Eva Gabor

Eva Gabor
Background information
Born	February 11, 1919 Budapest, Hungary
Died	July 4, 1995 (aged 76) Los Angeles, California, United States
Cause of death	Respiratory failure Pneumonia
Nationality	Hungarian
Alternate names	Áva Gábor
Occupation	Actress, socialite, businesswoman
Years active	1941-1994
Family information
Spouse	Eric Valdemar Drimmer (1939-1942) Charles Isaacs (1943-1949) John Elbert Williams (1956-1957) Richard Brown (1959-1973) Frank Gard Jameson (1973-1983)
Children	None

Eva Gabor was a Hungarian-born actress.

Biography

Career

Eva Gabor was sister to celebrity Zsa Zsa Gabor and her first movie was Forced Landing and she appeared in talk shows. Eva had her own talk show called The Eva Gabor Show which lasted for one season. Gabor opened her wig business in 1972. Eva voiced Duchess from The Aristocats and Miss Bianca from The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under.

Green Acres

In 1965, Gabor began her role for which she is best remembered, Lisa Douglas whose attorney husband (Oliver Wendell Douglas, played by Eddie Albert) decides to leave the city. Oliver then buys and runs a farm in a rural community, forcing Lisa to leave her beloved New York City, in the Paul Henning sitcom Green Acres which aired on CBS. Green Acres was set in Hooterville, the same backdrop for Petticoat Junction (1963-1970) which occasionally crossed over its sister sitcom. Despite proving to be a ratings hit, staying in the top twenty for its first four seasons, Green Acres and another sister sitcom show, The Beverly Hillbillies were canceled in 1971 in the CBS network's infamous "rural purge" - which attempted an attract a younger viewer demographic, as most viewers of the series were at least 40 years old.

Marriages

Eva Gabor was married five times:

• Eric Valdemar Drimmer (June 1939-February 25, 1942; divorced) the marriage was childless.
• Charles Isaacs (September 27, 1943-April 2, 1949; divorced) the marriage was childless.
• John Elbert Williams (April 8, 1956-March 20, 1957; divorced) the marriage was childless.
• Richard Brown (October 4, 1959-June 1973; divorced) the marriage was childless.
• Frank Gard Jameson SR, (September 21, 1973-1983; divorced) the marriage was childless but Gabor became a stepmother of Jameson's four children.

Death

Eva Gabor died in Los Angeles on July 4, 1995, from respiratory failure and pneumonia, following a fall in the bathtub in Mexico, where she had been on vacation.

As the youngest of the Gabor sisters, she had predeceased her eldest sister, Magda, (1915-1997) and her mother, Jolie Gabor, (1896-1997) whom both died two years later in 1997, and Zsa Zsa who died on December 18, 2016.

Interment

Gabor is interred in Westwood Village Memorial Park and buried just yards from her niece Francesca Hilton (1947-2015), and her friend and former co-star Eddie Albert (1906-2005).

Family

Jolie's side

• Dorottya Stein (1860-1896): great-grandmother
• Franceska Tilleman (1879-1944): grandmother
• Ethel Reinhertz (1881-1931): great-aunt
• Joseph Tilleman (1865-unknown): grandfather
• Dora Tilleman (1891-1980): aunt
• Zseni Tilleman (1892-1969): aunt
• Sydonia Tilleman (1895-1895): aunt
• Jolie Gabor (1896-1997): mother
• Rozalie Tilleman (1898-1973): aunt
• Sebastian Sebi Tilleman (1907-1944): uncle

Vilmos Side

• Salamon Grün: grandfather
• Rozália Kluger: grandmother
• Vilmos Gábor (Grün) (1881-1962): father
• Lajos Gábor (Grün) (1894-1945): uncle
• Joseph Gábor (1889-1944): uncle
• Magda Gabor (1915-1997): sister
• Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917-2016): sister

Others

• Francesca Hilton (1947-2015): niece
• Count Edmond Odon de Szigethy (1912-1989): stepfather

Disney Roles

Duchess
(The Aristocats)

Miss Bianca
(The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under)

Gallery

Eva with her family

Eva with Eddie Albert

Eva with Merv Griffin

Eva with her mother

Eva and her sister Zsa Zsa

References

Eva Gabor on Wikipedia