Zsa Zsa Gabor

Zsa Zsa Gabor (, ; born Sári Gábor ; February 6, 1917 – December 18, 2016) was a Hungarian-American socialite and actress. Her sisters were actresses Eva and Magda Gabor. 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. She emigrated from Hungary to the United States in 1941. Becoming a sought-after actress with "European flair and style", she was considered to have a personality that "exuded charm and grace". Her first film role was a supporting role in Lovely to Look At (1952). She later acted in We're Not Married! (1952) and played one of her few leading roles in the John Huston-directed film Moulin Rouge (1952). Huston would later describe her as a "creditable" actress. Outside her acting career, Gabor was known for her extravagant Hollywood lifestyle, her glamorous personality, and her many marriages. In total, Gabor had nine husbands, including hotel magnate Conrad Hilton and actor George Sanders. She once stated, "Men 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." Early life Zsa Zsa Gabor was born Sári Gábor on February 6, 1917, in Budapest, Hungary, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The middle of three daughters, her parents were Jolie (née Janszieka Tillemann) and Vilmos Gábor (né Grün), owner of a prominent jewelry store in Budapest, a Royal Hungarian Army officer. Her parents were both of Jewish ancestry. On 8 July 1944, her parents were both in Budapest at their home (simultaneously the Portuguese Embassy) and escaped Hungary during the period of the Nazi occupation of Budapest, aided by Gabor's husband, Conrad N. Hilton. Gabor left the country in 1941, three years prior to the takeover. During a layover at Eppley Airfield en route to Hollywood, she made headlines by telling the Associated Press that she had danced with Adolf Hitler twice.