Magda Gabor

The native form of this personal name is Gábor Magdolna. This article uses the Western name order.

Magda Gabor
Born	Magdolna Gábor Budapest, Hungary
Died	June 6, 1997 Palm Springs, California, U.S.
Occupation	actress, socialite
Years active	1937–1991
Spouse	Jan Bychowski (1937–1946) William Rankin (1946–1947) Sidney R. Warren (1947–1950) Tony Gallucci (1956–1957) George Sanders (1970–1971) Tibor Heltai (1972–1973)

Magdolna "Magda" Gabor (died June 6, 1997^[1]) was a Hungarian-born actress and socialite, and the elder sister of Zsa Zsa and Eva Gabor. It is routinely reported that her date of birth was June 11, 1914. If correct, she died on June 6, 1997, five days before her 83rd birthday.

Personal life

The eldest daughter of Vilmos Gábor (1884–1962), a soldier, and Jolie Gábor (died 1997), she had claimed 1918 as her year of birth, although her younger sister, Zsa Zsa (the middle daughter) was born in 1917, and the youngest of the three, Eva, was born in 1919, making 1918 impossible for Magda's year of birth. Magda was married six times, but had no children.^[2]

• 1937–1946: Jan Bychowski, RAF pilot, said to have been a Polish count. (divorced)
• 1946–1947: William Rankin (divorced)
• 1949–1950: Sidney R. Warren (divorced)
• April 1956–1967: Anthony Gallucci (his death)
• December 5, 1970 – January 1971: George Sanders, British actor (and Zsa Zsa's ex-husband) (Sanders' and Magda's union lasted only six weeks) (divorced)
• 1972–1973: Tibor Heltai (last husband) (divorced)

Magda Gabor was said to have been like her father Vilmos, red-haired, fierce-tempered, intellectual and interested in literature. In 1937, Magda married a Pole, Count Jan Bychowski, who joined the RAF during the war. She traveled to the United States, joining her younger sisters, who had arrived in the United States ahead of her; Eva arrived first in 1939.

Death

Magda Gabor died on June 6, 1997, from renal failure just two months after the death of her mother. She is buried in the Desert Memorial Park^[1] in Cathedral City, California.

Bibliography

• Gaborabilia, by Anthony Turtu and Donald F. Reuter, Three Rivers Press, 2001. ISBN 0-609-80759-5

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Palm Springs Cemetery District, "Interments of Interest"
2. ^ NNDb profile

External links

Biography portal

• Magda Gabor at the Internet Movie Database
• Gabor family website

Persondata
Name	Gabor, Magda
Alternative names
Short description	Hungarian-American socialite and television personality
Date of birth	disputed
Place of birth	Budapest, Austria-Hungary (present-day Budapest, Hungary)
Date of death	June 6, 1997
Place of death	Palm Springs, California, U.S.