Magda Gabor

Magdolna Gabor (June 11, 1915 – June 6, 1997) was a Hungarian and 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".The online database is based in Provo, Utah: The Generations Network, Inc. (2008); information accessed at http://www.ancestry.com on December 30, 2011.

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.Relationship with Dr. Carlos Almeida Afonseca de Sampaio Garrido cited in "The Most Wives Club" article in Palm Springs Life (1996)Relationship with Dr. Carlo de Sampaio Garrido referenced during an interview with Magda's sister, Zsa Zsa, as cited in Vanity FairZsa Zsa Gábor: my story, written for me by Gerold Frank (World Publishing Co., 1960), p. 161. 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.Paul Preston, Doves of War: Four Women of Spain (UPNE, 2002), p. 106. 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: Jan Bychowsky (m. November 19, 1937 – May 22, 1944; his death), a reputed Polish count and RAF pilot. Gabor gave her name as "Magda de Bychowsky" and her marital status as divorced on a February 11, 1946, airline passenger manifest, accessed on ancestry.com, December 30, 2011; according to this form, she had left her city of residence (Lisbon, Portugal), where she lived at 17 Buenos Aires, and arrived in New York City to visit her family. William M. Rankin (m. December 3, 1946 – August 11, 1947; divorced) an American playwright and screenwriter (The Harvey Girls, among other films); they divorced in Los Angeles in 1947. He was born on March 31, 1900, and died in March 1966."The Billboard", August 23, 1947, p. 53. Sidney Robert Warren (m. July 14, 1949 – 1950; divorced) an attorney. They married in Riverhead, Long Island, New York, in 1949, and divorced the following year."Mrs. Magda Gabor Married", The New York Times, July 15, 1949 Arthur "Tony" Gallucci (m. April 1, 1956 – January 22, 1967; his death), president of Samuel Gallucci & Son, "one of the oldest building contracting concerns in the United States"."Arthur Gallucci, Contractor Here; Chief of Building Concern, Active in Charities, Dies", The New York Times, January 24, 1967."Magda Gabor Weds in Jersey", The New York Times, April 2, 1956.Jolie Gabor, with Cindy Adams, Jolie Gabor (Mason/Charter, 1975) They wed in Franklin, New Jersey. He died of cancer in 1967."Arthur Gallucci, Contractor HereChief of Building Concern, Active in Charities, Dies", The New York Times, January 24, 1967 George Sanders (m. December 5, 1970 – January 6, 1971; annulled) a British actor, who had previously been married to her sister Zsa Zsa. They married in Riverside, California."Notes on People", The New York Times, February 19, 1975. Tibor R. Heltai (m. August 5, 1972 – 1975; divorced) an economic consultant who became a real-estate broker. They married in Southampton, New York, in 1972, separated in June 1973 and divorced two years later in 1975.

Death Gabor died on June 6, 1997, aged 81. The cause was kidney failure. She was interred next to her mother in Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California.Explorer's Guide

Filmography Year Title Notes 1937 Modern Girls Film 1953 Four Star Revue Television1953–1954 The Eva Gabor Show 1955 The Colgate Comedy Hour

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