Born in Budapest, Hungary, the trio relocated to the United States in hopes of starting film careers.
Eva was the first of the sisters to immigrate to the US, shortly after her first marriage, to a Swedish osteopath, Dr. Eric Drimmer, whom she married in 1937 when she was 18 years old.
From September 1965 through April 1971, Eva starred in the CBS sitcom Green Acres, which proved to be a ratings success.
[4][5] In his autobiography, television host Merv Griffin, who was known to spend time with Eva socially, wrote of the Gabor sisters' initial presence in New York and Los Angeles: All these years later, it's hard to describe the phenomenon of the three glamorous Gabor girls and their ubiquitous mother.
Eva died in Los Angeles on July 4, 1995, from respiratory failure and pneumonia, following a fall in a bathtub in Mexico, where she had been on vacation.
[8] Their mother, Jolie, was apparently never told of Eva's death and died less than two years later, in Palm Springs, California, of natural causes on April 1, 1997, at age 100.