Trivia

Her daughter, Francesca Hilton, died at age 67 of a massive stroke on January 5, 2015. She was cremated and her ashes were interred beside Gabor's sister, Eva Gabor, at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery. Gabor died 23 months later. Her husband never told her about her daughter's death, out of concern for her physical and emotional state.

She and her sister Magda Gabor were each married to George Sanders.

She and her famous sisters racked up a total of 20 marriages.

Her right leg was amputated on January 14, 2011.

Along with her native Hungarian, she spoke English, French, German and Italian.

Gave birth to her only child at age 30, daughter Francesca Hilton on March 10, 1947. Father was Gabor's second husband, Conrad Hilton.

With her numerous marriages and world-class catty wit, she came to epitomize the phrase "famous for being famous." Despite appearing in several well-known films, she owed her notoriety more to her private life and countless talk show appearances than to her work as a movie star.

Her real birth name was Sari after Sári Fedák, who was at the time Hungary's most celebrated actress.

Passed away less than two months from what would have been her 100th birthday.

Strong doubts have been raised about her claim to the title of a German princess through her marriage to Prince Frédéric von Anhalt. Frederic's father, a policeman and commoner, paid elderly aristocrat Princess Marie-Auguste von Anhalt, daughter-in-law of Kaiser Wilhelm II, a considerable amount of money to adopt his son. Old European royalty does not recognize his title. Zsa Zsa's husband's real name is Hans Robert Lichtenberg. Prince or not, he does have the distinction of being married to her for longer than any of her previous spouses.

In 1989, when tried for assaulting a police officer, she said she was afraid to go to jail because lesbians might attack her.

The home she shared with husband Frédéric von Anhalt was used as the location for Liberace's mansion during filming of Behind the Candelabra (2013) and as Alan Arkin's character residence in Argo (2012).

Was considered for the role of Miss Caswell in All About Eve (1950), but Marilyn Monroe was cast instead.

Arrived in Hollywood in 1941 with a letter of introduction to Basil Rathbone and his wife Ouida Bergère, who granted her admittance into the upper echelons of Hollywood society.

Daughter of Jolie Gabor. Sister of Magda Gabor and Eva Gabor. Mother of Francesca Hilton and ex-step-great-grandmother of Paris Hilton and Nicky Rothschild.

Both she and third husband George Sanders played "Special Guest Villains" on Batman (1966).

Her marriage to Frédéric von Anhalt awarded her the title Princess Von Anhalt, Duchess of Saxony. The legitimacy of this title is strongly questioned by many royal genealogists.

Had a very public romance with Porfirio Rubirosa while married to George Sanders. Rubirosa returned to Gabor after divorcing Barbara Hutton, just 53 days after their wedding. In 1954 Gabor sported an eye patch, telling the press that Rubirosa had hit her in a fit of jealous rage.

Was married to Jack Ryan, (from 1/21/75-8/24/76) who was an engineer and designer who formally worked for Mattel, Inc., the toy company, where he was instrumental in the creation of the iconic "Barbie" doll as well as "Hot Wheels" and the "Chatty Cathy" doll.

Once held up an episode of Hollywood Squares (1986) for about 45 minutes after breaking a fingernail.

Once replaced five-time Tony Award winner Julie Harris on Broadway.

Inducted into the B-Movie Hall of Fame on 10/26/04.

Though driving a Rolls-Royce at the time of her much-publicized altercation with a police officer, she had previously done television commercials for Studebaker.

She and ex-husband George Sanders both appeared as villains on Batman (1966). Gabor played Minerva, the glamorous owner of a mineral spa, in the series finale while Sanders appeared in a two-part episode as Mr. Freeze.

She and Joanne Dru worked together on 3 Ring Circus (1954) but did not like each other and clashed often. After one particular incident in which Dru got the better of her, she said, "I'll get even with you if it takes forever." Dru replied, "It probably will, but aren't you rather old to talk about a future?".

Due to suffering from severe dementia, she was never told of her daughter Francesca's passing in January of 2015 as her family and doctors chose not to tell her and remained unaware of it until her own death nearly two years later.

She worked with her ex-husband George Sanders and his elder brother Tom Conway in the crime drama Death of a Scoundrel (1956).

Campaigned in 1968 and 1972 for Richard Nixon, who she described as "the most intelligent President of our time".

Was born Sári Gábor in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, the daughter of Vilmos Gabor (born Farkas Miklós Grün) and Jolie Gabor, Countess de Szigethy (born Janka Tilleman). Her parents were both from Jewish families. Her paternal grandparents were Salamon Grün and Rozália Kluger. Her maternal grandparents, originally from Ukraine, were Jóná Hersch Tilleman and Chawe Feige Reinharz.

Together with her husband Frédéric von Anhalt she adopted a few men. Among them are Marcus Eberhard Edward Prinz von Anhalt, Herzog zu Sachsen und Westfalen, Graf von Askanien (formerly known as Marcus Eberhardt, born about 1969, brothel owner, was adopted in April 2006); Prinz Oliver Leopold von Sachsen-Anhalt, Graf von Westfalen und Askanien (formerly known as Oliver Bendig, born about 1967, owner of two strip clubs in Los Angeles); Prinz Michael Maximilian von Anhalt, Herzog zu Sachsen und Westfalen, Graf von Askanien (formerly known as Michael Killer, born about 1967, owns health clubs); and a surgeon who doesn't want to be mentioned. All of them paid millions for their adoption.

She was a first cousin, once removed, of Annette Lantos (born Tilleman), the wife of U.S. Congressman Tom Lantos, of California. Her mother and Annette were first cousins.

Cremated after death and her ashes were interred at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, CA.

Appeared in one film nominated for Best Picture Academy Award: Moulin Rouge (1952).

Was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6915 Hollywood Blvd. on 2/8/60.

In 1953, she was the celebrity spokeswoman for the Paper Mate Pen Company.

Referenced in the song "Chop Suey" from Flower Drum Song (1961).

She was arrested for slapping police officer Paul Kramer in Beverly Hills. Kramer stopped her after noticing that the license tag on her automobile had expired. Her short trial cost her $13,000 and a $12,350 fine, totaling $25,350. She served three days in jail and was ordered to do 120 hours of community service, after her three days behind bars had expired. (June 14, 1989)

Got her first Hollywood contract while visiting her sister Eva Gabor.

Gabor subtracted 11 years off her birthdate when filling out official documents, including her driver's license and passport applications. Her true age was exposed in November 1989, when former boarding school classmate Elizabeth Nussbaum alerted the press.

In response to her wishes, about 75% of her ashes had been returned to Budapest, where they were buried. This was approximately 4½ years after her passing. The remainder of her ashes are in Los Angeles. Part of the delay was due to travel restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. (July 13, 2021)

At one time starred on the Vienna stage and appeared on the cover of every Austrian magazine.

An automobile accident in Los Angeles left her in a coma for a short time and subsequently paralyzed. She was a passenger riding in a vehicle that struck a light pole on Sunset Blvd. (November 27, 2002)

Referenced in the song "Donna the Prima Donna" by Dion DiMucci.

She claimed she never consummated her marriage with Burhan Belge (sometimes spelled Belze), press director for the foreign ministry of Turkey, and claimed to have lost her virginity variously to either Willy Schmidt-Gentner or Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Schmidt-Gentner was most likely first, when the chronology is diligently reconstructed.

Born in 1917, she was the oldest person to enjoy regular media visibility after Ronald Reagan left the White House.

Second runner-up in the fifth Miss Hungary pageant. Júlia Gál was crowned winner and Lilly Radó was first runner-up. (January 1933)

In 1993 she and her husband were commanded, by a judge, to pay $2 million to Elke Sommer because of false accusations that they had spoken of Elke.

Moved to Vienna in August 1934 and within nine months had bagged her first husband.

Was voted Miss Hungary in 1936.

Her first husband was diplomat Barhan Beige, her 2nd hotel owner Conrad Hilton, her 3rd actor George Sanders, her 4th industrialist Herbert Hunter, her 5th Texas oilman Joshua Cosden.