How much was Fanny making annually?
Gee Whiz, if she could invest $50,000 into a gambling hall, she was pretty well off.
shareShe was a Broadway star for decades, when Broadway was considered to be the center of the entertainment world. She made a LOT of money by the standards of her time, and kept making it far longer and more consistently than most entertainers do.
Of course she married a gambler, so for all I know she ended up broke.