She hadn't been involved in show business or made a movie in years, her husband had been dead for 40 years, and she lived in France. Living up to the ripe old age of 104, how did she get money to live on?
shareShe likely made more than enough to live on for the rest of her life, so if she was smart with her money then she wouldn't have needed to work.
Today someone could easily make $5 million on a single movie and then comfortably retire if they wanted to. But who knows, maybe she had some investments as well that were giving her a nice return.
Olivia de Havilland, and the Lawyer Who Helped Her Change Show Business
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/olivia-de-havilland-lawyer-who-helped-her-change-show-business-guest-column-1306588
Residuals.
shareThe smart actors of the studio era invested in Los Angeles real estate, some of them made real fortunes.
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