Mickey Rooney Net Worth

Mickey Rooney net worth: Mickey Rooney was an American actor and entertainer who had a net worth of $20 thousand at the time of his death in 2014. At the peak of his career in the late 1930s, Mickey was the biggest and highest-paid star in Hollywood, easily earning $150,000 per year. That’s the same as earning $2.5 million per year today. In 1949 he struck what was a then-unprecedented five-film deal with MGM that paid $25,00 per movie. That’s the same as earning around $275,000 per movie today. Unfortunately he struggled financially throughout his life thanks to bad investments, and eight marriages. He declared bankruptcy twice and at the time of his death, his total estate was valued at just under $20,000. At the time of his death he owed large medical bills and back taxes.

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Favorite Quotes from Mickey Rooney

Why does Mickey Rooney have a net worth of $20 Thousand? Perhaps these quotes can explain why:

I buy women shoes and they use them to walk away from me.

Mickey Rooney

To those seniors, and especially elderly veterans like myself, I want to tell you this: You are not alone, and you having nothing to be ashamed of. If elder abuse happened to me, it can happen to anyone. I want you to know that you deserve better.

Mickey Rooney

I was about six years old when I did 'Orchids and Ermine.' They dressed me in a suit, put a mustache under my nose, a cigar in my mouth, a cane in my hand, and a hat on my head.

Mickey Rooney

A lot of people have asked me how short I am. Since my last divorce, I think I'm about $100,000 short.

Mickey Rooney

Yeah, a few of the films I made were so bad they didn't get released - they escaped.

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