What is June Squibb’s Net Worth?
June Squibb is an American actress who has a net worth of $2 million. June Squibb began her career on stage in the 1950s, making her Broadway debut in the musical “Gypsy” in 1959. She later transitioned to film and television, with credits including the films “Alice,” “Scent of a Woman,” “In & Out,” and “About Schmidt” and the television series “Ghost Whisperer” and “The Young and the Restless.” Squibb had her critical breakthrough at the age of 83 with her role in the 2013 film “Nebraska,” for which she earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
Early Life and Education
June Squibb was born on November 6, 1929 in Vandalia, Illinois to pianist JoyBelle and insurance agent Lewis. For her higher education, she attended but did not graduate from Whittier College in California. She later trained at the HB Studio.
Theater Career
Squibb began her career on stage in the 1950s performing at the Cleveland Play House. She appeared in such shows as “The Play’s the Thing,” “The Heiress,” “Detective Story,” and “Antigone.” Toward the end of the decade, Squibb moved to New York City and made her off-Broadway debut in the musical “The Boy Friend.” The year after that, she appeared in the off-Broadway revival of “Lend an Ear,” and made her Broadway debut as a replacement Electra in “Gypsy.” In the 1960s, Squibb was in the Broadway musical “The Happy Time,” and in the 1970s she appeared in “The Public Good” and “Gorey Stories.” Her later theater credits include the Broadway shows “Sacrilege” and “Waitress” and a regional production of “Dividing the Estate.”
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Film Career
Squibb made her film debut in Woody Allen’s 1990 fantasy romantic comedy “Alice.” She next played Mrs. Linda Hunsaker in the Academy Award-winning 1992 drama “Scent of a Woman.” The year after that, Squibb had a small part in Martin Scorsese’s historical romantic drama “The Age of Innocence.” In the latter half of the decade, she appeared in “In & Out” and “Meet Joe Black.” After a break from the big screen, Squibb returned with supporting roles in two highly acclaimed films in 2002: “About Schmidt” and “Far From Heaven.” Her subsequent credits were “Welcome to Mooseport” and “Just Add Water.” Squibb became more prolific in the 2010s, starting with roles in “Atlas Shrugged: Part I,” “The Perfect Family,” and “The Big Year,” all in 2011. The next year, she was in the Western “The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez” and the psychological horror film “Would You Rather.” Squibb went on to have her critical breakthrough in 2013 in Alexander Payne’s road dramedy “Nebraska.” For her performance as Kate Grant, the raucous wife of Bruce Dern’s main character Woody, she received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
Squibb began landing numerous roles after her success with “Nebraska.” In 2015, she appeared in “I’ll See You in My Dreams,” “A Country Called Home,” and “Love the Coopers,” and in 2016 she was in “Other People.” Over the remainder of the decade, Squibb appeared in such films as “Table 19,” “Amanda & Jack Go Glamping,” “Father Figures,” “Summer ’03,” and “Blow the Man Down.” She also had voice roles in the animated films “Ralph Breaks the Internet” and “Toy Story 4.” Commencing the 2020s, Squibb appeared in the comedies “Palm Springs,” “Hubie Halloween,” and “Godmothered,” and voiced Gerel in the Pixar animated film “Soul.” She was subsequently in “Palmer,” “The Humans,” and “Family Squares.” In 2024, at the age of 94, Squibb had her first leading film role, starring as the titular vengeful grandma in the action dramedy “Thelma.” She earned many plaudits for her work, including an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Lead Performance. Also in 2024, Squibb appeared in “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead,” the Pixar film “Inside Out 2,” and “Lost & Found in Cleveland.” She went on to have the second leading role of her career in Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut “Eleanor the Great.”
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Television Career
Squibb first appeared on television in a 1985 episode of the anthology series “CBS Schoolbreak Special.” She didn’t act on the small screen again until 1995, with a guest role on “Law & Order.” Squibb returned to “Law & Order” with another guest role in 1999. In the early ’00s, she made appearances on such shows as “Ed, “Judging Amy,” “ER,” and “Just Shoot Me!” Her credits in the latter half of the decade included episodes of “House,” “Two and a Half Men,” “Ghost Whisperer,” “7th Heaven,” and “The Young and the Restless.” Squibb was also in the television films “A Stranger’s Heart” and “Shark Swarm.” In the early 2010s, she had guest roles on “Eagleheart,” “Castle,” “Mike & Molly,” and “Getting On,” among other shows. Squibb went on to have a main role on the short-lived sitcom “The Jack and Triumph Show,” which aired in 2015. Also that year, she appeared in the HBO television film “7 Days in Hell” and lent her voice to the animated shows “Axe Cop” and “Wander Over Yonder.” In 2016, Squibb played the recurring role of Etta on “Shameless” and the guest role of Auntie Alice on “Modern Family.”
In 2017, Squibb appeared in episodes of “Bones” and “Grey’s Anatomy” and was in the pilot of the sitcom “I’m Sorry.” The next year, she acted in the pilot of another sitcom, “Living Biblically.” Meanwhile, from 2018 to 2019, Squibb played the recurring role of Marion Peterson on the crime comedy series “Good Girls.” Her other credits around this time included episodes of “The Good Doctor” and “Room 104.” Kicking off the 2020s, Squibb had a recurring role on the short-lived Apple TV+ series “Little Voice” and a voice role on the Cartoon Network series “The Fungies!” From 2021 to 2022, she voiced Gramsy on the HBO Max preschool series “Little Ellen,” a fictionalized account of Ellen DeGeneres’s childhood. Squibb went on to appear in episodes of “Life & Beth” and “Little America.” In 2024, she lent her voice to the adult animated sitcom “Velma” and played Grams in an episode of the anthology series “American Horror Stories.”
Personal Life
Squibb married her first husband, Edward Sostek, in 1953. They divorced six years later. She went on to marry acting teacher Charles Kakatsakis, with whom she had a son named Harry. Squibb and Kakatsakis remained together until the latter’s passing in 1999.
