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What these 20 Hollywood icons would be worth today

What these Hollywood icons would be worth today
Joan Crawford: $10.5 million (£7.8m)
James Dean: $10.6 million (£7.8m)
Orson Welles: $20 million (£14.8m)
Ingrid Bergman: $20 million (£14.8m)
Fred Astaire: $30 million (£22.2m)
Rita Hayworth: $30 million (£22.2m)
Katharine Hepburn: $30 million (£22.2m)
Marilyn Monroe: $42 million (£31.1m)
Ginger Rogers: $42 million (£31.1m)
Humphrey Bogart: $50 million (£37m)
Greta Garbo: $70 million (£51.8m)
Vivien Leigh: $96 million (£71m)
Judy Garland: $100 million (£74m)
Clark Gable: $100 million (£74m)
Audrey Hepburn: $100 million (£74m)
Gregory Peck: $105 million (£77.7m)
Grace Kelly: $150 million (£111m)
Cary Grant: $176 million (£130m)
Charlie Chaplin: $400 million (£296m)
Elizabeth Taylor: $856 million (£633m)
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What these Hollywood icons would be worth today

Hollywood’s Golden Age, spanning from the late 1920s to the early 1960s, ushered in a glamorous era of filmmaking. The period gave us some of cinema's most beloved stars, including Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe and Humphrey Bogart.

But how much money were these screen icons really worth? While Golden Age stars commanded global fame, many earned surprisingly modest paycheques by today’s standards.

We've taken a look at 20 of the era’s legendary stars to reveal what their net worths would be today when adjusted for inflation. To help put their fortunes in perspective, we’ve also matched each one with a modern-day actor with a comparable net worth. Read on to discover just how rich Old Hollywood’s brightest stars would be in the 21st century.

All dollar amounts in US dollars

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Danielle McAdam

03 June 2025

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