S27E2: The Glamorous Gabors | Mama Jolie Gabor

Trashy Divorces

Hemlock Creatives

Comedy, History

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Jolie Gabor, mother of the famous sisters, grew up in Budapest, Hungary, just in time for the tumultuous 20th century to unfold. Her mother's family was in the jewelry business - put a pin in that - and as a girl, Jolie dreamed of a life in the theater. Her parents were having none of it, and forced her into a not overwhelmingly wanted marriage that almost immediately produced three daughters. But rather than give up on her acting dreams, she just transferred her drive for celebrity and notoriety onto those daughters. The rest, as they say, is history. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.6	Welcome. Welcome one, welcome all to the glamorous Gaborz. I'm so excited. Finally, finally, we're here. Mid-Century's most famous family, I guess? For real. For real. And we would be nowhere with Ava, Magda, and Jaja without the, how is she described,
0:59.9	their ubiquitous mother, Jolie Gabor?
1:04.4	Today is Jolie's story and it's wintertime, so I know you have socks socks on but prepare to have them knocked off okay
1:13.5	what an incredible lady when we go through our tally up numbers of the gabors let me let you know
1:22.4	that jolie gabor in her count of those totals had had three marriages, two divorces, and one widowhood.
1:30.8	Jolie was born September 30th, 1896 in Budapest, Hungary.
1:36.4	She passed away on April Fool's Day, 1997 in Palm Springs, California.
1:43.9	Wow.
1:45.1	So a long-lived woman.
1:47.1	Long-lived life.
1:49.6	Huge, huge thanks to Melanie Sean for her research on this.
1:54.4	Melanie did an incredible job.
1:56.4	I want to do her work justice.
1:59.4	Let us begin.
2:02.2	I'm going to start with a quote from Jolie.
2:05.1	We Hungarians never hold a grudge.
2:07.8	In Hungary, we get mad.
2:09.4	Smash a glass.
2:10.7	And then forget it.
2:13.7	Isn't that wonderful?
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