Born Ferrah Leni Fawcett on February 2, 1947, Farrah Leni Fawcett passed away on June 25, 2009, in the United States. Starring in the pilot episode of Charlie’s Angels, Fawcett shot to stardom around the world and went on to be nominated for four Primetime Emmys and six Golden Globes.
Farrah Fawcett Net Worth
Before her untimely death in 2009, American actress and singer Farrah Fawcett was worth $25 million. A conservative appraisal of her art collection is factored into that net worth estimate. By herself, the Andy Warhol portrait in that collection was worth almost $12 million when she passed away. Since she actually had TWO Warhol portraits of herself when she passed away, we state “at least one” in the preceding sentence.
Upon discovery that her partner Ryan O’Neal had removed the second portrait following her 2009 death and placed it at his Malibu property, a legal dispute arose, as we will discuss later in this piece. From February 1947 until her death in June 2009, Farrah Leni Fawcett was a resident of Corpus Christi, Texas.
Her appearances on Charlie’s Angels were probably her most famous work. When TV Guide released their list of the 100 best TV stars in 1996, she was placed #26. Both “Harry O” and “The Six Million Dollar Man” featured her in cameo appearances. For the 1976–1980 season of Charlie’s Angels, she portrayed Jill Munroe.
A star was bestowed upon Fawcett on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1995. In addition to her two 2004 TV Land Awards, she also received a People’s Choice Award in 1977. She received four Primetime Emmy nominations and five Golden Globe ones. Anal cancer was Fawcett’s 2006 diagnosis. She was 62 years old when she died on June 25, 2009, just after the May 2009 airing of the documentary Farrah’s Story.
Farrah Fawcett Iconic Poster Earnings
her iconic image of the 20th century would be born from a 1976 poster in which Farrah made her appearance. The poster features Farrah in a skimpy bikini, her blond hair falling loosely over her shoulders. With over 6 million reproductions sold, it became the best-selling poster of all time and catapulted Farrah to international stardom. Farrah got her start in big-screen acting because to the poster’s fame. Her bikini is on display at the Smithsonian Institution.
Forty percent of the poster’s sales went to Farrah. The poster sold 6 million copies, bringing in $12 million in sales and $2 million in profit. As a result, Farrah will receive $800,000 in royalties, or $3.6 million after inflation.
Charlie’s Angels Salary
In the first season of Charlie’s Angels, Farrah Fawcett made $5,000 every episode. Producers raised her pay to $10,000 each episode following the pilot, which is equivalent to almost $44,000 in today’s dollars (after inflation). Since Farrah was already making a lot more money from her poster rights, she was unhappy with her pay and decided to leave the show.
With an average salary of $5,000 per episode in 1976, she earned $110,000 for 22 episodes. After accounting for inflation, that amounts to almost $490,000 in today’s dollars. Farrah earned $400,000 that year from the royalties on her poster. It’s equivalent to $1.8 million. Even though Farrah was unhappy with her salary from Charlie’s Angels, producers nonetheless made her appear as a guest star frequently for the following two seasons.
Farrah Fawcett Other Work
In the 1980s, she was a leading lady in two films: Small Sacrifices and The Burning Bed. Her 1997 film The Apostle co-starred Robert Duvall. Spin City and The Guardian both featured her in recurrent roles. She was married to actor Lee Majors during her Charlie’s Angels days, therefore she was known as Farrah Fawcett-Majors.
Farrah Fawcett Real Estate
In her own little way, Farrah was a real estate tycoon. She put her money into Bel-Air and Malibu mansions when her career was at its height, and those properties are now worth a tidy penny. Reportedly, she also bought senior citizen trailer parks with all of her money from a string of films she made in the 1970s. They were valued at $20 million in the 90s, or around $40 million now, for those real estate holdings.
She acquired a 5-acre Bel-Air estate in two separate deals; it served as her primary residence for many decades. An undisclosed sum was used to acquire the first piece, which was about 2.8 acres, in the 1970s. She purchased the adjacent 2.4-acre property for $1.7 million in 1991, which is equivalent to $3.3 million today. Farrah made $2.7 million from the sale of the primary block in 1999.
The 12,000 square foot mansion was purchased by Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon for $7 million in 2009. It features a movie theater, basketball court, recording studio, and more. After getting a divorce in 2015, Nick and Mariah attempted to sell their house for $13 million, but they settled for $9 million.
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