Biography
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Eva Gabor (in Hungarian Gábor Éva) (February 11, 1919 – July 4, 1995) was a British-Hungarian actress.
She was born in Budapest, the daughter of Vilmos and Jolie Gabor (née Janka Tilleman). Her elder sisters were Magda Gabor and Zsa Zsa Gabor. Gabor's maternal family was Jewish and her maternal grandparents died in the Holocaust. Biographers speculate that her paternal family were originally Jewish as well, but converted to Catholicism in order to assimilate, although this has not been confirmed.
Eva was the first in her family to emigrate to America. Her first movie role was a bit part in Forced Landing (1941) at Paramount Pictures. She acted in movies and on the stage throughout the 1950s. In the 1960s, she commenced her best known role in the TV sitcom Green Acres, in which she portrayed Lisa Douglas, a New York wife living on a farm. This was a hit show for several seasons and is still seen in syndication.
In later years, she did notable voice-over work Disney movies, providing the European-accented voices of Duchess in The Aristocats, Miss Bianca in The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under, and the Queen of Time in the Sanrio film, Nutcracker Fantasy.
Like her sisters, Éva was known for her string of marriages: she had five :
- 1939–1942 Erik Drimmer, a Swedish physician
- 1943–1950 Charles Isaacs
- 1956–1956 John Williams, an American physician
- 1959–1972 Richard Brown
- 1973–1983 Frank Jameson
For several years, Eva played the role of girlfriend for businessman/entertainer Merv Griffin, attending events together for publicity purposes. She was a successful businesswoman as well, marketing "Eva Gabor Wigs" and was a life-long animal lover.
Eva Gabor died at the age of 76 in Los Angeles of respiratory failure after suffering from food poisoning. Although the youngest of the three sisters, she was the first of them to die. She is interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, California.
Filmography
- Forced Landing (1941)
- New York Town (1941)
- Pacific Blackout (1941)
- Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) (unconfirmed role)
- A Royal Scandal (1945)
- The Wife of Monte Cristo (1945)
- Song of Surrender (1949)
- Love Island (1952)
- Paris Model (1953)
- Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954)
- The Mad Magician (1954)
- The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
- Artists and Models (1955)
- My Man Godfrey (1957)
- Don't Go Near the Water (1957)
- Gigi (1958)
- The Truth About Women (1958)
- It Started with a Kiss (1959)
- A New Kind of Love (1963)
- Youngblood Hawke (1964)
- The Aristocats (1970) (voice)
- The Rescuers (1977) (voice)
- Nutcracker Fantasy (1979)
- The Princess Academy (1987)
- The Rescuers Down Under (1990) (voice)
- The People vs. Zsa Zsa Gabor (1991) (documentary)
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