Eva Gabor is an American actress, the youngest of three celebrity sisters Gabor. The most famous role in the career of Eve was Lisa Douglas in the sitcom of the 60s, "Green Open spaces." From this article you can learn about other films of Eva Gabor, as well as her biography and facts from her personal life.
Biography
Eva Gabor was born on February 11, 1919 in Budapest (Hungary) in a Jewish family. The mother of Eve and her older sisters (Zha Zha and Magda) was engaged in jewelry, having achieved success in entrepreneurship and becoming a socialite. The mother’s extravagance and business acumen was passed on to all three Gabor sisters.
Dreaming of a career as an actress, Eve was the first of her family to emigrate to the United States - she was barely twenty years old. At that time, she was already in her first marriage.
Career and creativity
Thanks to the outstanding beauty and looseness, in her first film, the twenty-two-year-old Eva played the main role. It was the 1941 film Forced Landing. Gabor played Joanna Van Duren, a bold beauty with whom the main character fell in love.
From the mid forties and throughout the fifties, Eva Gabor actively starred in melodramas and romantic comedies, being a fairly sought-after actress. In 1953, the actress even hosted her television show. It was called - "Eva Gabor Show" (lasted until 1954).
By the age of 60, the popularity of the actress has almost disappeared. But in 1965, Gabor began acting in the sitcom Green Spaces, which made her more popular than all previous works. The series went on television from 1965 to 1971. The role of Lisa Douglas, a luxurious woman from New York who moved with her husband to the province, became a diamond in the career of Eva Gabor.
"Return to the Green Spaces" was a one-time continuation of the acclaimed series. The premiere took place in 1990, and Gabor again played the role of Mrs. Douglas after a nineteen-year hiatus.
A new role in the career of Eve was the work at the Walt Disney studio. Deciding to try herself as a voice actress, in 1970 Gabor passed the test for the role of a cat-mother named Duchess in the musical cartoon "Cats of the Aristocrats". Subsequently, the actress often joked that the face of the Duchess was copied from her early movie posters. Gabor also often called the role of the Duchess the best in her career.
After The Cats of Aristocrats, Eva Gabor voiced Miss Bianca in the animated film Rescuers (1977) and Rescuers in Australia (1990), as well as the Queen of Time in the American version of the Japanese cartoon The Nutcracker. Fantasy (1979).
Personal life
During her long life, Eva Gabor managed to be married five times, but she did not have a single child. With her first husband, a doctor Eric Drimmer, Eve lived for five years (1937-1942). They divorced on the grounds that Drimmer abused his wife and did not want to have children.
The second marriage - with the broker Charles Isaacs lasted a year longer (1943-1949). The reasons for the divorce are unknown.
The shortest (less than one year) was family life with plastic surgeon John Williams.
The next marriage was a record in duration - as long as 14 years (1959-1973), Eve lived with Richard Brown, a businessman, writer and director.
In 1973, the last marriage of the actress took place. The marriage with the head of the aerospace service Frank Jameson Sr. lasted 10 years. Jameson had four children from a previous marriage, and Gabor made up for her long-standing need for motherhood. She continued to actively communicate with these children even after a divorce from their father.
July 4, 1995 76-year-old Eva Gabor died of pneumonia. Her funeral took place 7 days later in the Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills.