{"id":33517,"date":"2021-08-20T11:40:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T06:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/who-is-grace-under-fire-star-brett-butler\/"},"modified":"2021-08-20T11:40:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T06:10:27","slug":"who-is-grace-under-fire-star-brett-butler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/who-is-grace-under-fire-star-brett-butler\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Grace Under Fire star Brett Butler?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BRETT Butler is known for her role on Grace Under Fire, an American sitcom based on her own life.<\/p>\n

Butler had an adverse upbringing and tumultuous path on her way to becoming a successful actress and comedian.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Butler was the eldest of five sisters<\/span>Credit: Disney General Entertainment Con<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

<\/span>Who is Grace Under Fire star Brett Butler?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Brett Butler was born January 30, 1958 in Montgomery, Alabama<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She starred in the ABC comedy series Grace Under Fire from 1993 to 1998, which she received two Golden Globe Awards nominations for.<\/p>\n

Butler was the eldest of five sisters and faced quite a bit of adversity growing up.<\/p>\n

Her father, Roland was an abusive alcoholic and her mother, Carol battled depression. The family also struggled with poverty.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Before becoming a successful stand-up comic, Butler worked as a cocktail waitress.<\/p>\n

In 1987, she made her television debut on The Tonight Show and performed on Dolly Parton\u2019s series, Dolly that same year.<\/p>\n

Butler was hired as Parton\u2019s writer for the remainder of the show\u2019s season but it was eventually cancelled for poor ratings.<\/p>\n

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In the mid 1990s, Butler was making $250,000 per episode<\/span>Credit: Disney General Entertainment Con<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

<\/span>Is Brett Butler married?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Butler married her first husband, Charles Michael Wilson, when she was 20 in 1978.<\/p>\n

The couple got married three months after meeting but Wilson was abusive, which was one of the reasons she left him in 1981.<\/p>\n

She moved to New York City in 1984, where she was arrested for possessing marijuana.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She then met and married her husband Ken Zieger in 1987.<\/p>\n

<\/span>What is Brett Butler\u2019s net worth?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Butlers net worth is $10million, according to Celebrity Net Worth<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the mid 1990s, Butler was making $250,000 per episode starring in Grace Under Fire.<\/p>\n

On the show, which was based on her own life, she developed a Vicodin addiction, a painkiller prescribed for sciatica, according to The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The drugs made her \u201can erratic nightmare on set,\u201d pushing co-stars to leave and the show to reach an abrupt cancellation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the bloody bitter end, I really was difficult,\u201d Butler said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was out of my mind. Drugs will do that to you. The show should have been pulled sooner than it was.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the show, Butler made about $25million, which she refers to as \u201cprofligate\u201d for financial negligence and spending.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cI was a little bit too trusting with some people that worked for me, and I had a lot of things stolen,\u201d she says.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s just stupid on my part, not to have insurance for those things. And to loan and give a lot of money away. I really just felt so guilty for having it \u2014 I almost couldn\u2019t get rid of it fast enough.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brett Butler stars as Grace Burdette-Kelly in the 90’s sitcom, Grace Under Fire<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n