Zsa Zsa Gabor , also known as
Sári Prinzessin von Anhalt, is a
HungarianHungarians are an ethnic group primarily associated with Hungary. There are around 10 million Hungarians in Hungary . Hungarians were the main inhabitants of the Kingdom of Hungary that existed through most of the second millennium...
actress,
socialiteA socialite is a person who is known to be a part of fashionable high society because of their regular participation in social activities and fondness for spending a significant amount of time entertaining and being entertained. Some socialites may choose to use their social skills and connections...
and former
beauty queen"Beauty Queen" is the second song from Roxy Music's second album, For Your Pleasure. The lyrics refer to Ferry's girlfriend, Valerie Leon, one-time UK beauty queen, B-movie actress and model working in the Newcastle area, circa 1973.-Musicians:...
.
Zsa Zsa Gabor was born as
Sári Gábor (reportedly named after a famed Hungarian actress, Sári Fedák) in
BudapestBudapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe. In 2009, Budapest had 1,712,210 inhabitants, down from a mid-1980s...
(then part of the
Austro-Hungarian EmpireAustria–Hungary, also known as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the k.u.k. Monarchy, or Dual State, was a monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in Central Europe...
), the middle daughter of Vilmos Gábor, a soldier, and
Jolie GáborJolie Gábor Christman de Szigethy was best known as "Mama Jolie", the mother of actresses/socialites Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eva Gabor and Magda Gabor....
. Her sisters,
MagdaMagdolna "Magda" Gabor was a Hungarian-born American entertainer and socialite. She was the elder sister of actresses Zsa Zsa Gabor and Eva Gabor, and known for her habitual marriages and divorces.-Early life:...
and
EvaEva Gabor was a Hungarian-born socialite and actress. Best known for her role as Lisa Douglas, the wife of Eddie Albert's character Oliver Wendell Douglas, on Green Acres. Unlike her sisters, Eva had great success as an actress in film, Broadway and television...
, also became actresses and socialites. Their mother, Jolie (née Jancsi Tilleman), was of Jewish descent, and was related to Annette Tilleman, the wife of California politician
Tom LantosThomas Peter Lantos was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 until his death, representing the northern two-thirds of San Mateo County and a portion of southwest San Francisco...
.
Following studies at a Swiss boarding-school, Madame Subilia's, Gabor competed in the
Miss HungaryMiss Hungary is a national beauty contest in Hungary first held in 1929.-History:* 1929 - World War II The first pageant was held in 1929 and the winner of it won the Miss Europe title. In 1936 Zsa Zsa Gabor won the title, but she was underaged so she couldn't compete in Miss Europe...
beauty contestA beauty contest, or beauty pageant, is a competition based mainly on the physical beauty of its contestants, although such contests often incorporate personality, talent, and answers to judges' questions as judged criteria...
in 1936, but was disqualified for being underage (according to her mother's biography).
Zsa Zsa Gabor , also known as
Sári Prinzessin von Anhalt, is a
HungarianHungarians are an ethnic group primarily associated with Hungary. There are around 10 million Hungarians in Hungary . Hungarians were the main inhabitants of the Kingdom of Hungary that existed through most of the second millennium...
actress,
socialiteA socialite is a person who is known to be a part of fashionable high society because of their regular participation in social activities and fondness for spending a significant amount of time entertaining and being entertained. Some socialites may choose to use their social skills and connections...
and former
beauty queen"Beauty Queen" is the second song from Roxy Music's second album, For Your Pleasure. The lyrics refer to Ferry's girlfriend, Valerie Leon, one-time UK beauty queen, B-movie actress and model working in the Newcastle area, circa 1973.-Musicians:...
.
Early life
Zsa Zsa Gabor was born as
Sári Gábor (reportedly named after a famed Hungarian actress, Sári Fedák) in
BudapestBudapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe. In 2009, Budapest had 1,712,210 inhabitants, down from a mid-1980s...
(then part of the
Austro-Hungarian EmpireAustria–Hungary, also known as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the k.u.k. Monarchy, or Dual State, was a monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in Central Europe...
), the middle daughter of Vilmos Gábor, a soldier, and
Jolie GáborJolie Gábor Christman de Szigethy was best known as "Mama Jolie", the mother of actresses/socialites Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eva Gabor and Magda Gabor....
. Her sisters,
MagdaMagdolna "Magda" Gabor was a Hungarian-born American entertainer and socialite. She was the elder sister of actresses Zsa Zsa Gabor and Eva Gabor, and known for her habitual marriages and divorces.-Early life:...
and
EvaEva Gabor was a Hungarian-born socialite and actress. Best known for her role as Lisa Douglas, the wife of Eddie Albert's character Oliver Wendell Douglas, on Green Acres. Unlike her sisters, Eva had great success as an actress in film, Broadway and television...
, also became actresses and socialites. Their mother, Jolie (née Jancsi Tilleman), was of Jewish descent, and was related to Annette Tilleman, the wife of California politician
Tom LantosThomas Peter Lantos was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 until his death, representing the northern two-thirds of San Mateo County and a portion of southwest San Francisco...
.
Following studies at a Swiss boarding-school, Madame Subilia's, Gabor competed in the
Miss HungaryMiss Hungary is a national beauty contest in Hungary first held in 1929.-History:* 1929 - World War II The first pageant was held in 1929 and the winner of it won the Miss Europe title. In 1936 Zsa Zsa Gabor won the title, but she was underaged so she couldn't compete in Miss Europe...
beauty contestA beauty contest, or beauty pageant, is a competition based mainly on the physical beauty of its contestants, although such contests often incorporate personality, talent, and answers to judges' questions as judged criteria...
in 1936, but was disqualified for being underage (according to her mother's biography). On a trip to
ViennaVienna is the capital of the Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre. It is the 10th largest city by...
in the same year, she was discovered by the famous tenor
Richard TauberRichard Tauber was an Austrian tenor acclaimed as one of the greatest singers of the 20th century. Some critics commented that "his heart felt every word he sang".-Early life:...
and was invited to sing the
soubretteSoubrette is a term referring to a type of female role—specifically, a stock character—in opera and theatre. The term arrived in English from Provençal via French, and means "conceited" or "coy"....
role in his new
operettaOperetta is a genre of light opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter. It is also closely related, in English-language works, to forms of musical theatre.-Operetta in French:...
Der singende Traum ("The Singing Dream") at the Theater an der Wien, her first stage appearance. Gabor
reportedly had a romance with a composer named Willi Schmidt-Kentner, according to the 1960 "bio-autobiography"
Zsa Zsa Gábor, My Story, written by Gabor with Gerold Frank. Her initial fame came from her work as an actress, and grew from her public appearances in the 1970s and 1980s.
Personal life
Gabor has been married nine times. She was
divorceDivorce or dissolution of marriage is the final termination of a marriage, canceling the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage and dissolving the bonds of matrimony between two persons...
d seven times, and one marriage was annulled. Her husbands, in chronological order, are:
- Burhan Asaf Belge
Burhan Asaf Belge was a figure among the young intellectuals during the early periods of Republic of Turkey and served as the representative of Mugla province during the 11th term of Turkish National Assembly...
(1937 – 1941) (divorced)
- Conrad Hilton
Conrad Nicholson Hilton was an American socialite, hotelier and founder of the Hilton Hotels chain.- Biography :...
(April 10 1942 – 1947) (divorced)
- George Sanders
George Henry Sanders was an Academy Award-winning English film and television actor.- Early life :Sanders was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia at number 6 Petrovski Ostrov. His English parents were Henry Sanders and Margaret Sanders . His older brother was actor Tom Conway...
(April 2 1949 – April 2 1954) (divorced)
- Herbert Hutner
Herbert L. Hutner was the American chairman of the of the Presidential Advisory Committee on the Arts from 1982 to 1990. He was the fourth husband of Hungarian actress and socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor....
(November 5 1962 – March 3 1966) (divorced)
- Joshua S. Cosden, Jr. (March 9 1966 – October 18 1967) (divorced)
- Jack Ryan
John W. "Jack" Ryan , was an American designer noted for creating the popular image of the Barbie doll and being the sixth husband of Zsa Zsa Gabor.-Career:...
(January 21 1975 – August 24, 1976) (divorced)
- Michael O'Hara (August 27 1976 – 1983) (divorced)
- Felipe de Alba
Felipe de Alba was a Mexican attorney who, in the 1940s and 1950s, was a popular actor. He appeared in films such as Robinson Crusoe and Real Women Have Curves .De Alba was briefly married to the actress Zsa Zsa Gabor...
(April 13, 1983 – April 14 1983) (annulled)
- Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt
Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt is a German-born socialite. At the age of 37 he became the adopted son of Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt in a business transaction put together by Hans Hermann Weyer, a former consul of Bolivia who pioneered the selling of noble titles, honorary doctorates, and other...
(August 14 1986 to present)
In 1974, she purchased from
Elvis PresleyElvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as Elvis and is also sometimes referred to as The King of Rock 'n' Roll or The King....
a two-story Bel Air home with an eccentric-looking French roof, built by
Howard HughesHoward Robard Hughes, Jr. was an American aviator, engineer, industrialist, film producer, film director, philanthropist, and one of the wealthiest people in the world. He gained fame in the late 1920s as a maverick film producer, making big budget and often controversial films like Hell's Angels,...
.
Zsa Zsa was the only sister to bear a child. According to her 1991
autobiographyAn autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
One Lifetime Is Not Enough, her pregnancy resulted from rape by then-husband
Conrad HiltonConrad Nicholson Hilton was an American socialite, hotelier and founder of the Hilton Hotels chain.- Biography :...
. Her only paternal child is daughter Francesca Hilton (born March 10 1947).
In 2005, Gabor accused her daughter Francesca of larceny and fraud, alleging that her daughter forged her signature to get a $2 million loan on her mother's Bel Air house, and filed a lawsuit against Francesca in a California court.
In the late 1950s, Gabor had dinner with
Frank SinatraFrancis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became a successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, being the idol of the "bobby soxers." His professional career had stalled by the...
at LaRue's on the
Sunset StripThe Sunset Strip is the name given to the mile and a half stretch of Sunset Boulevard that passes through West Hollywood, California. It extends from West Hollywood's eastern border with Hollywood at Crescent Heights Boulevard, to its western border with Beverly Hills at Doheny Drive...
and spent a "forced" romantic evening with him, also according to
One Lifetime is not Enough. She also had a relationship with
Porfirio RubirosaPorfirio Rubirosa Ariza , was a Dominican diplomat, polo player and race car driver who competed in the 1950 and 1954 24 Hour of Le Mans, but was best known as an international playboy for his jet setting lifestyle and legendary prowess with women.Born to an upper middle-class...
, a noted Dominican international
playboyPlayboy is an American men's magazine, founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with a presence in nearly every medium. Playboy is one of the world's best...
and sometime
diplomatA diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organisation. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and...
. She refused to leave
George SandersGeorge Sanders may refer to:*George Sanders , British actor*George Sanders , Victoria Cross recipient in World War I...
to marry Rubirosa, whereupon Rubirosa married
Barbara HuttonBarbara Woolworth Hutton was an American socialite dubbed by the media as the "Poor Little Rich Girl" because of her troubled life...
(for 53 days) and then renewed his relationship with Gabor, who claimed that Rubirosa proposed to her every time he could, and would change the subject when she refused. They had a four-year relationship and were at one time engaged. Gabor essentially broke the engagement when she took a part in the movie
Death of a ScoundrelDeath of a Scoundrel is a 1956 film starring George Sanders, Zsa Zsa Gabor, George Brent, and Yvonne De Carlo. Death of a Scoundrel is a fictionalized adaptation of the life and mysterious death of Serge Rubenstein....
(1956), which starred her ex-husband
George SandersGeorge Sanders may refer to:*George Sanders , British actor*George Sanders , Victoria Cross recipient in World War I...
, over Rubirosa's intense objections. Gabor, along with her current husband Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt, has adopted four men. Under the adoption, these men were given new names. The three best known adopted children of Gabor are Oliver Prinz von Sachsen-Anhalt,
Michael Prinz von AnhaltMichael Maximilian Prinz von Anhalt is a German socialite and health club owner .Michael bought the name Prinz von Anhalt for two million dollars from Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt. The adoption and name change did not confer any title or nobility...
, and
Marcus Prinz von AnhaltMarcus Prinz von Anhalt is a German businessman and playboy whose luxurious lifestyle results in some coverage in the German yellow press. He is one of the largest and most visible owners of brothels in Germany, with over twenty brothels and night clubs...
.
Legal difficulties
On June 14 1989, Gabor was accused of slapping the face of a
Beverly HillsBeverly Hills is a city in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Beverly Hills and the neighboring city of West Hollywood are together entirely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles. The area's "Platinum Triangle" of wealthy neighborhoods is formed by Beverly Hills and...
police officer named Paul Kramer when he stopped her for a traffic violation. She was found guilty of the assault in a well-publicized trial and sentenced to three days (72 hours) in the
El SegundoEl Segundo is a city in Los Angeles County, California on the Santa Monica Bay, incorporated on January 18, 1917. It is one of the Beach Cities of Los Angeles County and part of the South Bay Cities Council of Governments...
jail. The judge also required her to pay $13,000 in court costs. She testified that her behavior had been provoked by the officer, who she said had behaved extremely rudely and insulted her with obscenities. This fiasco was published in the documentary,
The People vs. Zsa Zsa Gabor, without her consent.
She poked fun at her role in the incident in various cameo appearances:
- In the 1991
The year 1991 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael O'Keefe in New York*Terminator 2: Judgment Day, became one of the landmarks for sci-fi action films.-Top grossing films :...
film The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear, Gabor was pulled over by the police car at the end of the opening credits. She then proceeded to step out of the car and slap the red light, then walked away, muttering, "Ach, this happens every fucking time when I go shopping."
- In the 1993
The year 1993 in film involved many significant films. -Events:...
film version of The Beverly HillbilliesThe Beverly Hillbillies is a 1993 20th Century Fox comedy motion picture starring Jim Varney, Diedrich Bader, Erika Eleniak, Cloris Leachman, Lily Tomlin, Dabney Coleman, Lea Thompson, Rob Schneider and Penny Fuller. It features cameo appearances by Buddy Ebsen , Dolly Parton and Zsa Zsa Gabor...
, Gabor claimed that the officer had slapped her in what was described as a "drive-by slapping."
- In A Very Brady Sequel
A Very Brady Sequel is a 1996 comedy film and sequel to 1995’s The Brady Bunch Movie. Both films are parodies-homages of the classic 1969–1974 television sitcom The Brady Bunch. The film was directed by Arlene Sanford and stars Shelley Long and Gary Cole as Carol and Mike Brady...
, she was shown enjoying the notoriety she derived from the incident.
- In the November 18 1991, season 2, episode 10 of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 10, 1990 to May 20, 1996. The show starred Will Smith as a street-smart teenager from West Philadelphia who is sent to live with his wealthy relatives in a Bel Air mansion. His lifestyle often...
, when Gabor showed up as a guest at the Banks' residence, Hilary Banks asked, "There's something that I'm just dying to know." Gabor responded by saying, "Yes, I did it ... and he deserved to be slapped." Subsequently, when Carlton Banks accidentally slapped a cop with a pair of gloves while trying to slap his cousin Will Smith, Gabor replied by saying, "I have witnesses, it wasn't me."
- She discussed the incident in an appearance on Howard Stern
Howard Allan Stern is an American radio and media personality most notable for his radio show which since January 9, 2006, has been broadcasting on Sirius XM, an uncensored satellite radio service...
's show, making her the oldest celebrity to appear on Stern's program. She also debunked rumours of George SandersGeorge Sanders may refer to:*George Sanders , British actor*George Sanders , Victoria Cross recipient in World War I...
' sexuality, which Stern called into question.
Gabor also had a long-running feud with
Elke SommerElke Sommer , born Elke Schletz, is a German-born actress, entertainer, and artist.Sommer was born in Berlin to a Lutheran Minister and his wife. After the war, the family was evacuated to Erlangen, a small university town in the south of Germany, where, despite their lack of money, she attended...
that culminated in a libel suit.
Recent health
Gabor was a passenger in an
automobile accidentA traffic collision is when a road vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, or geographical or architectural obstacle. Traffic collisions can result in injury, property damage, and death.- Terminology :...
that occurred on November 27 2002. She was initially reported as being in a
comaIn medicine, a coma is a profound state of unconsciousness. A comatose person cannot be awakened, fails to respond normally to pain or light, does not have sleep-wake cycles, and does not take voluntary actions....
when she was actually conscious at the time medical assistance arrived. She left the hospital in early January 2003, but required continued physical therapy. Gabor sued the driver of the car, her hairdresser Jaren Millard, and was awarded $2 million.
On July 7 2005, she suffered a massive
strokeA stroke is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by thrombosis or embolism or due to a hemorrhage...
, leaving her in critical condition at a local hospital. She underwent
surgerySurgery is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, to help improve bodily function or appearance, or sometimes for some other reason...
to remove a blockage in her carotid artery. She returned home on July 15. In early September 2007, she underwent surgery to deal with after-effects of her previous stroke. On September 18 2007, aged 90, she underwent surgery to treat a leg infection, which developed as a result of her immobility.
Financial problems 2009
On January 25, 2009, the
Associated PressThe Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
reported that attorney Chris Fields has stated that forensic accountants have determined that as much as $10 million may have been lost by Gabor when it was invested with swindler
Bernard MadoffBernard Lawrence "Bernie" Madoff is an American convict, who was a financier, and Chairman of the NASDAQ stock exchange...
, possibly through a third-party money manager.
Marcus Prinz von AnhaltMarcus Prinz von Anhalt is a German businessman and playboy whose luxurious lifestyle results in some coverage in the German yellow press. He is one of the largest and most visible owners of brothels in Germany, with over twenty brothels and night clubs...
, German brothel owner and adopted son of her husband Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt, helped out with a cheque over $6 million.
Filmography
- Lovely to Look At
Lovely to Look At, a remake of the Broadway musical Roberta, is a 1952 MGM musical film directed by Mervyn LeRoy.-Plot:Tony Naylor, Al Marsh and Jerry Ralby are looking for backers for their new Broadway show. They have just run out of options when Al gets a letter from his Aunt's attorneys and...
(LeRoy, 1952The year 1952 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* January 10 - Cecil B. DeMille's circus epic, The Greatest Show on Earth, premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York City....
)
- We're Not Married (Goulding, 1952)
- Moulin Rouge
Moulin Rouge is a film directed by John Huston, produced by Sir John Woolf and James Woolf of Romulus Films and released by United Artists. The film is set in Paris in the late 19th century, following artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in the city's bohemian sub-culture in and around the burlesque...
(Huston, 1952)
- The Million Dollar Nickel (1952) (short subject)
- The Story of Three Loves
The Story of Three Loves, also known as Equilibrium, is a 1953 romantic portmanteau film made by MGM. It consists of three loosely linked separate stories, The Jealous Lover, Mademoiselle and Equilibrium...
(Minnelli, 1953The year 1953 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*September 16 — The Robe debuts as the first anamorphic, widescreen CinemaScope film.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue
...
)
- Lili
Lili is an American film. An MGM release, it stars Leslie Caron as a touchingly naïve French girl, whose emotional relationship with a carnival puppeteer is conducted through the medium of four puppets...
(Walters, 1953)
- L'ennemi public no.1 ("The Most Wanted Man") (Verneuil, 1953)
- Sangre y luces
Love in a Hot Climate is a 1954 Spanish-French drama film directed by Georges Rouquier and Ricardo Muñoz Suay. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Manuel Aguilera* Léandre Alpirente* Rafael Arcos - Paco...
("Love in a Hot Climate") (Rouquier/Suey, 1954The year 1954 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*May 12 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces wife Marion Benda. The two were married in 1927.* A reproduction of "America's First Movie Studio", Thomas Edison's Black Maria, is constructed...
)
- Ball der Nationen ("Ball of the Nations") (Ritter, 1954)
- 3 Ring Circus
3 Ring Circus is a film comedy starring Martin and Lewis. The movie was filmed from February 17 - March 31, 1954 and released on December 25, 1954 by Paramount Pictures.-Plot:...
(Pevney, 1954)
- Death of a Scoundrel
Death of a Scoundrel is a 1956 film starring George Sanders, Zsa Zsa Gabor, George Brent, and Yvonne De Carlo. Death of a Scoundrel is a fictionalized adaptation of the life and mysterious death of Serge Rubenstein....
(Martin, 1956The year 1956 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* August 4 - The last film serial, Blazing the Overland Trail from Columbia Pictures, is released.* November 15 - Elvis Presley's first film, Love Me Tender, opens....
)
- The Girl in the Kremlin
The Girl in the Kremlin is a 1957 American thriller which puts forth the premise that Joseph Stalin faked his own death in 1953 and then moved to Greece with a fortune in Soviet currency. Zsa Zsa Gabor plays a dual role, Stalin’s nurse and lover as well as her twin sister who, unaware of...
(Birdwell, 1957The year 1957 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 21 - The movie Jailhouse Rock, starring Elvis Presley, opens.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue
...
)
- The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (Wilcox, 1958
The year 1958 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 16- "In the Money" by William Beaudine is released on this date...
)
- Country Music Holiday (Ganzer, 1958)
- Touch of Evil
Touch of Evil is an American crime drama film, written, directed by, and co-starring Orson Welles. Paul Monash and Franklin Coen also wrote scenes for the film. The screenplay was loosely based on the novel Badge of Evil by Whit Masterson. The cast includes Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Joseph...
(Welles, 1958) (as a "guest star")
- Queen of Outer Space
Queen of Outer Space is an Allied Artists Pictures science fiction feature film starring Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eric Fleming, and Laurie Mitchell in a tale about a revolt against a cruel Venusian queen. The screenplay by Charles Beaumont was based on an outline supplied by Ben Hecht...
(Bernds, 1958)
- For the First Time
For the First Time is tenor star Mario Lanza's final film. Filmed on location in 1958 in Capri, Salzburg, Berlin and at the Rome Opera House, the film told the sentimental story of an operatic tenor who finds love for the first time with a young German woman , who happens to be deaf...
(Maté, 1959The year 1959 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* The Three Stooges make their 190th and last short film, Sappy Bullfighters.*September 18 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx marries his second wife, Barbara Blakely....
)
- La contessa azzurra ("The Blue Countess") (Gora, 1960
The year 1960 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military service in Germany, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood, California to film G.I...
)
- Pepe
Pepe is a 1960 movie starring Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno in the title role, directed by George Sidney. A multitude of cameo appearances attempted to replicate the success of Mario Moreno's American debut, Around the World in Eighty Days, produced by Mike Todd in 1956.The film failed to achieve the...
(Sidney, 1960) (Cameo)
- Lykke og krone (Helander/Sælen, 1962
The year 1962 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Dr. No launches the James Bond film series, the second longest-running motion picture franchise of all time , running more than 40 years.-Top grossing films :...
) (documentary)
- The Road to Hong Kong
The Road to Hong Kong was the last in the long-running Road to... series and the only episode not produced by Paramount Pictures, though reference to the other films in the series are shown in Maurice Binder's opening title sequence....
(Panama, 1962) (unbilled cameo)
- Boys' Night Out
Boys' Night Out is an American comedy film released in 1962, starring Kim Novak, James Garner, and Tony Randall, and directed by Michael Gordon...
(Gordon, 1962)
- Picture Mommy Dead (Gordon, 1966
The year 1966 in film involved some significant events.-Events:Walt Disney, well known for his creation of Mickey Mouse, died on December 15,1966 of acute circulatory collapse following a diagnosis of, and surgery for, lung cancer...
)
- Drop Dead Darling (1966)
- Arrivederci, Baby! (Hughes, 1966)
- Jack of Diamonds (Taylor, 1967
The year 1967 in film involved some significant events. It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film.-Events:*December 26 - The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour airs on British television....
) (cameo)
- Up the Front (Kellett, 1972
The year 1972 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1972.shtml- Awards :Academy Awards:*Ben*The Big Bird Cage*Blacula*Bone...
)
- Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (Winner, 1976
The year 1976 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas' Star Wars science fiction film...
)
- Every Girl Should Have One (Hyatt, 1978
The year 1978 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 1 - Bob Dylan's film Renaldo and Clara, a documentary of the "Rolling Thunder Revue" tour premieres in Los Angeles, California....
)
- Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie (Gold, 1984
-Events:* The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name.*Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film....
)
- Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment (1986)
- Smart Alec (Wilson, 1986
-Events:*April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle*Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver.*Actress Heather Locklear marries Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee....
)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors was the third film in the A Nightmare on Elm Street series. The film was directed by Chuck Russell and starred Robert Englund, Patricia Arquette, Heather Langenkamp, and Craig Wasson.- Plot :...
(Russell, 1987-Events:*January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records.*May 9 - Actor Tom Cruise marries actress Mimi Rogers....
) (cameo)
- Johann Strauß: Der König ohne Krone ("Johann Strauss: The King Without a Crown") (Antel, 1987)
- "The People vs. Zsa Zsa Gabor" (1991) (documentary)
- The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear is a 1991 comedy film starring Leslie Nielsen as the comically bumbling Police Lt. Frank Drebin of Police Squad!. Priscilla Presley plays the role of Jane, with O.J. Simpson as Nordberg and George Kennedy as police captain Ed Hocken...
(Zucker, 1991The year 1991 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael O'Keefe in New York*Terminator 2: Judgment Day, became one of the landmarks for sci-fi action films.-Top grossing films :...
) (cameo)
- The Naked Truth
The Naked Truth is a 1992 comedy film starring Robert Caso and Kevin Schon, as well as a host of C-list celebrities such as Zsa Zsa Gabor, Lou Ferrigno, Erik Estrada, Ted Lange, Billy Barty, Yvonne De Carlo, Norman Fell, Little Richard, David Birney, M. Emmet Walsh, and Dick Gautier among others....
(Mastorakis, 1992The year 1992 in film involved many significant films. -Top grossing films :source: - Awards :Academy Awards:*Article 99B...
)
- Est & Ouest: Les paradis perdus ("East & West: Paradises Lost") (Rival, 1993
The year 1993 in film involved many significant films. -Events:...
)
- Happily Ever After
Happily Ever After is the name of an animated film created by Filmation in 1988 and released to theaters 5 years later, in 1993, by First National. The story is an unofficial sequel to the Snow White fairy tale...
(Blossom, 1993) (voice only)
- The Beverly Hillbillies (Spheeris, 1993) (cameo)
- A Very Brady Sequel
A Very Brady Sequel is a 1996 comedy film and sequel to 1995’s The Brady Bunch Movie. Both films are parodies-homages of the classic 1969–1974 television sitcom The Brady Bunch. The film was directed by Arlene Sanford and stars Shelley Long and Gary Cole as Carol and Mike Brady...
(Sanford, 1996The year 1996 in film involved some significant events. Major releases this year included Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient, Independence Day, Twister, Scream, Jerry Maguire and Madonna's Evita.-Events:...
) (cameo)
- "The Gabors: Fame, Fortune and Romance" (2000) (documentary)
Television
- The Red Skelton Show
The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for almost two decades, from the early 1950s through the early 1970s. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had...
(1955), as Movie Star
- Climax
In general, a climax is a point of greatest intensity or force in an ascending series; i.e., a culmination...
(1955), as Mme. Florizel, Princess Stephanie
- The Milton Berle Show (1956)
- Sneak Preview (1956)
- The Ford Television Theatre (1956), as Dara Szabo
- General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations Services.-Radio:...
(1956-1961), as Gloria
- Matinee Theatre
Matinee Theatre is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from 1955 to 1958. The series, which ran daily in the afternoon, was frequently live. It was produced by Albert McCleery, Darrell Ross, George Cahan and Frank Price with executive producer George...
(1956-1958), as Eugenia
- The Life of Riley
The Life of Riley, with William Bendix in the title role, was a popular American radio situation comedy series of the 1940s that was adapted into a 1949 feature film and continued as a long-running television series during the 1950s, originally with Jackie Gleason playing Bendix's role.The show...
(1957), as Gigi
- Playhouse 90
Playhouse 90 is a 90-minute dramatic television anthology series, telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1961 for a total of 133 episodes. Since live anthology drama series of the mid-1950s were hour-long shows, the title highlighted the network's intention to present something unusual, a weekly series of...
(1957), as Erika Segnitz, Marta Lorenz
- Shower of Stars
Shower of Stars is an American variety television series broadcast in the United States from 1954 to 1958 by CBS. The series was also known as Chrysler Shower of Stars.-Overview:...
(1958)
- Lux Playhouse (1959), as Helen
- Ninotchka
Ninotchka is a 1939 American film made for Metro Goldwyn Mayer by producer and director Ernst Lubitsch which stars Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas. Ninotchka is Greta Garbo's first full comedy, and her penultimate film. It is one of the first American movies which, under cover of humorous light...
(1960)
- Make Room for Daddy (1960), as Lisa Laslow
- The Dick Powell Show
The Dick Powell Show is a television anthology series that ran on NBC from 1961- 1963, primarily sponsored by the Reynolds Metals Company. It was hosted by longtime film star Dick Powell until his death from lymphatic cancer in January 1963, then by a series of guest hosts until the series...
(1963), Girl
- Burke's Law
Burke's Law is a detective series which ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire Los Angeles Chief of Detectives, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.-Premise:There were...
(1963-1964), as Anna, the Maid
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre is an anthology television series which ran on NBC from 1963 through 1967. The show was hosted by Bob Hope, but it had a variety of formats, including musical, dramatic, and comedy.-Overview:...
(1965), Pilot
- Gilligan's Island
Gilligan's Island is an American TV sitcom originally produced by United Artists Television. It aired for three seasons on the CBS network, from September 26, 1964 to September 4, 1967. It was originally sponsored by Philip Morris & Company and Procter & Gamble...
(1965), as Erika Tiffany Smith
- Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1966), as The Queen of Hearts (voice)
- The Rounders
The Rounders is a 17-episode western-style situation comedy about two cowboys on the fictitious J.L. Ranch in Texas, starring Ron Hayes , as Ben Jones and Patrick Wayne , a son of John Wayne, as Howdy Lewis. The M-G-M television series aired on ABC from September 6, 1966, to January 3, 1967...
(1966), as Ilona Hobson in "The Scavenger Hunt"
- F Troop
F Troop is a satirical American television sitcom that originally aired from 1965-1967 on ABC. It was originally broadcast in the United States from September 14, 1965 to finishing on April 6, 1967, producing a total of 65 episodes. The first season [34 episodes] was filmed in black-and-white, and...
(1966), as Marika
- Bonanza
Bonanza is an American television series that ran on NBC from September 12, 1959 to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons, it is among the longest running Western television series and continues to air in syndication....
(1967), as Madame Marova
- My Three Sons
My Three Sons is a situation comedy about a Scots/Irish-American family , that ran from September 29, 1960, to August 24, 1972. My Three Sons chronicles the life of an aeronautical engineer and widower Steve Douglas, played by Fred MacMurray, and his three sons. The series was a cornerstone of the...
(1968), as herself
- The Name of the Game
"The Name of the Game" is a 1977 song by Swedish pop group ABBA, and was released as the first single from the group's album, The Album, their fifth for Polar and their fourth for Epic and Atlantic.-History:...
(1968), as Mira Retzyk
- Batman
The Batman, originally referred to as the Bat-Man, is a fictional character, a comic book superhero co-created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger , appearing in publications by DC Comics...
(1968), as Minerva
- Bracken's World
Bracken's World is an American drama series broadcast on NBC from September 19, 1969 to December 25, 1970. The series was created and produced by Dorothy Kingsley.-Synopsis:...
(1969), Cameo
- Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Mooch Goes to Hollywood is a 1971 television movie about an ambitious dog and her attempts to become a canine star after befriending Zsa Zsa Gabor, who provides the pooch with the skinny on the INs and OUTs of achieving Hollywood fame...
(1971), as Narrator
- Night Gallery
Night Gallery is Rod Serling’s follow-up series to The Twilight Zone that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1973. Serling functioned both as the on-air host of Night Gallery and as a major contributor of scripts, although he did not have the same control of content and tone as he did on The Twilight...
(1971), as Mrs. Moore
- Let's Make a Deal
Let's Make a Deal is a television game show which originated in the United States and has since been produced in many countries throughout the world. The show was based around deals offered to members of the audience by the host. The contestants usually had to weigh the possibility of an offer...
(1976) (playing for a home viewer)
- 3 Girls 3 (1977)
- Supertrain
Supertrain is an American television drama/adventure series that ran on NBC from February 7 to May 5, 1979. Nine episodes were made, including a 2-hour pilot episode.-Overview:...
(1979), as Audrey
- The Love Boat
The Love Boat is an American television series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from September 24, 1977 until May 24, 1986. The show starred Gavin MacLeod as the ship's captain, who encourages his customers to find romance...
(1980), as Annette
- Hollywood, ich komme (1980), as Stargast
- The Facts of Life
The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979 to September 10, 1988. A spin-off of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, the series' original premise focused on the character, Edna Garrett , as she becomes housemother to seven girls at the...
(1981), as world-renowned beautician Countess Calvet
- As the World Turns
As the World Turns is an American television soap opera that airs each weekday on CBS.Set in the fictional town of Oakdale, Illinois, the show debuted on Monday, April 2, 1956 at 1:30pm EST. Prior to April 2, 1956 all serials were fifteen minutes in length...
(cast member in 1981), as Lydia Marlowe
- Matt Houston
Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. The series was produced by Aaron Spelling.-Synopsis:...
(1983)
- California Girls
"California Girls" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love and recorded by The Beach Boys in 1965. It features contrasting verse-chorus form. The song was released as a single, reaching #3 on the Billboard Hot 100...
(1985)
- Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment (1986)
- Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special (1988)
- City (1990), Oil Tanker
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 10, 1990 to May 20, 1996. The show starred Will Smith as a street-smart teenager from West Philadelphia who is sent to live with his wealthy relatives in a Bel Air mansion. His lifestyle often...
(1991), as Sonya Lamor
- The Late Show with David Letterman (1994), as herself in a sketch
Plays
Gabor appeared in several plays, most notably
Forty CaratsForty Carats is a play by Jay Allen.Adapted from the French original by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy, the comedy revolves around a 40-year-old American divorcee who is assisted by a 22-year-old when her car breaks down during a vacation in Greece...
on Broadway, and
Blithe Spirit as Elvira in the national tour.
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