Gabor smiling and talking after leg amputation

Zsa Zsa Gabor’s husband said the actress is smiling and talking, a day after doctors amputated most of her right leg.

Frederic Prinz von Anhalt said that Gabor is heavily sedated and does not yet know that her leg has been removed.

He said he will tell her when she regains more of her strength.

Doctors at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Centre decided to amputate when a persistent infection would not heal.

Von Anhalt said the 93-year-old 'Moulin Rouge' and 'Queen of Outer Space' star will likely spend up to four weeks in the hospital.

Gabor broke her hip and had replacement surgery in July, and has been in hospital several times since for swelling in her legs and blood clots throughout her body.