Catherine Hicks Net Worth

What Is Catherine Hicks' Net Worth?

Catherine Hicks is an American actress who has a net worth of $3 million. Catherine Hicks is best known for playing Annie Camden on The WB/CW series "7th Heaven" (1996–2007). Hicks has more than 60 acting credits to her name, including the films "Peggy Sue Got Married" (1986), "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" (1986), "Child's Play" (1988), "She's Out of Control" (1989), "Eight Days a Week" (1997), and "The Genesis Code" (2010), the TV movies "Marilyn: The Untold Story" (1980), "Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls" (1981), "Laguna Heat" (1987), and "Honeymoon From Hell" (2016), and the television series "The Bad News Bears" (1979–1980) and "Winnetka Road" (1994). Catherine has also performed on Broadway, co-starring with Jack Lemmon in a 1978 production of "Tribute." She studied at The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, and an award named after her has been given out at the University of Notre Dame for outstanding work in theatre arts since 1988.

Early Life

Catherine Hicks was born Catherine Mary Hicks on August 6, 1951, in New York City. She is the daughter of Walter Hicks, an electronics salesman, and Jackie Hicks, a homemaker. Catherine has English and Irish ancestry. When she was a child, her family moved to Scottsdale, Arizona, and she later studied literature at Saint Mary's College in Indiana. After graduating in 1973, Hicks earned an acting fellowship to Cornell University that was sponsored by the University Resident Theatre Association. While attending Cornell, she joined the Ithaca Repertory Theater Company. Catherine earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from Cornell.

Career

After graduating from Cornell, Hicks went to New York during the summer of 1976. Two weeks later, she was cast as Dr. Faith Coleridge on the soap opera "Ryan's Hope." She stayed on the ABC series until 1978, leaving to co-star with Jack Lemmon in the Broadway play "Tribute."  After the production ended, Catherine moved to Los Angeles, where she landed the role of Dr. Emily Rappant on the 1979 CBS sitcom "The Bad News Bears." In the '80s, she appeared in the TV movies "To Race the Wind" (1980), "Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls" (1981), "Happy Endings" (1983), "Laguna Heat" (1987), and "Spy" (1989), and she portrayed Marilyn Monroe in 1980's "Marilyn: The Untold Story" and played Amanda Tucker on the CBS detective comedy "Tucker's Witch" (1982–1983). Hicks earned a Primetime Emmy nomination for "Marilyn: The Untold Story." Her first feature film was 1982's "Death Valley," and she followed it with "Better Late Than Never" (1983), "Garbo Talks" (1984), "The Razor's Edge" (1984), "Fever Pitch" (1985), "Peggy Sue Got Married" (1986), "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" (1986), "Like Father Like Son" (1987), "The Secret of Monastery's Brandy" (1988), "Souvenir" (1989), and "She's Out of Control" (1989). In 1988, she played Karen Barclay in the horror film "Child's Play," which earned $44.2 million against a budget of less than $15 million. "Child's Play" was the first film in what would become one of the most popular horror franchises of all time. As of this writing, the franchise includes eight films and a Peacock series that ran for three seasons.

Next, Catherine appeared in the films "Liebestraum" (1991), "Dillinger and Capone" (1995), "Animal Room" (1995), "Turbulence" (1997), and "Eight Days a Week" (1997) and the TV movies "Running Against Time" (1990), "Hi Honey – I'm Dead" (1991), and "Redwood Curtain" (1995). She guest-starred on "Diagnosis: Murder" (1994) and "Burke's Law" (1995), and she starred as Jeannie Barker on the NBC drama "Winnetka Road" (1994).

From 1996 to 2007, Hicks played Annie Camden on The WB/CW series "7th Heaven." Also starring Stephen Collins, Barry Watson, David Gallagher, Jessica Biel, Beverley Mitchell, and Mackenzie Rosman, "7th Heaven" aired 243 episodes over 11 seasons. After the show ended, Catherine appeared in the films "My Name Is Jerry" (2009), "The Truth About Layla" (2009), "The Genesis Code" (2010), "Your Love Never Fails" (2011), "Ghost Phone: Phone Calls from the Dead" (2011), "Dorfman in Love" (2011), "Reach" (2013), "The Dog Who Saved Easter" (2014), and "After the Rain" (2016), and she was featured in the 2015 documentary "That Gal…Who Was In That Thing." She also starred in numerous TV movies, including "Poison Ivy: The Secret Society" (2008), "Stranger with My Face" (2009), "A Christmas Wedding Tail" (2011), "A Christmas Wedding Date" (2012), "Win, Lose, or Love" (2015), "A Christmas Reunion" (2015), and "Honeymoon From Hell" (2016). In 2023, Hicks revealed that she no longer acts.

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Personal Life

In the mid-1980s, Catherine was engaged to Jeff Silverman, a journalist, but they ended their engagement. Hicks met Kevin Yagher, a special effects make-up artist, on the set of 1988's "Child's Play," and they married on May 19, 1990. The couple has a daughter named Caitlin. Catherine is a Roman Catholic, and she has appeared in Catholic Relief Services public service announcements. In 2006, she was honored with the Capuchin Franciscan Friars' Padre Pio Award for her work with Catholic Relief Services. Hicks is a trustee of the Hollywood Arts Council, and she joined the Los Angeles Homeless Action Committee. In 2010, she was involved with the National Community Pharmacists Association's Safeguard My Meds campaign. In 2017, Catherine volunteered for The League of Women Voters and for Congressman Adam Schiff's campaign office.

Real Estate

In May 2007, Catherine and Kevin paid $875,000 for a home in Los Angeles. This remains their primary home, and today it is worth around $2 million.

Awards and Nominations

In 1981, Hicks earned a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special for "Marilyn: The Untold Story." She has received two Saturn Award nominations (from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films), winning for Best Actress for "Child's Play" in 1990. Her other nomination was for Best Supporting Actress for "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" (1987). Catherine earned Teen Choice Award nominations for TV – Choice Parental Unit for "7th Heaven" (shared with Stephen Collins) in 2005 and 2006, and in 2009, she was named Best Supporting Actress for "Jerry" at Film Fest International, London.

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