Editing Zsa Zsa Gabor (section)

==Career==
[[File:Zsa-Zsa 1936.jpg|thumb|Gabor in 1936]]
[[File:Zsa Zsa Gabor - Ray - 1953.jpg|thumb|Gabor dancing with director [[Nicholas Ray]] in 1953]]
[[File:550106-ZsaZsaGabor-DenverMuscularDystrophy.jpg|thumb|Gabor at the Denver Muscular Dystrophy Telethon, {{Circa|1955}}]]
[[File:Zsa Zsa Gabor - premiere 1960.jpg|thumb|Gabor arriving at a film premiere in 1962]]
In January 1933, following her time as a student at a Swiss boarding school, Gabor placed second runner-up in the fifth [[Miss Hungary]] pageant, behind Lilly Radó and crown winner Júlia Gál.<ref name="Staggs"/> On August 31, 1934, she sang the [[soubrette]] role in [[Richard Tauber]]'s [[operetta]], ''Der singende Traum'' (''The Singing Dream''), at the [[Theater an der Wien]] in [[Vienna]].<ref name="Staggs"/> This would mark her first stage appearance.

In 1944, she co-wrote a novel with writer [[Victoria Wolf]] entitled ''Every Man For Himself''. According to Gabor, the fictional story was derived, in small part, from Gabor's life experiences. The book was subsequently bought by an American magazine.<ref name="Novel">{{cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/iowa/waterloo/waterloo-daily-courier/1944/02-23/page-8?tag=zsa+zsa+hilton&rtserp=tags/?pep=zsa-zsa-hilton|title=Zsa Zsa Hilton|publisher=Waterloo Daily Courier|date=February 23, 1944|access-date=May 28, 2016|author=Parsons, Louella|page=8}}</ref> In 1949, Gabor declined an offer to play the leading role in a film version of the classic book ''[[Lady Chatterley's Lover]]''. According to the ''Cedar Rapids Gazette'', she turned down the role of Lady Chatterley due to the story's controversial theme.<ref name="Chatterley">{{cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/iowa/cedar-rapids/cedar-rapids-gazette/1949/11-28/page-22?tag=zsa+zsa+gabor&rtserp=tags/?pep=zsa-zsa-gabor&ndt=by&py=1940&pey=1949|title=Snapshots of Hollywood|publisher=Cedar Rapids Gazette|date=November 28, 1949|access-date=May 28, 2016|author=Parsons, Louella|page=22}}</ref>

Her more serious film acting credits include ''[[Moulin Rouge (1952 film)|Moulin Rouge]]'', ''[[Lovely to Look At]]'', and ''[[We're Not Married!]]'', all from 1952, and 1953's ''[[Lili (1953 film)|Lili]]''. In 1958, she ran the gamut of moviemaking, from ''[[Touch of Evil]]'' to the camp oddity ''[[Queen of Outer Space]]''. Later, she appeared in such films as ''[[Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood]]'' (1976) and ''[[Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie]]'' (1984). She did cameos for ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors]]'' (1987), ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies (film)|The Beverly Hillbillies]]'' (1993), and ''A Very Brady Sequel'' (1996), as well as voicing a character in the animated ''[[Happily Ever After (1989 film)|Happily Ever After]]'' (1989).{{Citation needed|date=November 2017}}

She was also a regular guest on television shows, appearing with [[Milton Berle]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gobpKponE_c| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/gobpKponE_c| archive-date=October 30, 2021|title=Zsa Zsa Gabor & Denise Darcel with Milton Berle (1956)|last=swan2612|date=June 3, 2013|access-date=December 21, 2016|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Jack Paar]], [[Johnny Carson]], [[Howard Stern]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPbL_P7R9EE | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/fPbL_P7R9EE| archive-date=October 30, 2021|title=Howard Stern (Johnny Carson) – Zsa Zsa Gabor |last=firstcowtails |date=November 27, 2010 |access-date=December 21, 2016 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[David Frost]], [[Arsenio Hall]], [[Phil Donahue]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj5sOfWZbtM|title=Zsa Zsa Gabor 1991 Phil Donahue|last=Drew David|date=March 11, 2016|access-date=December 21, 2016|via=YouTube}}</ref> and [[Joan Rivers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-S73z0aMfQ| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/R-S73z0aMfQ| archive-date=October 30, 2021|title=Zsa Zsa Gabor on The Joan Rivers Show|last=William French|date=July 14, 2011|access-date=December 21, 2016|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She was a guest on the [[Bob Hope]] specials,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOPEZv8sQNc;t=32m24s | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910210407/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOPEZv8sQNc&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=September 10, 2019|title=Bob Hope Special January 11, 1961 |last=20th Century Vision |date=July 30, 2014 |access-date=December 21, 2016 |via=YouTube}}</ref> the [[Dean Martin]] Roasts, ''[[Hollywood Squares]]'', ''[[Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In]]'', and ''[[It's Garry Shandling's Show]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-zsa-zsa-gabor-appreciation-20161219-story.html |title=Zsa Zsa Gabor: An independent woman who elevated her fabulous self into the celebrity stratosphere Los |newspaper=Angeles Times |date=December 19, 2016}}</ref>

In 1968, she appeared in the role of [[Minerva]] on an episode of ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'', becoming the show's final "special guest villain" before it was cancelled.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/18/movies/zsa-zsa-gabor-often-married-actress-known-for-glamour-dies.html |title=Zsa Zsa Gabor, Often-Married Actress Known for Glamour, Dies at 99 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 18, 2016}}</ref> In 1973, she was the guest roastee on ''[[The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EWh1qCGy5c| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/7EWh1qCGy5c| archive-date=October 30, 2021|title=Zsa Zsa Gabor on Dean Martin Roast|last=AmericaSings|date=December 18, 2016|access-date=December 21, 2016|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
She appeared on ''[[Late Night with David Letterman]]'' in 1987, where she told host [[David Letterman]] about her [[blind date]] with [[Henry Kissinger]], which was arranged by [[Richard Nixon]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AKD7lKn-jQ;t=3m58s Zsa Zsa Gabor on Late Night, February 11, 1987]</ref>

Author [[Gerold Frank]], who helped Gabor write her autobiography in 1960, described his impressions of her:

{{blockquote|Zsa Zsa is unique. She's a woman from the court of [[Louis XV of France|Louis XV]] who has somehow managed to live in the 20th century, undamaged by the [[Parent Teacher Association|PTA]]&nbsp;... She says she wants to be all the [[Madame de Pompadour|Pompadours]] and [[Madame du Barry|Du Barrys]] of history rolled into one, but she also says, "I always goof. I pay all my own bills.&nbsp;... I want to choose the man. I do not permit men to choose me."<ref>"Ghost", ''Life Magazine'', June 29, 1959, pp. 129–39</ref>}}

In his autobiography, television host [[Merv Griffin]], who was known to spend time with Gabor's younger sister Eva socially, wrote of the Gabor sisters' arrival in New York and Hollywood: 
{{blockquote|
All these years later, it's hard to describe the phenomenon of the three glamorous Gabor girls and their ubiquitous mother. They burst onto the [[Society reporting|society pages]] and into the gossip columns so suddenly, and with such force, it was as if they'd been dropped out of the sky.<ref>Griffin, Merv. ''Merv: Making the Good Life Last'', Simon & Schuster (2003), p. 179; {{ISBN|0743456963}}</ref>
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In 1998, film historian [[Neal Gabler]] called her kind of celebrity "The Zsa Zsa Factor".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zsa-zsa-gabor-legendary-actress-and-socialite-dead-at-99/ |title=Zsa Zsa Gabor, famed actress and socialite, dead at 99 |work=CBSNews.com |date=December 18, 2016}}</ref>