Gary Edward Keillor was born on the 7th August 1942, in Anoka, Minnesota USA, of English and Scottish descent. He is a radio personality and host, who is probably best known for hosting his own radio show called “A Prairie Home Companion” on the Minnesota Public Radio station. He is also known as an author of several books, such as his best-selling book “Lake Wobegon Days”. His career has been active since 1969.
So, have you ever wondered how rich Garrison Keillor is, as of mid- 2016? It is estimated by sources that the total size of Garrison’s net worth is over $5 million, which has been accumulated through his successful involvement in the entertainment industry, not only as a radio personality, but also as an author. Other than that, Garrison has also been the owner of a bookstore since 2006, which has also increased his net worth.
Garrison Keillor Net Worth $5 Million
Garrison Keillor was born to Grace Ruth and John Philip Keillor, who worked as a carpenter and also a postal worker. He attended Anoka High School, and after matriculation in 1960, Garrison enrolled at the University of Minnesota, from which he graduated with a BA degree in English in 1966. While attending the college, he also worked for its radio station.
After graduation, he found a job as a writer for The New Yorker, but five years later, he returned to his first love, radio, and started the show called “A Prairie Home Companion”, which has been on air since then, with a short hiatus. Thanks to the immense popularity of the show, Garrison’s name became extremely popular, and his net worth began to grow; over the years, the show became the main source of his net worth.
Beside that, Garrison is also known for his books, and column writing. He has authored several books, including “Lake Wobegon Days” in 1985, “WLT: A Radio Romance” in 1991, “Love Me” (2003), “Liberty: A Novel of Lake Wobegon” in 2008, and “Guy Noir And The Straight Skinny” in 2012, among others, all of which have contributed to his net worth.
He has also recognized for his voice over work, as he has voiced Walt Whitman in the documentary film “Civil War” by Ken Burns, and has also provided his voice to Norse god Odin in the animated film “Hercules” (1998), all of which have increased his net worth.
He has also opened a bookstore, called Common Good Books, G. Keillor, Prop in 2006, and since then has operated it with success, increasing further the overall size of his net worth.
Thanks to his successful career, Garrison has received several prestigious awards, including the Peabody Award for his work on “A Prairie Home Companion”, and in 2007 he received the John Steinbeck Award for literature. Furthermore, he was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 1994, and having in 1988 received a Grammy Award for the recording of his book “Lake Wobegon Days”. Also, he has won two CableACE Awards, among many other recognitions and awards.
If to talk about his personal life, Garrison Keillor has been married to violist Jenny Lind Nilsson since 1995; the couple has one child together. Previously, he was married to Mary Guntzel (1965-1976), with whom he has a child, and later, he was in marriage with Ulla Skaerved from 1985 to 1990. In free time, he is politically active as a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, Ambassador Book Award for Fiction, Jacksonville, FL, USA, Clearwater, FL, USA, Sarasota, FL, USA
Nominations
Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Performance, Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay, Jacksonville, FL, USA, Clearwater, FL, USA, Sarasota, FL, USA
Movies
Jacksonville, FL, USA, Clearwater, FL, USA, Sarasota, FL, USA, Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure, Garrison Keillor: The Man On the Radio in the Red Shoes, A Prairie Home Companion, The Sandy Bottom Orchestra, Redux Riding Hood, Afraid So, A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor
TV Shows
The Civil War
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Quote
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Years ago, manhood was an opportunity for achievement, and now it's a problem to be overcome.
2
[summarizing a proposed film project] It's got a funeral, it's got a big Fourth of July parade and, you know, two people taking each other's clothes off. Everything we look for in a movie.
3
I think the most un-American thing you can say is "You can't say that".
4
When you're in your 20s, your 30s, even, you have - at least, I had - vast ambitions, and you sit around mooning about these things, and you're depressed, because you haven't done them. And it takes you a long time to come to the realization that if you can't be John Updike, well, then, you can't. If you can't be Philip Roth, then don't. So you'll do this other thing instead. And maybe you'll be writing the very thing that John Updike and Philip Roth wish to hell they could. They're neither of them particularly funny; maybe that's what they've always wanted to do.
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I love New York, and I'm drawn to a certain intensity of life, but I've just never felt like I want to escape from the Midwest. A writer lives a great deal in his own head, and so one intuitively finds places where your head is more clear. New York for me is one of those places.
6
I am in favor of corruption so long as it makes people truly happy. And so long as somebody writes a good confessional memoir like John Dean's "Blind Ambition."
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I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver.
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A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.
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Sex is good, but not as good as fresh sweet corn.
10
I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.
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Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function.
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Fact
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Recovering in a hospital after suffering a minor stroke on September 7, 2009.
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Garrison Keillor was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1994.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor
2016
Video
Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure
2013
Video
Farmer O'Dell / Narrator (voice)
The Darkest Evening of the Year
2011
Short
Narrator (voice)
The Minus Touch
2011
Short
Narrator (voice)
Afraid So
2006
Short voice
A Prairie Home Companion
2006
GK
Hercules
1998
TV Series
Odin
Redux Riding Hood
1997
Short
The Narrator (voice)
American Experience
1996
TV Series documentary
Narrator
The Dakota Conflict
1993
TV Movie
Co-Narrator
The Civil War
1990
TV Mini-Series documentary
Walt Whitman / Various
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor
2016
Video
A Prairie Home Companion Live in HD! Again!
2010
TV Movie written by
A Prairie Home Companion Live in HD!
2010
TV Movie written by
American Masters
2008
TV Series documentary based on monologues by - 1 episode
A Prairie Home Companion
2006
radio program "A Prairie Home Companion" - uncredited / screenplay / story
The Sandy Bottom Orchestra
2000
TV Movie novel
A Prairie Home Companion: The Second Annual Farewell Performance
1988
TV Movie
A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor
1987
TV Series writer
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Prairie Home Companion Live in HD! Again!
2010
TV Movie executive producer
A Prairie Home Companion Live in HD!
2010
TV Movie executive producer
Great Performances
2006
TV Series executive producer - 2 episodes
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Prairie Home Companion
2006
lyrics: "Guy Noir", "Go Tell Aunt Gladys", "Piscacadawadaquoddymoggin", "Jens Jensen's Herring Commercial", "Slow Days Of Summer", "My Minnesota Home", "Beboparebop Rhubarb Pie", "Whoop-I-Ti-Yi-Yo", "Baby, Baby, Be My Man", "Coffee Jingle", "The New Munich Beer Commercial", "The Day Is Short", "The Prince Of Pizza Commercial", "Goodbye To My Mama", "Bad Jokes", "Frankie & Johnny" / music: "I Used To Work In Chicago", "Slow Days Of Summer", "Coffee Jingle", "The Day Is Short", "Goodbye To My Mama