“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.”
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Zsa Zsa Gabor was a Hungarian and American socialite and actress. Her sisters were socialite Magda Gabor and actress and businesswoman Eva Gabor.
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entertainment · Hungarian-American socialite and actress (1917–2016) · film actor · socialite · stage actor · television actor · beauty pageant contestant · actor · also Zsa Zsa Gabor, Sári Gábor, Sari Gabor, Gabor
Born 6 February 1917 · Died 18 December 2016 · Q207405
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Zsa Zsa Gabor, Miss Hungary (1933)
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“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.”
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Reported net worth: $40M.
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Yahoo: What Happened to Zsa Zsa Gabor’s Jewelry? The ‘Dah-ling’ of Diamonds’ Sparkling Collection After Nine Marriages
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People: Zsa Zsa Gabor's Former Custom Pink Palm Springs Home Lists for $3.8 Million — See Photos
The Guardian: Zsa Zsa Gabor’s ashes buried after flight with caviar and champagne
People: Zsa Zsa Gabor's Will Reveals Family Drama: Husband Prince Frederic Von Anhalt Gets Everything
The Guardian: Zsa Zsa Gabor remembered at Oscars ceremony
In accordance with her wishes that she return to Hungary and spend the rest of her life there
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Yahoo: Zsa Zsa Gabor Didn’t Always ‘Keep the House’ After Divorce: Here’s Why
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Died 2016-12-18.
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Two days after her 99th birthday, Gabor was rushed to hospital after suffering from breathing difficulties
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“To a smart girl men are no problem — they're the answer”
“A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he's finished.”
“I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house.”
“I never hated a man enough to give him his diamonds back.”
“A única profundidade que os homens admiram em uma mulher é a do seu decote.”
“A girl must marry for love, and keep on marrying until she finds it.”
“Husbands are like fires - they go out when unattended.”
“I know nothing about sex because I've always been married.”
“One of my theories is that men love with their eyes; women love with their ears”
The Guardian: Zsa Zsa Gabor family feud over ailing star's care and finances
The Guardian: The battle over Zsa Zsa Gabor's mansion
The Guardian: Zsa Zsa Gabor 'in coma' after emergency surgery
Was hospitalized again for a number of emergencies, and fell into a coma
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Gabor's right leg was amputated above the knee to save her life from an infection
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The Guardian: Zsa Zsa Gabor is given last rites by priest
Fractured her hip and underwent a successful hip replacement
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The Guardian: Zsa Zsa Gabor sues
A lawsuit was filed accusing Constance of larceny and fraud
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The Guardian: Zsa Zsa Gabor in coma after car hits lamp-post
Gabor was a front seat passenger in an automobile crash on Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, from which she remained partially paralyzed and reliant on a wheelchair for mobility
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Film historian Neal Gabler called her kind of celebrity "The Zsa Zsa Factor"
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Gabor dropped her conviction appeal and agreed to serve her sentence
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In Beverly Hills, California, Gabor was accused of slapping the face of Beverly Hills police officer Paul Kramer when he stopped her for a traffic violation at 8551 Olympic Boulevard
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Where she told host David Letterman about her blind date with Henry Kissinger, which was arranged by Richard Nixon
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When both appeared on Circus of the Stars, and escalating into a multimillion-dollar libel suit by 1993
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Gabor purchased a nearly 9,000-square-foot Hollywood Regency-style home in Bel Air
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Was the guest roastee on The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
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Appeared in the role of Minerva on an episode of Batman, becoming the show's final "special guest villain" before it was cancelled
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Won Golden Globe Awards (1958).
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Ran the gamut of moviemaking, from Touch of Evil to the camp oddity Queen of Outer Space
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Gabor declined an offer to play the leading role in a film version of the classic book Lady Chatterley's Lover
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“Herbert took away my will to work. With his kindness and generosity, he almost annihilated my drive. I have always been the kind of woman who could never be satisfied by money – only excitement and achievement.”
Aided by Gabor's then-husband, Conrad Hilton, Gabor's parents fled Budapest during the Nazi invasion and occupation of Hungary
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Gabor co-wrote a novel with writer Victoria Wolf entitled Every Man For Herself
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Gabor left Hungary for the United States
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And became a sought-after actress with "European flair and style"
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“Conrad's decision to change my name from Zsa Zsa to Georgia symbolized everything my marriage to him would eventually become. My Hungarian roots were to be ripped out and my background ignored. ... I soon discovered that my marriage to Conrad meant the end of my freedom. My own needs were completely ignored: I belonged to Conrad.”
Sang the soubrette role in Richard Tauber's operetta, Der singende Traum (The Singing Dream), at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna
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Born 1917-02-06.
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In Budapest, Hungary, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
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