Ann Frances Lebowitz was born on the 27th October 1950, in Morristown, New Jersey USA, of Jewish ancestry. She is a writer, well known for her sharp social commentary on American lifestyle seen through the sensitivity of a New Yorker. Some literary critics consider her as a modern prototype of the author/poet Dorothy Parker. Fran Lebowitz has been active in the industry since 1978.
How much is the net worth of Fran Lebowitz? It has been reported that the overall size of her wealth is as much as $4 million, as of the data presented in mid-2016.
Fran Lebowitz Net Worth $4 Million
To start with, Fran was raised in a religious household, but after being expelled from secondary school and eventully receiving a GED, she worked in various unusual jobs until she was hired as a columnist by Andy Warhol for the magazine Interview. Later, she worked a brief period for the magazine “Mademoiselle”. Later, writing evolved into a very successful career which added huge sums to the total size of Fran Lebowitz’s net worth.
Concerning her career as the author, her first book was a collection of essays entitled “Metropolitan Life”. published in 1978. In 1981, she published a book of comedy essays entitled “Social Studies”. Both were released in conjunction with a new introductory essay in the book “The Fran Lebowitz Reader” (1994). The same year, her book for children “Mr. Chas and Lisa Sue Meet the Pandas” was released. For more than two decades she has been writing “Exterior Signs of Wealth”, a delayed novel about millionaires who want to be artists and artists who want to be millionaires. Another book, which is also unfinished, is entitled “Progress”. Overall, all the above mentioned books have added sums to the outright size of Fran Lebowitz net worth.
Moreover, Lebowitz has increased her wealth appearing in the mass media. To give examples, as a guest star she participated in the early days of the program “Late Night with David Letterman”, and played the role of Judge Janice Goldberg in episodes of the popular television series “Law & Order” (2001 – 2007). At the end of 2007 she was nominated as one of the most elegant women of the year by the magazine Vanity Fair; more, she was inducted into the Annual International Best Dressed List. She is also known for her activism on behalf of the rights of smokers.
At the end of 2010 HBO premiered a documentary about Lebowitz directed by Martin Scorsese, which included several night scenes in the bar “Waverly Inn” in New York, the favourite of both Lebowitz and Scorsese. The aforementioned documentary was nominated for the Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Documentary. Additionally, she starred in the feature film “The Wolf of Wall Street” (2013) also directed by Martin Scorsese. In 2014, she landed a guest star role in the film “River of Fundament”.
Finally, in the personal life of the writer, she is still single, and is openly gay. Fran Lebowitz resides in New York City, USA.
