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Zsa Zsa Gábor was born Sári Gábor in Budapest, Hungary on February 6, 1917, the daughter of Vilmos Gabor, then a soldier, and Jolie Gábor (née Tilleman), a manager.[1] She had two sisters, Magda and Éva, both well-known actresses and socialites. Gabor's mother was of Jewish ancestry and was related to Annette Tillemann, the wife of politician Tom Lantos.[2] Gabor was named after the then top Hungarian actress Sári Fedák, also called Zsa Zsa because her daughter was unable to pronounce the name Sári, which is the Hungarian equivalent of Sarah. Following studies at a Swiss boarding-school Gábor won the Miss Hungary beauty contest in 1936, but was disqualified for being underage. On a trip to Vienna in the same year she was discovered by the famous tenor Richard Tauber and was invited to sing the soubrette rôle in his new operetta Der singende Traum ("The Singing Dream") at the Theater an der Wien, her first stage appearance. She had a romance with a......

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