Many fans are curious about Phoebe Cates's financial success in 2026. Our team analyzed the latest data to provide a clear picture of their income.

What Is Phoebe Cates' Net Worth?

Phoebe Cates is an American actress, model, and entrepreneur who has a net worth of $35 million. That is a combined net worth with her husband of more than three decades, fellow actorKevin Cline. Phoebe Cates is best known for playing Linda Barrett in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1982), Kate Beringer in "Gremlins" (1984) and "Gremlins 2: The New Batch" (1990), and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Cronin in "Drop Dead Fred" (1991). Cates also appeared on Broadway in a 1989 production of Paddy Chayefsky's "The Tenth Man."

Phoebe largely retired from acting in the mid-1990s to focus on raising her children. Her last official screen credit is a 2001 film called "The Anniversary Party."

Manhattan Apartment

For the last several decades Kevin and Phoebe have lived in an exclusive Manhattan building located at 1125 Fifth Avenue. Not much is known about the Kline/Cates residence. Depending on the layout, the unit could be worth anywhere from as little as $10 million to well over $20 million. For example, in 2019Bette Midlerlisted the penthouse unit in the building for $50 million. She ultimately pulled the listing. A year earlier, the unit directly below Midler was listed for $20 million. This listing was also eventually taken off the market.

Outside of New York City, in the town of Garrison, New York, Kevin and Phoebe own a 5+ acre farm property which they acquired in 1988 for $770,000.

Early Life

Phoebe Cates was born Phoebe Belle Cates on July 16, 1963, in New York City. Her mother, Lily, was born in China, and her father, Joseph (whose original surname was Katz), was a Broadway and television producer who was involved in the creation of the game show "The $64,000 Question." Phoebe grew up with older sister Valerie and younger sister Alexandra, and she attended the Professional Children's School and the prestigious Juilliard School. Cates began modeling at age 10 and appeared in teen magazines such as "Seventeen." A few years later, she decided that she wanted to focus on dance, and she earned a scholarship to the School of American Ballet but had to drop out after injuring her knee at age 14. Phoebe said of her modeling career, "It was just the same thing, over and over. After a while I did it solely for the money."

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