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| Born | Sári Gábor February 6, 1917 |
| Died | December 18, 2016 (aged 99) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Kerepesi Cemetery in Budapest, Hungary |
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| Years active | 1933–1998 |
| Spouses | Joshua S. Cosden Jr.
(m. 1966; div. 1967)Michael O'Hara
(m. 1976; div. 1982) |
| Children | Francesca Hilton |
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Zsa Zsa Gabor (/ˌʒɑːʒɑː ˈɡɑːbɔːr/, Hungarian: [ˈɡaːbor ˈʒɒʒɒ]; born Sári Gábor [ˈɡaːbor ˈʃaːri]; February 6, 1917 – December 18, 2016) was a Hungarian-American socialite and actress. Her sisters were socialites and actresses Eva Gabor and Magda Gabor.
Gabor competed in the 1933 Miss Hungary pageant, where she placed as second runner-up, and began her stage career in Vienna the following year.[2] She emigrated from Hungary to the United States in 1941, and became a sought-after actress with "European flair and style." She was considered to have a personality that "exuded charm and grace".[3] Her first film role was a supporting role in Lovely to Look At, released in 1952. The same year, she appeared in We're Not Married!, and played one of her few leading roles in Moulin Rouge, directed by John Huston. Huston later described Gabor as a "creditable" actress.[4]
Outside her acting career, Gabor was known for her extravagant Hollywood lifestyle, her glamorous personality, and her many marriages. In total, Gabor had nine husbands, including hotel magnate Conrad Hilton and actor George Sanders. She once stated, "Men have always liked me and I have always liked men. But I like a mannish man, a man who knows how to talk to and treat a woman—not just a man with muscles."[5]
- ^ "FBI releases first batch of Zsa Zsa Gabor's file". MuckRock. August 3, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
- ^ Staggs (2019), pp. 48–52
- ^ Barris, George. Barris Cars of the Stars, MBI Publishing (2008), p. 71
- ^ Huston, John. John Huston: Interviews, Univ. Press of Mississippi (2001), p. 11
- ^ "Love Hints from Zsa Zsa", Life Magazine, October 15, 1951 (cover story).