Celeste Holm Net Worth

Celeste Holm was a renowned actress and singer who was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1917. She studied acting at the University of Chicago and made her Broadway debut at 19. She was signed by 20th Century Fox in 1946 and won an Oscar and Golden Globe for her role in Gentleman's Agreement (1947). She was nominated for two more Academy Awards for Come to the Stable (1949) and All About Eve (1950). She left Hollywood to focus on her stage career, but returned for two MGM musicals in the 1950s. She also appeared on television in her own series, Honestly, Celeste! (1954) and as a panelist on Who Pays? (1959). She continued to appear on television for the next two decades until her death in 2012 at the age of 95.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actress, Soundtrack, Miscellaneous Crew
Birth Day April 29, 1917
Birth Place  Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
Age 103 YEARS OLD
Died On July 15, 2012(2012-07-15) (aged 95)\nNew York City, New York, U.S.
Birth Sign Taurus
Cause of death Heart attack
Alma mater University of Chicago
Occupation Actress, singer
Years active 1937–2012
Spouse(s) Ralph Nelson (m. 1936–1939; divorced) Francis Davies (m. 1940–1945; divorced) A. Schuyler Dunning (m. 1946–1953; divorced) Wesley Addy (m. 1961–1996; his death) Frank Basile (m. 2004–2012; her death)
Children 2
Parent(s) Theodor Holm Jean Parke
Website Celeste Holm official website

💰 Net worth: $3 Million (2024)

Celeste Holm, a renowned actress, soundtrack artist, and miscellaneous crew member in the United States, has an estimated net worth of $3 million, projected for 2024. With a versatile career that spanned over six decades, Holm became a household name through her exceptional performances on stage, screen, and television. Known for her talent and versatility, she received critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Throughout her career, Holm left an indelible mark on the entertainment industry, and her substantial net worth is a testament to her immense talent and enduring legacy.

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Biography/Timeline

1930

Born and raised in Manhattan, Holm was an only child. Her mother, Jean Parke, was an American portrait Artist and author. Her father, Theodor Holm, was a Norwegian businessman whose company provided marine adjustment services for Lloyd's of London. Because of her parents' occupations, she traveled often during her youth and attended various schools in the Netherlands, France and the United States. She graduated from University School for Girls in Chicago, where she performed in many school stage productions. She then studied drama at the University of Chicago before becoming a stage Actress in the late 1930s.

1938

Holm's first professional theatrical role was in a production of Hamlet starring Leslie Howard. She first appeared on Broadway in a small part in Gloriana (1938), a comedy which lasted for only five performances, but her first major part on Broadway was in william Saroyan's revival of The Time of Your Life (1940) as Mary L. with fellow newcomer Gene Kelly. The role that got her the most recognition from critics and audiences was as Ado Annie in the premiere production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! in 1943.

1946

After she starred in the Broadway production of Bloomer Girl, 20th Century Fox signed Holm to a movie contract in 1946. She made her film debut that same year in Three Little Girls in Blue, making a startling entrance in a "Technicolor red" dress singing "Always a Lady," a belting Ado Annie-type song, although the character was different—a lady. In 1947 she won an Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in Gentleman's Agreement. However, after another supporting role in All About Eve, Holm realized she preferred live theater to movie work, and only accepted a few select film roles over the next decade. The most successful of these were the comedy The Tender Trap (1955) and the musical High Society (1956), both of which co-starred Frank Sinatra. She starred as a professor-turned-reporter in New York City in the CBS television series Honestly, Celeste! (fall 1954) and was thereafter a panelist on Who Pays? (1959). She also appeared several times on ABC's The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom.

1947

Holm won an Academy Award for her performance in Gentleman's Agreement (1947), and was Oscar nominated for her roles in Come to the Stable (1949) and All About Eve (1950). She originated the role of Ado Annie in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! (1943).

1958

In 1958, she starred as a reporter in an unsold television pilot called The Celeste Holm Show, based on the book No Facilities for Women. Holm also starred in the musical The Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall. In 1965, she played the Fairy Godmother alongside Lesley Ann Warren in the CBS production of Cinderella. In 1970–71, she was featured on the NBC sitcom Nancy, with Renne Jarrett, John Fink and Robert F. Simon. In the story line, Holm played Abby Townsend, the press secretary of the First Lady of the United States and the chaperone of Jarrett's character, Nancy Smith, the President's daughter.

1968

A life member of The Actors Studio, Holm received numerous honors during her lifetime, including the 1968 Sarah Siddons Award for distinguished achievement in Chicago theatre; she was appointed to the National Arts Council by then-President Ronald Reagan, appointed Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav by King Olav of Norway in 1979, and inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1992. She remained active for social causes as a spokesperson for UNICEF, and for occasional professional engagements. From 1995 she was Chairman of the Board of Arts Horizons, a not-for-profit arts-in-education organization. In 1995, Holm's was inducted into the Scandinavian-American Hall of Fame.

1970

During the 1970s and 1980s, Holm did more screen acting, with roles in films such as Tom Sawyer and Three Men and a Baby, and in television series (often as a guest star) such as Columbo, The Eleventh Hour, Archie Bunker's Place and Falcon Crest. In 1979, she played the role of First Lady Florence Harding in the television mini-series, Backstairs at the White House. She was a regular on the ABC soap opera Loving, appearing first in 1986 in the role of Lydia Woodhouse and again as Isabelle Dwyer Alden #2 from 1991 to 1992. She last appeared on television in the CBS television series Promised Land (1996–99).

2002

According to her husband, Holm had been treated for memory loss since 2002, suffered skin cancer, bleeding ulcers and a collapsed lung, and had hip replacements and pacemakers.

2006

In 2006, Holm was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the SunDeis Film Festival at Brandeis University.

2009

Holm was a guest at the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention in Aberdeen, Maryland. Some of the movies in which she appeared were screened at the festival, and the unaired television pilot for Meet Me in St. Louis was shown. She received an honorary award during the dinner banquet at the close of the event.

2012

In June 2012, Holm was admitted to New York's Roosevelt Hospital with dehydration. She suffered a heart attack on July 13, 2012, in the facility. She died at her Central Park West apartment on July 15, 2012.