Actor and celebrity Zsa Zsa Gabor no more.

Q.  Which famous actor emigrated to the US from Vienna in 1941?
- Published on 20 Dec 16

a. Zsa Zsa Gabor
b. Jane Russel
c. Liz Taylor
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Zsa Zsa Gabor
 
Actor and celebrity Zsa Zsa Gabor no more.The Hollywood actress famous for her larger than life personality and 9 marriages passed away on 18th Dec of a heart attack.

Gabor suffered a series of illnesses in recent years and had to have her leg partially amputated in January 2016 due to poor circulation.

She suffered a stroke in 2005, three years after a car accident had left her partially paralysed.

Gabor is believed to have been born on 6 February 1917 as Sari Gabor in Budapest, Hungary, where she was brought up with her older and younger sisters, Magda and Eva.

She acted in theatre in Vienna in her youth before emigrating to the United States in 1941.

Her first role was in Moulin Rouge (1952), directed by John Huston.

She achieved cult figure status starring in 1950s B-movies, including Queen of Outer Space, in which she played a rebel Venusian who falls in love with four Earthmen whom her man-hating queen wants to destroy.

Spouses included Conrad Hilton, the founder of the Hilton hotel chain, and Barbie doll creator Jack Ryan.

Her last marriage was also her longest, with Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt in 1986.

Gabor’s only child, Francesca Hilton, died aged 67 in February 2015.

Know More About Zsa Zsa Gabor
  • Gabor, or simply Zsa Zsa to most, was perhaps the first celebutante.
  • Born Sari Gabor in Budapest, Hungary in 1917.
  • Zsa Zsa competed in the 1936 Miss Hungary pageant.
  • She made her film debut in the musical Lovely to Look At (1952) opposite Red Skelton, Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel.
  • In 1952, she also had a part in “We’re Not Married!” with Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire and starred in “Moulin Rouge” with José Ferrer.

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