The Time Zsa Zsa Gabor’s On-Set Feud Turned Into a $3 Million Lawsuit

Erin Maxwell November 5, 2025, 5:00 pm

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17th May 1966: German actress Elke Sommer at her Beverly Hills home. (Photo by Harry Benson/Express/Getty Images);Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917-2016) looks at a handheld mirror after applying eyeliner, Dorchester Hotel, London, August 25th 1957. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) — Harry Benson/Express/Getty Images; Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

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Happy birthday to Elke Sommer, actress, icon, and the woman at the center of one of the most contentious (and gloriously petty) feuds in Hollywood history. The A Shot in the Dark star turns 85 and is still remembered for her beauty, her talent, and a courtroom battle against Zsa Zsa Gabor that outlasted many of her movies.

Her long-running war of words with Gabor didn’t just make headlines; it escalated into a full-blown legal battle, complete with flying insults, televised takedowns, and a million-dollar defamation lawsuit that turned their rivalry into the stuff of legends. What started as sniping turned into scorched-earth glam warfare, proving that in old Hollywood, hell hath no fury like a celebrity scorned.

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