Eva Gabor | |
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Born |
Budapest, Hungarian Republic |
February 11, 1919
Died | July 4, 1995 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
(aged 76)
Cause of death | Respiratory failure, pneumonia |
Resting place | Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery |
Other names | Gábor Éva |
Occupation | Actress, businesswoman, socialite |
Years active | 1941–1994 |
Spouse(s) |
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Parent(s) |
Jolie Gábor (mother) Vilmos Gábor (father) |
Relatives |
Zsa Zsa Gabor (sister) Magda Gabor (sister) Constance Francesca Hilton (niece) |
Eva Gabor (/ˈeɪvə ɡəˈbɔːr/; February 11, 1919 – July 4, 1995) was a Hungarian-born American actress, comedian, singer and socialite. She was widely known for her role on the 1965–71 television sitcom Green Acres as Lisa Douglas, the wife of Eddie Albert's character, Oliver Wendell Douglas. She voiced "Duchess" in the 1970 Disney film , and Miss Bianca in Disney’s The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under. Gabor was successful as an actress in film, on Broadway and on television. She was also a successful businessperson, marketing wigs, clothing and beauty products. Her elder sisters, Zsa Zsa and Magda Gabor, were also actresses and socialites.
Gabor was born in Budapest, Hungary, the youngest of three daughters of Vilmos Gábor (died 1962), a soldier, and his wife Jolie (born Janka Tilleman; 1896–1997), a jeweler. Her parents were both from Jewish families. She was the first of the sisters to immigrate to the US, shortly after her first marriage, to a Swedish osteopath, Dr. Eric Drimmer, whom she married in 1939 when she was 20 years old.