ZSA ZSA GABOR
Name: Zsa Zsa Gabor
Birth name: Sari Gabor
Born: 6 February 1917 Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Zsa Zsa Gabor (born February 6, 1917) is a Hungarian-born American actress and
socialite.
Zsa Zsa Gabor was born Sari Gabor in Budapest, Hungary on February 6, 1917, the
daughter of Jolie Gabor (nee Tilleman), a manager, and Vilmos Gabor, a soldier.
She had two sisters, Magda and Éva, both well-known actresses and socialites.
Gabor's mother was born Jewish and was related to Annette Tillemann, the wife of
politician Tom Lantos. Gabor was named after the then top Hungarian actress
Sari Fedak, also called Zsa Zsa because her daughter was unable to pronounce the
name Sari, which is Hungarian for Sarah. (The Gabors's family name is Hungarian
for Gabriel; hence, "Sari Gabor," her real name, is Hungarian for "Sarah Gabriel.")
Following studies at a Swiss boarding-school Gabor won the Miss Hungary beauty
contest in 1936, but was disqualified for being underage. On a trip to Vienna in
the same year she was discovered by the famous tenor Richard Tauber and was
invited to sing the soubrette rôle in his new operetta Der singende Traum ("The
Singing Dream") at the Theater an der Wien, her first stage appearance. At the
time she had a romance with a composer named Willi Schmidt-Kentner, according to
the 1960 "bio-autobiography" Zsa Zsa Gabor, by Gerold Frank.
Name: Zsa Zsa Gabor
Birth name: Sari Gabor
Born: 6 February 1917 Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Zsa Zsa Gabor (born February 6, 1917) is a Hungarian-born American actress and
socialite.
Zsa Zsa Gabor was born Sari Gabor in Budapest, Hungary on February 6, 1917, the
daughter of Jolie Gabor (nee Tilleman), a manager, and Vilmos Gabor, a soldier.
She had two sisters, Magda and Éva, both well-known actresses and socialites.
Gabor's mother was born Jewish and was related to Annette Tillemann, the wife of
politician Tom Lantos. Gabor was named after the then top Hungarian actress
Sari Fedak, also called Zsa Zsa because her daughter was unable to pronounce the
name Sari, which is Hungarian for Sarah. (The Gabors's family name is Hungarian
for Gabriel; hence, "Sari Gabor," her real name, is Hungarian for "Sarah Gabriel.")
Following studies at a Swiss boarding-school Gabor won the Miss Hungary beauty
contest in 1936, but was disqualified for being underage. On a trip to Vienna in
the same year she was discovered by the famous tenor Richard Tauber and was
invited to sing the soubrette rôle in his new operetta Der singende Traum ("The
Singing Dream") at the Theater an der Wien, her first stage appearance. At the
time she had a romance with a composer named Willi Schmidt-Kentner, according to
the 1960 "bio-autobiography" Zsa Zsa Gabor, by Gerold Frank.