'We were very country people, living out in the woods as so many families are, very poor...' These stars went from POVERTY to MILLIONAIRES!

The stars you see on screen and on stage you just know have everything that money can buy; luxurious houses, sports cars, fine food and the best wine. But this is not the life that these A-listers were always accustomed to. The following celebrities are all real rags to riches stories as they grew up in poverty with missed meals and threats of the lights going out. From Dolly Parton to Arnold Schwarzenegger find out which stars beat the odds to make their money...

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The stars you see on screen and on stage you just know have everything that money can buy; luxurious houses, sports cars, fine food and the best wine.

But this is not the life that these A-listers were always accustomed to.

The following celebrities are all real rags to riches stories as they grew up in poverty with missed meals and threats of the lights going out.

From Dolly Parton to Arnold Schwarzenegger find out which stars beat the odds to make their money...