Remembering Zsa Zsa Gabor, Actress and Socialite

CF Blog | 12.19.16

The glamorous Hungarian-born actress Zsa Zsa Gabor died today at the age of 99 from heart failure. She was surrounded by family and friends.

In her youth, Zsa Zsa attended private schools and was ushered into stardom taking classes in acting, dancing, and music. She was crowned Miss Hungary in 1936, and then moved to America just before the start of World War II with her sisters Eva and Magda in pursuit of careers in acting. The three of them became famous for their film careers and garnered public intrigue with their love lives. Indeed, they were often hot topics in society magazines. Merv Griffin once described their charm and popularity by saying, "All these years later, it's hard to describe the phenomenon of the three glamorous Gabor girls....They burst onto the society pages and into the gossip columns so suddenly, and with such force, it was as if they'd been dropped out of the sky." Zsa Zsa lived the Hollywood lifestyle, and flaunted her diamonds and fur coats. Because she was famous for being famous, she has been described as the original Kim Kardashian.
Gabor's film career peaked during the 1950s with memorable roles in films like Moulin Rouge, Lovely to Look At, Lili, Orson Welles's classic Touch of Evil, and the camp-favorite Queen of Outer Space. She also appeared in over 60 TV movies. Most of her roles were in American productions, but she also appeared in French, Italian, and German films. Zsa Zsa's career extended into the 1990s as she appeared on talk shows, game shows, comedy specials, and more.
But it's hard to talk about Zsa Zsa without mentioning the fact that she had nine husbands including hotel magnate Conrad Hilton, actor George Sanders, and the toy designer who helped create Barbie, Jack Ryan. Her famous divorces inspired her to make many quotable one-liners. Here are a few examples:

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Direct Submit Roles This Week

Dec 20 | TV CO-HOST Idea that the Co-Host be located in the Naples / Ft. Myer area (South West Florida).
Dec 19 | Disney Kohls 13 - 14 years old. Should be more "tween" than a developed teenager. Looking for a diverse group of girls. Various personalities and looks. Open to any styles, ethnicities and abilities/disabilities. Beauty comes from within and we would love our cast to reflect that.
Dec 18 | Real Estate Commercial This is a happy, feel good real estate commercial. The mom is someone who is overjoyed to be spending time with her family in her brand new beautiful home.
Dec 17 | Welcome to the Night Johnny and Amy are a young hot rocker couple who are out for a walk when a group of 4 thugs. Johnny unleashes his inner demon to fight them off and defend his lady.
Dec 16 | A&E + Anti-Defamation League PSA We are looking for really solid and grounded actors that are comfortable telling their own story.
Dec 15 | Video Voice Over Actor will narrate a 2-3 minute video about "good human experiences and time spent" "warm feelings of camaraderie and connection."

Dec 15 | Melon Pomelo Unique looks, artists, cool people and/or college students.

Dec 14| Rediscover Your Rush *MUST BE 18 YEARS OLD TO BE CONSIDERED* A strong-willed, independent young man who lives alone with his handicapped father. Balancing school, his social life and taking care of his father, he has grown up quickly and appears wiser than his age. His greatest joy upon receiving his driver's license is not the ability to drive, but the ability to take his father, a handicapped, retired race car driver, back out on the track for the first time.

Awkward Auditions

CF Blog | 12.16.16

The uplifting musical love story La La Land pulled in seven Golden Globe nominations earlier this week. The film is up for consideration for best picture, best director, and best actor and actress awards for its stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. The story follows the journey of two aspiring performers in Los Angeles. At one point, Stone's character auditions for a small film role before a casting director who takes a phone call in the middle of her read.

During an interview, Gosling revealed that this scenario actually once happened to him during an audition. "Yeah, where I had to cry and this lady took a call in the middle of it. And then just told me to go on, 'Pick up where I left off.' That was part of what was great about making this film was [writer-director Damien Chazelle] encouraged us to bring our experiences to these characters," Gosling recalled. Stone likewise relayed her own set of audition stories to Chazelle. Taking notes, he soon found a way to weave these experiences into the movie that's being described as an "ode to those who dream of making it big."
If there's one thing for sure, when actors enter the audition room, it's that they have to be ready for just about anything. Among the many actors who have shared their unexpected and awkward audition-room tales is Broadway's Tracie Thoms. Here she describes something that just seemed to take over her as she auditioned before Quentin Tarantino for Death Proof.
And Color Purple star Heather Headley recounts the time casting seemed to pay her no notice as she sang her heart out with stunning brilliance.
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