Constance Francesca Gabor Hilton (March 10, 1947 – January 5, 2015) was an actress and comedian who was the only child of

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founder

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and his second wife, actress and socialite

Zsa Zsa Gabor Zsa Zsa Gabor (, ; born Sári Gábor ; February 6, 1917 – December 18, 2016) was a Hungarian-American socialite and actress. Her sisters were actresses Eva and Magda Gabor. Gabor competed in the 1933 Miss Hungary pageant, where she ...

Early life and family

Hilton was born in 1947 in New York City, after her parents were granted a divorce in September 1946.Kurtis Lee
"Francesca Hilton, daughter of Zsa Zsa Gabor and Conrad Hilton, dies at 67"
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'', January 6, 2015.Mike Barnes
"Francesca Hilton, Daughter of Zsa Zsa Gabor, Dies at 67"
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'', January 6, 2015 Her father,

, was the founder of the

chain.Danielle and Andy Mayoras
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'', January 13, 2015.Ann Oldenburg
"Francesa Hilton, Zsa Zsa Gabor's daughter, dies"
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'', January 6, 2015. Her mother,

, was a Hungarian actress and socialite. Gabor's 1991 autobiography ''One Lifetime Is Not Enough'' alleged that her pregnancy was a result of rape by then-husband Conrad Hilton. She was the only child of Zsa Zsa Gabor and therefore the only descendant of the

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as well as the only daughter of Conrad Hilton. Her three half-brothers were

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, and Eric Hilton. She attended movie premieres with her mother and competed in equestrian competitions as a child. In 1947, while Hilton was an infant, a burglar entered their home and tied up Zsa Zsa Gabor and their housekeeper, and threatened to kill Francesca. The burglar stole jewelry worth over $750,000. She worked in reservations at the

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during summers as a teenager. At the time of her death, she was engaged to Michael Natsis. According to her publicist, Edward Lozzi, she had been writing an autobiography. When Conrad Hilton died in 1979, he left most of his wealth to the

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. Francesca Hilton contested the will, which left her only $100,000, but lost the suit. In 2005, her stepfather,

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, filed lawsuits against her accusing her of fraud in obtaining a loan using her mother's house as collateral, and manipulation over her mother's will; the court threw out the case for lack of evidence after Gabor did not appear or sign a statement. Hilton denied the allegations. In 2012 she successfully sued for an independent conservatorship to be set up for the care of her mother, who had become incapacitated, but the judge appointed Von Anhalt as temporary conservator. Hilton lived in Los Angeles for most of her life. A month before her death in 2015, she was impoverished and living in weekly rental apartments and in her car.

Performing career

She appeared in '' A Safe Place'' in 1971 and '' The Gravy Train'' in 1974. She worked as a photographer in the 1980s. She also worked for the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. By 2008, she started performing at

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. Her show centered on her family.Francesca Hilton
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'', January 22, 2015. She joked that her great-nieces,

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and

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, were "pole dancers and porn stars".

Death

Hilton died at

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in Los Angeles on January 5, 2015, after suffering a major stroke. She was just over two months short of her 68th birthday."Francesca Hilton, daughter of Zsa Zsa Gabor, dies aged 67"
Reuters, January 6, 2015. Her mother was then 97 and suffering from dementia; her stepfather sought unsuccessfully to take possession of Hilton's body. After it remained in the morgue for several days, an autopsy was performed and her half-brother

took possession of her body. Hilton's funeral was held at St Ambrose Catholic Church, West Hollywood. She was cremated and her ashes interred at the

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, close to her aunt,

Eva Gabor Eva Gabor ( ; February 11, 1919 – July 4, 1995) was a Hungarian-American actress, businesswoman, singer, and socialite. She voiced Duchess and Miss Bianca in the animated Disney Classics, ''The Aristocats'' (1970), '' The Rescuers'' (1977), ...

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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