Bob Brown narrates this account (entitled "The Gabors: Fame, Fortune and Romance," premiering on August 23, 2000) of the lives, loves and careers of the sisters Gabor and mother, Jolie, from their births, in Budapest, Hungary, through their fame on the international stage, and their many, many marriages. (Father, Vilmos, also remarries after Jolie dumps him.)
Well, IMDb probably won't contain enough room to cite career highlights if we try to squeeze the names of all of the Gabor husbands together (some countries wouldn't have enough room), so let's try to shorthand this interesting episode (because you probably already know a great deal about the Gabor family anyway)....
Jolie rears her daughters to become glamorous consorts for husbands of wealth. Magda becomes the intellectual daughter, learning 18 languages, and volunteering for dangerous ambulance missions during German WWII invasions of Hungary. Zsa Zsa becomes the romantic daughter, content to marry many a wealthy husband. And Eve becomes the artistic daughter, seeking an acting career.
Eva travels to Hollywood in 1939, and Zsa Zsa is soon to follow, but unlike Eva, making headlines before she ever appears in film. Eva also performs on Broadway to hone her acting skills. Zsa Zsa and Eva travel to D.C. to appeal to the American government to rescue their parents and sister from Hungary, and so they settle in NYC, where Jolia opens a jewelry shoppe.
While Eva becomes famous for her acting, and Zsa Zsa for her celebrity, the Gabors won't achieve fame in their homeland because the Hungarian government brands them as exiles. This episode follows high points and low for decades to follow in the lives of the famous Gabor family.
Jolie's marriages are with Vilmos Gábor (1914–39), Peter Howard Christman (1947–48), and Count Edmund "Odon" de Szigethy (1957-89).
Magda's marriages are with Jan de Bichovsky (1937-46), William Rankin (1946-47), Sidney R. Warren (1947-50), Tony Gallucci (1956-57), George Sanders (1970-71), and Tibor Heltai (1972-73).
Zsa Zsa's marriages are with Burhan Asaf Belge (1937–41), Conrad Hilton (1942–47), George Sanders (1949–54), Herbert Hutner (1962–66), Joshua S. Cosden, Jr. (1966–67), Jack Ryan (1975–76), Michael O'Hara (1976–82), Felipe de Alba (1983), and Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt (1986–present).
Eva's marriages are with Erik Drimmer (1939–42), Charles Isaacs (1943–49), John Williams (1956–57), Richard Brown (1959–72), and Frank Gard Jameson (1973–1983).
And it is said that the greatest love story involving the Gabor family would be Zsa Zsa's love for George Sanders, superseded only by George Sanders' love for George Sanders.
Interview Guests for this episode consist of Francesca Hilton (Daughter of Zsa Zsa), Ann Miller (Actress), Michael Nouri (Actor), Merv Griffin (Producer), George Lang (Restaurateur), Kevin Sasaki (Publicist), James Bacon (Hollywood Columnist), Bob Thomas (Associated Press Reporter), Vernon Scott (United Press International Reporter), and Jeff Wilson (Associated Press Reporter), with Harry Smith (Host), and Bob Brown (Narrator).
Still Photographs include Francesca Tilleman (mother of Jolie), Jolie Gábor (mother of Magda, Zsa Zsa and Eva), Vilmos Gábor (father of Magda, Zsa Zsa and Eva), Magda Gabor, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eva Gabor, Conrad Hilton, George Sanders, Bette Davis, Celeste Holm, Anne Baxter, Tyrone Power, Porfirio Rubirosa, and various Gabor husbands.
Archive film footage includes Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eva Gabor, Carole Lombard, Clark Gable, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Jimmy Durante, Van Johnson, Richard Brown, John F. and Jackie Kennedy, Jack Paar, Eddie Albert, plus various unidentified co-stars.
Zsa Zsa's Film and Television Clips include scenes from Lovely to Look at (1952), Moulin Rouge (1952), "The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show" (1956), Queen of Outer Space (1958), and "The Jack Paar Tonight Show" (1962).
Eva's Film and Television Clips include scenes from The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954), Gigi (1958), "Green Acres" (1965), and "The Merv Griffin Show" (1970's).
Well, IMDb probably won't contain enough room to cite career highlights if we try to squeeze the names of all of the Gabor husbands together (some countries wouldn't have enough room), so let's try to shorthand this interesting episode (because you probably already know a great deal about the Gabor family anyway)....
Jolie rears her daughters to become glamorous consorts for husbands of wealth. Magda becomes the intellectual daughter, learning 18 languages, and volunteering for dangerous ambulance missions during German WWII invasions of Hungary. Zsa Zsa becomes the romantic daughter, content to marry many a wealthy husband. And Eve becomes the artistic daughter, seeking an acting career.
Eva travels to Hollywood in 1939, and Zsa Zsa is soon to follow, but unlike Eva, making headlines before she ever appears in film. Eva also performs on Broadway to hone her acting skills. Zsa Zsa and Eva travel to D.C. to appeal to the American government to rescue their parents and sister from Hungary, and so they settle in NYC, where Jolia opens a jewelry shoppe.
While Eva becomes famous for her acting, and Zsa Zsa for her celebrity, the Gabors won't achieve fame in their homeland because the Hungarian government brands them as exiles. This episode follows high points and low for decades to follow in the lives of the famous Gabor family.
Jolie's marriages are with Vilmos Gábor (1914–39), Peter Howard Christman (1947–48), and Count Edmund "Odon" de Szigethy (1957-89).
Magda's marriages are with Jan de Bichovsky (1937-46), William Rankin (1946-47), Sidney R. Warren (1947-50), Tony Gallucci (1956-57), George Sanders (1970-71), and Tibor Heltai (1972-73).
Zsa Zsa's marriages are with Burhan Asaf Belge (1937–41), Conrad Hilton (1942–47), George Sanders (1949–54), Herbert Hutner (1962–66), Joshua S. Cosden, Jr. (1966–67), Jack Ryan (1975–76), Michael O'Hara (1976–82), Felipe de Alba (1983), and Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt (1986–present).
Eva's marriages are with Erik Drimmer (1939–42), Charles Isaacs (1943–49), John Williams (1956–57), Richard Brown (1959–72), and Frank Gard Jameson (1973–1983).
And it is said that the greatest love story involving the Gabor family would be Zsa Zsa's love for George Sanders, superseded only by George Sanders' love for George Sanders.
Interview Guests for this episode consist of Francesca Hilton (Daughter of Zsa Zsa), Ann Miller (Actress), Michael Nouri (Actor), Merv Griffin (Producer), George Lang (Restaurateur), Kevin Sasaki (Publicist), James Bacon (Hollywood Columnist), Bob Thomas (Associated Press Reporter), Vernon Scott (United Press International Reporter), and Jeff Wilson (Associated Press Reporter), with Harry Smith (Host), and Bob Brown (Narrator).
Still Photographs include Francesca Tilleman (mother of Jolie), Jolie Gábor (mother of Magda, Zsa Zsa and Eva), Vilmos Gábor (father of Magda, Zsa Zsa and Eva), Magda Gabor, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eva Gabor, Conrad Hilton, George Sanders, Bette Davis, Celeste Holm, Anne Baxter, Tyrone Power, Porfirio Rubirosa, and various Gabor husbands.
Archive film footage includes Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eva Gabor, Carole Lombard, Clark Gable, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Jimmy Durante, Van Johnson, Richard Brown, John F. and Jackie Kennedy, Jack Paar, Eddie Albert, plus various unidentified co-stars.
Zsa Zsa's Film and Television Clips include scenes from Lovely to Look at (1952), Moulin Rouge (1952), "The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show" (1956), Queen of Outer Space (1958), and "The Jack Paar Tonight Show" (1962).
Eva's Film and Television Clips include scenes from The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954), Gigi (1958), "Green Acres" (1965), and "The Merv Griffin Show" (1970's).