Constance Francesca Gabor Hilton was an American actress, photographer and comedian.
Background
She was the only daughter of Hilton Hotel founder Conrad Hilton with his second wife, actress and socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor. Francesca Hilton was born in 1947 in New York City. Her father, Conrad Nicholas Hilton, was the founder of the Hilton Hotel chain.
Her mother, Zsa Zsa Gabor was a Hungarian-born actress and socialite.
She was the only child of Zsa Zsa Gabor and therefore the only descendant of the Gabor sisters as well as the only daughter of Conrad Hilton. She attended movie premieres with her mother and competed in equestrian competitions as a child.
Career
Her three half-brothers are Conrad Nicholson Hilton, Junior. (1926-1969); William Barron Hilton (born 1927). And Eric Michael Hilton (born in 1932).
She worked in reservations at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California during summers as a teenager.
When her father died in 1979, he left most of his wealth to the Conrad North. Hilton Foundation. She contested the will, which left her only $100,000, but lost the suit.
She starred 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 North. Hilton Foundation.
She then starred in Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story in 1995, Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills in 1997 and Forever Fabulous in 1999. In 2008, she started a new career as a comedian, performing on a regular basis at The Comedy Store in West Hollywood. Her show talked about her family.
She joked that her great-nieces, Paris and Nicky Hilton, were "pole dancers and porn stars."
According to her publicist, Edward Lozzi, she was writing an autobiography shortly before she died in 2015.
Its title was scheduled to be Hotels, Diamonds and Maine.
She died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on January 5, 2015 after suffering a massive stroke. She was 67 years old.
The Hiltons and Francesca"s close friends arranged her funeral. She was survived by her mother Zsa Zsa Gabor.