The Chicken or the Egg?
It probably won’t surprise you to learn that “Zsa Zsa” wasn’t her real name. She was actually born with the name Sari, after a famous Hungarian actress named Sari Fedak. So, where did Zsa Zsa’s iconic name actually come from?
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Gabor played a character named Zsa Zsa in her first feature film, Lovely to Look at. However, we don’t know if she took the stage name from her character or vice versa. It could also be that the name just kind of stuck after she played the role.