Celebrity Legacies: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Can someone actually become wealthier after they die? In this revealing hour-long factual series viewers will find out how rich the famous actually were when they died and the surprising fortunes being made years after they're gone. Celebrity Legacies gives the full story on who tried to lay claim to the inheritance and who finally got it. Plus, which celebrities lived lavishly but passed on penniless and who inherited their debts? Celebrity Legacies also looks at how some celebrity's fortunes have grown since they passed and how some are still making the highest-paid lists years after their death. Celebrity Legacies will explore the stories and estates of Heath Ledger, Princess Diana, Marilyn Monroe and Marlon Brando among others.

Series details

• Title: Celebrity Legacies
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2014-08-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 2015-03-25
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: REELZ
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 3720

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2014-04-26; final listed air date 2015-03-25; episode order: 26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Celebrity Legacies on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.