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Woody Guthrie (Woodrow Wilson Guthrie) was born on 14 July, 1912 in Okemah, Oklahoma, USA, is a soundtrack,music_department,composer. Discover Woody Guthrie's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 55 years old?

Popular As Woodrow Wilson Guthrie
Occupation soundtrack,music_department,composer
Age 55 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 14 July, 1912
Birthday 14 July
Birthplace Okemah, Oklahoma, USA
Date of death 4 October, 1967
Died Place Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Nationality United States

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Woody Guthrie Height, Weight & Measurements

At 55 years old, Woody Guthrie height is 5' 7" (1.7 m) .

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Height 5' 7" (1.7 m)
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Who Is Woody Guthrie's Wife?

His wife is Anneke Van Kirk (2 December 1953 - 1956) ( divorced) ( 1 child), Marjorie Greenblatt Mazia (13 November 1945 - 1953) ( divorced) ( 4 children), Mary Guthrie Boyle (28 October 1933 - 1940) ( divorced) ( 3 children)

Family
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Wife Anneke Van Kirk (2 December 1953 - 1956) ( divorced) ( 1 child), Marjorie Greenblatt Mazia (13 November 1945 - 1953) ( divorced) ( 4 children), Mary Guthrie Boyle (28 October 1933 - 1940) ( divorced) ( 3 children)
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Woody Guthrie Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Woody Guthrie worth at the age of 55 years old? Woody Guthrie’s income source is mostly from being a successful Soundtrack. He is from United States. We have estimated Woody Guthrie's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
Salary in 2023 Under Review
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Source of Income Soundtrack

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1933

Charley and Nora Guthrie named their son after the Democrat elected president that year. Woodrow Wilson Guthrie knew hard times as a youngster (his house burned down, his sister Clara burned to death, his father's small-town business and political careers never went anywhere, his mother suffered from undiagnosed Huntington's Disease and was declared insane), but he enjoyed performing (dancing, playing harmonica, writing songs) and learning (he read voraciously in the public library). In 1933 he married Mary Jennings, five years his junior, with whom he would have three children.

1935

In 1935 he joined the Oakies and Arkies driven to California by the Dust Bowl. His songs went from describing the tragedy of the migrants to urging their unionization. Though he wrote a column for the Weekly People, he never joined the Communist Party. When Will Geer got a part in the play "Tobacco Road" he invited Woody to join him in New York where he met Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, Leadbelly, Cisco Houston. He was commissioned to write songs for a never-completed documentary on Washington State's Grand Coulee Dam, and it was in the Pacific Northwest that his family left him.

1940

Back in New York in 1940, Woody joined Pete Seeger's Alamanc Singers and married Martha Graham dancer Marjorie Mazia.

1943

His autobiography, Bound for Glory, was published in 1943. He served in the Merchant Marine in World War II, and three ships were torpedoed from under him.

1947

In 1947 his and Marjorie's daughter, Cathy, was burned to death in an apartment fire. They had three more children: Arlo, Joady and Nora.

1950

In the 1950s he experienced bouts of irrational behavior and was often unable to play his guitar; his condition was ultimately diagnosed as Huntington's Disease.

1953

In 1953 he married for a third time, to Anneke Van Kirk. They had a child, Lorinna Lynn Guthrie. When Anneke and Guthrie divorced, their daughter was adopted by a couple they knew, and did not have any further contact with Guthrie.

1954

February 22, 1954: daughter: Lorinna Lynn Guthrie, with Van Kirk.

1962

Was Bob Dylan's idol and mentor. Dylan visited him many times in the hospital in the last years of his life, and modeled his own folk-writing style after Guthrie's. The first Dylan-written song ever released was a tribute to his hero, 'Song to Woody', which appeared on his self-titled 1962 debut album.

1970

Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.

1973

Lorinna died prematurely (at age 19) in 1973, in a car accident in California.

1988

Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (under the category Early Influences) in 1988.

1998

Was featured in 1998 on a 32-cent U.S. postage stamp in the Legends of Folk Singers stamp series.

2013

His revue, "The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie" at the Northlight Theater in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2013 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Revue Production.