Cygnet Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 (edited) She appeared in more than 60 films, *notably "Gigi" with former ballerina Leslie Caron, was noted for her nine marriages; and was once, one of the most glamorous women in old Hollywood. She was one of the pioneers of "famous for being famous," and she did it in an era without social media or reality TV. The last of the Gabor sisters, Zsa Zsa has passed away at the age of 99. http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-zsa-zsa-gabor-20161218-story.html "I'm a great housekeeper dahlink: Whenever I leave a man, I always keep his house." RIP Zsa Zsa. Edited December 26, 2016 by Cygnet Correction: Josette stated below that it was her sister Eva in the film "Gigi." Link to comment
dirac Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Thanks for posting, Cygnet. Peter Cook once famously insulted Zsa Zsa on a talk show with an observation on the pointlessness of her existence, as I remember. Not, perhaps, the most useful of lives but she seems to have been a good sort. Link to comment
miliosr Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I know she'll be remembered as the forerunner of Kardashian-style "famous for being famous" celebrity but I do like Zsa Zsa Gabor in Lovely to Look at (1952) and Lili (1953). Link to comment
sandik Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Part of the celebrity status is that they exemplify a specific image of success for their period. I think that Gabor is a fascinating example of what we thought a woman could/should be in her period. It's a version that feels dated today -- in a few more years it will seem more like an historical example. Link to comment
dirac Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 We may not be giving her era enough credit. I seem to recall that in her day she and her sisters were already something of a joke (?) George Sanders had the stamina to marry two of them, although the marriage to Magda was brief and sad. Link to comment
Helene Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 They were something of a joke and considered interchangeably. Very often people thought Zsa Zsa was on "Green Acres." Link to comment
Josette Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 It was Eva Gabor who was delightful in a featured role as a high-status courtesan in "Gigi." Zsa Zsa had a featured and memorable role in "Moulin Rouge," a very good film with Jose Ferrer as Toulouse-Lautrec, as well as in "Lili," which starred Leslie Caron, and Zsa Zsa was fine in both due to her distinctive personality. RIP, Zsa Zsa. Link to comment
dirac Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Thanks for the correction, Josette. "Moulin Rouge" is indeed very good. Link to comment
Mashinka Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 I think Moulin Rouge was early 50's, wonderful evocation of the fin de siècle and a great tribute to the art of Toulouse Lautrec but completely romanticized and erroneous as biography of him.. Link to comment
dirac Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Huston based his screenplay on a novel. I don't think he was much interested in making a conventional biopic. Link to comment
miliosr Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Rewatched Lili. Zsa Zsa's part (as Rosalie) is a small one but she's actually good in it. Link to comment
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