Roseanne Barr Net Worth (Money & Salary)

What is Roseanne Barr’s net worth and salary?

Roseanne Barr, an American comedian, actress, writer, television producer, and director, has a net worth of $70 million. She gained fame as a stand-up comedian in the 1980s, recognized for her bold, working-class persona. Her major breakthrough came with the sitcom “Roseanne” (1988-1997, 2018), which she both created and starred in. This show was revolutionary due to its authentic representation of a blue-collar American family and became one of the most-watched television series of its era.

Barr has received both an Emmy and a Golden Globe for her role in “Roseanne.” She also hosted her own talk show, “The Roseanne Show” (1998-2000), and served as a judge on “Last Comic Standing.” Over her career, she has been featured in numerous films and television programs, frequently portraying variations of her outspoken and candid character.

In 2018, “Roseanne” was brought back and enjoyed high ratings but was swiftly canceled following a controversial tweet from Barr. The show was subsequently reworked as “The Conners,” with Barr not included in its continuation.

Salary & Lost $100 Million

During the final season of the original “Roseanne” series, Roseanne Barr earned $21 million, making her the highest-paid television actor globally at that time. For her brief role in the 2018 reboot, she was set to receive $250,000 per episode. By not collecting her $250,000 per-episode pay, Roseanne forfeited $3.25 million in that single season. More significantly, following the controversy, Roseanne agreed to relinquish her ownership equity points in the reboot. This decision likely cost her a minimum of $100 million.

Early Life

Born in November 1952 in Salt Lake City, Utah, Roseanne Cherrie Barr comes from a Jewish family. She is the eldest of four children born to Helen, a bookkeeper and cashier, and Jerome, a salesman. Her maternal grandmother practiced Orthodox Judaism devoutly. To assimilate and conceal their faith from the community, her family became involved with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. At the age of six, Barr began giving speeches at LDS churches across Utah and was elected president of her Mormon youth group.

At 16, Barr experienced a traumatic brain injury in a car accident. This incident significantly altered her behavior, culminating in her institutionalization for eight months. It was during her time in the institution that she had a baby, Brandi Ann Brown, whom she placed for adoption. At 18, in 1970, she informed her parents she was going to visit a friend in Colorado for two weeks, after which she never returned home.

Career

Barr began her career with stand-up comedy, making her debut on “The Tonight Show” in 1985. The following year, she performed for one of comedian Rodney Dangerfield’s specials. That same year, she also appeared on “Late Night with David Letterman.” In 1987, she was awarded her own special titled “The Roseanne Barr Show,” which aired on HBO and won her an American Comedy Award. Her stand-up success paved the way for her own series on ABC, which ran from 1988 to 1997.

and saw its revival in 2018. For her performance on the show, Roseanne earned an Emmy for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award.

She hosted “The Roseanne Show” from 1998 to 2000, and in 2011, she led a show titled “Roseanne’s Nuts.” Over the years, she also made appearances in several feature films, including her role in the 2016 documentary “Roseanne For President!”

In April 2017, it was announced that Barr and the majority of the original “Roseanne” cast were coming together for an eight-episode revival of the series. ABC decided to pick up this revival, which launched in late March 2018 and received impressive ratings. Just three days later, ABC renewed Roseanne for an additional season. However, in late May, following a controversial racist tweet from Barr, the network canceled the series.

Personal Life

Barr wed Bill Pentland, a motel clerk whom she met in Colorado, in February 1974. They welcomed three children: Jessica, Jennifer, and Jake. Early in 1990, Barr and Pentland divorced.

On January 20, 1990, just four days later, she married Tom Arnold, adopting the name Roseanne Arnold during their marriage. She met Arnold in 1983 in Minneapolis when he opened for her stand-up comedy performance. Barr filed for divorce from him on April 18, 1994.

One of her memorable moments includes a poorly received rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” before a baseball game between the San Diego Padres and the Cincinnati Reds in 1990. While singing off-key, Barr mimicked actions of baseball players by spitting and grabbing her crotch. She later claimed the Padres encouraged her to “bring humor to the song,” yet many criticized her performance, including President George H. W. Bush, who deemed it “disgraceful.”

In 1992, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

In November 1994, Barr became pregnant via in-vitro fertilization and gave birth to a son named Buck with Ben Thomas, her former personal security guard. They married on Valentine’s Day, 1995, but the couple divorced in 2002.

Barr faced backlash in July 2009 after posing as Adolf Hitler for a feature in the satirical Jewish magazine Heeb titled “That Oven Feelin.'”

In 2012, Barr ran for president under the Green Party banner. Although she didn’t secure the nomination, she was later nominated by the Peace and Freedom Party, ultimately finishing 6th in the popular vote for President.

In 2020, Roseanne shared a video on Twitter where she stated: “You know what I think — discuss amongst yourselves if you don’t agree — you don’t really have to burn me at the stake for not agreeing with me — but let me just throw out one idea. And I hope that the hungry dogs in the street have enough meat as to not come after me for thinking and speaking. I’m tired of it. I’m tired of being monitored and corrected and s–t, ya know, f–k it. I’ll say what I’m gonna say. Trump — hear me when I say this — Trump is, in my opinion, the first woman president of the United States.” The video ended abruptly without further explanation and was later deleted, but not before many users captured screenshots.

the latest strange outburst from Barr.

Real Estate

In 1993, following their marriage, Barr and Arnold commenced the construction of a 28,000-square-foot mansion located in southeast Iowa. However, after their divorce in 1994, construction was halted, resulting in the half-finished mansion decaying for decades. It was in 2018, during the reboot of the sitcom Roseanne, that it was disclosed that Barr and Arnold donated the expansive 1,338-acre property to the Indian Hills Community College Foundation, which subsequently sold it to MJW Hawkeye LLC. A spokesperson for the current owner mentioned that demolishing the mansion would be prohibitively expensive.

In 2000, she acquired a 10,000-square-foot residence in Rolling Hills, California, for $6.5 million. By October 2003, she sold this property for $8.2 million.

In 2003, Roseanne purchased a home in El Segundo, California, for $1.17 million. She listed this property for sale in September 2020 at a price of $3.5 million. Additionally, in 2005, she acquired the house directly across the street. That same year, she also paid $1.5 million for a residence in nearby Playa Del Rey. Two years later, she invested approximately $2 million in another home in Playa Del Rey.

In 2007, Barr bought a ranch-style house spanning 2,212 square feet along with a 46-acre plot on the Big Island, Hawaii, without seeing it first, for $1.78 million. This property, known as Hidden Hamakua Farm, is located in Honokaa/Hamakua. She relocated to Hawaii full-time from Los Angeles in 2010. Barr’s estate features 2,000 macadamia nut trees, an organic garden, and a beehive.