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Valery Ortiz Net North: Valery Ortiz is a Puerto Rican actress, dancer, singer, songwriter and author who has a net worth of $1 million. Valery Ortiz was born August 1, 1984 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She is probably best known for her role as Madison Duarte on the television series South of Nowhere. Ortiz was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico but raised in Orlando, Florida. Passionate about becoming a ballerina, she received a scholarship to The Southern Ballet Theater Performing Art Centre in Orlando. She continued dancing but eased out of it in middle school as her interest in theatre and acting became more important. She worked in Orlando as an extra at Universal Studios and, following in her older brother’s footsteps, was accepted into the Dr. Phillips High School performing arts magnet program. After four years of study, Ortiz began working in several productions like Latin’s Anonymous (Orlando Fringe Festival), West Side Story as Maria, A Midsummer Night’s Dream as Helena, The Vagina Monologues (Orlando Premiere) and The Edinburgh, Scotland Fringe Festival. While attending the University of Central Florida, Ortiz was given an opportunity to work on the television show Splat! as a host. After the first season, a two-week vacation to Los Angeles, California turned into a permanent relocation. Ortiz almost immediately started work on a local television show called LATV Live as a VJ. While working at the Hard Rock Cafe as a hostess, Ortiz was cast as in the comedy Date Movie as Jell-O, a Jennifer Lopez impersonation. During the movie’s filming, she was cast in the television series South of Nowhere. Shortly thereafter, she was cast in the pilot Emily’s Reason’s Why Not, which was picked up and aired in 2006. She is currently an anchor for Si TV and E! News. Ortiz was voted “One of the Top 25 Latinas of 2006” by Maxim en Español. Ortiz also landed the role of Raquel Saldana in Hit the Floor, a scripted VH1 series that premiered May 2013.

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Alfred Hitchcock Net Worth and Salary: Sir Alfred Hitchcock KBE was an English director, screenwriter, and producer who had a net worth equal to $200 million at the time of his death, after adjusting for inflation (roughly $65 million in 1985 dollars). Also known as “Hitch” or “The Master of Suspense,” Alfred directed more than 50 films during his 60-year career. He began his career in the film industry in 1919, working as a title-card designer for Islington Studios, and in 1922, he was hired as an assistant director on the film “Woman to Woman.” Hitchcock made his directorial debut with 1925’s “The Pleasure Garden” and went on to direct several films that remain popular to this day, such as “Rear Window” (1954), “Vertigo” (1958), “North by Northwest” (1959), and “The Birds” (1963). Alfred specialized in suspense and gallows humor, and he was known for using repeat actors and actresses for his films, including Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, Ingrid Bergman, and Grace Kelly. Hitchcock was knighted in December 1979, just four months before he passed away from kidney failure. Psycho Salary: Alfred’s largest payday came from the 1960 film “Psycho.” He deferred his salary in exchange for 60% of the movie’s profits, which resulted in an estimated $15 million payday, which adjusted for inflation is around $120 million today. Early Life: Alfred Hitchcock was born Alfred Joseph Hitchcock on August 13, 1899, in Leytonstone, Essex, England. His parents, Emma and William, ran a grocer’s shop, and the family lived above it. Alfred grew up in a Roman Catholic household with older brother William and older sister Ellen, and the family relocated to Limehouse when he was 6 years old. His parents leased two stores and ran a fishmongers’ and a fish-and-chips shop. When Hitchcock was 11, the family moved to Stepney. He attended school at the Howrah House Convent, the Wode Street School, and St Ignatius College, then took night classes at the London County Council School of Engineering and Navigation. Alfred’s father died in 1914, and Hitchcock began working at the Henley Telegraph and Cable Company to help support his mother. He continued taking night classes but switched from engineering to painting, art history, political science, and economics. After he turned 18, Alfred received a C3 classification during World War I, but he was reportedly excused due to his weight. In 1917, he joined the Royal Engineers’ cadet regiment, and after the war ended, he tried his hand at creative writing. In 1919, Hitchcock became the business manager and editor of “The Henley Telegraph,” and Henley later promoted him, moving him to the advertising department, where he worked as a copywriter and designed print ads. By the end of 1919, Alfred was a title-card designer at Islington Studios, where he also worked on several silent films as a production manager, co-writer, and art director. In 1922, Hitchcock was hired as an assistant director at Michael Balcon’s firm, which would come to be known as Gainsborough Pictures. While working on the film “Woman to Woman,” he met Alma Reville, who he would marry in 1926; the two welcomed a daughter, Patricia, in 1928. Career: In 1925, Balcon hired Alfred to direct “The Pleasure Garden,” and Reville served as the film’s assistant director and editor. He then directed the 1927 thriller “The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog,” which was a hit with critics and audiences. Hitchcock’s 10th film, 1929’s “Blackmail,” wasn’t just his first “talkie” – it was England’s first as well. He followed the film with “The Man Who Knew Too Much” (1934), “The 39 Steps” (1935), and “The Lady Vanishes” (1938), and in 1939, he entered into a seven-year contract with David O. Selznick and moved to Hollywood. Alfred’s first Hollywood movie was 1940’s “Rebecca,” which earned him his first Best Director Academy Award nomination and won the Oscar for Best Picture. He later received Best Director Oscar nominations for “Lifeboat” (1944), “Spellbound” (1945), “Rear Window,” and “Psycho.” In the mid-1950s, Hitchcock became a U.S. citizen, made three films with Grace Kelly (“Dial M for Murder,” “Rear Window,” and “To Catch a Thief”), and began hosting, directing, and producing “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” which ran until 1962 and aired 268 episodes. The 1958 thriller “Vertigo,” which starred Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak, has been named one of the best films of all-time in several polls and lists, and it earned Hitchcock and Stewart awards at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. Alfred’s next three films were 1959’s “North by Northwest,” 1960’s “Psycho,” and 1963’s “The Birds,” which became some of his most popular films. Hitchcock’s final films were 1972’s “Frenzy,” which he filmed in London, and 1976’s “Family Plot.” In addition to producing more than 20 of his films, Hitchcock wrote or co-wrote several of them, including “The Prude’s Fall” (1925), “The Ring” (1927), and “The Skin Game” (1931). Death and Legacy: On April 29, 1980, Hitchcock died of kidney failure in his home in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles. His funeral took place the following day at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Beverly Hills, and his body was cremated after the service. In May 1980, Alfred’s ashes were scattered over the Pacific Ocean. The Academy Film Archive in Hollywood houses the Alfred Hitchcock Collection, which includes 16mm film shot on his film sets and home movies. AFI’s 2008 list of the top 10 mystery movies included four Hitchcock films: “Vertigo” (#1), “Rear Window” (#3), “North by Northwest” (#7), and “Dial M for Murder” (#9). In 2007, AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies listed “Vertigo” at #9, “Psycho” at #14, “Rear Window” at #48, and “North by Northwest” at #55. In 1999, BFI’s 100 British Films list ranked “The 39 Steps” at #4 and “The Lady Vanishes” at #35. Awards and Honors: Hitchcock received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960: one for film and one for television. He was nominated for five Academy Awards and received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1968. In 1958, Alfred won a Golden Globe for “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” and he was presented with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1972. He earned eight Laurel Awards as well as lifetime achievement awards from the BAFTA Awards, the American Film Institute, and the Directors Guild of America. Several Hitchcock films have been inducted into the National Film Registry, including “Rebecca,” “Rear Window,” “Psycho,” “The Birds,” and “North by Northwest.”

John Wayne Net Worth: John Wayne was an American film actor, director, and producer who had a net worth of $7 million at the time of his death in 1979. That’s the same as around $25 million in today’s dollars after adjusting for inflation. The value of his estate was made public soon after his death. The estate included $1 million in real estate and around $6 million in personal assets/investments. He was earning $100,000 per year in passive income from investments and royalties, roughly $350,000 in today’s dollars. Wayne owned property in Arizona, Newport Harbor and on the Puget Sound in Washington. He was an Academy Award-winning actor who was among the top box office draws for three decades. Some of his best known works include “The Big Trail”, “Stagecoach”, “The Quiet Man”, “The Searchers”, “All the King’s Men”, and “True Grit”. Early Life: Marion Michael Morrison, better known as John Wayne, was born in Winterset, Iowa, on May 26, 1907. He was born as Marion Robert Morrison, and his parents changed his middle name to Michael after deciding to name their next son Robert. While he was growing up, Wayne’s family moved first to Palmdale, California, before moving to Glendale, California, in 1916. There, his father, Clyde Leonard Morrison, worked as a pharmacist. Wayne attended Glendale Union High School, and was both a star student and athlete, taking part in activities like joining the debate team as well as the football team. He continued his education at the University of Southern California, where he majored in pre-law and also played on the football team there. However, he broke his collarbone while bodysurfing, which left him unable to play sports. Subsequently, he lost his athletic scholarship and had to leave university. Career: A legendary actor who was an icon of rugged masculinity, Wayne was known for his distinctive calm voice, his walk, and his height. During his career, Wayne starred in 170 motion pictures, and he was primarily typecast in Western films. He first entered into the world of entertainment when he began working for Fox Film Corporation, and director John Ford hired him as a prop boy and extra. He moved up through the ranks, first landing bit parts and various minor roles, until director Raoul Walsh saw him moving studio furniture and subsequently cast him in his film “The Big Trail” (1930) as the main lead. “The Big Trail” was one of the first big-budget films of the sound era shot outdoors, and although it is highly regarded by many modern critics, it was considered a big commercial failure at the time. A such, Wayne was relegated to several smaller roles following the flop of his debut film, and he also starred in what he estimates to be about 80 low-budget horse opera films from 1930 to 1939. Wayne’s breakthrough role came in 1939, with John Ford’s film “Stagecoach”. Ford had initially had a hard time getting the film financed, in large part due to Wayne’s B-movie status and previous track record. He eventually succeeded in getting the film off the ground, and it was a smash hit, turning Wayne into a mainstream star and household name. Wayne would go on to appear in almost two dozen John Ford films over the next twenty years. When America entered World War II, Wayne did not serve in the military, as he was exempt from service due to his age and family status. However, in 1943 and 1944, he did tour American bases and hospital in the South Pacific for three months with the USO. On this trip, he also helped discreetly assess on behalf of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS)—the early form of the modern CIA—whether General Douglas MacArthur was hindering the work of the OSS. In 1941, Wayne starred in his first color film, “Shepherd of the Hills”, co-starring with Harry Carey. During the 1940s, he starred in films like “Reap the Wild Wind” (1942), “Flying Tigers” (1942), “A Lady Takes a Chance” (1943), “Tall in the Saddle” (1944), “Dakota” (1945), “Red River” (1948), “Wake of the Red Witch” (1948), and “Sands of Iwo Jima” (1949). Eventually, he went on to win an Academy Awards for Best Actor for the film “True Grit” (1969), as well as an award for Best Picture as the producer for “The Apartment” (1960). His final on-screen performance was in 1976, when he starred in “The Shootist” as an aging gunfighter battling cancer. In addition to his on-screen acting work, Wayne also frequently appeared as a guest on various radio programs, often in dramatic roles. For six months in 1942, he actually starred in his own radio adventure series called “Three Sheets to the Wind”. He also worked as a director, directing the films “The Alamo” (1960) and “The Green Berets” (1968). He also served as a producer for “The Alamo”, and it was nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. He served as producer for many other films and projects, also he remained uncredited for most of them. Personal Life and Death: Wayne was married three times and divorced twice. He was fluent in Spanish and his three wives were all of Latin decent. He also had several high-profile affairs, such as with actress Merle Oberon from 1938 to 1947, and with his former secretary Pat Stacy from 1973 until his death. He had seven children, four with his first wife and three with his second wife; several of his children also went on to enter the film and television industry. Wayne died of stomach cancer on June 11, 1979. He previously had been diagnosed with lung cancer in 1964, and had his entire left lung and four ribs removed via surgery. Two years after his death, the American Film Institute named him 13th among the Greatest Male Screen Legends of All Time. He has also received two of the highest civilian decorations recognized by the U.S. government: the Congressional Gold Medal, which was awarded to him on May 26, 1979; and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which was posthumously awarded to him on June 9, 1980.