Susan Richardson, 67 – Retired Actress

While some people strive in Hollywood, others are completely swallowed up by the show business culture. Susan Richardson worked as an actress between 1973 and 1999. She appearing in productions such as The Love Boat, American Graffiti, and most famously, Eight Is Enough. But when the pressure to lose pregnancy weight caused her to maintain a cocaine addiction, Richardson’s Hollywood dream was suddenly converted into a nightmare. A 2013 special report from The Huffington Post found Richardson living with virtually no money and in very precarious conditions. She’s divorced and currently lives in an unheated trailer, struggling with diabetes.