Deborah Ann Harry was actually born as Angela Trimble, on the 1st July 1945 in Miami, Florida USA and is a singer, songwriter and an actress who, as Debra or Debbie Harry, is best known as the lead singer of the American rock band – Blondie, which was at the peak of its career during the early 1980s, most famous for its hit singles Rapture, Maria and Heath of Glass.
Have you ever wondered how much wealth this veteran rock star has accumulated so far? How rich Debbie Harry is? According to sources, it is estimated that the total amount of Debbie Harry’s net worth, as of mid-2016, is $20 million, which has been primarily acquired throughout her music career which is now spanned almost half a century.
Debbie Harry Net Worth $20 Million
Debbie Harry was adopted at three months by New Jersey gift shop proprietors, Richard Smith and Catherine Harry. Debbie attended Hawthorne High School in New Jersey from which she matriculated in 1963, and subsequently enrolled at Centenary College, also in New Jersey, from which she graduated in 1965 with an Associate of Arts degree. Prior to beginning her singing career, Debbie Harry moved to New York and began working as a secretary at the BBC Radio office. Apart from her day job, Debbie also served as a cocktail waitress, go-go dancer and Playboy Bunny. All these engagements provided the basis for Debbie Harry’s net worth.
Debbie Harry sailed into music waters in 1968 as the backing singer of the folk rock group, Wind in the Willows. In 1974, Debbie Harry joined the Stilettoes in which she met her future boyfriend and colleague, Chris Stein, and soon after Blondie was founded. With Debbie as a singer and Chris as a guitarist, the band, at that time the pioneer in the early American punk and new way genre, released its first, eponymous album “Blondie” in 1976. By the end of 1982, when the group officially split up, they had released six studio albums including “Parallel Lines” (1978) and its hit single Hearts of Glass as well as “Eat to the Beat” (1979) and “Autoamerican” which were both certified platinum. All these achievements helped Debbie Harry to establish herself as a successful musician on the global scene, as well as to add a significant sum to her overall net worth.
Debbie Harry’s first solo album, “KooKoo” was released in 1981 and, before reaching gold status, peaked at No. 25 in the US and No. 6 in the UK. In 1986, she released her second studio album named “Rockbird” with hit singles French Kissin’, Free to Fall and In Love with Love. By 1997, when Blondie reunited, Debbie had released two more studio albums, of which both were huge commercial successes, adding millions to the total size of her net worth.
From 1997, Blondie with Debbie Harry as its ‘frontman’ and lead singer, has released another four studio albums, of which “No Exit” (1999) was certified gold with over 100,000 copies sold. Among the group’s biggest hit singles are Call Me, Rapture, and The Tide is High. Doubtlessly, these involvements have left a huge, positive, impact on the net worth of Debbie Harry.
Apart from her illustrious music career, Debbie Harry has also made some efforts towards an acting career. Apparently she appeared in more than 60 movies, such as “Union City” (1979), “Videodrome” (1983), “Hairspray” (1988), “Heavy” (1995) as well as “Six Ways to Sunday” (1997) among plenty of others. She has also made notable appearances in several TV series including “Ghost Whisperer”, “Glee” and “Smash”.
Debbie Harry was also a member of the Jazz Passengers, with whom she performed on several tours across the states and Europe. It is certain that all these accomplishments have helped Debbie Harry to round a successful and long-lived music career as well as to add millions to the amount of her wealth.
When it comes to her personal life, apart from being in a relationship with a Blondie colleague, Chris Stein, Debbie Harry has never married and has no children. She is currently very active in several charity causes, especially those devoted to fighting endometriosis, cancer and AIDS.
