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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Deanna Durbin Highest Paid Woman (1947)

The Independent (Long Beach, CA); 8 Jan 1947

Deanna Durbin Highest Paid Woman
WASHINGTON. Jan 7. (INS) The treasury disclosed today that screen star Deanna Durbin has moved into first place as the highest paid United States woman in 1945 with a salary of $310,728.93.
With her husband, Felix Jackson, who received $114,875, the Hollywood pair earned nearly a half million dollars, according to a supplemental list of 122 United States salaries above $75,000 in the 1945 fiscal year.
Movie director Leo McCarey, with $1,113,035, however, retained No. 1 spot among all United States salaries on the basis of the first treasury list issued last June. But Miss Durbin nosed out Carmen Miranda, Brazilian actress-singer, who was in front with $201,458.
Treasury officials said another supplementary list may be released later. They noted that the salary of Louis B. Mayer, president of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, who topped the 1944 list with $908, 069, has not been announced for 1945.
Officials also pointed out that present taxes take a sizeable chunk out of upper bracket salaries.


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