Debbie Reynolds Net Worth: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know dec 28 16
Actress Debbie Reynolds waves as she arrives for the 1997 Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills 19 January. Reynolds is nominated for best actress for a musical or comedy motion picture for her role in “Mother.” (Getty)
Debbie Reynolds, who died of a stroke on December 28, was considerably wealthier than her famous daughter Carrie Fisher.
Reynolds, 84, fell ill while planning her daughter’s funeral with her son, Todd Fisher, and was rushed to a hospital, where she tragically died.
The mother and daughter were together worth millions, but, despite Carrie’s legendary turn as Princess Leia, Reynolds was richer.
Here’s what you need to know:
1. Debbie Reynolds Was Worth at Least $60 Million
Actresses Debbie Reynolds (R), recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, and her daughter Carrie Fisher pose in the press room during the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 25, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Getty)
The Richest puts Debbie’s fortune at around $60 million.
Some sites, though, put Reynolds’ net worth as high as $85 million.
Who will be Debbie’s heir? The two most obvious possibilities are Carrie’s daughter and her granddaughter, Billie Lourd, and Debbie’s surviving child, Todd Fisher.
2. Debbie’s Daughter, Carrie Fisher, Was Worth Far Less
Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher. (Getty)
In contrast, Carrie Fisher was worth only about $5 million, according to most sites that gauge celebrity net worth.
Carrie lost out on millions in her teens when she signed away her likeness as part of the Star Wars franchise. That meant that she didn’t benefit from Princess Leia’s image being used on everything from posters to lunch boxes.
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Click here to read more3. Debbie Reynolds Starred in Many Hollywood Movies
Debbie Reynolds. (Getty)
Debbie Reynolds is best known for her role in 1952’s Singin’ in the Rain, but she starred in many other Hollywood films. USA Today said she also played a “backwoods sweetheart in 1957’s Tammy.”
She was just in her teens, said the newspaper, when she was known as an “MGM ingenue.” Debbie was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the 1965 movie, The Unsinkable Molly Brown.
4. Reynolds Was an Entrepreneur Who Owned a Casino & Wrote a Memoir
Actress Carrie Fisher (L) and her mother, actress Debbie Reynolds, arrive for Dame Elizabeth Taylor’s 75th birthday party at the Ritz-Carlton, Lake Las Vegas on February 27, 2007 in Henderson, Nevada. (Getty)
Like her daughter, Carrie, Reynolds did not make her fortune from one talent or venture. She was also an author, writing the memoir, Unsinkable, which chronicled her life, including the painful scandal in which her husband and Carrie’s father, Eddie Fisher, left her for Elizabeth Taylor, shocking the nation.
For years, Debbie owned the Clarion Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, but the hotel closed in 2014. Debbie owned it for five years. “Reynolds wound up filing for bankruptcy in 1997 and selling the property at auction a year later to the World Wrestling Federation,” said The Las Vegas Sun.
Throughout the years, she had everything from an exercise video to a dance studio to an advice column.
5. Reynolds Had a Series of Wealthy Husbands Who Took Advantage of Her
Debbie Reynolds and Harry Karl, her second husband.(Getty)
Debbie Reynolds was married three times. In addition to the hotel bankruptcy, Reynolds had other money problems throughout her life. One of her husbands gambled away her money.
In addition to Eddie Fisher, Reynolds was married to Harry Karl, described as the president to the “largest independently owned retail shoe store chains in the country.” They lived in a lavish home called “The Embassy,” said Footwear News.
The New York Post said, though, that Karl “squandered” $100 million of Reynolds’ money.
Carrie Fisher said of the home, “It looked more like a place where you’d get your passport stamped more than a house,” said Footwear News.
Reynolds’ third and final marriage to Richard Hamlett ended just as unhappily. The New York Post said he also played games with her money: “He had retooled their finances in nefarious ways. He had backdated deeds to their shared properties transferring the estate to his girlfriend and his brother so that they wouldn’t be included in his holdings when it came to determining divorce settlements.”
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