Melba Moore Net Worth

Melba Moore net worth is
$30 Thousand

Melba Moore Wiki Biography

Melba Moore was born as Beatrice Melba Hill on the 29th October 1945, in New York City, USA, and is probably best recognized for being a singer, who has released over 20 studio albums, including “Look What You’re Doing To The Man” (1971), “Burn” (1979), and “Soul Exposed” (1990). She is also known as an actress, starring in such TV and film titles as “The Love Boat” (1979-1984), “Falcon Crest” (1987), “The Fighting Temptations” (2003), etc. Her career has been active since 1967.

So, have you ever wondered how rich Melba Moore is, as of mid- 2016? According to authoritative sources that the total size of Melba’s net worth is over $30,000, accumulated through her successful involvement in the entertainment industry not only as a singer, but also as an actress.

Melba Moore Net Worth $30,000

Melba Moore was brought up in Harlem, New York by her father, Teddy Hill, a well-known saxophonist, and her mother, Bonnie Davis, a singer. When she was nine years old, her mother remarried to Clement Leroy Moorman – a jazz pianist – so they moved to Newark, New Jersey, where she attended the High School for Performing Arts, matriculating in 1958. Upon graduation from Montclair (NJ) State College, she began to work as a music teacher, but soon after she made a decision to pursue her career in the entertainment industry.

Thus, Melba’s professional musical career began in 1970, when her debut studio album came out under the name “I Got Love”, and two years later she released “Melba Moore Live!”. In 1975, she signed a contract with Buddah Records, and the first album which was released for this label was “Peach Melba”, which received positive critiques, and encouraged her to continue further with career, also increasing her net worth to a large degree.

In the following year, Melba’s career reached a whole new level, as her next album – “This Is It” and the title single – reached No. 91 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play, and No. 9 on the UK charts. By the 1980s, she had released four albums, increasing further her net worth.

In the next decade, Melba signed a contract with Capitol Records, and released the single “Love’s Comin’ At Ya”, peaking No. 2 on the US Dance, and No. 5 on the US R&B charts. Other albums and singles which she released during the 1980s include “What A Woman Needs” (1981), “Read My Lips” (1985), “A Little Bit More” (1986), among others. To speak further about her musical career, in the 2000s, Melba released “I’m Still Here” (2003), “The Gift Of Love” (2009), and “Love Is” (2011). Her net worth was certainly rising.

Thanks to her accomplishments in the music industry, Melba has been nominated for a Grammy Award four times, in the categories – Best New Artist, Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance – Female, Best Female Rock Vocal. She won the prestigious Sandy Hosey Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015.

Apart from her successful career as a singer, she is also recognized as an actress, Melba’s professional acting career beginning in 1967, when she began performing on Broadway, selected for the role of Dionne in the musical “Hair”, starring alongside Diane Keaton and Ronnie Dyson. This role was followed by an appearance as Lutiebelle in the musical “Prulie”, for which she won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical in 1970, which helped increase her net worth by a large margin. Thanks to that, she was chosen for two big-screen roles in films “The American Woman: Portraits Of Courage” (1976), and “Hair” (1979). She has also starred in other TV and film titles, such as “Ellis Island” (1984) portraying Flora Mitchum, “Melba” – her own TV series in 1986 – and “Def By Temptation” (1990) as Madam Sonya, among others, all of which added a considerable amount to her net worth.

Most recently, she featured in the film “The Fighting Temptations” (2003) alongside Cuba Gooding Jr. and Beyoncé Knowles, and it is announced that Melba will appear in the film “Tobacco Valley” in 2016.

Regarding her personal life, Melba Moore was married to business promoter Charles Huggins from 1975 to 1991; they have one child. She has not re-married.

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