82-499: Zsa Zsa Gabor ( / ˌ ʒ ɑː ʒ ɑː ˈ ɡ ɑː b ɔːr / , Hungarian: [ˈɡaːbor ˈʒɒʒɒ] ; born Sári Gábor [ˈɡaːbor ˈʃaːri] ; February 6, 1917 – December 18, 2016) was a Hungarian-American socialite and actress. Her sisters were socialites and actresses Eva Gabor and Magda Gabor . Gabor competed in the 1933 Miss Hungary pageant, where she placed as second runner-up, and began her stage career in Vienna
164-404: A "creditable" actress. Outside her acting career, Gabor was known for her extravagant Hollywood lifestyle, her glamorous personality, and her many marriages. In total, Gabor had nine husbands, including hotel magnate Conrad Hilton and actor George Sanders . She once stated, "Men have always liked me and I have always liked men. But I like a mannish man, a man who knows how to talk to and treat
246-636: A café, where she admits she stayed with him only to save money for her boyfriend, who has now left her. Depressed, Henri returns home and contemplates suicide but finds sudden inspiration to complete the Moulin Rouge poster. Surviving his crisis, he arranges for Marie to receive money for a new life. Henri delivers the poster to Maurice, who accepts it despite its unconventional style. His success grows, but one of his risqué portraits leads his father to denounce his work. Henri continues depicting Parisian nightlife, gaining fame but few friends. One day, he meets
328-595: A champion of liberty, thereby unleashing a brief outburst of pro-Hungarian emotions. He left embittered because his refusal to oppose slavery alienated his natural constituency, and his long-term impact was minimal. By 1860, 2,710 Hungarians lived in the U.S., and at least 99 of them fought in the Civil War. Their motivations were not so much antislavery as a belief in democracy, a taste for adventure, validation of their military credentials, and solidarity with their American neighbors. An increase of immigration from Hungary
410-425: A license and possessing an open container of alcohol—a flask of Jack Daniel's —in her $ 215,000 Rolls-Royce , but acquitted her of the charge of disobeying Kramer when she drove away from the traffic stop. On October 25, 1989, Beverly Hills Municipal Judge Charles G. Rubin sentenced Gabor to serve three days in jail, to pay fines and restitution totaling $ 12,937, to perform 120 hours of community service, and to undergo
492-399: A marvelous housekeeper: Every time I leave a man I keep his house." When asked how many husbands she had had, she used to say: "You mean other than my own?" Gabor dated German composer Willy Schmidt-Gentner , Turkish president Mustafa Kemal Atatürk , and Dominican diplomat Porfirio Rubirosa . She also claimed to have had a sexual encounter with her stepson, Nicky . In 1970, Gabor purchased
574-635: A murderer in Fritz Lang 's M and went on to play many antagonistic villain roles. Actor Béla Lugosi played Count Dracula in the stage version and subsequent film of Bram Stoker 's classic. Academy Award winner Paul Lukas is perhaps best remembered for his acclaimed role in the film Watch on the Rhine and for his portrayal as Professor Aronnax in Walt Disney 's 1954 film version of Jules Verne 's 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under
656-454: A nearly 9,000-square-foot Hollywood Regency -style home in Bel Air . It was originally built for Howard Hughes in 1955 and featured a copper French style roof . Gabor's only child, daughter Constance Francesca Hilton , was born on March 10, 1947. According to Gabor's 1991 autobiography, One Lifetime Is Not Enough , her pregnancy resulted from rape by then-husband Conrad Hilton . She was
738-618: A prominent dermatologist , found the Erno Laszlo Institute for cosmetic research. Andor Szentivanyi discovered "The Beta Adrenergic Theory of Asthma." In mathematics, Paul Halmos contributed significantly to probability theory , statistics , and logic . Cornelius Lanczos developed numerous techniques for mathematical calculations, of which the Lanczos algorithm and Lanczos approximation are named after him. Jewish mathematician John von Neumann , acknowledged as one of
820-620: A psychiatric evaluation. On June 14, 1990, Gabor dropped her conviction appeal and agreed to serve her sentence. However, she refused to take part in community service and served three days in jail from July 27 to July 30, 1990. Gabor had a long-running feud with German-born actress Elke Sommer beginning in 1984 when both appeared on Circus of the Stars , and escalating into a multimillion-dollar libel suit by 1993. The suit resulted in an order for Gabor and her husband to pay Sommer $ 3.3 million in general and punitive damages. On January 25, 2009,
902-458: A suitor, Marcel de la Voisier, who wanted her as a lover but refused to marry her. Though cynical about love, Henri begins to fall in love with her. One evening, Henri and Myriamme encounter La Goulue, now a washed-up, drunken figure, and Henri realizes the Moulin Rouge has become respectable. Myriamme informs Henri that Marcel has proposed. Henri bitterly congratulates her. When she asks if he loves her, Henri lies and says he does not, believing she
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#1732790469140984-421: A wheelchair for mobility. She survived strokes in 2005 and 2007 and underwent surgeries. In 2010, she fractured her hip and underwent a successful hip replacement. In August 2010, Gabor was admitted to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in serious condition and received last rites from a Catholic priest, but survived. In 2011, her right leg was amputated above the knee to save her life from an infection. She
1066-630: A woman—not just a man with muscles." Zsa Zsa Gabor was born Sári Gábor on February 6, 1917, in Budapest , Hungary, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire . The middle of three daughters, her parents were Jolie (née Janszieka Tillemann) and Vilmos Gábor (né Grün), owner of a jewelry store in Budapest, a Royal Hungarian Army officer. Her parents were both of Jewish ancestry. Gabor was named after Sári Fedák , an actress. Gabor
1148-539: A young woman, Myriamme, on the Pont Alexandre III , seemingly about to jump into the Seine. She assures him she is not suicidal and throws a key into the river. Later, while shopping with Jane Avril, Henri recognizes Myriamme modeling gowns. A friend of Jane's, she lives independently. Henri is surprised when Myriamme reveals she bought his portrait of Marie at a flea market. The key Myriamme discarded belonged to
1230-469: Is a 1952 British historical romantic drama film directed by John Huston from a screenplay he co-wrote with Anthony Veiller , based on the 1950 novel of the same name by Pierre La Mure , and produced by John and James Woolf . The film follows artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec as he navigates the bohemian subculture of 19th-century Paris, centered around the Moulin Rouge , a burlesque venue. It
1312-655: Is estimated to be around 4 million. The largest concentration is in the Greater Cleveland Metropolitan Area in Northeast Ohio . At one time, the presence of Hungarians within Cleveland proper was so great that the city was known as the "American Debrecen ," with one of the highest concentrations of Hungarians in the world. In 1583, Hungarian poet Stephanus Parmenius joined Humphrey Gilbert 's expedition to North America with
1394-714: Is ethnic Hungarian; he still speaks some Hungarian today. Peter R. Orszag , the Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Obama has Hungarian roots. Besides U.S. Representative Lantos there were other Hungarians in the Congress, like Ernest Istook , Joseph M. Gaydos , Eugene Jerome Hainer or Ernie Konnyu . Current U.S. Ambassador to Myanmar, Thomas Vajda , is also of Hungarian descent. Others include famous Holocaust survivor Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel known for his activism and for writing
1476-567: Is in New York City . Wallingford, Connecticut , has a vibrant Hungarian-American Club and community. Columbus has a Hungarian American neighborhood named Hungarian Village . The Fifth Ward of New Brunswick, New Jersey remains the traditional heart of the Hungarian community. Hungarian-born population in the U.S. since 2010: Estimated population by state according to the 2018 American Community Survey . Estimated percentage of
1558-648: Is the former No. 1 professional tennis player in the world. Joe Namath is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame , as Larry Csonka or Lou Groza , too. Notable players were the Gogolak brothers, especially Pete Gogolak , who invented the soccer style kicking. Famous coach was Don Shula . Former Mr. Universe Mickey Hargitay hit the spotlight when he married Jayne Mansfield . Olympic gymnastics coach Béla Károlyi coached nine Olympic champions, fifteen world champions, and six U.S. champions. Al Hrabosky
1640-449: Is toying with his feelings. The next day, Henri receives a letter from Myriamme, confessing her love and that his bitterness has ruined their chance at happiness. He rushes to her apartment, but she has already left. A year later, Henri, now an alcoholic, is found drunk in a dive bar, still obsessed with Myriamme's letter. Taken home, he suffers from delirium tremens and hallucinates cockroaches. While trying to fend them off, he falls down
1722-522: Is unique. She's a woman from the court of Louis XV who has somehow managed to live in the 20th century, undamaged by the PTA ... She says she wants to be all the Pompadours and Du Barrys of history rolled into one, but she also says, "I always goof. I pay all my own bills. ... I want to choose the man. I do not permit men to choose me." In his autobiography, television host Merv Griffin , who
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#17327904691401804-511: The Rugrats series, a popular children's show. Animator George Pal was known for producing landmark science fiction films , considered to be first to introduce the genre to film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences founded the "George Pal Lecture on Fantasy in Film" series in his memory. In music, Miklós Rózsa composed numerous film scores ; perhaps his most recognizable score
1886-557: The Abel Prize known for his contributions in several mathematical fields. In art, Bauhaus artist Marcel Breuer became known as one of the first modernists for his modular construction and simple forms. Another Bauhaus artist László Moholy-Nagy , highly influenced by Russian constructivism , helped introduce the movement to the United States; he was a strong advocate of the integration of technology and industry into
1968-586: The Academy Award for Best Directing four times, finally winning for Casablanca , considered by many critic polls to be one of the greatest films ever made . George Cukor , who was of Jewish descent, won an Academy Award for Best Director for My Fair Lady . King Vidor was nominated for the same Academy Award five times. Independent directors and the films that have brought them acclaim include Nimród Antal for his cult film Kontroll ; Peter Medak , infamous for his B-movies ; and László Benedek for
2050-532: The Associated Press reported that her attorney stated that forensic accountants determined that Gabor may have lost as much as $ 10 million invested in Bernie Madoff's company, possibly through a third-party money manager. On November 27, 2002, Gabor was a front seat passenger in an automobile crash on Sunset Boulevard , Los Angeles, from which she remained partially paralyzed and reliant on
2132-528: The Golden Globe Award -winning film rendition of Death of a Salesman . Joe Eszterhas wrote the screenplay for Basic Instinct , dubbed a cult classic. Andrew G. Vajna produced the Die Hard , Rambo and The Terminator sequels. Ladislas Farago wrote numerous books on World War II espionage, including a screenplay for the film Tora! Tora! Tora! . Animator Gábor Csupó created
2214-463: The Nazi invasion and occupation of Hungary . Gabor's elder sister, Magda , later became an American socialite and her younger sister, Eva , became an American actress and businesswoman. The Gabor sisters were first cousins of Annette Lantos, wife of California Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA). In January 1933, following her time as a student at a Swiss boarding school, Gabor placed second runner-up in
2296-580: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937 for discovering the biological process of Vitamin C in the human body. Georg von Békésy won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research on the mammalian ear. George Andrew Olah won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research on carbocations , and later hydrocarbons and their applicability to ethanol fuel. Ernő László ,
2378-528: The Satmar Hasidic dynasty , which originated in Hungary) where 18.9% of the total population claimed Hungarian as their ancestry. Other places with over 10% are Fairport Harbor, Ohio (14.1%) and West Pike Run Township, Pennsylvania (11.7% ). About one hundred other municipalities have more than 5% of Hungarian-American residents, but the highest number of Hungarian Americans living in the same place
2460-661: The Soviet Union , and again, Hungarians rose up in revolution. Like the 1848 revolution, the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 failed and led to the emigration of 200,000 "56-ers" fleeing persecution after the revolution, 40,000 of whom found their way to the United States. There was a renewed economic migration after the end of communism in Hungary during the 1990s to 2000s. According to the 2010 U.S. Census , there were 1,563,081 persons of Hungarian ancestry in
2542-464: The United States as of 2006, with − according to 2000 census data − 1,398,724 of them indicating Hungarian as their first ancestry. Estimates of the number of Hungarian Americans in the United States exceed 4 million, but also include the large number of ethnic Hungarian immigrants, most of whom have emigrated from Romania, the former Czechoslovakia, or the former Yugoslavia. The states with
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2624-412: The miniseries Shogun with Richard Chamberlain ) and made over 30 films including the cult classic The Warriors . Director Frank Darabont , nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director three times, is most popular for Stephen King adaptations, including The Shawshank Redemption , ranked among audience polls as one of the greatest films of all time . Michael Curtiz was nominated for
2706-482: The "Father of California Viticulture" or the "Father of Modern Winemaking in California." The first large wave of emigration from Hungary to the United States occurred in 1849–1850, when the so-called " Forty-Eighters " fled from retribution by Austrian authorities after the defeat of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 . Lajos Kossuth gave a seven-month speaking tour of the U.S. in 1851 and 1852 to great acclaim as
2788-572: The DEA agent Hank Schrader , in the critically acclaimed American crime drama series Breaking Bad is also of Hungarian descent from his father's side. Actress Drew Barrymore 's mother is Hungarian. Actor Tony Curtis has been in over 100 films, including his iconic roles in Some Like It Hot and The Defiant Ones . Actress Jessica Szohr of Gossip Girl is of partial Hungarian descent. Actor Peter Lorre became famous after his role as
2870-863: The North American box office. According to the National Film Finance Corporation , the film made a comfortable profit. Ferrer received 40 per cent of the proceeds from the film as well as other rights. This remuneration gave rise to a prominent U.S. Second Circuit tax case, Commissioner v. Ferrer (1962), in which Ferrer argued that he was taxed too much. The film was not nominated for its color cinematography , which many critics found remarkable. Leonard Maltin , in his annual Movie and Video Guide declared: "If you can't catch this in color, skip it." In an interview shortly after his successful film version of Cabaret opened, Bob Fosse acknowledged John Huston's filming of
2952-524: The Oscar for Close Encounters of the Third Kind ). Laszlo Kovacs , most famous for his work on Easy Rider and Five Easy Pieces , won three Lifetime Achievement Awards for cinematography. Ernest Laszlo , who worked on over 60 films, won an Academy Award for cinematography for 1965's Ship of Fools . Andrew Laszlo , worked first in television ( Ed Sullivan 's Beatles at Shea Stadium and
3034-540: The Seas . Actress Ilona Massey was frequently billed as "the new Dietrich " and famously played the role of a femme fatale in Love Happy . Sex symbol Zsa Zsa Gabor was perhaps better known for her status as a socialite and nine marriages than her stint as an actress. Her younger sister Eva Gabor was known for her role on the television show Green Acres , and her older sister Magda Gabor famously helped save
3116-532: The Soviet Red Army , a period of chaotic democracy in the years immediately after the war, a variety of repressive Communist regimes, and a popular uprising that was put down at gunpoint... [where] many young people were killed; countless others were interned. Some two hundred thousand Hungarians escaped to the West. I was one of them. In 1956, Hungary was again under the power of a foreign state, this time
3198-553: The animated Happily Ever After (1989). She was also a regular guest on television shows, appearing with Milton Berle , Jack Paar , Johnny Carson , Howard Stern , David Frost , Arsenio Hall , Phil Donahue , and Joan Rivers . She was a guest on the Bob Hope specials, the Dean Martin Roasts, Hollywood Squares , Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In , and It's Garry Shandling's Show . In 1968, she appeared in
3280-504: The arts. Lajos Markos was a significant portrait artist, having created portraits for iconic celebrities such as John Wayne . Photographer Sylvia Plachy published several photobooks detailing her personal history in Central Europe . In politics, Tom Lantos was a U.S. Representative for San Francisco , being the only Holocaust survivor to serve in the U.S. Congress . The father of former New York governor George Pataki
3362-558: The can-can in Moulin Rouge as being very influential on his own film style. The Moulin Rouge theme song became well known and made it onto the record industry charts. The film was nominated for inclusion on the American Film Institute list of 100 Greatest Film Scores , but was not included on the final list. The film was digitally restored by FotoKem for Blu-ray debut. Frame-by-frame digital restoration
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3444-600: The creation of Microsoft Office and invented the concept of " intentional programming ." Leslie L. Vadász and Andrew Grove were key leaders in the history of the Intel Corporation . In sociology, Thomas Szasz was a prominent figure in the antipsychiatry movement, as well as a vocal critic of state control over medicine . In astronomy, Victor Szebehely became a leading figure in NASA 's Apollo program . In biology and chemistry, Albert Szent-Györgyi won
3526-558: The critically acclaimed Night . Agoston Haraszthy , a famous traveler and writer, became known as the "Father of California Viticulture" and perhaps one of the most accomplished viticulturists in US history. Joseph Pulitzer , a journalist of Jewish descent famous for helping create " yellow journalism " and posthumously establishing the Pulitzer Prizes . Csaba Csere was editor-in-chief of Car and Driver from 1993 to 2008. In
3608-480: The dancers. Regular patrons arrive: singer Jane Avril teases Henri, dancers La Goulue and Aicha argue, and owner Maurice Joyant offers Henri free drinks for a promotional poster. After closing, Henri reveals his 4-foot-6-inch (137 cm) stature. A flashback shows that, as a child, he injured his legs in a fall, which never healed due to a genetic disorder from his parents being first cousins . On his way home to Montmartre, Henri helps streetwalker Marie Charlet escape
3690-626: The fictional story was derived, in small part, from Gabor's life experiences. The book was subsequently bought by an American magazine. In 1949, Gabor declined an offer to play the leading role in a film version of the classic book Lady Chatterley's Lover . According to the Cedar Rapids Gazette , she turned down the role of Lady Chatterley due to the story's controversial theme. Her more serious film acting credits include Moulin Rouge , Lovely to Look At , and We're Not Married! , all from 1952, and 1953's Lili . In 1958, she ran
3772-524: The fifth Miss Hungary pageant, behind Lilly Radó and crown winner Júlia Gál. On August 31, 1934, she sang the soubrette role in Richard Tauber 's operetta , Der singende Traum ( The Singing Dream ), at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna . This would mark her first stage appearance. In 1944, she co-wrote a novel with writer Victoria Wolf entitled Every Man For Himself . According to Gabor,
3854-636: The following year. She emigrated from Hungary to the United States in 1941, and became a sought-after actress with "European flair and style." She was considered to have a personality that "exuded charm and grace". Her first film role was a supporting role in Lovely to Look At , released in 1952. The same year, she appeared in We're Not Married! , and played one of her few leading roles in Moulin Rouge , directed by John Huston . Huston later described Gabor as
3936-668: The foremost mathematicians of the 20th century, contributed to a wide variety of fields, including computer science , economics , quantum theory , statistics , and hydrodynamics . Neumann's work on nuclear physics was influential in the Manhattan Project . The John von Neumann Theory Prize and the IEEE John von Neumann Medal are named in his honor. Peter Lax is a winner of the Wolf Prize in Mathematics and
4018-486: The gamut of moviemaking, from Touch of Evil to the camp oddity Queen of Outer Space . Later, she appeared in such films as Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976) and Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie (1984). She did cameos for A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), The Beverly Hillbillies (1993), and A Very Brady Sequel (1996), as well as voicing a character in
4100-775: The intention of writing a chronicle of the voyage and its discoveries. Parmenius reached Newfoundland , likely becoming the first Hungarian in the New World . Hungarians have long settled in the New World, such as Michael de Kovats , the founder of United States Cavalry , active in the American Revolution . Hungarians have maintained a constant state of emigration to the United States since then; however, they are best known for three principal waves of emigration. Agoston Haraszthy , who settled in Wisconsin in 1840,
4182-421: The kind of man he was and to paint a vivid fresco of his period and background. ...The dialogue, with its attempts at smart and worldly wise aphorisms, the deadly even pace and unrelenting detachment add up only to two hours of innate boredom, relieved from time to time by some striking effects of colour. The sets, costumes and photography are, indeed, on a much higher level than the rest; there are moments when
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#17327904691404264-661: The largest Hungarian American populations include: A plurality of Hungarian Americans within the United States reside on both the East and West Sides of the Greater Cleveland Metropolitan Area. It has often been said that Metropolitan Cleveland has the most Hungarians outside of Hungary itself. Once known as "Little Hungary," the Buckeye–Shaker neighborhood on the East Side of Cleveland proper
4346-485: The lives of 240 Jewish families during the World War II because of her relationship with a Portuguese ambassador . Harry Houdini , considered by many to be the greatest magician of all time, was an expert escapologist , introducing it as an art form. He was also a major critic and investigator of Spiritualists . In filmmaking, Vilmos Zsigmond was nominated for four Academy Awards for Cinematography (won
4428-490: The only Gabor sister who had a child. In 2005, a lawsuit was filed accusing Constance of larceny and fraud. She allegedly forged her mother's signature to get a US$ 2 million loan by using her mother's Bel Air house as collateral. However, the Los Angeles County Superior Court , Santa Monica, threw out the case due to Gabor's failure to appear in court, or to sign an affidavit that she indeed
4510-402: The police. Impressed by her lack of judgment about his disability, Henri allows her to stay with him. He soon realizes poverty has made her both harsh and free from societal hypocrisy. After a night out, she insults a portrait he painted of her, and he throws her out, sinking into alcoholism. His landlady contacts his mother, who urges him to find Marie to lift his spirits. Henri finds her drunk in
4592-660: The population by state according to the 2018 American Community Survey rounded to the nearest hundredth of a percent. In entertainment, Szőke Szakáll, known as S. Z. Sakall , was a Hungarian-Jewish film character actor. He was in many films including In the Good Old Summertime , Lullaby of Broadway , Christmas in Connecticut and Casablanca in which he played Carl, the head waiter. The comic style of Ernie Kovacs influenced numerous television comedy programs for years to come. The Fox Film Corporation
4674-783: The previous five years. Her funeral was held on December 30 in a Catholic ceremony at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills, where around 100 mourners attended. Her ashes, placed in a gold rectangular box, were interred at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery ; in July 2021, Prinz von Anhalt had them reinterred in the artists' section of Kerepesi Cemetery in Budapest in order to fulfil her wish to return to Hungary. He said that
4756-629: The print. Huston asked Technicolor for a subdued palette, rather than the sometimes-gaudy colors "glorious Technicolor" was famous for. Technicolor was reportedly reluctant to do this. The film was shot at Shepperton Studios , Shepperton , Surrey , England , and on location in London and Paris . The budget was £434,264 plus $ 160,000 to cover the fees of John Huston, José Ferrer and Zsa Zsa Gabor. The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This long and pretentious film is, like Pierre La Mure's book, not an accurate biography of Lautrec, but an attempt to evoke
4838-477: The remains were transported in their own first-class airline seat. Notes Bibliography Further reading Hungarian Americans Hungarian Americans ( Hungarian : Amerikai magyarok , pronounced [ˈɒmɛrikɒji ˈmɒɟɒrok] ) are Americans of Hungarian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau has estimated that there are approximately 1.396 million Americans of Hungarian descent as of 2018. The total number of people with ethnic Hungarian background
4920-569: The role of Minerva on an episode of Batman , becoming the show's final "special guest villain" before it was cancelled. In 1973, she was the guest roastee on The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast . She appeared on Late Night with David Letterman in 1987, where she told host David Letterman about her blind date with Henry Kissinger , which was arranged by Richard Nixon . Author Gerold Frank , who helped Gabor write her autobiography in 1960, described his impressions of her: Zsa Zsa
5002-416: The role. It was reported that John Huston asked cinematographer Oswald Morris to render the color scheme of the film to look "as if Toulouse-Lautrec had directed it". Moulin Rouge was shot in three-strip Technicolor . The Technicolor projection print is created by dye transfer from three primary-color gelatin matrices. This permits great flexibility in controlling the density, contrast, and saturation of
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#17327904691405084-641: The stairs. Taken to his family's chateau, his condition worsens. On his deathbed, Henri's father informs him he will be the first living artist to be exhibited in the Louvre and begs for forgiveness. In his final moments, Henri envisions figures from his Moulin Rouge paintings dancing around his room. In the film, José Ferrer portrays both Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and his father, the Comte Alphonse de Toulouse-Lautrec. To transform Ferrer into Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, various techniques were employed, including
5166-524: The streets as spoken by older residents who have never left the area. Other cities which include a significant Hungarian American presence include metropolitan New York City , Buffalo, New York , Chicago, Illinois , Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas and Virginia Beach, Virginia . The highest percentage of Hungarian Americans in any American town, village or city is in Kiryas Joel, New York (the great majority of its residents are Hasidic Jews belonging to
5248-419: The surface achieves a fine visual approximation of Lautrec's Paris, and as a result of which the vulgarity of the treatment appears all the more discordant. The acting is chiefly remarkable for a constant babel of foreign accents, among which the most extraordinary are Zsa Zsa Gabor's high-pitched Viennese exclamations." During its first year of release it earned £205,453 in UK cinemas and grossed $ 9 million at
5330-410: The title of "the father of the hydrogen bomb ," for his concept of a thermonuclear weapon that uses the energy of nuclear fusion. But he also worked in the Manhattan Project along with other Hungarian physicists like Eugene Wigner (who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963 for his work on the discovery and application of fundamental symmetry principles of elementary particles) and Leó Szilárd . It
5412-411: The use of platforms, concealed pits, special camera angles, makeup, and costumes. Short body doubles were also utilized. Ferrer designed and used a set of knee pads that allowed him to walk on his knees, simulating Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's distinctly shorter stature. Ferrer received significant praise not only for his performance but also for his willingness to have his legs strapped in this manner for
5494-517: The world of business, billionaire aircraft leasing, philanthropist Steven F. Udvar-Házy , billionaire-philanthropist-political activist George Soros , a Jewish Holocaust survivor, are notable Hungarian Americans. American Hungarian language use has been studied by several Hungarian linguists, including Elemér Bakó, Endre Vázsonyi, Miklós Kontra (in South Bend, Indiana), Csilla Bartha (in Detroit, Michigan), and Anna Fenyvesi (in McKeesport, Pennsylvania). Moulin Rouge (1952 film) Moulin Rouge
5576-409: Was 36 years old. While Gabor's parents were Jewish, she was a practising Catholic. On June 14, 1989, in Beverly Hills, California , Gabor was accused of slapping the face of Beverly Hills police officer Paul Kramer when he stopped her for a traffic violation at 8551 Olympic Boulevard . At trial three months later, a jury convicted her of slapping Kramer. They also found her guilty of driving without
5658-483: Was Szilárd who persuaded Albert Einstein to write his historic letter to Franklin Roosevelt concerning atomic warfare . Theodore von Kármán was responsible for a number of key theories in aeronautic and astronautics research and development. László Bíró made "biro" the ballpoint pen . In computer science, John George Kemeny co-developed the BASIC programming language in 1964 with Thomas Eugene Kurtz . Computer software businessman Charles Simonyi oversaw
5740-529: Was a co-plaintiff on the original lawsuit filed by her husband, Frédéric von Anhalt. Francesca Hilton died in 2015 at the age of 67 from a stroke. Gabor's husband never told her about her daughter's death, out of concern for her physical and emotional state. Gabor and her last husband, Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt , adopted at least ten adult men who paid them a fee of up to $ 2 million to legally become descendants of Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt . Prinz von Anhalt had himself paid Marie-Auguste to adopt him when he
5822-407: Was a cultural enclave for Hungarians and Hungarian Americans in the early to mid-twentieth century before many left for nearby suburbs, such as Shaker Heights . In their place arrived African Americans and other groups in the 1960s. Remnants of Hungarian culture can still be seen in the Buckeye Road area today, namely in street names, restaurants and shops as well as occasionally hearing Hungarian on
5904-516: Was a popular Major League Baseball player, nicknamed "the Mad Hungarian". Gene Mako won four Grand Slam doubles titles in the 1930s. In volleyball , Karch Kiraly is the only person to have won Olympic gold medals (or indeed medals of any color) in both indoor and beach volleyball . Joe Kovacs is two-time world champion in shot put and is currently the fourth best shot putter in history. Jewish physicist Edward Teller acquired
5986-477: Was also observed after World War II and The Holocaust , a significant percentage of whom were Jewish. Andrew Grove (1936–2016), one of the three founders of Intel Corporation summarized his first twenty years of life in Hungary in his memoirs: By the time I was twenty, I had lived through a Hungarian Fascist dictatorship , German military occupation , the Nazis' " Final Solution ," the siege of Budapest by
6068-461: Was arranging to move with Gabor to Hungary in time for her 100th birthday in 2017, in accordance with her wishes that she return to the country and spend the rest of her life there. While in a coma, Gabor died from cardiac arrest at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on December 18, 2016, at the age of 99. On her death certificate, coronary artery disease and cerebrovascular disease are listed as contributing causes. She had been on life support for
6150-472: Was called ZsaZsa because, as a little girl, she couldn't pronounce her own name. In 1941, Gabor left Hungary for the United States . During a layover at Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska en route to Hollywood , she made headlines by telling the Associated Press that she had danced with Adolf Hitler twice. On July 8, 1944, aided by Gabor's husband, Conrad Hilton , Gabor's parents fled Budapest during
6232-803: Was for the 1959 epic Ben-Hur . In classical music, Eugene Ormandy , music director for the Philadelphia Orchestra , was appointed an honorary Knight Command of The Order of the British Empire by the Queen of the United Kingdom and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom . In rock music, Tommy Ramone and Gene Simmons , both of Jewish descent, founded bands The Ramones and Kiss respectively In sports, Monica Seles won nine Grand Slam singles titles and
6314-438: Was formed by William Fox . Comedian, actor and producer Louis C.K (born Louis Székely) is a U.S.- Mexican dual citizen. His grandfather, Géza Székely Schweiger, immigrated to Mexico with his family from Hungary. Actress Vilma Bánky starred in numerous silent films opposite Hollywood actors such as Rudolph Valentino and Ronald Colman . Actor Adrien Brody 's mother was Hungarian. Actor Dean Norris most known for playing
6396-401: Was hospitalized again in 2011 for a number of emergencies, and fell into a coma. On February 8, 2016, two days after her 99th birthday, Gabor was rushed to hospital after suffering from breathing difficulties. She was diagnosed with a feeding tube -related lung infection and was scheduled to undergo surgery to have her feeding tube removed. In April 2016, it was reported that Prinz von Anhalt
6478-609: Was known to spend time with Gabor's younger sister Eva socially, wrote of the Gabor sisters' arrival in New York and Hollywood: All these years later, it's hard to describe the phenomenon of the three glamorous Gabor girls and their ubiquitous mother. They burst onto the society pages and into the gossip columns so suddenly, and with such force, it was as if they'd been dropped out of the sky. In 1998, film historian Neal Gabler called her kind of celebrity "The Zsa Zsa Factor". Gabor
6560-615: Was married nine times. She was divorced seven times, and one marriage was annulled . She wrote in her autobiography, All in all – I love being married ... I love the companionship, I love cooking for a man (simple things like chicken soup and my special Dracula's goulash from Hungary), and spending all my time with a man. Of course I love being in love – but it is marriage that really fulfills me. But not in every case. Her husbands, in chronological order, were: Gabor's divorces inspired her to make numerous quotable puns and innuendos about her marital and extramarital history. She commented: "I am
6642-477: Was screened at the 14th Venice International Film Festival , where it won the Silver Lion. The film stars José Ferrer , Zsa Zsa Gabor , Suzanne Flon , Eric Pohlmann , Colette Marchand , Christopher Lee , Peter Cushing , Katherine Kath , Theodore Bikel , and Muriel Smith . In 1890 Paris, crowds gather at the Moulin Rouge as artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec finishes a bottle of cognac while sketching
6724-602: Was the first Hungarian to settle permanently in the United States and the second Hungarian to write a book about the United States in his native language. After he moved to California in the Gold Rush of 1849, Haraszthy founded the Buena Vista Vineyards in Sonoma (now Buena Vista Carneros) and imported more than 100,000 European vine cuttings for the use of California winemakers. He is widely remembered today as
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