Mary Ward | Born 1915
$19,000 yearly – Melbourne aged care facility

Are you aware that during the world wars, acting on stage was such an in-demand work? Finding financial opportunities in this fact, Mary Ward showed good money management skills by being a stage actress in England. She enjoyed quite a career that spanned five decades and covered both her home country of Australia and England. Ward appeared in several filmed stage plays. Meanwhile, she was mostly known on TV as that actress who portrays elderly characters.

She just recently passed away, but during the last few years of her life, the family decided to let her live in an aged care facility so that all her needs would be taken care of. The estimated cost is $19,000 a year. With her passing, Australia has lost one of its oldest actresses and one of the most well-loved ones, as well. Well, her work will forever be immortalized, so that is something good.