Abor was born in Budapest, Hungary, the youngest of three daughters of Vilmos Gabor, a soldier, and his wife, trained jeweler Jolie (born Janka Tilleman). Both her parents came from Hungarian Jewish families. [1][2][3She was among the youngest sisters to move to America just after her first wedding to Dr. Eric Drimmer (a Swedish osteopath) who she married in 1937, when she was 18. [4] Her first movie performance was in the U.S. in 1941's Forced Landing at Paramount Pictures. In the 1950s, she appeared in several feature films including The Last Time I Saw Paris with Elizabeth Taylor and Artists and Models with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. These roles were minor parts. In 1953, she got her own television talk show, The Eva Gabor Show that ran for one season (1953-54). Through the rest of the 1950s and the early 1960s she was on TV and in films. She was featured in a single episode of the mystery series Justice as well as in the game show What's My Line? as the "mystery challenger." Her films in the period included a remake of My Man Godfrey, Gigi, and It Started with a Kiss.
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