and completely ignorant. Was this while she was touring filming or receiving awards and honors? Do your research. Nothing wrong only sad if it were true; However, there is something very wrong with people who like to talk nonsense. A quick google search will show you that she has been working steadily and with much success. She lives quite well, and is generous to those in need. She participates/contributes to fundraisers/benefits/charities. Why do people write falsehoods like this? Is it fun to look so stupid?

by Anonymousreply 133July 27, 2012 10:44 AM

Drugs...

Sure I was making $25,000 a week but I was spending $30,000 a week on cocaine -- Nell Carter

One time I added it up and I put about half a million dollars up my nose -- Maureen McCormick

by Anonymousreply 134July 27, 2012 11:17 AM

Aaron Spelling's business partner Doug Cramer. He has a much younger hunk partner.

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by Anonymousreply 135July 27, 2012 11:25 AM

Joan Collins has often told the story the day Spelling sent a lawyer down to her dressingroom to hurriedly sign away her residuals for a one-time payment. She didn't consult a lawyer and did it on the spot. Big big mistake. I'm not sure if the rest of the cast made the same mistake. She also apparantly lost big money during the Peter Holm period. So she's comfortable but I don't think rolling.

by Anonymousreply 136July 27, 2012 11:28 AM

What's the mystery?

It's much easier to have some respect for those who bow out and enjoy their good fortunes quietly than for those who cling desperately to remaining "relevant" and in the public eye.

by Anonymousreply 137July 27, 2012 12:51 PM

OP darling, I personally enjoy spending my free time running a little website - you may have heard of it.

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by Anonymousreply 138July 27, 2012 1:23 PM

Jessica Simpson is not worth no damn billion dollars! Her fashion had sales of 1billion, a big difference. Go to the website celebrity net worth.com. Type her name under search and her worth comes up. For the record Bono has eclipsed Paul McCartney as the richest musician, while Madonna is in 3rd place and the richest female musical performer.

by Anonymousreply 139September 12, 2012 9:25 PM

Apparently Jessica gives money to her man so that he can buy her gifts. If she doesn't have a pre-nup, she is an idiot.

by Anonymousreply 140September 13, 2012 8:14 PM

Regarding money going up people's noses: Back when David Crosby was in the middle of his drug and legal troubles, he told one of his friends that he just wanted to sail away on his boat. His friend reminded him that he'd sold that his boat for drug money.

Both Crosby and Stephen Stills had cocaine trouble. They've stopped, and presumably have been able to build back up their reserves with residuals. But Neil Young and Graham Nash are the rich ones. Young had some coke usage, but he kept touring, writing and putting out albums. And Graham Nash had money from his time with the Hollies and CSN&Y.

by Anonymousreply 141September 13, 2012 8:29 PM

Shania Twain is worth more than 400 million dollars incase you guys do not know. She is the richest female musician after Madonna, Mariah Carey and may be Celine Dion. It is incredible given that her career lasted for only 10-15 years and she made like only 3 albums.

by Anonymousreply 142December 26, 2014 3:05 PM

Lucie Arnaz and Laurence Luckenbill.

Several years ago, USA TODAY said that the Desilu, the licensing company for Lucille Ball/I Love Lucy images, was worth $60 million. Ms. Arnz-Luckenbill would share half with her brother, Desi Arnaz Jr.

I suspect that Lucille Ball left her children -- and Gary Morton -- well provided for via her will or trust funds.

I read that the Arnaz-Luckenbills sold their Connecticut house to move to Palm Springs, where her parents both had houses.

Laurence Luckenbill is 80ish, Lucie Arnaz in her early to mid 60s. She performs in concert now and then

by Anonymousreply 143December 26, 2014 3:44 PM

I heard somewhere that Max Baer Jr. was serious financial difficulty when he produced MACON COUNTY LINE. The low budget movie was a huge hit and that he used the profits for investments. Had the movie failed ...

by Anonymousreply 144December 26, 2014 3:49 PM

Marlo has a whole second career of being not a very nice lady.

by Anonymousreply 145December 26, 2014 3:59 PM

Isn't Max currently in a dispute with a restaurant chain over the name “Jethro?”

by Anonymousreply 146December 26, 2014 4:01 PM

Why the fuck did Shania Twain just disappear? She was still at the top.

Anyway. Whoever said Elizabeth Montgomery is correct. She didn't just own a little piece of Bewitched she owned 25% and never sold it. Until recently it was the most syndicated show in history after I Love Lucy. Who doesn't know Bewitched and I Love Lucy? She also had her hands in the investment end of a lot of shows and was big in real estate. That's not even counting the fortune she got from her father who did the same thing.

Linda Evans loaded? Mansion? Pfftttt I used to live down the street from her in Washington. Nice house but loaded? No. She, I believe, has been pretty open about her financial mismanagement.

by Anonymousreply 147December 26, 2014 4:16 PM

Sheena Easton

by Anonymousreply 148January 24, 2017 9:34 AM

Elijah Wood and Daniel Radcliffe. So young and already so five minutes ago. They will never again see the kinds of roles that made them famous.

by Anonymousreply 149January 24, 2017 9:58 AM

R143, I believe that Lucy's estate when she died in 1989 was $22 million.

by Anonymousreply 150January 24, 2017 10:09 AM

R136, Dynasty did not do well in syndication, vintage nighttime soaps rarely do. In recent years, Joan has had to sell a house or two for funds. Her sister Jackie was far wealthier.

by Anonymousreply 151January 24, 2017 10:15 AM

Sheena Easton, Olivia Newton-John, Maxwell Caulfield

by Anonymousreply 152February 7, 2017 11:46 AM

The OP would include a rapist. This thread should be closed.

by Anonymousreply 153February 27, 2019 1:43 PM

I wonder if Cameron Diaz is living comfortably in retirement.

by Anonymousreply 154February 27, 2019 2:19 PM

making a lot of money at one point in your life and having a lot of money 25 years later are 2 very different things. I would uess some on the list dont have all that much coin, and Cosby is not spending much money lately, tucked away in a prison where he belongs, for being a life long serial rapist as well as a first class asshole

by Anonymousreply 155February 27, 2019 8:22 PM
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