Zsa Zsa Gabor
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Zsa Zsa Gabor (born February 6, 1917) is a Hungarian actress and socialite, who, like her two sisters, is best-known for her beauty and wealthy lifestyle rather than acting ability.
She was born Sári Gabor in Budapest, Hungary, the second of three daughters born to Vilmos Gabor and Jansci "Jolie" Tilleman (1894-1997).
The birth years of the Gabor sisters were often lied about and remain uncertain. Her sisters were Magda and Eva. Their mother, Jolie Gabor, was noted primarily for being their mother. Zsa Zsa often claimed to have won the "Miss Hungary" beauty contest in 1936, but Jolie sometimes claimed she had won it.
Zsa Zsa was known for her affection for jewels and for her quick wit, but acquired a reputation for matrimony.
She has had nine husbands: press director for the foreign ministry of Turkey, who was later known as a writer and diplomat Burhan Belge (1937-1941); Hilton Hotel magnate Conrad Hilton (1942-1947); actor George Sanders (1949-1954); financial consultant Herbert Hunter (1964-1966); oil heir and businessman Joshua S. Cosden, Jr. (1966-1967); inventor associated with the Barbie and Chatty Cathy dolls Jack Ryan (1975-1976); Michael O'Hara (1977-1982); Felipe de Alba (1982-1982); and Frederick, Prinz von Anhalt (1986-present).
She and Hilton had one daughter, Francesca Hilton.
Sanders later married Zsa Zsa's sister, Magda, and ultimately committed suicide. Zsa Zsa underwent a marriage ceremony with Felipe de Alba in 1982, but the marriage was of doubtful legality. It was performed by a ship's captain at sea, but not in international waters, and was bigamous because she was still married to Michael O'Hara. The marriage, which in any case lasted but one day, was therefore invalid on several grounds. An annulment was obtained for good measure.
Despite the implications of the name "Frederick, Prinz von Anhalt," this husband is neither royal nor a prince. He was born "Robert Lichtenberg" and was adopted (as an adult) by Marie Auguste Prinzessin von Anhalt (who used such adoptions as a source of income). Via the adoption he obtained the surname "Prinz von Anhalt," but did not in the process obtain a title or noble status: Therefore, Zsa Zsa is not, as is sometimes stated, a "Princess of Anhalt."
Zsa Zsa was also linked romantically with Porfirio Rubirosa, a noted Dominican international playboy and sometime diplomat. She refused to leave George Sanders to marry him, whereupon Rubirosa thereupon married Barbara Hutton (for seventy-three days) and then began his relationship with Zsa Zsa again.
Among the movies Zsa Zsa appeared in were her starring role as dancer Jane Avril in Moulin Rouge (1952), Lili (1953), Queen of Outer Space (1958), and Touch of Evil (1958).
Though her movies continued, their quality did not, and her later career was as a celebrity rather than a serious actress.
The Gabor sisters (competing with each other for the limited number of roles they might play with Hungarian accents) often engaged in always well-publicized "feuds," but it was Zsa Zsa who seemed to thrive on adverse publicity.
On June 14, 1989, Zsa Zsa was accused of slapping the face of a Beverly Hills police officer when he stopped her for a traffic violation [1] (http://www.mugshots.net/zsa_zsa_gabor/). She was found guilty of the assault in a well-publicized trial and sentenced to three days in jail.
Zsa Zsa was a passenger in an automobile accident that occurred November 27, 2002, that was initially reported as having sent her into a coma. The report was in error. She was conscious by the time medical assistance arrived. She left the hospital in early January 2003, facing continued physical therapy.
Filmography
- Moulin Rouge (1952)
- The Million Dollar Nickel (1952) (short subject)
- Lovely to Look At (1952)
- We're Not Married! (1952)
- The Story of Three Loves (1953)
- Lili (1953)
- The Most Wanted Man (1953)
- Love in a Hot Climate (1954)
- Ball of the Nations (1954)
- 3 Ring Circus (1954)
- Death of a Scoundrel (1956)
- The Girl in the Kremlin (1957)
- The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1958)
- Country Music Holiday (1958)
- Touch of Evil (1958)
- Queen of Outer Space (1958)
- For the First Time (1959)
- The Blue Contessa (1960)
- Pepe (1960) (cameo)
- Lykke og krone (1962) (documentary)
- The Road to Hong Kong (1963) (scenes deleted)
- Boys' Night Out (1962)
- Picture Mommy Dead (1966)
- Arrivederci, Baby! (1966)
- Jack of Diamonds (1967) (cameo)
- Mooch Goes to Hollywood (1971) (narrator)
- Up the Front (1972)
- Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
- Every Girl Should Have One (1978)
- Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie (1984)
- Smart Alec (1986)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) (cameo)
- Johann Strauss: The King Without a Crown (1987)
- The People vs. Zsa Zsa Gabor (1991) (documentary)
- The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991) (cameo)
- The Naked Truth (1992)
- East & West: Paradises Lost (1993)
- Happily Ever After (1993) (voice)
- The Beverly Hillbillies (1993) (cameo)
- A Very Brady Sequel (1996) (cameo)