A former café singer and ice skater, she was the youngest of the glamorous Gabor sisters and the first to arrive in the US, in the late 30s. She appeared

in Hollywood films beginning in the early 40s, but it was on Broadway, in

The Happy Time (1950), that she achieved stardom. In the late 60s she became nationally popular in the TV comedy series "Green Acres."

Hoewel Eva Gabor zelf zei 71 jaar te zijn, meldt een  filmencyclopedie dat ze al in 1921 in de Boedapest op de wereld kwam.

Net als haar zusters en mede-actrices Zsa Zsa en Magda, probeerde Eva haar leeftijd  te verdoezelen. Zij arriveerde eind jaren dertig als eerste van de  zussen in de VS.

Naast haar leven in Hollywood was Eva succesvol met het verkopen van pruiken.

Filmography

1941   FORCED LANDING    

1941   MIDNIGHT ANGEL     

1942   PACIFIC BLACKOUT 

1945   A ROYAL SCANDAL      

1946   THE WIFE OF MONTE CRISTO        

1949   SONG OF SURRENDER   

1953   PARIS MODEL

1954   CAPTAIN KIDD AND THE SLAVE GIRL   

1954   THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS   

1954   THE MAD MAGICIAN     

1955   ARTISTS AND MODELS       

1957   DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER        

1957   MY MAN GODFREY        

1958   GIGI   

1958   THE TRUTH ABOUT WOMEN        

1959   IT STARTED WITH A KISS 

1963   A NEW KIND OF LOVE        

1964   YOUNGBLOOD HAWKE        

1969   WAKE ME WHEN THE WAR IS OVER

1970   THE ARISTOCATS 

1977   THE RESCUERS    

1979   NUTCRACKER FANTASY     

1987   THE PRINCESS ACADEMY     

1990   THE RESCUERS DOWN UNDER

1990   RETURN TO GREEN ACRES

1993   SON IN LAW    song