As one of the most talked-about figures, Bettie Page has built a significant fortune. In this article, we dive deep into the assets and career highlights.

What was Bettie Page's Net Worth?

Page died on December 11, 2008, at the age of 85 after her family took her off life support following her hospitalization. She is buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.

Bettie Page was an American model who had a net worth of $20 million dollars at the time of her death (after adjusting for inflation). Bettie Page rose to fame in the 1950s with her iconic pin-up photographs. Known for her long black hair and blue eyes, she posed for numerous photographers and was one of the earliest Playboy Playmates of the Month. After retiring from modeling and becoming an evangelical Christian, Page battled with her mental health and spent several years in a psychiatric hospital due to paranoid schizophrenia.

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Page landed her first job while still in college: typing for author Alfred Leland Crabb. Later, she moved to New York City hoping to become an actress, and supported herself by working as a secretary at the American Bread Company. However, after she was sexually assaulted by a group of men, she returned home to Nashville and did a stint working for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Page soon went back to New York and became a secretary for a real estate developer and an insurance broker.

Bettie Page was born on April 22, 1923 in Nashville, Tennessee as the second of six children of Edna and Walter. The family moved often during her youth seeking economic stability; at one point, she had to care for her younger siblings when her father was sentenced to prison for car theft. When Page was ten, her parents divorced, and she was soon sent with two of her siblings to a Protestant orphanage. As an adolescent, she went to Hume-Fogg High School, from which she graduated in 1940 as class salutatorian. Page went on to attend George Peabody College with the aim of becoming a teacher. She graduated with her BA in 1944.

Page initially moved to New York City to pursue an acting career, but ended up posing for a police officer who also took modeling photos. It was while working with Jerry Tibbs that Page molded her famous long black hair into her iconic bang style. She quickly became a rising star in the erotica genre, appearing on the pages of "Wink", "Eyeful" and "Twitter".

In 1955, Page became a "Playboy" Playmate of the Month centerfold while dressed in a Santa hat hanging out in front of a Christmas tree. Later that year, she was crowned Miss Pinup Girl of the World.

She continued to pose and act out fetishes on the magazine pages while pursuing an Off-Broadway career, appearing in productions of "Time is a Thief" and "Sunday Costs Five Pesos".

She retired from modeling in the late 1950s. It wasn't until her image was made popular again in the 1990s that Page resurfaced in the public eye, appearing on "E! True Hollywood Story" and in a 2003 issue of "Playboy".

Ultimately, Bettie Page's financial journey is a testament to their success.

Disclaimer: All net worth figures are estimates based on public data.