W. Somerset Maugham Net Worth

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William Somerset Maugham CH (/ˈmɔːm/ MAWM; 25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) was a British playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the 1930s.After losing both his parents by the age of 10, Maugham was raised by a paternal uncle who was emotionally cold. Not wanting to become a lawyer like other men in his family, Maugham eventually trained and qualified as a medical doctor (physician). The first run of his first novel, Liza of Lambeth (1897), sold out so rapidly that Maugham gave up medicine to write full-time.During the First World War, he served with the Red Cross and in the ambulance corps, before being recruited in 1916 into the British Secret Intelligence Service, for which he worked in Switzerland and Russia before the October Revolution of 1917. During and after the war, he travelled in India and Southeast Asia; all of these experiences were reflected in later short stories and novels.

Date Of BirthJanuary 25, 1874
Died1965-12-16
Place Of BirthUK Embassy, Paris, France
ProfessionWriter, Actor
EducationKing's College London
SpouseSyrie Wellcome
ChildrenAlan Searle
Star SignAquarius
#Quote
1Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.
2[ describing the French Riviera] A sunny place for shady people.
3The humorist has a good eye for the humbug: he does not always recognize the saint.
4[on death and life] It wasn't until quite late in life that I discovered how easy it was to say, 'I don't know.'
5In France, a man who has ruined himself for women is generally regarded with sympathy and admiration. There is a feeling that it was worthwhile, and the man who has done it feels even a certain pride in the fact. In England, he will be thought and will think himself a damned fool.
6In a story, as in a play, you must make up your mind what your point is and stick to it like grim death.
7She plunged into a sea of platitudes and, with the powerful breast stroke of a channel swimmer, made her confident way towards the white cliffs of the obvious.
8I do not think I am any better or any worse than most people, but I know that if I set down every action in my mind and every thought that has crossed my mind, the world would consider me a monster of depravity.
9No one can be original by trying.
10When I was young the conception of a gentlemen had value. Now, not only what it stood for but the word itself has become vaguely objectionable. Outside lavatories you will often see 'Ladies' on the door of one, but 'Men' on the door of another.
11Being famous is like having a string of pearls given you. It's nice, but after a while, if you think of it at all, it's only to wonder if they're real or cultured.
12Every writer hits now and then upon a thought that seems to him so happy, a repartee that amuses him so much, that to cut it is worse than having a tooth out. It is then that it is well to have engraved on his heart the maxim, If you can cut, cut.
13To have learnt to play a good game of bridge is the safest insurance against the tedium of old age.
14Art, if it is to be reckoned as one of the great values of life, must teach men humility, tolerance, wisdom and magnanimity. The value of art is not beauty, but right action.
15Looking back upon my work in my old age, I am disposed to regard it very modestly and to admit frankly some of its shortcomings.
16If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it's still a foolish thing.
17Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.
18Life is too short to do anything for oneself that one can pay others to do for one.
19It is a funny thing about life. If you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
20A woman will always sacrifice herself if you give her the opportunity. It is her favorite form of self-indulgence.
21At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
22It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.
23In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
#Fact
1He was made a Companion of Honour (CH) in the 1954 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to literature.
2He was born at the British Embassy in Paris, where his father Robert was a solicitor. His mother Edith died of tuberculosis when he was eight. His father died of cancer three years later. He was sent to live with his uncle, the Vicar of Whitstable, Kent, and his wife.
3Great-grandfather of Derek Paravicini.
4Born in the same year as Winston Churchill and died in the same year as Winston Churchill.
5Biography in: Current Biography Yearbook 1963, Pages 263-265. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1964.
6Biography/bibliography in: Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series, volume 127, pages 280-288. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2004.
7Alfred Hitchcock was a great admirer of Maugham's work. In his famous interview with François Truffaut, Hitchcock claimed that Maugham was one of the few fiction writers he enjoyed reading for leisure.
8Uncle of writer Robin Maugham.

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Das Land der Verheißung1960TV Movie
Grande Teatro TupiTV Series 1 episode, 1959 novel - 1 episode, 1952
The Moon and Sixpence1959TV Movie novel
EncounterTV Series 1 episode, 1959 play - 1 episode, 1953
The Traitor1959TV Movie short story
Land van belofte1959TV Movie
La esposa constante1959TV Series writer - 3 episodes
BBC Sunday-Night TheatreTV Series 1 episode, 1958 play - 5 episodes, 1951 - 1956 writer - 1 episode, 1958
Der Kreis1958TV Movie novel "The Circle"
Suspicion1957TV Series story - 1 episode
TV de VanguardaTV Series 1 episode, 1957 novel - 1 episode, 1953
The Seventh Sin1957novel "The Painted Veil"
Producers' Showcase1956TV Series story - 1 episode
The Star and the StoryTV Series original story - 5 episodes, 1955 - 1956 story - 3 episodes, 1955 based on story by - 2 episodes, 1955 - 1956 story "Romantic Young Lady" - 1 episode, 1956 from a story by - 1 episode, 1955
O Contador de Histórias1955TV Series 1 episode
Three for the Show1955based on a play by
Three Cases of Murder1955story - segment "Lord Mountdrago"
The Beachcomber1954story
Four Star Playhouse1954TV Series story - 1 episode
Miss Sadie Thompson1953story "Miss Thompson" - uncredited
Lady Frederick1953TV Movie play
Robert Montgomery PresentsTV Series play - 2 episodes, 1950 - 1952 book Cakes and Ale - 1 episode, 1953
The Noble Spaniard1953TV Movie play
Hollywood Opening Night1953TV Series story - 1 episode
Schlitz PlayhouseTV Series original - 1 episode, 1953 story - 1 episode, 1952
Broadway Television Theatre1952TV Series play - 2 episodes
Larger Than Life1952TV Movie novel "Theatre"
Rainy Day1952TV Movie story idea
Rebound1952TV Series story - 1 episode
Encore1951stories
Somerset Maugham TV Theatre1950-1951TV Series story - 3 episodes
The Sacred Flame1951TV Movie play
Trio1950screenplay / stories
Mrs. Dot1950TV Movie play
Studio One in Hollywood1949TV Series novel - 1 episode
Smith1949TV Movie play
Quartet1948stories The Alien Corn, The Colonel's Lady, The Facts of Life, The Kite
The Circle1948TV Movie play
The Unattainable1948TV Movie play
Home and Beauty1948TV Movie play
The Breadwinner1948TV Movie play
The Round Dozen1947TV Short short story
The Unfaithful1947novel - uncredited
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.1946story "Miss Thompson" - uncredited
The Razor's Edge1946from the novel by
Of Human Bondage1946novel
Somewhere in the Night1946adaptation - uncredited
Christmas Holiday1944novel - as Somerset Maugham
The Hour Before the Dawn1944novel
The Moon and Sixpence1942novel
The Letter1940by
Too Many Husbands1940based upon the play by
The Circle1939TV Movie
Sheppey1939TV Movie as Somerset Maugham
The Breadwinner1938TV Movie play
The Beachcomber1938short story "Vessel of Wrath"
Another Dawn1937story "The Ambassador's Wife" - uncredited
Isle of Fury1936based on a novel by
The Tenth Man1936play
Secret Agent1936novel "Ashenden"
The Right to Live1935based on: "The Sacred Flame" - as Somerset Maugham
The Painted Veil1934from the novel by
Of Human Bondage1934from the novel by
The Constant Wife1933
The Narrow Corner1933novel
Our Betters1933play "Our Betters"
Rain1932story
Die heilige Flamme1931play "The Sacred Flame"
La donna bianca1931play "The Letter"
La llama sagrada1931play "The Sacred Flame"
La carta1931play "The Letter"
Weib im Dschungel1931play "The Letter"
La lettre1930play "The Letter"
Strictly Unconventional1930play "The Circle"
The Sacred Flame1929play
Charming Sinners1929play "The Constant Wife"
The Letter1929stage play
Sadie Thompson1928story
Vad kvinnan vill1927novel
The Waiter from the Ritz1926play "Jack Straw"
The Canadian1926play "The Land of Promise"
The Magician1926/Inovel
Infatuation1925play "Caesar's Wife"
The Circle1925play
East of Suez1925story
The Ordeal1922story
Jack Straw1920play
The Divorcee1919play "Lady Frederick"
The Land of Promise1917play
Smith1917play
The Explorer1915novel
W. Somerset Maugham's the Bum2014Short original story
Imádok férjhez menni2007TV Movie
The Painted Veil2006novel
Being Julia2004novella "Theatre"
Up at the Villa2000book
Poklad pana H.1998TV Movie novel
Ashenden1991TV Mini-Series novel
Adorable Julia1988TV Movie novel "Theatre" - play
Tales of the UnexpectedTV Series story - 3 episodes, 1988 original story - 1 episode, 1988
Peremena uchasti1987story
The Razor's Edge1984novel
Overnight Sensation1984Short short story "The Colonel's Lady" - uncredited
La comedia1983TV Series play - 1 episode
ITV Playhouse1982TV Series play - 1 episode
The Letter1982TV Movie novel
Kreuzfahrten eines GlobetrottersTV Series 1 episode, 1981 writer - 1 episode, 1981
Los especiales de ATC1981TV Series 1 episode
Poniro thilyko... katergara gynaika!1980play "Theatre" - uncredited
Zhigolo i Zhigoletta1980TV Short story
For Services Rendered1980TV Movie writer
Wilson's Reward1980TV Movie short story "Vessel of Wrath"
Sadie1980play "Miss Sadie Thompson" - uncredited
Jane1979TV Movie story
Teatris1978novel "Theatre"
Diener und andere Herren1978TV Movie
Do You Remember?1978TV Series play - 1 episode
Mr. Carlis und seine abenteuerlichen Geschichten1977TV Series 1 episode
I theatrina1977TV Series play
Constancia, una esposa constante1976TV Movie
Au théâtre ce soirTV Series play - 3 episodes, 1969 - 1973 story - 1 episode, 1975
Cakes and Ale1974TV Mini-Series novel - 3 episodes
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love1974TV Movie story - segment "The Fortunate Painter", as Somerset Maugham
Great Mysteries1973TV Series story "A Point of Law" - 1 episode
Alta comedia1971-1973TV Series 3 episodes
Dom i lepota1971TV Movie play
Eine konsequente Frau1971TV Movie play "The Constant Wife"
W. Somerset MaughamTV Series story - 25 episodes, 1969 - 1970 short story - 1 episode, 1970
Talpig úriasszony1970TV Movie as Somerset Maugham
Boy Meets Girl1968TV Series novel - 1 episode
The Jazz Age1968TV Series short story - 1 episode
BBC Play of the Month1967TV Series novel - 1 episode
ITV Play of the WeekTV Series writer - 2 episodes, 1960 - 1966 play - 1 episode, 1959 novel - 1 episode, 1959 original author - 1 episode, 1958
Caroline1966TV Movie play - as William Somerset Maugham
Jackanory1966TV Series book - 1 episode
Liza of Lambeth1965TV Movie novel
Of Human Bondage1964novel
Der Kreis1964TV Movie
Lady Frederick1963TV Movie play
The Golden Patsy1963comedy "The Breadwinner"
Somerset Maugham Hour1960-1962TV Series stories - 38 episodes
Adorable Julia1962story "Theatre"
Finden sie, daß Constanze sich richtig verhält?1962novel "The Constant Wife"
Die ewige Flamme1961TV Movie novel "The Sacred Flame" - as Somerset Maugham
A String of Beads1961TV Movie story
Armchair Theatre1960TV Series story "Miss Thompson" - 1 episode
Finden Sie, dass Constanze sich richtig verhält?1960TV Movie novel "The Constant Wife" - as William Somerset Maugham
Saturday Playhouse1960TV Series 1 episode
Bezaubernde Julia1960TV Movie novel - as William Somerset Maugham
BBC Sunday-Night Play1960TV Mini-Series play - 1 episode

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Is Art Necessary?1958TV Series
Camille1926/IIShortMonsieur Duval

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Wisdom1965TV SeriesHimself - Author and Playwright
Pariser Journal1963TV Series documentaryHimself
Panorama1958TV Series documentaryHimself
Alan Melville Takes You from A-Z1957TV SeriesHimself
Encore1951Himself - Host and Story Teller
Somerset Maugham TV Theatre1950-1951TV SeriesHimself - Host
Trio1950Himself - Host
Quartet1948Himself - Host
The Hour Before the Dawn1944Himself (uncredited)
Cover to Cover1936Documentary shortHimself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Time to Remember2010TV Series documentaryHimself
Chris & Don. A Love Story2007DocumentaryHimself

Known for movies

Writer

The Painted Veil (2006)
as Writer

Writer

Being Julia (2004)
as Writer

Writer

Secret Agent (1936)
as Writer

Writer

The Letter (1940)
as Writer

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