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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 Roman Catholicism in order to assimilate, although this has not been confirmed.
Eva was the first in her family to immigrate 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 1965, she commenced her best known role in the TV sitcom Green Acres, a Paul Henning production in which she portrayed Lisa Douglas, the New York wife of Oliver Wendell Douglas played by Eddie Albert who left New York City to live on a farm. This was a hit show for several seasons, ending in 1971, and is still seen in syndication.
In later years, she did notable voice-over work for 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.
She was also a successful businesswoman marketing the "Eva Gabor Wigs" and "The Eva Gabor Look".
Eva Gabor died at the age of 76 in Los Angeles of respiratory failure after suffering from food poisoning, on the American Independence Day in 1995. Although the youngest of the three sisters, she was the first of them to die. In 1997, her 100 year old mother died. A few months later her sister Magda died at the age of 82, 5 days before her 83rd birthday. Eva is interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, California. She is buried very close to her Green Acres co-star Eddie Albert.
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)
Like her sisters, Éva was known for her string of marriages: she had five :
1. 1939–1942 Erik Drimmer, a Swedish physician
2. 1943–1950 Charles Isaacs
3. 1956–1956 John Williams, an American physician
4. 1959–1972 Richard Brown
5. 1973–1983 Frank Jameson
For several years, Eva played the role of girlfriend for businessman/entertainer Merv Griffin, attending events together for publicity purposes. They lived together until Eva's death in 1995.
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Essence column: Goal by any other name is just as sweet The Reporter, WI - As Eva Gabor sang to no avail at the start of each Green Acres episode: "No, New York is where I'd rather be. I get allergic smelling hay. ... |
Ah, the romance The Gazette (Montreal), Canada - Over the years, the guest list was one of the funnest parts of the series, including the likes of Milton Berle, Ethel Merman, Eva Gabor, Janet Leigh, ... |
 New York Times | The Significant Other New York Times, United States - Before the job offer was made, the only question was whether his wife might feel as if she had suddenly been cast as Eva Gabor in “Green Acres. ... |
 USA Today | Midlifers live their dreams by changing careers USA Today - She graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Theatre Academy in New York, where she took classes with Eva Gabor and puppeteer Shari Lewis. ... |
Out of the Woods -- A Fella's Got To Live Somewhere Westport-News, CT - ... Ava Gabor, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Dorothy Gish, Lillian Gish, William S. Hart. June Havoc, Van Johnson, Gene Kelly, Arthur Kennedy, Jack Klugman, Eva ... |
Gigi: Two-Disc Special Edition DVD Talk, OR - After a disastrous affair with a dramatic paramour (Eva Gabor), Gaston becomes a scandalous figure in gossip circles, and though his skirt-chasing uncle ... |
Well Off the Radar RedOrbit, TX - Green Acres is an American television series starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a farm in the country. ... |
We dish on all things duchess, in honor of the new film Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX - The Aristocats: Duchess, the glamorous mama cat from the 1970 Disney movie, was voiced by Eva Gabor, left. The Duchess of Malfi: Published in 1623 by John ... |
Mass appeal of St. Theresa Church The Desert Sun, CA - Jolie Gabor, the mother of stars Zsa Zsa, Eva and Magda Gabor, attended with other stay-at-home moms. Mayor Frank Bogert, whose daughters attended the ... |
Movie Review: Gigi (2-disc Special Edition) SoundtrackNet, CA - After a rather public breakup with his current flame (played by Eva Gabor), Gaston is told by his rich bachelor uncle Honore (Maurice Chevalier) to go ... |
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