![]() ![]() ![]() According to the Cedar Rapids Gazette, she turned down the role of Lady Chatterley due to the story's controversial theme. In 1949, Gabor declined an offer to play the leading role in a film version of the classic book Lady Chatterley's Lover. The book was subsequently bought by an American magazine. According to Gabor, the fictional story was derived, in small part, from Gabor's life experiences. In 1944, she co-wrote a novel with writer Victoria Wolf entitled Every Man For Himself. ![]() This would mark her first stage appearance. On August 31, 1934, she sang the soubrette role in Richard Tauber's operetta, Der singende Traum ( The Singing Dream), at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. In January 1933, following her time as a student at a Swiss boarding school, Gabor placed second runner-up in the fifth Miss Hungary pageant, behind Lilly Radó and crown winner Júlia Gál. 1955 Gabor arriving at a film premiere in 1962 Career Gabor in 1936 Gabor dancing with director Nicholas Ray in 1953 Gabor at the Denver Muscular Dystrophy Telethon, c. The Gabor sisters were first cousins of Annette Lantos, wife of California Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA). Gabor's elder sister, Magda, later became an American socialite and her younger sister, Eva, became an American actress and businesswoman. On July 8, 1944, aided by Gabor's husband, Conrad Hilton, Gabor's parents fled Budapest during the Nazi invasion and occupation of Hungary. During a layover at Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska en route to Hollywood, she made headlines by telling the Associated Press that she had danced with Adolf Hitler twice. In 1941, Gabor left Hungary for the United States. Gabor was called ZsaZsa because, as a little girl, she couldn't pronounce her own name. Gabor was named after Sári Fedák, an actress. Her parents were both of Jewish ancestry. The middle of three daughters, her parents were Jolie (née Janszieka Tillemann) and Vilmos Gábor (né Grün), owner of a jewelry store in Budapest, a Royal Hungarian Army officer. Zsa Zsa Gabor was born Sári Gábor on February 6, 1917, in Budapest, Hungary, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. But I like a mannish man, a man who knows how to talk to and treat a woman-not just a man with muscles." Early life She once stated, "Men have always liked me and I have always liked men. In total, Gabor had nine husbands, including hotel magnate Conrad Hilton and actor George Sanders. Outside her acting career, Gabor was known for her extravagant Hollywood lifestyle, her glamorous personality, and her many marriages. Huston later described Gabor as a "creditable" actress. 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. Her first film role was a supporting role in Lovely to Look At, released in 1952. 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". 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. Her sisters were actresses Eva and Magda Gabor. Zsa Zsa Gabor ( / ˌ ʒ ɑː ʒ ɑː ˈ ɡ ɑː b ɔːr/, Hungarian: born Sári Gábor February 6, 1917 – December 18, 2016) was a Hungarian-American socialite and actress. ![]()
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