Eileen Davidson was born on the 15th June 1959, in Artesia, California USA, and is a former model, now an actress and author. She rose to prominence as an actress in TV soap operas, winning two Daytime Emmy Awards in the category of the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series “Days of Our Lives” (1993–1998, 2012–2015) and “The Young and the Restless” (1982–1988, 1999–2015). Eileen Davidson has been accumulating her net worth being active in the entertainment industry since 1982.
How much is Eileen Davidson’s net worth? Reportedly, her wealth is as much as $3 million, accumulated during a career spanning more than 30 years.
Eileen Davidson Net Worth $3 Million
To begin with, she worked as a model, but after successfully appearing on several commercials, her agent offered her acting classes. Soon, she went to audition for roles, and the actress’ career started in 1982 when she portrayed Ashley Abbott in the soap opera “The Young and the Restless” (1982-1988) on the CBS channel in the USA. Eileen Davidson was then the 4th actress playing Kelly Capwell in the soap opera “Santa Barbara” (1991–1993), continuing her career starring in “Days Of Our Lives” (1993–1998), which performance earned her a Daytime Emmy Award in 1998. The following year, she resumed her role as Ashley Abbott in “The Young and the Restless”(1999-2015), for which she won a second Daytime Emmy. Later, in the television series “The Bold and the Beautiful”, she also played the role of Ashley Abbott, as the series’ plots and characters are common to both programs. In 2012 she reprised the role of Kristen Dimera in the soap opera, “Days of Our Lives”. In 2014, she returned in the soap opera “The Young and the Restless”. Of course these consistent workd have helped to maintain growth in Eileen’s net worth.
Eileen Davidson also joined the reality TV program “Real Housewives” (2014) as a regular cast member. Currently, she is working on the set of the upcoming films “Spychosis” and “The Last Game” which are going to be released in 2016. Soon, another feature film entitled “Symphoria” will be shown on the cinema screens. Acting is the most important source of Eileen Davidson’s net worth.
More, Eileen is also known as a novelist, having released four novels in collaboration with Robert J. Randisi – “Death in Daytime” (2008), “Dial Emmy For Murder” (2009), “Diva Las Vegas” (2010) and “Swinging in The Rain” (2011). All those books have also increased the net worth of Eileen Davidson.
Regarding the personal life of the actress and author, Eileen Davidson has married three times. Her first husband was the actor Christopher Meyer with whom she was married from 1985 to 1986. The second was the actor, producer and musician Jon Lindstorm. Their marriage has lasted for three years from 1997 to 2000. She married the third time to professional tennis player Vince Van Patten in April, 2003; the couple has a son.
[Talking about making the 1983 slasher movie "The House on Sorority Row"] I remember I was the only L.A. actress. I desperately wanted to be taken seriously, so I told Katie to slap me *real*, and 25 takes later I was rethinking that.
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Youngest of seven children.
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Her clothing line "Femmeology", founded with her niece Devon Martt, has launched their Spring and Summer lines. They are in process of designing their Fall 2008 collection. [February 2008]
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Currently writing her second book with coauthor Bob Randisi. Has a two book deal with Penguin paperbacks. The first mystery novel, "Death in Daytime will be released in Fall 2008. [February 2008]
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She became the first performer on daytime television to play five separate characters at the same time on Days of Our Lives (1965) in 1998, a feat that won her an Emmy nomination as Best Actress.
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Originated the role of "Ashley Abbott" on The Young and the Restless (1973) in 1982 and proved so popular that when she left in 1988, the producers took her recommendation of hiring a look-alike actress (Brenda Epperson) so the viewers wouldn't be too upset over the change. Eleven years after she left, Eileen was lured back to play Ashley, proving that her popularity never diminished even after a long absence from the role. In January 2007, she was let go from "Young and the Restless" for lack of storyline. In an ironic twist of fate, the Y&R's spin-off sister soap, "The Bold and the Beautiful" signed her on to repeat her role as Ashley on the same day that she made her final Y&R on-air appearance.
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Baby boy, Jesse Thomas, born on Tuesday, 20 May 2003. The baby weighed 8 pounds 4 ounces.
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Started her career as a model in Mexico City and California, eventually adding commecials and print work in Europe before turning to acting.