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Zsa Zsa Gabor

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Undoubtedly, the woman who became 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.

It is unclear as to Zsa Zsa's birth date; sources vary from 1917 to 1919. Born in Budapest, Hungary, as Sari Gabor, she followed her sister Eva Gabor to Hollywood. A radiant, beautiful blonde, Zsa Zsa began appearing on television shows and doing the odd movie.

Her first film was at MGM 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 Twentieth 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 player.

It was in 1952, however, that saw her break into movies big time 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 continued throughout the 1970s.

She was very memorable as herself in The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991), in which she humorously pokes fun at an incident in 1990 when she was convicted of slapping a police officer during a traffic dispute and spent several days in jail (such infamous incidents contributed to her becoming one of the most all-time recognizable of Hollywood celebrities in recent years and sometimes ridiculed as a result. She was also memorable to British television viewers on "The Ruby Wax Show" (1997).

In 2002, she was reported to be in a coma in a Los Angeles hospital after a horrifying car accident. The 85-year-old, Hungarian-born star was injured when the car she was traveling in hit a light pole in West Hollywood, California. The reports about her coma, eventually proved inaccurate.

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In 1993 she and her husband were sentenced to pay $2,000,000 to actress Elke Sommer because of false accusations.

Daughter of Jolie Gabor. Sister of Magda Gabor and Eva Gabor. Mother of actress Francesca Hilton and ex-step-great-grandmother of Paris Hilton and Nicky Hilton.

Her marriage to Frédéric von Anhalt awarded her the title Princess Von Anhalt, Duchess of Saxony. The legitimacy of this title is strongly questioned by many royal genealogists.

Sister of Eva Gabor.

In 1989 she was arrested and served three days in jail for slapping a police officer in Beverly Hills who stopped her for a traffic violation.

Miss Hungary of 1936.

Once replaced five-time Tony Award winner, Julie Harris, on Broadway.

Appeared as Minerva, the glamorous owner of a mineral spa, in the last episode (#120) of "Batman" (1966).

[27 November 2002] In an automobile accident in Los Angeles, which left her in a coma for a short time, and, subsequently paralyzed. She was a passenger riding in a vehicle that struck a light pole on Sunset Boulevard.

Measurements: 36C-22-36 (filming Moulin Rouge (1952)), 38-22-38 (self-described 1960s), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).

Inducted into the B-Movie Hall of Fame, October 26, 2004.

[7 July 2005] Suffered a stroke at her Bel-Air home and underwent emergency surgery to clear a blocked artery.

Campaigned in 1968 and 1972 for Richard Nixon, who she described as "the most intelligent President of our time".

She and her famous sisters have racked up a total of 18 divorces (so far).

Once held up an episode of "The New Hollywood Squares" (1986) for about 45 minutes after breaking a fingernail.

She and her sister Magda Gabor were both married to George Sanders.

Strong doubts have been raised about her claim to the title of a German princess through her marriage to Prince Frédéric von Anhalt. Frederic's father, a policeman and commoner, paid elderly aristocrat Princess Marie-Auguste von Anhalt, daughter-in-law of Kaiser Wilhelm II, a considerable amount of money to adopt his son. Old European royalty does not recognize his title. Zsa Zsa's husband's real name is Hans Robert Lichtenberg. Prince or not, he does have the distinction of being married to her for longer than any of her previous spouses.

Together with her husband Frédéric von Anhalt she adopted a few men. Among them are Marcus Eberhard Edward Prinz von Anhalt, Herzog zu Sachsen und Westfalen, Graf von Askanien (formerly known as Marcus Eberhardt, born about 1969, brothel owner, was adopted in April 2006); Prinz Oliver Leopold von Sachsen-Anhalt, Graf von Westfalen und Askanien (formerly known as Oliver Bendig, born about 1967, owner of two strip clubs in Los Angeles); Prinz Michael Maximilian von Anhalt, Herzog zu Sachsen und Westfalen, Graf von Askanien (formerly known as Michael Killer, born about 1967, owns health clubs); and a surgeon who doesn't want to be mentioned. All of them paid millions for their adoption.

Personal Quotes

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.

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.

[when asked how many husbands she'd had] You mean other than my own?

To a smart girl men are no problem - they're the answer.

Macho does not prove mucho.

Husbands are like fires. They go out if unattended.

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.

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.

A girl must marry for love, and keep on marrying until she finds it.

You just cannot drive a Rolls-Royce in Beverly Hills anymore because they have it in for you.

[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.

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'll never prove it to me.

Where Are They Now

(September 2004) Reported to be living at a luxury suite in the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in California's Woodland Hills.

(June 2005) Living with, and cared for by, her husband at their home in Bel Air (a property once owned by Elvis Presley).

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