Today's Blind Items - The Actress

At her peak, this actress probably reached A- list. She was a regular on a show about love and romance and patriotism back in the day that seemingly had no regulars. When you look at her career, it is filled with one off episodes of popular shows. Most of the time you would chalk that up to someone just trying to work and booking whatever they can. In her case, it was different. Her one off shows were big shows with big stars. Our actress was like a lot of others that did the same thing, but she was in such demand that she was able to retire early. The male lead of whatever show, would specifically get her cast to sleep with her. She charged around $25K per episode. At her peak, that would be about $150K in today's dollars. This is for someone who might only have a few lines. Everyone wanted to sleep with her. She broke the budget for this detective show that took place in NYC with a fish out of water premise. She made nearly the equivalent of $1M in today's dollars for appearing in a handful of episodes. By the time she was about 40, she bowed out of the business. She owned apartment buildings and homes and was worth many tens of millions. No one has done more with one off episodes. Today, she is worth nearly $500M and has a massive property empire.