Magda Gabor
Hungarian-American socialite and actress (1915–1997)
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- Magdolna " Magda " Gabor (June 11, 1915 – June 6, 1997) was an Hungarian-American socialite and actress, and the elder sister of Zsa Zsa and Eva Gabor.
- Her parents were both from Jewish families.
- During World War II, Gabor was reported to have been the fiancée of the Portuguese ambassador to Hungary, Carlos Sampaio Garrido; another source claims she was his mistress and another claims she was his aide.
- Gabor arrived in the United States in February 1946, from Natal, Brazil.
- Marriages Gabor was married six times.
Magdolna "Magda" Gabor (June 11, 1915 – June 6, 1997) was an Hungarian-American socialite and actress, and the elder sister of Zsa Zsa and Eva Gabor.
Early life
The eldest daughter of a jeweler, Jolie (1896–1997), and a soldier, Vilmos Gábor (1881–1962), she was born in 1915 in Budapest. Her parents were both from Jewish families. She is listed in Hungary: Jewish Names from the Central Zionist Archives, under her first married name, as "Magda Bychowsky".
During World War II, Gabor was reported to have been the fiancée of the Portuguese ambassador to Hungary, Carlos Sampaio Garrido; another source claims she was his mistress and another claims she was his aide. After she fled to Portugal in 1944, following the Nazi occupation of Hungary with Sampaio's assistance, she was reportedly the mistress of a Spanish nobleman, José Luis de Vilallonga. Gabor arrived in the United States in February 1946, from Natal, Brazil. Within a year of her arrival she married an American citizen, William Rankin, and remained in the country.
Marriages
Gabor was married six times. She was widowed twice, divorced three times, and one marriage was annulled. All the unions were childless. Her husbands, in chronological order, were:
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