Celebrity Biographies
Zsa Zsa Gabor
A stunning blonde specializing in playing women with strong personalities, she began as a showgirl and became one of the biggest Hollywood stars of the 1950s. She was best known for her marriages, romances, intense social life, and love of jewelry. of greater value than for his films, although he worked with first-rate filmmakers such as Orson Welles, Vincente Minnelli and John Huston. Her ironic phrases are priceless. She has died at the age of 99 in her home in Bel Air.
Born on February 6, 1917 in Budapest (former Austro-Hungarian Empire), Sari Gabor belonged to a posh family, as her grandmother, Francesca Kende, was the owner of Diamond House, a jewelry company. She is the daughter of the soldier Vilmos Gabor and the model Jolie Tileman, she wanted her daughters to succeed on the catwalks or on the screen at all costs. Thanks to her efforts, Zsa Zsa ended up being elected Miss Hungary in 1936. Her younger sister Eva was hired as an actress in Hollywood, where she made her debut in 1941 with the adventure film Forced Landing .
Tsa Tsa married Burhan Belge, the press director of the Turkish Foreign Ministry. When what would become World War II was expected to break out, the couple moved to the United States, where she intended to emulate the career of her sister, who was already an established screen actress.
The actress developed a peculiar concept of love: “I believe in large families, every woman should have at least three husbands,” she once commented. In 1941 she divorced Belge, beginning a long collection of husbands, to the point that she had eight others, including the actor George Sanders , who eventually exchanged her for her sister Magda hers. “You don’t know a man until you’ve divorced him,” she said. She also had notorious romances with men like Ramfis Trujillo, son of the Dominican dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. None of them had exactly financial problems, but they didn’t last long with them. “I have never hated a man enough to return his diamonds.”
On one occasion, a women’s magazine conducted a survey among women who had to answer the question: What is the first thing you look at in another woman? Almost all answered “her elegance” or “her intelligence” from her, but Zsa Zsa Gabor answered: “Her husband from her”.
He debuted on the big screen in 1952 with Love was born in Paris , a musical by Mervyn LeRoy and Vincente Minnelli. In We Are Not Married she shared the screen with Ginger Rogers and Marilyn Monroe . She became a household name after her performance as the dancer Jane Avril in John Huston ‘s Moulin Rouge (1952) .
From that moment on, they did not stop offering him roles in films such as Tres amores , where he was involved in the story “Mademoiselle”, in which he was once again under the command of Vincente Minnelli . Other of his notable films were Public Enemy Number 1 , a parody of gangster movies, and the musical Lili . Orson Welles himself gave him a small role in Thirst for Evil .
Since the 1960s, Tsa Tsa Gabor stopped making major movies, and became a star guest in movies ( Once a Week , Jack of Diamonds ) and television series ( Gilligan’s Island ). She remained active until the 1990s, when she was briefly featured in titles like Grab It 2 1/2. The scent of fear and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air series .
He always continued to hunt solvent men. “I want a man who is kind and understanding. Is it too much to ask of a millionaire? In 1987 she married the German prince Frédérick Von Anhalt, who has accompanied her until today, 23 long years.
In 2002 she suffered a car accident, which left her in a rather worrying state of health. In 2010 she underwent surgery after a hip fracture, caused by falling out of bed when she was answering the phone.