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Gilda Radner Net Worth
Gilda Radner Net Worth 2020: Wiki Biography, Married, Family, Measurements, Height, Salary, Relationships
Gilda Radner net worth is
$2 Million
Gilda Radner Wiki Biography
Gilda Radner was born on 28 June 1946, in Detroit, Michigan USA, to parents Henrietta and Herman of Jewish heritage, and was best known as a comedian who had been in the original cast of ‘’Saturday Night Live’’. She passed away in 1989.
So just how rich was Gilda Radner? Authoritative sources report that Radner’s net worth was as high as $2 million, accumulated from her career in the acting industry as a comedian on Broadway and in the movies.
Gilda Radner Net Worth $2 million
Gilda attended University Liggett School in Detroit, and after matriculating enrolled into the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1964. However, she never graduated, dropping out in her senior year. She then moved to Toronto where she made her acting debut with the Second City Comedy troupe. Gilda joined National Lampoon Radio Hour, a comedy radio program widely recognized across the US, playing alongside John Belushi, Chevy Chase and Richard Belzer, among others. Subsequently she teamed up with the cast of “Saturday Night Live” in the first season in 1975, and in addition to making notable appearances in the show, she was included in writing a lot of the material too. Having landed a successful role in a widely recognized television show, Radner was gaining a lot of recognition. One of her colleagues stated that she was the first one to make fun of the news anchors, and now everybody does that. Many agree that her acting skills were a significant addition to the show throughout the mid- and late-‘70s, especially portraying the elderly woman Emily Litella, and so receiving an Emmy Award for her work. Her net worth was certainly well set.
In the upcoming period, Radner went on to parody celebrities such as Lucille Ball and Patti Smith, and due to her success in the industry, she was offered her own variety television show in 1979, but she turned this opportunity down. As of the same year, she was the host of Music for UNICEF concert, and made a Broadway appearance in ‘’Gilda Radner – Live From New York’’, which was recorded and released as a movie entitled ‘’Gilda Love’’ in the same year, but which received poor reviews. In the forthcoming year, all of the original members of SNL were released.
At that time, Radner was working with Sam Waterson on the play “Lunch Hour”, which received acclaim and was praised by the critics, newspapers and magazines nationwide.
In addition to being an actress and comedian, Gilda wrote an autobiography ‘’It’s Always Something’’. She had two notable movie roles in mid ‘80s in the movies ‘’ The Woman in Red’’ and ‘’ Haunted Honeymoon’’, adding somewhat to her net worth.
Radner received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1992.
In her personal life, Gilda left college to follow her boyfriend who moved to Toronto. She was married twice, firstly to G. E. Smith, a musician who worked on her Broadway play with her. Her second husband was actor Gene Walder – the couple married on 18 September 1984 in Saint-Tropez. They went on to make another movie together, and remained together until Gilda’s death in 1989. Throughout her life, she dealt with several eating disorders, however, Radner died of ovarian cancer. She had been treated for it once before, but the illness eventually returned. Her husband subsequently established Gilda Radner Hereditary Cancer Program, a hospital at Cedars-Sinai, with the purpose of the hospital being the screening of women who are at high risk of developing cancer.
| Full Name | Gilda Radner |
| Net Worth | $2 Million |
| Date Of Birth | June 28, 1946 |
| Died | May 20, 1989, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Detroit, Michigan, United States |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Profession | Comedian, Actor, Screenwriter |
| Education | University of Michigan |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Gene Wilder (m. 1984–1989), G. E. Smith (m. 1980–1982) |
| Parents | Henrietta Radner, Herman Radner |
| Siblings | Michael Radner |
| Nicknames | Gilda Susan Radner |
| IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0705717/ |
| Awards | Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, CableACE Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance - Variety Or Music Program |
| Nominations | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy-Variety Or Music Program, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy Series |
| Movies | Saturday Night Live, Haunted Honeymoon, The Woman in Red, Hanky Panky, Gilda Live, First Family, The Rutles, The Last Detail, Movers & Shakers, Animalympics, Witch's Night Out, It Came from Hollywood, Dr. Zonk and the Zunkins, Music for UNICEF Concert, The Gift of Winter |
| TV Shows | Saturday Night Live, Dr. Zonk and the Zunkins, Music for UNICEF Concert |
| Title | Salary |
|---|---|
| Saturday Night Live (1975) | $750 /week (1975 season) |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | There is no real security except for whatever you build inside yourself. |
| 2 | Some stories don't have a clear beginning middle and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity... |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | She was romantically involved with Peter Firth in the late 1970s. |
| 2 | Was considered for the role of Shirley Feeney on the sitcom Laverne & Shirley (1976) according to Penny Marshall. The role eventually went to Cindy Williams. |
| 3 | Her SNL character Roseanne Roseannadanna is the partial inspiration for the sobriquet of Glasgow, Scotland post-hardcore/indie-pop rock band Dananananaykroyd, as is the real name of her Saturday Night Live (1975) "Weekend Update" co-star, Dan Aykroyd. |
| 4 | Was a mentor to actress Catherine O'Hara. |
| 5 | She was posthumously awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on June 27, 2003. |
| 6 | 30 Rock (2006) star and creator (and ex-Saturday Night Live (1975) writer and player) Tina Fey has named Gilda as the main reason she became a comedy writer. |
| 7 | Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives." Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 718-720. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999. |
| 8 | Attended and graduated from The Liggett School (now University Liggett School) in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan (1966). |
| 9 | Classic recurring characters include Roseanne Rosannadanna, Judy Miller, Emily Litella, Baba Wawa (a parody of Barbara Walters), Lisa Loopner, Candy Slice and Rhonda Weiss. |
| 10 | Biography in: "American National Biography." Supplement 1, pp. 499-500. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. |
| 11 | She was of Russian Jewish, Polish Jewish, and Lithuanian Jewish ancestry. |
| 12 | Won a Posthumous Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording (1990). |
| 13 | Is the only female player from Saturday Night Live (1975) to win an Outstanding Performance Emmy Award for her work on the show. |
| 14 | Gene Wilder and Gilda's cancer psychotherapist, Joanna Bull, established Gilda's Club in 1991. This was Gilda's wish that a place could be established where people of all ages diagnosed with cancer could come together and support one another through the illness. The centers are non-medical and very homey, with an art center, exercise facility, game rooms and a children's room called Noogieland, so named for "noogies", one of Gilda's comedic actions. No such place as Gilda's Club existed when she battled her ovarian cancer. Gilda's Club currently has centers all over the United States and Canada. |
| 15 | Her mother named her after the title character played by Rita Hayworth in the film noir Gilda (1946). |
| 16 | Following her untimely death, she was interred at Long Ridge Cemetery in Stamford, Connecticut. |
| 17 | One of the members of the Toronto comedy troupe Second City. |
| 18 | Dated Martin Short during the early 1970s, after meeting him during the run of the legendary 1972 Toronto production of "Godspell". In addition to Radner and Short, this production also starred Victor Garber, Eugene Levy, Dave Thomas and Andrea Martin, with Paul Shaffer as musical director. Radner's understudy, Canadian comic actress Nancy Dolman began dating Short in 1974 and married him in 1980. |
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haunted Honeymoon | 1986 | Vickie Pearle | |
| Movers & Shakers | 1985 | Livia Machado | |
| The Woman in Red | 1984 | Ms. Milner | |
| Hanky Panky | 1982 | Kate Hellman | |
| First Family | 1980 | Gloria Link | |
| Saturday Night Live | 1975-1980 | TV Series | Various Emily Litella Baba Wawa ... |
| Animalympics | 1980 | Barbra Warblers / Brenda Springer / Cora Lee Perrier / ... (voice) | |
| Witch's Night Out | 1978 | TV Movie | The Godmother (voice) |
| The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash | 1978 | TV Movie | Mrs. Emily Pules |
| The Gift of Winter | 1974 | TV Short | Nicely / Malicious / Narrator (voice) |
| The Collaborators | 1974 | TV Series | |
| Dr. Zonk and the Zunkins | 1974 | TV Series | |
| Jack: A Flash Fantasy | 1974 | TV Movie | Jill of Hearts |
| The Last Detail | 1973 | Nichiren Shoshu Member |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stealing Time | 2009 | performer: "Walkin' in a Winter Wonderland" | |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd | 2005 | Video performer: "The Sound of Music" - uncredited | |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of Gilda Radner | 2005 | Video performer: "Stayin' Alive" uncredited, "We Gather Together" uncredited, "Gimme Mick" uncredited, "Stretch Marks", "F-U-L-L-F-I-L-L-M-E-N-T", "My Songs Are My Children", "You'll Be Sorry Someday", "Vantage Blues", "Evil Ways" uncredited | |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi | 2005 | TV Special performer: "What'd I Say" - uncredited | |
| Saturday Night Live Christmas | 1999 | Video performer: "Winter Wonderland" - uncredited | |
| Postcards from the Edge | 1990 | writer: "I Love to Be Unhappy" | |
| Haunted Honeymoon | 1986 | performer: "Always in All Ways", "Ballin' the Jack" | |
| Saturday Night Live | 1975-1980 | TV Series performer - 16 episodes | |
| Gilda Live | 1980 | Documentary performer: "Let's Talk Dirty to the Animals", "The Audition/I Love to Be Unhappy", "Don Kirshner/Rhonda Weiss Introduction/Go...", "If You Look Close/Gimme Mick", "Emily Litella", "Roseanne Roseannadanna", "Honey Touch Me With My Clothes On" | |
| Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda (TV Special) | 1979 | performer: "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" - uncredited | |
| Things We Did Last Summer | 1978 | TV Movie performer: "Things We Did Last Summer" | |
| The Muppet Show | 1978 | TV Series performer - 1 episode |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilda Radner: It's Always Something | 2002 | TV Movie book "It's Always Something" | |
| The Best of Gilda Radner | 1989 | Video documentary | |
| Gilda Live | 1980 | Documentary | |
| Saturday Night Live | 1975-1978 | TV Series additional material - 3 episodes |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life with Jeannie | 2013 | TV Series thanks - 1 episode |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| It's Garry Shandling's Show. | 1988 | TV Series | Herself |
| Late Night with David Letterman | 1983-1986 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Reading Rainbow | 1985 | TV Series | Herself |
| The New Show | 1984 | TV Series | Herself / Various |
| The Making of 'The Woman in Red' | 1984 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Hour Magazine | 1983 | TV Series | Herself |
| It Came from Hollywood | 1982 | Documentary | Herself |
| Today | 1980 | TV Series | Herself - Guest / Herself |
| The 34th Annual Tony Awards | 1980 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Best Direction of a Musical |
| Gilda Live | 1980 | Documentary | Herself / Various Characters |
| Saturday Night Live | 1976-1979 | TV Series | Herself / Conchita / Girl / ... |
| Mr. Mike's Mondo Video | 1979 | Herself | |
| Since '45 | 1979 | Documentary | 'Saturday Night' performer |
| Good Morning America | 1979 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda (TV Special) | 1979 | Herself / Patty / Amy Kaplan / ... | |
| The Music for UNICEF Concert: A Gift of Song | 1979 | TV Special | Introduction |
| Things We Did Last Summer | 1978 | TV Movie | Herself |
| The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1978 | TV Special | Herself - Winner: Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music |
| The Muppet Show | 1978 | TV Series | Herself - Special Guest Star |
| The 29th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1977 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee: Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music and Presenter |
| 4th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards | 1977 | TV Special | Herself |
| Dinah! | 1975 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entertainment Tonight | 2015-2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Eighties | 2016 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself |
| The Seventies | 2015 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Live from New York! | 2015 | Documentary | Herself / Various Characters |
| The Insider | 2015 | TV Series | Herself |
| Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special | 2015 | TV Special | Herself - Cast Member (In Memoriam) |
| An SNL Valentine | 2015 | TV Special | Lisa Loopner / Various |
| DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD: The Story of the National Lampoon | 2015 | Documentary | Herself / Actrice |
| Saturday Night Live: Christmas Special | 2014 | TV Special | Various |
| Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving Special | 2014 | TV Special | Jean Loud |
| Saturday Night Live | 1989-2014 | TV Series | Baba Wawa / Dancer |
| Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving | 2013 | TV Special | Jean Loud (uncredited) |
| Saturday Night Live Backstage | 2011 | TV Special documentary | Various |
| The Women of SNL | 2010 | TV Movie | Emily Litella / Various |
| SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas | 2009 | TV Movie | Herself (uncredited) |
| Saturday Night Live: Just Shorts | 2009 | TV Special | La Dolce Gilda (uncredited) |
| A Company of Players | 2008 | Video documentary short | Herself (uncredited) |
| Role Model: Gene Wilder | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Kate Hellman (uncredited) |
| E! True Hollywood Story | 1997-2007 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Making Trouble | 2007 | Documentary | Herself |
| Second City: First Family of Comedy | 2006 | TV Mini-Series documentary | |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd | 2005 | Video | Various Characters (uncredited) |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of Gilda Radner | 2005 | Video | Herself / Various Characters |
| Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live | 2005 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies | 2005 | TV Movie | Various Characters (uncredited) |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi | 2005 | TV Special | Herself / Various (uncredited) |
| 101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments | 2004 | TV Movie | Herself |
| The Trials of Henry Kissinger | 2002 | Documentary | Baba Wawa (uncredited) |
| Gilda Radner: It's Always Something | 2002 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Gilda Radner's Greatest Moments | 2002 | TV Special | Herself / Various |
| SNL Remembers John Belushi | 2002 | TV Special | Herself |
| The Making of 'Tron' | 2002 | Video documentary | Animalympics characters |
| Saturday Night Live: Game Show Parodies | 2000 | TV Special | Mrs. Mel (uncredited) |
| Saturday Night Live Christmas | 1999 | Video | Herself (uncredited) |
| Saturday Night Live 25 | 1999 | TV Special documentary | Herself / Various (uncredited) |
| SNL: 25 Years of Music | 1999 | TV Movie | Various |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of Steve Martin | 1998 | TV Special | Various Characters (uncredited) |
| 50 Years of Funny Females | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Best of Schiller's Reel | 1994 | Video | Herself |
| Friends of Gilda | 1993 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash | 1992 | TV Special | Baba Wawa, Miss Lillian Carter (uncredited) |
| Saturday Night Live Goes Commercial | 1991 | TV Special | Various Characters (uncredited) |
| Funny Women of Television | 1991 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| The Best of Gilda Radner | 1989 | Video documentary | Herself / Judy Miller / Roseanne Rosannadanna / ... |
| Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary | 1989 | TV Special | Herself |
| The Best of Chevy Chase | 1987 | Video documentary | Herself |
| The Best of Dan Aykroyd | 1986 | Video | Herself / Various Characters |
| The Best of John Belushi | 1985 | Video | Herself / Various Characters |
| The Winds of Whoopie | 1983 | TV Movie |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Television | Posthumously. On 27 June 2003. At 6801 Hollywood Boulevard. |
| 1978 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music | Saturday Night Live (1975) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy Series | It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1986) |
| 1979 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Program | Saturday Night Live (1975) |
| 1977 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music | Saturday Night Live (1975) |
Known for movies
Saturday Night Live (1975-2014)
as Various / Emily Litella / Baba Wawa / Herself / Ro
Haunted Honeymoon (1986)
as Vickie Pearle
Animalympics (1980)
as Barbra Warblers / Brenda Springer / Cora Lee Perri
The Woman in Red (1984)
as Ms. Milner
