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Date of Birth

11 February 1919, Budapest, Hungary

Date of Death

4 July 1995, Los Angeles, California, USA (respiratory failure due to complications of food poisoning)

Height

5' 2½" (1.59 m)

Mini Biography

Of the fabled trio of Gabor sisters, Eva was the "good Gabor." She arrived in the US in the 1930s and appeared both in films and on Broadway. However, she is best remembered as the socialite turned farm wife on TV's "Green Acres" (1965) with co-star Eddie Albert playing husband Oliver Wendell Douglas.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Ray Hamel

Spouse

Frank Jameson	(21 September 1973 - 1983) (divorced)
Richard Brown	(4 October 1959 - 1972) (divorced)
Dr. John Williams	(8 April 1956 - 20 March 1957) (divorced)
Charles Isaacs	(27 September 1943 - 2 April 1949) (divorced)
Dr. Erich Drimmer	(1939 - 1942) (divorced)

Trivia

Daughter of Jolie Gabor. Sister of Magda Gabor and Zsa Zsa Gabor.

She founded a wig company.

Credited with the quote "Marriage is too interesting an experiment to be tried only once."

Married and divorced five times. Eva's first husband, Dr. Erik Drimmer, was Greta Garbo's osteopath.

First of the Gabors to immigrate to America from Hungary.

Measurements: 36-22-36 (upon arrival from Hungary in 1940) (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Was both a cat and dog lover.

Buried near "Green Acres" (1965) co star Eddie Albert at Westwood Memorial in Los Angeles, California.

Lived platonically with Merv Griffin, creator of the "Wheel of Fortune" (1975) game show, for several years up until her death.

Was friends with Audrey Hepburn.

In November, 1957, Eva was the landlady of actor Jim Backus - he sublet her New York City apartment.

The epitaph on her grave reads: Our darling Eva We love you You are in our hearts forever.

Personal Quotes

"I was the first actress in the family, and I am still the only actress in the family. I shouldn't be saying it, but it slipped out!"

"I ask myself more questions than Hamlet as I ponder which shoes to wear."

"Love is a game that two can play and both win."

"All any girl needs, at any time in history, is simple velvet and basic diamonds."

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