Cloris Leachman
Net Worth: $21M
Before Cloris Leachman was an Emmy award-winning actress, she was competing in pageants. She became Miss Chicago and went on to compete in the Miss America pageant, where she placed in the top 16. She started picking up roles on comedies, like that of Phyllis Lindstrom on ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ and later, its spin-off, ‘Phyllis’.
The 93-year old actress, who’s been working in the industry since the early 1940s, broke records when she appeared on ‘Dancing With The Stars’ at 82. She’s won several awards throughout the course of her career, including another record-breaking eight Emmys, and she was nominated more than 20 times. In the 2000s, Leachman appeared as overbearing grandma Ida in the hilarious sitcom ‘Malcolm in the Middle’. The actress has been a longtime advocate for animal rights and has done multiple ads for PETA, including one where she posed wearing nothing but lettuce.
Raquel Welch
Net Worth: $30M
Actress Raquel Welch first appeared on the scene in the mid 1960s, when she wowed audiences, critics and directors alike, for her role in 'Fantastic Voyage' in 1966. Afterward, she signed a contract with Fox, and it was all uphill from there for the rising star. But it wasn’t until she starred as Myra Breckinridge that she earned that “shock and awe” factor that would become her signature. Of course, that movie as a whole didn’t do very well, but it did show everyone she was willing to take risks on film.
Welch was an international sex symbol throughout the ’70s, with Playboy calling her the “Most Desired Woman” of the entire decade. She posed for the magazine in 79’ but made a point to keep some of her clothes on, to prove to the world that it’s possible to be the “most desired” without being fully nude – something that she never did on film throughout the entirety of her career. The actress is credited with showing society that it’s possible to be beautiful without being blonde, like Marilyn Monroe, who had been the sex symbol in Hollywood until Welch showed up.
Burt Reynolds
Net Worth: $5M
Reynolds was huge in the 1970s, thanks to landing leading roles in hits like 1974’s 'The Longest Yard' and 'Smokey and The Bandit' in 1977. But before he became a major film star, he started his career on television in 'Gunsmoke', in the early ’60s.
In the annual Top Ten Money-Making Stars poll, Reynolds was voted the number one box office star for five years in a row, from the late ’70s to the early ’80s. Despite filing for bankruptcy in the late ’90s, thanks to his extravagant lifestyle, he was able to bounce back and had a net worth of around $5M at the time of his death in 2018.
Pam Grier
Net Worth: $10M
Grier is most well known for playing the title role in Quentin Tarantino’s 1997 film Jackie Brown. Tarantino would later call her the first female action star. She’s earned herself the title of the Queen of Blaxploitation films, thanks to starring in movies like 'Coffy', 'Black Mama White Mama', and 'Foxy Brown' in the ’70s and ’80s. Thanks to that title, she now earns a solid residual income from Brown Sugar, a streaming service for black cult films.
Grier fell in love with actor and comedian Freddie Prinze while she was in the midst of promoting 'Coffy', although they ended up breaking up before getting too serious. In 1988, the actress was diagnosed with cervical cancer and told she had just over a year and a half to live. Miraculously, she was able to recover and has been in remission to this day. She is now 70 years old and lives happily on her ranch in Colorado.
Jack Nicholson
Net Worth: $400M
Everyone in America, if not the western world at least, knows who Jack Nicholson is, but most likely – they’re a fan. Once you’ve seen him act in some of his roles, how can you not be? He’s been acting and working in film for over six decades. His first major hit film was 'Easy Rider', in 1969, and his career really picked up from there.
In the ’70s, Nicholson continued his legacy with 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest' – one of his most iconic roles. In the ’80s, it was 'Terms of Endearment' and 'Batman', the ’90s was 'As Good as it Gets', and in the 2000s, he starred in the hit comedy 'Anger Management', with Adam Sandler. His roles have helped him accumulate over $400 million, three Oscars, and twelve Academy Award nominations. Nicholson has only been married once, for a few years in the ’60s, though he’s fathered both sons and daughters by several of his ex-girlfriends.
Kim Basinger
Net Worth: $40M
Blonde bombshell Kim Basinger got her start as a model in New York City in the 1970’s. She did so well there that she decided to try her hand at acting. She acted in a strong of made-for-tv films throughout the late ’70s, before landing her debut role in the feature film 'Hard Country' in 1981.
Basinger was catapulted to superstardom and was one of the main sex symbols of the ’80s. In 1986, she starred in 9 ½ weeks, the erotic thriller about a Wall Street broker’s affair with an art gallery employee. She gained even more notoriety for her role as Bond girl Domino, in 'Never Say Never Again'. She’s gotten one Academy Award nomination for her work in 1984’s 'The Natural', although she’s also won seven Razzies for Worst Actress/Worst Supporting Actress.
Warren Beatty
Net Worth: $70M
Warren Beatty has a ridiculous number of awards under his belt, from his lengthy career as an actor and filmmaker. These days, he’s regarded as a Hollywood legend, but back in the ’60s and '70s – he was a heartthrob and a playboy. He played in hit films like 'Bonnie and Clyde', 'Reds' and 'Heaven Can Wait'. In 1970, he starred alongside Elizabeth Taylor in 'The Only Game in Town'.
Beatty was engaged to actress Joan Collins in the ’60s, but his womanizing ways prevented them from actually tying the knot. The same ways led another of his girlfriends, songwriter Carly Simon, to write a verse about him in the hit song, “You’re So Vain.” The actor married his wife of several decades, actress Annette Benning, in 1992. They have four children together, two sons and two daughters. The Hollywood legend has an estimated net worth of over $70 million today.
Jane Fonda
Net Worth: $200M
Jane Fonda is another Hollywood legend, that has worked as a model, actress and of course, major fitness guru. She got her start in NYC, on Broadway, in 1960, and went on to start acting in major films. Her iconic skills on the silver screen earned her two Oscars in the 1970s, the same period in which she starred in the hit comedy, 'Fun with Dick and Jane'. Collectively, all over her work has made her more than $200 million.
But acting wasn’t the only thing Fonda was up to in the ’70s. She had a photo snapped of her on a North Vietnamese aircraft gun in Hanoi in 72, which prompted people to call her Hanoi Jane. Hollywood basically blacklisted her because of it, but she later apologized to veterans and was back making films in no time. She has been a part of multiple political protests and actively opposes both war and violence against women.
Harrison Ford
Net Worth: $230M
This star may have a net worth of nearly $250 million today, but he wasn’t always so loaded. He first started his acting career in the mid-’60s, when he moved to California to work on voice overs. Instead, he found himself signing a contract with Columbia Pictures, to fill in some small roles in random films in exchange for $150/week. That’s a far stretch from the amount he pulls in for each of his films these days, with most of them bringing in billions in the box office.
Ford has a lot going on for himself outside of acting and can be considered a “Jack of all trades.” When he wasn’t making much money in Hollywood, he decided to teach himself some other skills, so he had a backup plan just in case film didn’t work out. He learned carpentry skills to support his young family and started learning how to fly. Of course, he wouldn’t finish that training until later in life, but he now he’s got a license to fly both planes and helicopters. He’s also turned a large portion of his ranch in Wyoming into a nature preserve.
Barbra Streisand
Net Worth: $400M
Barbra Streisand is a name that is recognized almost anywhere. The Brooklyn native had always loved show business. She lucked out and struck a deal to babysit the children of Alan and Anita Miller in exchange for a scholarship to their NYC acting school as a teenager. After high school, she moved to Manhattan and worked as a cabaret singer, making her Broadway debut in 1962. And well, after that, it was all uphill for the major star.
In the late ’60s, the actress was working on TV and hosting her own show, 'My Name is Barbra', which won her five Emmys and a 10-year contract with CBS. But by the ’70s, her career had evolved into film, and she was starring in huge movies, including 'A Star is Born', in 1976. Fast forward to today and she’s sold over 250 million records and won several Academy Awards. She is married to her 2nd husband, James Brolin, who she married in 1998, and has racked up an estimated net worth of $400 million.
Elliot Gould
Net Worth: $20M
This former actor and Brooklyn native began on Broadway, like many other actors of the time. Gould got his start as a major player in Hollywood in the 1960's. His first notable role was in 'Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice' in 69’, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. In the ’70s, he starred in 'M*A*S*H', 'The Long Goodbye' and 'California Split'.
In the early ’70s, Gould ran into some issues and was having trouble finding sustainable work. He began to film the adaption of the novel 'A Glimpse of Tiger', but filming was canned after just four days.Gould He has been married three times, twice to the same woman. his first wife, was the legendary Barbra Streisand. There were rumors that the actor was using drugs, but he denied the accusations. After he made his comeback a few years later though, there was no stopping him. He made film after film and wound up hosting 'Saturday Night Live' six times. Gould now serves on the National Board of Directors for the Screen Actors Guild.
Delta Burke
Net Worth: $3M
Delta Burke starred in CBS’ sitcom, 'Designing Women', from 1986-1991. She played Suzanne Sugarbaker, beauty queen and silent partner of an interior design firm in Atlanta, Georgia. She wound up earning two Emmy nominations for the role over the seven seasons the show was on the air. Before she was an actress, she was Miss Florida in 1974, making her the youngest person in history to win the title.
The former actress has, unfortunately, been the subject of a lot of talk in the tabloids due to her extreme weight fluctuations. She finally asked the director of 'Designing Women' to create a script about it, which showed her character getting bullied for her weight at her high school reunion. The episode is said to have been the catalyst for her first Emmy nomination. She works as a fashion designer and manager of her store, Delta Burke Design, in NYC.
Clint Eastwood
Net Worth: $375M
Clint Eastwood is a household name, and has been since he rose to fame as an actor in a series of Western films in the 1960s. He’s continued to star in major hits over the decades, but he’s also worked as a director, and later, mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. In 2004, he won several Academy Awards for his work on 'Million Dollar Baby', including Best Picture, Best Director and the nomination for Best Actor.
Eastwood isn’t just a hugely popular actor in the United States. He’s also recognized internationally, such as in France, where he’s been awarded 2 of their highest honors. In 1994, he won the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres medal at Cannes. The following year during the Academy Awards, he was then presented with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. Eastwood has several children, including a daughter that he fathered with Roxanne Tumis, a stuntwoman in Hollywood at the time. He is rumored to have been involved with a restaurant hostess named Christina since 2015.
Meryl Streep
Net Worth: $90M
Streep is probably the single most iconic woman in all of Hollywood history. She is widely regarded as the best living actress – and for good reason. Over the course of her career, which began in the 1970s, she has won 3 Academy Awards and been nominated for a record-breaking 21 more, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg that is all of the recognition Streep has received for her incredible talents. Former President Barack Obama awarded her 2 medals in less than five years; the National Medal of Arts in 2010 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2014.
The actress is known for her ability to portray a wide range of accents – and make them all sound real, something that not all actors can even come close to doing. In 1982’s 'Sophie’s Choice', she spoke in Polish with a Polish accent (alongside English,) In Out of Africa, she used Danish, she’s also portrayed an Irish woman, a U.S southerner, a few women from England, France, and most recently, someone with a very heavy New York accent in 2008’s 'Doubt'. She’s said in an interview that she views being able to use those different accents as an “obvious requirement” of the portrayal of each of her characters.
Dyan Cannon
Net Worth: $16M
Samille Diane Friesen, more commonly known as Dyan Cannon, is an actress, screenwriter, and director. She first made herself known in 1960, when she debuted on 'The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond'. But it wasn’t until 1969 when she landed her first major role, in 'Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice'. Her work in the film earned her nominations for both Golden Globes and the Academy Awards. She also hosted an episode of 'Saturday Night Live' in 1976 – the first season ever that the show was on the air.
In 1965, Cannon married fellow actor Cary Grant, who was more than 30 years older than her. The following year, she gave birth to their daughter, Jennifer. According to multiple reports Cannon has given, things were pretty shaky between the two, with Grant even forcing her to eat LSD on occasion. The born-again Christian has both a film and TV series she worked on in post-production, and both are set to come out next year.
Michael Douglas
Net Worth: $300M
Douglas’ breakthrough role came in the form of a TV special on CBS called 'The Experiment'. Afterward, he went on to start acting in films. But it wasn’t until 1972 when he landed his co-starring role on TV’s The Streets of San Francisco that he would really make a name for himself. In 79’, he acted in and produced 'The China Syndrome', which also starred Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon.
Douglas married fellow Hollywood superstar Catherina Zeta-Jones in 2000, and the couple have two children together, a son named Dylan and a daughter named Carys. In 2010, the actor went public with the announcement he had been diagnosed with throat cancer, which he’d developed from HPV as a result of oral sex. He and his wife are frequently involved in anti-war activities, like Douglas’ 2009 film project Soldiers of Peace.
Sandie Shaw
Net Worth: $3M
Sandie Shaw was one of the biggest pop stars in England during the ’60s. Some of her most popular hits include '(There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me' in 1964 and 'Puppet on A String' in 1967, which won her the Eurovision Song Quest, making her the first British act to do so.
And she found herself placed on the top 40’s charts into the ’80s, with her “Hand in Glove” cover in 1984. A couple of years ago, she was appointed “Member of the Order of the British Empire,” for her services in the music industry.
Christopher Walken
Net Worth: $50M
Walken is an absolute icon in Hollywood and has acted in more than 100 films and television shows over the years. Throughout the ’50s and ’60s, he worked on TV, but in 1970, he made his feature film debut in 'The Anderson Tapes', with Sean Connery. Some of his biggest hits of all time include 'Batman Returns', 'Pulp Fiction', 'The Deer Hunter' and 'Catch Me if You Can'.
In 2001, Walken appeared in Fatboy Slim’s music video for “Weapon of Choice,” which wound up winning 6 MTV Awards. Critics and fans everywhere agree that Walken is one of the most famous actors of all time. He’s developed an almost cult-like following over his many years in the industry. Many younger actors in Hollywood have expressed the fact they look up to him, including Kat Denning and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Bo Derek
Net Worth: $50M
California-born actress Bo Derek got her start in acting when she arrived on the scene, in her breakthrough role in the steamy comedy, '10', in 1979. Before she started acting, however, she was modeling – all before she even graduated high school. In fact, the actress dropped out of school at age 16. She later told David Letterman in an interview that she didn’t mean to quit, but rather sort of landed in entertainment.
While she was just a teenager still, she met her (future) late husband, John Derek, who worked in Hollywood, was 30 years older than her and married. He wound up divorcing his wife for the teen and moving to Germany with her, where he wouldn’t be subject to persecution for statutory rape laws. The couple wound up moving back to the United States when she turned 18, marrying and staying together until John passed away in 1998. Aside from her one Golden Globe nomination for her work in '10', the only other awards she received for her acting were Razzies for Worst Actress.
Cloris Leachman
Net Worth: $21M
Before Cloris Leachman was an Emmy award-winning actress, she was competing in pageants. She became Miss Chicago and went on to compete in the Miss America pageant, where she placed in the top 16. She started picking up roles on comedies, like that of Phyllis Lindstrom on 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' and later, its spin-off, 'Phyllis'.
The 93-year old actress, who’s been working in the industry since the early 1940s, broke records when she appeared on 'Dancing With The Stars' at 82. She’s won several awards throughout the course of her career, including another record-breaking eight Emmys, and she was nominated more than 20 times. In the 2000s, Leachman appeared as overbearing grandma Ida in the hilarious sitcom 'Malcolm in the Middle'. The actress has been a longtime advocate for animal rights and has done multiple ads for PETA, including one where she posed wearing nothing but lettuce.
Sally Kellerman
Net Worth: $2M
This former actress and multimillionaire has been working in the industry for over six decades. She’s also multitalented and has a pretty amazing voice which has led to her doing voiceovers and signing a recording contract with Verve Records. The California girl is most well-known for her role on 'M*A*S*H', a role that earned her an Oscar nomination in 1970.
Aside from her breakthrough act and records in the 1970s, she also got to dabble in some darker roles, like as an angry, chain-smoking sex addict in 'Last of the Red Hot Lovers', and murderess in 'A Reflection of Fear'. It was also when she dated rock star Mark Farner, of Born to Die, who wrote a song about their relationship which he named after her. The actress was married from 1980-2016, when her husband Jonathan Krane passed away. Her 27-year old daughter Hannah passed away just a few months later, making it a heartbreaking year for Kellerman.
Catherine Deneuve
Net Worth: $75M
Catherine Deneuve is an iconic French actress, famous for starring in films for huge directors in the ’60s and ’70s, like Roman Polanksi and Luis Buñuel. She has won numerous awards on an international basis, and been nominated for even more, including 14 César Awards and the David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actress. Deneuve has been in the industry since the late ’50s and continues to appear in films to this day.
Outside of modeling, the French star also worked as a model through the years, doing everything from posing for Playboy to acting as the face of Chanel No. 5. She also created a perfume of her own, which she named simply: Deneuve. She is widely regarded as the muse of Yves Saint Laurent, who dressed her in several of her films. The star closed the Cannes film festival earlier this year.
Anjelica Huston
Net Worth: $50M
Anjelica Huston comes from a long line of actors, so she was born with the acting bug. When she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1985, she became the third generation of people in her family to do so. Her father, John Huston, was a famous director, and her grandfather, Walter, was a fellow family actor.
Huston’s most recent role on screen was in this year’s 'John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum'. The actress and director has also reportedly been working on putting together a film about William Butler Yeats and Maude Gonne, which has been in the works for over 20 years. She last said, in 2010, that it was still coming to fruition. Aside from her films, she’s also published a couple of books, which she actually compiled as one single book of her memoirs. Huston has long been involved in advocating for animal rights and was even named PETA’s Person of the Year in 2012.
Bruce Dern
Net Worth: $20M
Bruce Dern is iconic in the entertainment industry for playing “the bad guy,” in most of his films throughout the ’70s and on. The Chicago-born actor is father to Laura Dern, who, like her father, holds her own on the silver screen. In 2010, they both got stars right next to each other on the Walk of Fame.
Throughout the ’70s, he appeared mainly as a villain in films like 'Support Your Local Sheriff!', and 'The Cowboys'. He also played in Alfred Hitchcock’s final film in 1976, 'Family Plot'. Dern continues to act today, and most recently appeared earlier this year in Quentin Tarantino’s 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'. He’s won several awards, including the one for Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013.
Veruschka
Net Worth: $1M
Verushcka, born to a countess in East Prussia (today’s Russia) as Vera Gottliebe Anna Gräfin von-Lhendorff-Steinort (it’s no wonder she simplified that all down to one name!) Her father was assassinated when she was just five, for an alleged attempt at the assassination of Adolf Hitler. After World War II, her family was left homeless.
But Verushcka was discovered by a famous photographer when she was 20 years old, and not long after, signed a contract with Ford. Aside from her successful modeling career, she’s also acted in several films, including 'The Bride' in 1985.
Paula Prentiss
Net Worth: $8M
Texas-born Paula Prentiss is most well-known for her work in several 60’s films, including 'What’s New Pussycat?', in 'Harm’s Way', and 'The Parallax View'. She was also revered for her role as Paula Hollister on the sitcom, 'He & She'. On the show, she plays a social worker named Paula and wife to Dick Hollister, a successful cartoonist. Her husband in real life (to this day,) Richard Benjamin, played Dick.
But despite being adorable both on-screen and off, she began appearing as Jim Hutton’s romantic co-star in several hit films over the years. After her thriving film career, she started to take on smaller roles on TV, on shows like 'Murder She Wrote'. She and her husband are still happily married today, since tying the knot in 1961.
Dustin Hoffman
Net Worth: $50M
Nearly everyone in the United States has to know of Dustin Hoffman. The award-winning actor has two Academy Awards, six Golden Globes, and four BAFTAs, all over the course of an incredibly successful career in Hollywood that spans over five decades. Before he showed up on the film scene in 'The Graduate', he worked on Broadway, and actually, he returned for a while right after filming wrapped, too.
He was back acting in no time, though, which led to hit after hit, after hit at the box office. Aside from staying busy on the silver screen, he also had things brewing behind closed doors. He’s been married to his 2nd wife since 1980 and now has two grandchildren. He’s also done something else that’s just as noteworthy as winning his Oscars and Academy Awards: he beat cancer in 2013.
Valerie Perrine
Net Worth: $6M
This former actress and model earned nationwide recognition after appearing in her breakthrough role as Honey Bruce in 1974’s hit film, 'Lenny'. That role ended up winning her a BAFTA for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles, along Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival and an Academy Award nomination for the same category. A few years later, she followed up the film by appearing in 'Superman' and 'Superman II'.
Before Perrine was a major film star, she was playing some spicier, smaller roles, trying to work her way up in the industry. She got her start as a showgirl in Vegas before taking on the role of Montana Wildhack, a softcore porno actress in George Roy Hill’s 'Slaughterhouse-Five'. She was also the first actress in history to show her breasts on TV – on PBS, nonetheless. Perrine suffers from Parkinson’s disease and has been retired from acting since 2016, when she last appeared as Ethel in 'Silver Skies'. She enjoys a $6 million net worth from the wealth she’s accumulated over the years.
Malcolm McDowell
Net Worth: $70M
You probably know Malcolm McDowell most for his breakthrough role in Stanley Kubrick’s 1971 dystopian cult film, 'A Clockwork Orange'. In it, McDowell plays the depraved and seriously unbalanced antihero, Alex DeLarge. That role launched him to stardom and marked the start of an extremely successful career in acting that spans over five decades and continues today. But despite the fact the film was a hit at the box office, things got rocky behind the scenes between director and starring actor when he was stiffed the full amount Kubrick promised him when he accepted the role.
McDowell didn’t let the bad payment experience derail him from what would become a huge career. Recently, he appeared as Dr. Loomis in the new remakes of 'Halloween' and 'Halloween II', from Rob Zombie. And other than appearing on screen consistently for the past 50 years, he’s also done a lot of voice acting work, including his recurring voice role as Grandpa Fletcher on Disney’s 'Phineas and Ferb'. The actor has managed to build himself a net worth of over $70 million. He currently lives with his wife, Kelley, and their three sons in Ojai, California.
Audrey Hepburn
Net Worth: $3M
Audrey Hepburn may have risen to stardom in the 1950s, thanks to her work in 'Roman Holiday', but she kept going strong straight through the ’60s. She starred in perhaps her most popular film in 1961 – 'Breakfast at Tiffany’s'. A few years later, she played opposite Cary Grant in 'My Fair Lady', a film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
The legendary film star passed away in 1993, but not before amassing a small fortune and immortalizing herself in some of the biggest movies in the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Hugh Hefner
Net Worth: $50M
Hugh Hefner started his career in publishing as a copywriter with Esquire magazine. He launched Playboy in 1953, with the first issue featuring Marilyn Monroe's nude calendar shoot and selling over 50,000 copies. Ironically, his conservative, Methodist mother, who had originally wanted him to become a missionary, lent him part of the money he raised to start it.
And that investment turned into a multi-million-dollar empire for Hugh Hefner, who lived in lavish mansions (like The Playboy Mansion) with Playboy bunnies by his side day and night. Hefner passed away in 2017, leaving behind his widow and third wife, Crystal Hefner.
Brooke Shields
Net Worth: $25M
This face is another one that’s widely recognized throughout the country. Brooke Shields is a popular actress and model, most well-known for her title role on NBC’s 'Suddenly Susan'. She also joined the cast of 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' in 2017 and has been appearing regularly since. But before any of that, she was making waves playing her debut role as a child prostitute in 20th century New Orleans in 'Pretty Baby'.
The Manhattan-born actress lives with her husband, writer Chris Henchy, and their two daughters in New York City. She had an odd relationship with late singer Michael Jackson growing up, apparently, when she was just 13, she would “go on dates” with Michael who was 21 at the time. Later in life, they started dating and he reportedly even proposed to her on several occasions. She’s also come under fire from PETA recently for surprisingly coming out with her own mink coat, even though she’s been an activist for veganism for a while now.
Carol Kane
Net Worth: $5M
Carol Kane got her start in theatre before making her way into film. She rose to fame in the ’70s when she started taking on roles in films like 'The World’s Greatest Lover', opposite Gene Wilder, in 1977. She also appeared in 'Hester Street' during that time, for which she was nominated for an Oscar. In the early ’80s, she landed a recurring role on 'Taxi', and won two Emmys for her work on the show.
In 2005, she made her way back to the stage when she took the part of Madame Morrible in Broadway’s 'Wicked', a role she played for multiple productions between 2005 and 2014. In 2010, she also appeared in the off-Broadway play 'Love, Loss, and What I Wore'. In recent years, she’s played the part of the cookie but lovable landlord on 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'. Kane is currently in filming and is set to appear in 2020 on the TV show 'Hunters', as Mindy Markowitz. She is also rumored to be in talks of playing in the upcoming film, 'Son of Houdini'.
Goldie Hawn
Net Worth: $60M
Goldie Hawn rose to fame in the late ’60s, after appearing in her breakthrough role on Rowan & Martin’s 'Laugh', in 1968. The following year, she won the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film 'Cactus Flower'. By 1970, she was the new “it” girl in Hollywood. Her daughter, Kate Hudson, has been there, too.
The actress founded The Hawn Foundation in 2003, a non-profit that aims to help young people gain the educations they need to succeed in life. She and fellow actor Kurt Russell have been together for over 35 years. They own homes together all over the place; including Colorado, New York, and California. She has been a supporter of the LGBTQ community for a while now and has spoken out against laws that criminalize gay people.
Alan Arkin
Net Worth: $15M
This Brooklyn native has a career in entertainment that spans more than seven decades. His first major role was in 'The Russians Are Coming', 'The Russians Are Coming', in 1966, a role that earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. It wasn’t until he starred in 'Little Miss Sunshine' that he won the Oscar. Arkin’s career has mainly been based on smaller, yet strong roles.
In 1969, he made his directorial debut with 'People Soup', a 12-minute short children’s film that starred his sons, Adam and Matthew. The film ended up being nominated for an Oscar. He has also authored several books, including 'The Lemming Condition' in 1976 and 'Out of My Mind' in 2018. He married his third wife, Suzanne, in 1996. The two live together in Carlsbad, California.
Connie Chan
Net Worth: $1.2M
Cantonese actress and opera singer Connie Chan was adopted by opera stars Chan Fei-nung and his wife, Kung Fan-hung, when she was very young. As a result, she was trained in their classical ways from the age of five, which ultimately led to her becoming one of the biggest teen stars in China in the 1960s.
Over the years, she was involved in over 230 films of all different types. Her son, Dexter, is now following along in his mom’s footsteps and acting, most recently in a show called 'Wasabi Mon Amour'.
Sir Anthony Hopkins
Net Worth: $160M
Sir Phillip Anthony Hopkins is most widely known, by all generations, for his role as Hannibal Lecter in 'Silence of the Lambs'. When he was done playing the cannibal psychopath, he was acting in other major films like Bram Stoker’s 'Dracula', 'The Mask of Zorro', 'Amistad' and 'Meet Joe Black'. He even narrated the popular 2000 holiday film, 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas'.
In the 1990s, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his contributions to the arts, hence the “Sir” that now precedes his name. In 2003, he received the American version of knighthood when he got his star placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Hopkins had a short music career in the 1980s when he released a single called Distant Star, which made it to number 75 on the UK charts. He later said that he wished he could have gone to music college, but he had to “settle for becoming an actor.” He has been in recovery from alcoholism for over 35 years and recently kicked the habit of smoking, as well.
Lee Grant
Net Worth: $15M
93-year old Lee Grant had a somewhat bumpy career, thanks to some legal issues she found herself involved in. Director Edward Dmytryk named Grant’s husband at the time at the House Un-American Activities Committee, where she was asked to testify against him. When she refused, Hollywood put her name on a decade-long blacklist, during which time she divorced that husband and remarried, as well as had her daughter, Dinah.
After her sentencing was over, though, she got right back on the circuit in Tinseltown. Then, she kept going until she started racking up plenty of awards for her efforts. She won several Emmy’s in the ’60s and ’70s, along with the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1975’s Shampoo and was nominated for many more. Earlier this year, she appeared on screen in 'Reflections'. The actress lives in New York City, and still enjoys a net worth of around $15 million.
Faye Dunaway
Net Worth: $40M
Faye Dunaway’s extremely successful career began on Broadway in the 1960s. From there, she evolved into a film star, playing in movies like 'The Thomas Crown Affair' and 'The Arrangement'. One of her most notable (and controversial) roles was that of Joan Crawford in 1981’s 'Mommy Dearest'.
Dunaway has won three Golden Globes, an Emmy, an Academy Award, and a BAFTA. Her most recent role was in the one-woman play, 'Tea at Five', written by Matthew Lombardo. Dunaway has one child with her ex-husband, photographer Terry O’Neill.