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| Birth name | Magdólna Gabor |
| Born | Budapest, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | June 6 1997 Palm Springs, California |
| Spouse(s) | Jan de Bichovsky (1937-1946) William Rankin (1946-1947) Sidney R. Warren (1947-1950) Tony Gallucci (1956-1957) George Sanders (1970-1971) Tibor Heltai (1972-1973) |
Magdólna "Magda" Gabor was a Hungarian-born American entertainer and elder sister of actresses Zsa Zsa Gabor and Eva Gabor.
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Biography
Early Life
Magda's exact birth date is not known. Some sources have citied it as June 11 1915 or June 11 1914. Other sources have cited July 1 1914 and July 10 1915. No one believes the years of 1918 or 1919 that she assigned herself, which would have made her younger than her younger sisters, Zsa Zsa Gabor and the late Eva Gabor.
Marriages
Magda was married six times, but bore no children.
- 1937-1946 - Jan de Bichovsky, RAF pilot, said to have been a Polish count.
- 1946-1947 - William Rankin
- 1949-1950 - Sidney R. Warren
- 1956-1967 - Tony Gallucci
- 1970-1971 - George Sanders, British actor [and Zsa Zsa's ex-husband] (Sanders' and Magda's union lasted only six (6) weeks)
- 1972-1973 - Tibor Heltai
Death
Magda Gabor died on June 6 1997 from renal failure in Palm Springs, California. Her mother, Jolie Gabor had passed away just two months earlier at the age of 100.
Bibliography
- Gaborabilia, by Anthony Turtu and Donald F. Reuter, Three Rivers Press, 2001. ISBN 0-609-80759-5
