Trading places
The prostitute in this iconic ‘80s film was already surprisingly rich. A few minor adjustments to her portfolio would have tripled her net worth by retirement.
In the 1983 film Trading Places, Ophelia, a prostitute played by Jamie Lee Curtis, tells Louis, a financier played by Dan Aykroyd, that she has $42,000 in “T-bills earning interest.” That’s a surprisingly chunky sum for a working girl in down-and-out ‘80s Philadelphia. In fact, given her sizeable net wo…