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Here's a photo of somebody we all are familiar with. Can you guess who it is ?

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That's Zsa Zsa Gabor. She turned 98 last February and despite car accidents, strokes and an amputated leg, she continues to keep going, and with family fights/controversy continuing to swirl around her (her daughter Francesca Hilton and Zsa Zsa's husband, Frederic Prinz von Anhalt, are always in some giant legal battle).

Michael Norell

Rancho Mirage, California | 33°44' N 116°25' W | 287 ft | z10a | avg Jan 43/70F | Jul 78/108F avg | Weather Station KCARANCH310

previously Big Pine Key, Florida | 24°40' N 81°21' W | 4.5 ft. | z12a | Calcareous substrate | avg annual min. approx 52F | avg Jan 65/75F | Jul 83/90 | extreme min approx 41F

previously Natchez, Mississippi | 31°33' N 91°24' W | 220 ft.| z9a | Downtown/river-adjacent | Loess substrate | avg annual min. 23F | Jan 43/61F | Jul 73/93F | extreme min 2.5F (1899); previously Los Angeles, California (multiple locations)

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That's Zsa Zsa Gabor. She turned 98 last February and despite car accidents, strokes and an amputated leg, she continues to keep going, and with family fights/controversy continuing to swirl around her (her daughter Francesca Hilton and Zsa Zsa's husband, Frederic Prinz von Anhalt, are always in some giant legal battle).

The daughter actually died earlier this year but it has been kept from Zsa Zsa.

Ed, I think that is Lillian Gish

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Ah, darlink!

Zsa Zsa, Eva and Magda and mama Jolie were the Kardiashians before there were Kardashians. They were everywhere. Multiple facelifts and mates.

Zsa Zsa divorced at least as well as she married. According to her: "I am a marvelous housekeeper: Every time I leave a man I keep his house."

Alas, Zsa Zsa's recent years have been tough. I remember when she got in a wreck and was left partially paralyzed.

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The daughter actually died earlier this year but it has been kept from Zsa Zsa.

Ed, I think that is Lillian Gish

Yep, she made her first movie in 1912 at age 19 and her last in 1987 at age 94, "The Whales of August".

Ed in Houston.

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Ah, darlink!

Zsa Zsa, Eva and Magda and mama Jolie were the Kardiashians before there were Kardashians. They were everywhere. Multiple facelifts and mates.

Zsa Zsa divorced at least as well as she married. According to her: "I am a marvelous housekeeper: Every time I leave a man I keep his house."

Alas, Zsa Zsa's recent years have been tough. I remember when she got in a wreck and was left partially paralyzed.

Dave--

Actually, they were not quite the Kardashians in toto but I see what you mean...our old landlord and neighbor at our previous apartment in West Hollywood was an old Hungarian fellow who came from a wealthy family in Budapest, had dated all of the Gabor daughters back in the old country and kept very close to them after he and they had come to L.A. after the war. People I have known who had dealings with Zsa Zsa usually referred to her in the same way others I knew would describe Katharine Hepburn after working with her...which was not a very nice summation I promise! But our landlord would tell us that Zsa Zsa, despite her somewhat horrendous reputation, was actually not such a terrible person but was 'troubled' and 'given over to depression' and he was over the years letting her stay in some of his fabulous 1920s apartments in which she would live between husbands or while having financial problems. But he always said that Eva was the most lovely, giving and delightful person he had ever known (I think that may have included his wife!). He held something of a torch for her all his life. So I guess we could exclude Eva from the "Kardashian Trashian" moniker. And the other sister, Magda, was quite the brainy one but didn't get the looks, nor the va-va-voom figure, of her sisters. But the mother, Jolie, was quite a character and very controlling of her daughters and their behavior and appearance. She was reputed to have run a high-end brothel in Budapest before the war. So Dave, perhaps you are heading in the right direction after all...

And that wreck Zsa Zsa was in was very strange. It happened around the corner from our former West Hollywood apartment I referred to earlier. A male hairdresser friend of hers was taking her out for a drive along the Sunset Strip and was distracted or avoiding something...he lost control and crashed his car right into a massive steel signal/light-pole near Sunset and Sweetzer, and very close to what is now The Standard hotel. I don't know if the full cause of the accident was ever fully explained but it did indeed set her down the long road to where she is today. I remember walking past that pole many times afterward, and the car took quite a bite out of that strong pole. Apparently Zsa Zsa wasn't wearing a seat-belt and so was quite injured...and there were news reports that she was suing her hairdresser friend (who was wearing his seat-belt and thus uninjured) for the tidy sum of $65 million as a result!!!!

And Peachy, I wasn't aware Francesca had died six months ago...that is very weird indeed but I guess brings an end to all that wrangling.

Michael Norell

Rancho Mirage, California | 33°44' N 116°25' W | 287 ft | z10a | avg Jan 43/70F | Jul 78/108F avg | Weather Station KCARANCH310

previously Big Pine Key, Florida | 24°40' N 81°21' W | 4.5 ft. | z12a | Calcareous substrate | avg annual min. approx 52F | avg Jan 65/75F | Jul 83/90 | extreme min approx 41F

previously Natchez, Mississippi | 31°33' N 91°24' W | 220 ft.| z9a | Downtown/river-adjacent | Loess substrate | avg annual min. 23F | Jan 43/61F | Jul 73/93F | extreme min 2.5F (1899); previously Los Angeles, California (multiple locations)

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Well you are a clever lot. I thought that would keep you guessing for ages. Maybe this one will trick you ?

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At first I though Bruce Jenner when he decided after 60 years to be a woman for a reality show. Seriously, doesn't she look like Bruce Jenner?

Len

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No Len this one is a genetic female, or to use to modern vernacular, Cisgender, and also quite a beautiful looking woman. I can't see any resemblance to Jenner.

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No Len this one is a genetic female, or to use to modern vernacular, Cisgender, and also quite a beautiful looking woman. I can't see any resemblance to Jenner.

I agree! Jenner looks like a piece of meat.

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Have to agree with Len.....thought the same thing.....something about the nose...lol

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Now come on kiddies, enough of Jenner or we will get deleted or locked down. Just guess who the pic is of. It's someone everyone knew and loved.

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Have to agree with Len.....thought the same thing.....something about the nose...lol

Yep. The nose for sure.

Peachy, I was referring to the photo of Zsa Zsa.

Len

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Well you are a clever lot. I thought that would keep you guessing for ages. Maybe this one will trick you ?

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Is that a young Peachy?

"If you need me, I'll be outside" -Randy Wiesner Palm Beach County, Florida Zone 10Bish

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Ah, darlink!

Zsa Zsa, Eva and Magda and mama Jolie were the Kardiashians before there were Kardashians. They were everywhere. Multiple facelifts and mates.

Zsa Zsa divorced at least as well as she married. According to her: "I am a marvelous housekeeper: Every time I leave a man I keep his house."

Alas, Zsa Zsa's recent years have been tough. I remember when she got in a wreck and was left partially paralyzed.

Dave--

Actually, they were not quite the Kardashians in toto but I see what you mean...our old landlord and neighbor at our previous apartment in West Hollywood was an old Hungarian fellow who came from a wealthy family in Budapest, had dated all of the Gabor daughters back in the old country and kept very close to them after he and they had come to L.A. after the war. People I have known who had dealings with Zsa Zsa usually referred to her in the same way others I knew would describe Katharine Hepburn after working with her...which was not a very nice summation I promise! But our landlord would tell us that Zsa Zsa, despite her somewhat horrendous reputation, was actually not such a terrible person but was 'troubled' and 'given over to depression' and he was over the years letting her stay in some of his fabulous 1920s apartments in which she would live between husbands or while having financial problems. But he always said that Eva was the most lovely, giving and delightful person he had ever known (I think that may have included his wife!). He held something of a torch for her all his life. So I guess we could exclude Eva from the "Kardashian Trashian" moniker. And the other sister, Magda, was quite the brainy one but didn't get the looks, nor the va-va-voom figure, of her sisters. But the mother, Jolie, was quite a character and very controlling of her daughters and their behavior and appearance. She was reputed to have run a high-end brothel in Budapest before the war. So Dave, perhaps you are heading in the right direction after all...

And that wreck Zsa Zsa was in was very strange. It happened around the corner from our former West Hollywood apartment I referred to earlier. A male hairdresser friend of hers was taking her out for a drive along the Sunset Strip and was distracted or avoiding something...he lost control and crashed his car right into a massive steel signal/light-pole near Sunset and Sweetzer, and very close to what is now The Standard hotel. I don't know if the full cause of the accident was ever fully explained but it did indeed set her down the long road to where she is today. I remember walking past that pole many times afterward, and the car took quite a bite out of that strong pole. Apparently Zsa Zsa wasn't wearing a seat-belt and so was quite injured...and there were news reports that she was suing her hairdresser friend (who was wearing his seat-belt and thus uninjured) for the tidy sum of $65 million as a result!!!!

And Peachy, I wasn't aware Francesca had died six months ago...that is very weird indeed but I guess brings an end to all that wrangling.

What I meant was that the Gabors were famous for being famous, which did overshadow their actual accomplishments a bit. I remember being a bit surprised at how much ZZ actually did.

And, who can forget the infamous "cop slapping" back in 1989. (Bet the cop still remembers.)

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Now come on kiddies, enough of Jenner or we will get deleted or locked down. Just guess who the pic is of. It's someone everyone knew and loved.

Is it Bette Davis?

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I agree, I'm sure that's Lucille Ball.

Michael Norell

Rancho Mirage, California | 33°44' N 116°25' W | 287 ft | z10a | avg Jan 43/70F | Jul 78/108F avg | Weather Station KCARANCH310

previously Big Pine Key, Florida | 24°40' N 81°21' W | 4.5 ft. | z12a | Calcareous substrate | avg annual min. approx 52F | avg Jan 65/75F | Jul 83/90 | extreme min approx 41F

previously Natchez, Mississippi | 31°33' N 91°24' W | 220 ft.| z9a | Downtown/river-adjacent | Loess substrate | avg annual min. 23F | Jan 43/61F | Jul 73/93F | extreme min 2.5F (1899); previously Los Angeles, California (multiple locations)

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Oh you clever little possums. Yes its a teenage Lucille Ball. This one might trick you. It was taken after her first nose job.

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As for the Gabors, I only have one snippet to add to all your fascinating tales. A guest at one of Eva's weddings asked why the bride was wearing a big bejewelled crucifix. The response was that Eva's new husband didnt like jews so she told him they were catholics.

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Oh you clever little possums. Yes its a teenage Lucille Ball. This one might trick you. It was taken after her first nose job.

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As for the Gabors, I only have one snippet to add to all your fascinating tales. A guest at one of Eva's weddings asked why the bride was wearing a big bejewelled crucifix. The response was that Eva's new husband didnt like jews so she told him they were catholics.

I will guess Bernadette Peters

Ed in Houston

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This one might trick you. It was taken after her first nose job.

Nicole Kidman :)

Well naturally an aussie got that one. We remember her when she still looked human. The americans would never have guessed it. BTW, that is what her hair really looks like !!

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