Bruce Dern got married to Marie Dawn Pierce but the union was dissolved in 1959.The cause of the divorce has not been disclosed. They also begot a child in 1960, but she died in a swimming pool accident at the age of 18 months.
Bruce Dern Net Worth?
Bruce Dern apart from being an American actor is worth about 8 million dollars. For Bruce Dern, one should mention that he has had quite a number of appearances as villains, and he is highly regarded for his ‘flaky’ way of acting.
After starring in ‘Coming Home’ in 1978, he received an Academy Award nomination; he received another in 2013 for ‘Nebraska’. Dern was quite busy in the seventies and had featured in other movies including Silent Running, The King of Marvin Gardens, The Cowboys, Posse, Family Plot and Black Sunday.
Early Life
Bruce MacLeish Dern was born 4th of June, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois. Born in Kenilworth, Illinois to parents, Marlyce and attorney John Dern, Bruce was an excellent high school track star and attempted to qualify for the United States Olympic trials as a runner in 1956.
Dern attended the University of Pennsylvania after his high school education. Bruce’s family had many connections to the political world; it was an influential family. His grandfather playing the role of the governor of Utah and the Secretary of War at the same time.
His godfather was Adlai Stevenson II who served as the governor of Illinois and was nominated for the officer of the President of the United States twice. Carson, Pirie and Scott stores were started by Bruce’s great grandfather.
Career
Before arriving in Hollywood, Bruce first got involved in theatre acting in Philadelphia. Dern’s first movie role was in the 1960, in “Wild River,” and he then got more meaty roles in “Marnie,” and “Hang ‘Em High.” Because he was cast in many westerns, many knew him for villains’ roles in Support Your Local Sheriff! and The Cowboys.
Yet the latter was not the only chance for Dern to demonstrate his versatility as an actor: in “Silent Running” he got the role of a sensitive ecologist. In the 70s he acted in such films as “The Great Gatsby,” “Posse,” and “Family Plot,” the movie made by Hitchcock before his death.
Black Sunday brought another villainous role. He got an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Role for “Tattoo”. Even more awards and nominations followed for “That Championship Season” and “Nebraska”, the last of which earned Brunson the Oscar nomination for the Best Actor.
Real Estate
Bruce owned a beach-front home in Malibu, California for most of the period between mid-1975 and 1999. He put the home up for sale in January 1998 at a price of $6 million. During summers Lilly uses the house and rents it at $250,000 per month.
It might be ridiculous to deny that the home is likely to be worth $20m. Bruce bought a home in Pasadena, California for $800 000 in March 2002. He listed and sold this home in April 2021 at $1. 715 million.