Age | 76 (age at death) |
Birthday | 11 February, 1919 |
Birthplace | Budapest, Hungary |
Died | 4 July, 1995 |
Place of Death | Los Angeles, California, USA |
Height | 5' 4" (163 cm) |
Eye Color | Brown - Dark |
Hair Color | Blonde |
Zodiac Sign | Aquarius |
Nationality | Hungarian |
Occupation | Actress |
Claim to Fame | Lisa Douglas on Green Acres |
Eva Gabor Actress - Born February 11, 1919 in Budapest, Hungary
Died July 4, 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA (respiratory failure due to complications of a fall)
Height 5' 2½" (1.59 m)
Mini Bio (1) Eva Gabor was born on February 11, 1919 in Budapest, Hungary, to Jolie Gabor (née Janka Tilleman) and Vilmos Gabor (born Farkas Miklós Grün), a soldier. Her older siblings were Magda Gabor, an actress, and Zsa Zsa Gabor, an actress and socialite. Her parents were both from Jewish families. She went to Hollywood, California, to act in the 1930s. Her mother escaped from Nazi-occupied Budapest in the 1940s, also settling in the U.S.
Eva appeared both in films and on Broadway in the 1950's, as well as in several "A"-movies, including The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954), starring Elizabeth Taylor, and Artists and Models (1955), which featured Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
In 1953, she was given her own television talk show, The Eva Gabor Show (1953). Throughout the rest of the 1950s and early 1960s, she appeared on television and in movies. She appeared on one episode of the mystery series Justice (1954), and was on the game show What's My Line? (1950) as the "mystery challenger". Her film appearances during this period include a remake of My Man Godfrey (1957), Gigi (1958) and It Started with a Kiss (1959).
However, she is best remembered as Lisa Douglas, the socialite turned farm wife on Green Acres (1965) with co-star Eddie Albert playing her attorney husband Oliver Wendell Douglas. Eva Gabor died at age 76 from respiratory failure and pneumonia and July 4, 1995 in Los Angeles, California.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Ray Hamel
Frank Jameson (21 September 1973 - 1984) ( divorced)
Richard Brown (4 October 1959 - 14 November 1972) ( divorced)
Dr. John Williams (8 April 1956 - 20 March 1957) ( divorced)
Charles Isaacs (27 September 1943 - 25 May 1950) ( divorced)
Dr. Erich Valdemar Drimmer (3 June 1939 - 14 February 1942) ( divorced)
The role of Lisa Douglas on Green Acres (1965)
Heavy Hungarian accent
Marriages and Relationships Eva Gabor was married five times. She had no children:
Eric Valdemar Drimmer, a Swedish-born masseur turned osteopath and psychologist. They wed in London in June 1937, and divorced in Los Angeles, California, on February 25, 1942 (the divorce was finalized on March 6); Gabor claimed cruelty, saying, "I wanted to have babies and lead a simple family life but my husband objected to my having children".
Charles Isaacs, an American investment broker. They married on September 27, 1943, and were divorced on April 2, 1949.
John Elbert Williams, MD, a plastic surgeon. They married on April 8, 1956 and were divorced on March 20, 1957.
Richard Brown, a textile manufacturer, who later became a writer and director. They married at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 4, 1959, and divorced in Santa Monica, California, in June 1973.
Frank Gard Jameson Sr., an aerospace executive and former vice president of Rockwell International. They married in the Vivian Webb Chapel of The Webb School, Claremont, California on September 21, 1973. The couple divorced in 1983. Gabor became a stepmother to Jameson's four children.
After her final marriage, Gabor was involved in a public relationship with TV producer Merv Griffin until her death. It was rumored that this was a platonic relationship to hide Griffin's suspected homosexuality.