she had risen to riches
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What is the other way of saying, "she had risen to riches"?
Context
"At the height of her career, “Baby” Marie Osborne was one of the most popular actresses
in the world, said The Times. Driven round Hollywood in a limousine, she earned every
few weeks what the average American took home annually. She was just five years old.
Arguably the first significant child star in movie history, she struggled (like those who came
after) to adjust to adult life, and found herself reduced to poverty as quickly as she had risen
to riches. Or as Osborne herself once noted, “I set the trend for virtually every other child
star who followed.”"

Question

she had risen to riches
Hello!
What is the other way of saying, "she had risen to riches"?
Context
"At the height of her career, “Baby” Marie Osborne was one of the most popular actresses 
in the world, said The Times. Driven round Hollywood in a limousine, she earned every 
few weeks what the average American took home annually. She was just five years old. 
Arguably the first significant child star in movie history, she struggled (like those who came 
after) to adjust to adult life, and found herself reduced to poverty as quickly as she had risen 
to riches. Or as Osborne herself once noted, “I set the trend for virtually every other child 
star who followed.”"

Answer

To rise to riches means to become wealthy.

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You could say, "from rags to riches', but it does not give the idea of speed. 
Rapid wealth? You could say that.

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"she had risen to riches" in itself does not imply the speed. 
As Doug says, it just means became wealthy (having riches), from not being wealthy (risen to).
The other parts of the article suggest it happened at speed.

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Thank you very much!

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The phrase "she had risen to riches" simply means that she had become very rich quickly, as if she had started at one level of wealth and moved to a much higher level of wealth. In the context of the paragraph, it's saying that she ended up loosing her wealth as quickly as she gained it. 
I hope this helps.

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