Alberta Peal was born on the 9th of October 1920 in Cleveland, Ohio USA, and died on the 14th of September 2002 in Hollywood, California, USA. As La Wanda Page, she was an actress, singer, and dancer, probably best known for her portrayal of Esther Anderson in the sitcom “Sanford and Son” (1972 – 1977). Show business was the main source of La Wanda Page’s net worth and popularity, being active in the entertainment industry from the 1960s almost until her death.
How rich was the actress? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of La Wanda Page’s net worth was equal to $500,000 at the time of her death.
LaWanda Page Net Worth $500,000
To begin with, La Wanda was raised in St. Louis, Missouri, where she began her career as a strip dancer working in small night clubs, where she was also nicknamed The Bronze Goddess of Fire, as she was constantly smoking while dancing.
Later, she was convinced by her friend Redd Foxx to perform as a stand-up comedian, at which she was very successful, considerably increasing the total size of her net worth, somewhat surprisingly as the main subjects of her jokes were African American culture, race relations, and human sexuality.
Moreover, La Wanda Page recorded several live albums with her performances with the Laff Records label in the late 1960s and early 1970s. One of the albums called “Watch it, Sucka!” has been certified gold in the USA.
Page took the title referring to a phrase uttered by her character Esther Anderson in the series “Sanford and Son”. In addition to “Sanford and Son”, Page also appeared in several episodes of the show “Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts”, and over the next two decades guest starred in other television programs, including “Amen, Martin”, “Diff’rent Strokes”, “227” and “Family Matters”. All contributed to her net worth.
In the early 1990s she participated in several songs in the debut album of RuPaul, entitled “Supermodel of the World”, highlighting the success of the song “Supermodel (You Better Work)”; she also appeared in several videos songs from the above-mentioned album. Shortly before her death, she performed in a series of humorous commercials for Church’s Chicken, repeating the phrase “Gotta love it!”
Among her film credits include performances in the films “Zapped” by Robert J. Rosenthal, “Mausoleum” (1983) by Michael Dugan, “My Blue Heaven” by Herbert Ross, “West from the North Goes South” (1993) by Steve Ashlee and Valerie Silver, “Don’t Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood” (1996) by Paris Barclay, among many others. As a result, acting was probably the most important source of La Wanda Page’s income.
Finally, in the personal life of the actress, she was single, although it is known that she had one daughter. One of her quotations: “I lived the life I loved, and loved the life I lived.” LaWanda Page died of diabetes in 2002 in Hollywood, California. She is buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California, USA.
