Profile
Jolie Gabor
Hungarian-american Socialite + Entrepreneur + Memoirist; Mother of the Gabor Sisters
Female
Born
Sep 29, 1896
Hometown
Budapest
Died
Apr 1, 1997
Death Place
Palm Springs, Cal...
Other Names
Janszieka Kende
Jolie Gabor de Szigethy was a Hungarian-American entrepreneur, jeweler, and memoirist, best known as the mother of actresses and socialites Magda, Eva and Zsa Zsa Gabor.
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Jolie Gabor
d.1997
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Tv Repairman Details Celebrity Encounters The Desert SunGoogle News - May 16, 2011
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Boldface Names; It's O.K., The Sable All Signed Donor CardsNYTimes - Jun 01, 2004
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Jolie GaborNYTimes - Jan 25, 1998
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The Lives They Lived: Jolie Gabor; Mother DahlingNYTimes - Jan 04, 1998
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CHILDHOOD
1896
Birth
Born in 1896.
The year of Gabor's birth is murky. She claimed to have been born in 1900 and once jokingly said she had lied so much about her age she didn't remember her actual birth date.
FORTIES
1944
48 Years Old
She was forced to close the stores when Hungary was occupied by the Germans, at which time she and other family members fled to Portugal. They were assisted by Dr. Carlos Almeida Afonseca de Sampayo Garrido, Portuguese ambassador to Hungary — Gabor's daughter Magda reportedly was either his aide or his mistress — who provided safe passage to many Hungarian Jews in 1944.
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On a passenger manifest dated 30 December 1945, however, Gabor gives her age as 45 years and two months, which would mean, if true, she was born in 1899.
FIFTIES
1946
50 Years Old
She opened a successful costume jewelry business (called Jolie Gabor) in New York City in 1946, with $7,200 borrowed from her daughters.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
Published accounts of her third marriage, in 1957, have Gabor stating her age as 54, which would mean a virtually impossible birth year of 1903.
1987
91 Years Old
The 1987 edition of Biographical Dictionary, however, states that Gabor's birthday was 29 September 1896, as does the 1959 International Celebrity Register.
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1995
99 Years Old
Author Dominick Dunne stated, in 1995, perhaps in jest, that Jolie Gabor was believed to be 109, which would mean a birth year of approximately 1886.
1997
101 Years Old
Jolie Gabor was preceded in death by her youngest daughter, Eva, although she reportedly was never informed of Eva's death. She died less than two years later, in Palm Springs, California on 1 April 1997; she was believed to be 100 years old.
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