Julia Child

Julia Child Net Worth

Julia Child net worth: Julia Child was an American chef, author, and television personality who had a net worth of $38 million dollars. Julia Child was born Julia Carolyn McWilliams in Pasadena, California in August 1912 and passed away in August 2004. She attended the Katharine Branson School in Ross, California and then Smith College where she graduated in 1934. She then moved to New York City and worked as a copywriter for W. & J. Sloane. She moved back to California and wrote for local publications. She joined the Office of Strategic Services and became a researcher. Her first meal in France inspired her. She has authored 19 books and was featured on 13 TV shows including The French Chef, Dinner at Julia's, Baking with Julia, and In Julia's Kitchen with Master Chefs. She is credited with bringing French cuisine to the American public with her 1961 cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking. In 1995 she started The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and Culinary Arts. Julia Child won a Peabody Award, an Emmy, two Daytime Emmy Awards, and a U.S. National Book Award. She was portrayed by Meryl Streep in the 2009 film Julie & Julia. She married Paul Cushing Child in 1946 and he passed away in 1994. She was awarded the French Legion of Honour and the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom. Julia Child passed away on August 13, 2004 from kidney failure, just two days before her 92nd birthday.