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LOS ANGELES, July 7 (AFP) - Legendary Hollywood personality Zsa Zsa Gabor was in critical condition in a Los Angeles hospital on Thursday after suffering a stroke, a local television channel reported.
The 88-year-old actress and former Miss Hungary was rushed to hospital and underwent four hours of surgery after collapsing at her home in Bel Air on Wednesday, according to NBC4 News in Los Angeles.
But a spokeswoman for the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where Gabor was reportedly in intensive care, told AFP she was unaware that Gabor had been admitted to the institution.
Gabor became Miss Hungary in 1936 before coming to seek fame in Hollywood, accompanied by her actress sisters, Eva and Magda. They became known as the legendary Gabor sisters.
Zsa Zsa won roles in scores of films and television series dating back to the original 1951 John Huston version of "Moulin Rouge" and a small part in Orson Welles' classic "Touch of Evil" in 1958.
But over the years she has become better known for being famous and for her nine marriages to rich men -- including hotel baron Conrad Hilton and the late actor George Sanders -- and her penchant for furs and jewels.
One of her marriages, number eight, was annulled after just one day when it emerged that her divorce from her seventh husband was not yet final.
She has also shown a sharp temper on occasion. In 1989, she slapped a Beverly Hills policeman who pulled her over for a traffic violation.
She served one night in jail for the offence and was sentenced to 120 hours of community service.
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