Zsa Zsa Gabor
Birthday:
6 February 1917, Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Birth Name:
Sári Gábor
Height:
163 cm
Undoubtedly the woman who had come to epitomize what we recognize today as "celebrity", Zsa Zsa Gabor, is better known for her many marriages, personal appearances, her "dahlink" catchphrase, her actions, life gossip, and quotations on men, rather than her film career.Zsa Zsa Gabor was born Sári Gabor in Budapest, Hungary, to J...
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Undoubtedly the woman who had come to epitomize what we recognize today as "celebrity", Zsa Zsa Gabor, is better known for her many marriages, personal appearances, her "dahlink" catchphrase, her actions, life gossip, and quotations on men, rather than her film career.Zsa Zsa Gabor was born Sári Gabor in Budapest, Hungary, to Jolie Gabor (née Janka Tilleman) and Vilmos Gabor (born Farkas Miklós Grün), a soldier. She was named after Hungarian actress Sári Fedák. Her siblings were Eva Gabor, an actress, and Magda Gabor, a socialite. Her parents were both from Jewish families. Zsa Zsa studied at a Swiss boarding school in the 1930s, and eventually followed her sister Eva to Hollywood, California. Her mother escaped from Nazi-occupied Budapest in the 1940s, also settling in the U.S.A radiant, beautiful blonde, Zsa Zsa began appearing on television series and doing odd movies. Her first film was at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Lovely to Look At (1952), co-starring Kathryn Grayson and Red Skelton. She next made a comedy called We're Not Married! (1952) at 20th Century Fox, with Ginger Rogers. It was far from a star billing for Zsa Zsa, appearing several names down the cast list as a supporting actress. However, it was in 1952 that saw her break into movies big time occurred, with her starring role opposite José Ferrer in Moulin Rouge (1952), although it has been said that she was given a very hard time throughout the filming by director John Huston.In the following years, Zsa Zsa slipped back into supporting roles in films such as Lili (1953) and 3 Ring Circus (1954). Her main period of film work was in the 1950s, with other roles in Death of a Scoundrel (1956), with Yvonne De Carlo, and The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1958) with Anna Neagle. Again, these were supporting roles. By the 1960s, Zsa Zsa was appearing more as herself in the movies. She now appeared to follow her own persona around, and cameo appearances were the order of the day in films such as Pepe (1960) and Jack of Diamonds (1967). This has continued throughout the 1970s decade.She was memorable as herself in The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991), in which she humorously poked fun at an incident. Wednesday, June 14th, 1990, her fame immediately increased, as a criminal, when she was convicted of slapping a police officer (Paul Kramer) during a traffic dispute, when she did not know her license tag was expired & spent three days in jail and had to do 120 hours of community services after her three days in jail expired. Such infamous incidents contributed to her becoming one of the most all-time recognizable of Hollywood celebrities, and sometimes ridiculed as a result. She was also memorable to British television viewers on The Ruby Wax Show (1997).In 2002, Gabor was reported to be in a coma in a Los Angeles hospital after a horrifying car accident. The 85-year-old star was injured when the car she was traveling in hit a utility pole in West Hollywood, California. The reports about her coma, eventually proved to be inaccurate.Zsa Zsa's life, spanning two continents, nine husbands, and eleven decades, came to an end on December 18, 2016, when she died of a heart attack in Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California. She was 99. Show less «
To be loved is a strength. To love is a weakness.
To be loved is a strength. To love is a weakness.
A man in love is incomplete until he is married. Then he is finished.
A man in love is incomplete until he is married. Then he is finished.
As a woman, you have to choose between your fanny or your face. I chose my face.
As a woman, you have to choose between your fanny or your face. I chose my face.
I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back.
I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back.
[when asked how many husbands she would had] You mean other than my own?
[when asked how many husbands she would had] You mean other than my own?
To a smart girl, men are no problem - they're the answer.
To a smart girl, men are no problem - they're the answer.
Macho does not prove mucho.
Macho does not prove mucho.
Husbands are like fires - they go out when unattended.
Husbands are like fires - they go out when unattended.
I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house.
I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house.
Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.
Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.
I don't remember anybody's name. How do you think the "dahling" thing got started?
I don't remember anybody's name. How do you think the "dahling" thing got started?
Conrad Hilton was very generous to me in the divorce settlement. He gave me 5,000 Gideon Bibles.
Conrad Hilton was very generous to me in the divorce settlement. He gave me 5,000 Gideon Bibles.
A girl must marry for love, and keep on marrying until she finds it.
A girl must marry for love, and keep on marrying until she finds it.
[as quoted in the book "The Humor of Sex"] Personally, I know nothing about sex because I've always been married.
[as quoted in the book "The Humor of Sex"] Personally, I know nothing about sex because I've always been married.
It's never as easy to keep your own spouse happy as it is to make someone else's spouse happy.
It's never as easy to keep your own spouse happy as it is to make someone else's spouse happy.
I believe in large families: every woman should have at least three husbands.
I believe in large families: every woman should have at least three husbands.
[on Cary Grant] They are trying to show he's a great lover, but they will never prove it to me.
[on Cary Grant] They are trying to show he's a great lover, but they will never prove it to me.
Being jealous of a beautiful woman is not going to make you more beautiful.
Being jealous of a beautiful woman is not going to make you more beautiful.
If they had as much adultery going on in New York as they said in the divorce courts, they wouldn't have had enough time left over to run th...Show more »
If they had as much adultery going on in New York as they said in the divorce courts, they wouldn't have had enough time left over to run the subways or mow the grass in Central Park and they would never have a chance to make the beds at the Plaza. Show less «
The only place men want depth in a woman is in her décolletage.
The only place men want depth in a woman is in her décolletage.
You never really know a man until you have divorced him.
You never really know a man until you have divorced him.
[on solitude] When I'm alone, I can sleep cross ways in bed without an argument.
[on solitude] When I'm alone, I can sleep cross ways in bed without an argument.
When you are married to an actor, you feel you are nothing but an understudy to him. He only has eyes for himself. It is really the one situ...Show more »
When you are married to an actor, you feel you are nothing but an understudy to him. He only has eyes for himself. It is really the one situation I know of where, with just two people you have a triangle. Show less «
The only way to learn a language properly, in fact, is to marry a man of that nationality. You get what they call in Europe a "sleeping dict...Show more »
The only way to learn a language properly, in fact, is to marry a man of that nationality. You get what they call in Europe a "sleeping dictionary". Of course, I have only been married five times and I speak seven languages. I'm still trying to remember where I picked up the other two. Show less «
The best way to attract a man immediately is to have a magnificent bosom and a half-size brain and let both of them show.
The best way to attract a man immediately is to have a magnificent bosom and a half-size brain and let both of them show.
[on George Sanders, the favorite of her five husbands] I thought he hated women and that was a marvelous challenge. When I met him I said, "...Show more »
[on George Sanders, the favorite of her five husbands] I thought he hated women and that was a marvelous challenge. When I met him I said, "Mr. Sanders, I'm madly in love with you." And he said, "Mrs. Hilton, how well I understand that.". Show less «
[after a fight with boyfriend Porfirio Rubirosa, aka "Rubi", in which he gave her a black eye] Rubi loves me. Rubirosa in Spanish means red ...Show more »
[after a fight with boyfriend Porfirio Rubirosa, aka "Rubi", in which he gave her a black eye] Rubi loves me. Rubirosa in Spanish means red rose; for me it means black eye. A man only hits a woman if he loves her deeply. Show less «
Man 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...Show more »
Man 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. Show less «
[after an incident in which she got into a physical altercation with a traffic policeman in Beverly Hills, California] You just cannot drive...Show more »
[after an incident in which she got into a physical altercation with a traffic policeman in Beverly Hills, California] You just cannot drive a Rolls-Royce in Beverly Hills anymore because they have it in for you. Show less «
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