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   From: fn62@dial.pipex.com   
      
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   > Alison Hopkins wrote:   
   >>   
   >> I think you have a very inflated idea of how much they got paid for the   
   >> first four seasons.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Keep in mind that, when Richard Biggs died, there was some charity set   
   > up to collect donations for his wife and two children.   
   >   
   > So, at least Biggs was not very rich.   
   >   
      
   None of them are - certainly not through B5! Bruce is OK, mostly because   
   Melissa is queen of the TV movie. I come from an acting family; mother,   
   grandmother, great grandfather. Could have gone in to the business, but I   
   watched my mother never knowing if she'd ever get a job again. In the UK, 80   
   percent are out of work at any one time.   
      
   The Equity minimum wage is around the 400 pounds a week mark, as I recall -   
   the US one will be similar. If you're lucky as an actor, you might make the   
   equivalent of a decent white collar job, but most don't. Hence, they wait   
   tables and do other fill in jobs. And, this is why conventions can be an   
   excellent source of income for them. I've been to some of the B5 cast   
   members' houses. They ain't rich!   
      
   Ali   
      
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