Zsa Zsa Gabor is a Hungarian born American actress and socialite
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Zsa Zsa Gabor is a Hungarian born American actress and socialite
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She has been married nine times, out of which 7 of them ended in divorces, while one was annulled. Her respective spouses include, Burhan Asaf Belge, Conrad Hilton, George Sanders, Herbert Hutner, Joshua S. Cosden, Jack Ryan, Michael O'Hara and Felipe de Alba.
On March 10, 1947, she gave birth to Constance Francesca Hilton, born out of her marriage to Conrad Hilton.
In 1960, she published her autobiography titled, ‘Zsa Zsa Gabor, My Story', which was co-authored with Gerold Frank.
Zsa Zsa Gabor was born as Gábor Sári on February 6, 1917, in Budapest to Vilmos Gábor, a soldier and Jolie Gábor, heiress of a Europen jewellery business. She was named after the popular Hungarian actress, Sári Fedák.
She is the middle of three sisters; the other two are Eva and Magda. The three sisters lived a very luxurious life. They had a staff of servants to attend to them and were privileged to attend expensive boarding schools and go on exquisite vacations. She went to the Swiss boarding school, Madame Subilia's.
In 1936, she was spotted by Richard Tauber, a toner, while she was on a vacation in Venice. The latter invited her to sing the soubrette role in his new operetta, Der singende Traum (The Singing Dream), at the Theater an der Wien, which went on to mark her first stage appearance. In the same year, she was also crowned Miss Hungary.
After her divorce with her first husband, Burhan Asaf, she and her mother decided to go to the U.S., where her sister Eva was living with her husband. She immigrated to U.S in 1941.
In July 1952, she was seen in musical film, 'Lovely to Look At', an adaptation of the Broadway musical 'Roberta'. This was her first role in the movie.
In December 1952, she played one of the few leading roles in her career in the Academy Award winning film, ‘Moulin Rouge’, which was directed by John Huston. That year, she was also seen in the film, ‘We're Not Married!'.
In 1953, she played a minor role in the Academy Award nominated film, 'The Story of Three Loves'. Same year, she was seen in the film, ‘Lili’ and also appeared as a musical judge on the TV series, 'Jukebox Jury'.
In 1954, she played 'Marilena' in the Spanish-French drama film, 'Love in a Hot Climate'. She was also a part of the film, '3 Ring Circus’, which was directed by Joseph Pevney.
This Hungarian born American actress and socialite once slapped a cop in Beverly Hills, after he questioned her for violating traffic rules.
This American socialite, actress and television personality and former beauty queen from Hungary was such a spendthrift that her husband put her on a strict $250-a-month allowance.