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First film actor to earn a million dollars in one year
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While modern actors refuse to get out of bed for less than eight figures, Mary Pickford shattered the financial ceiling in 1916 by securing a million-dollar contract. She aggressively negotiated her own value, securing a percentage of the film's profits and essentially inventing the modern superstar financial package while her male co-stars were left in the dust.
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