Ava Gardner
Birthdate
December 24, 1922 (101 years old)
Place of Birth
Grabtown, North Carolina, USA
Date of Death
January 25, 1990
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
December 24, 1922 (101 years old)
Place of Birth
Grabtown, North Carolina, USA
Date of Death
January 25, 1990
Known For
Acting
Biography
Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress.
She was signed to a contract by MGM Studios in 1941 and appeared in small roles until she drew attention with her performance in The Killers (1946). She became one of Hollywood's leading actresses, considered one of the most beautiful women of her day. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her work in Mogambo (1953).
She appeared in several high-profile films from the 1950s to 1970s, including Bhowani Junction (1956), On the Beach (1959), The Night of the Iguana (1964), Earthquake (1974), and The Cassandra Crossing (1976). Gardner continued to act on a regular basis until 1986, four years before her death of pneumonia, at age 67, in 1990.
She is listed 25th among the American Film Institute's Greatest female stars.
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She was signed to a contract by MGM Studios in 1941 and appeared in small roles until she drew attention with her performance in The Killers (1946). She became one of Hollywood's leading actresses, considered one of the most beautiful women of her day. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her work in Mogambo (1953).
She appeared in several high-profile films from the 1950s to 1970s, including Bhowani Junction (1956), On the Beach (1959), The Night of the Iguana (1964), Earthquake (1974), and The Cassandra Crossing (1976). Gardner continued to act on a regular basis until 1986, four years before her death of pneumonia, at age 67, in 1990.
She is listed 25th among the American Film Institute's Greatest female stars.
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Ava Gardner's LGBTQ+ Titles
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Chavela
Self (archive footage)
Acting (99)
2023
Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia as Self (Archive Footage)
2023
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
2022
Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)
2019
Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner as Self (archive footage)
2018
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
2018
Ava Gardner, the Gypsy of Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
2017
Chavela as Self (archive footage)
2017
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies as Self (archive footage)
2015
Iconic Couples as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
2013
Fallout as Self (archive footage)
2010
All Night Long as Self (archive footage)
2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff as Pandora Reynolds / Maria Vargas (archive footage)
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical as Self (archive)
2006
De Madrid a la Luna as Self (archive footage)
2003
Frank Sinatra glömde aldrig Finspång as Self (archive footage)
2002
The Kid Stays in the Picture as Self (archive footage)
1998
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century as Self (archive footage)
1994
That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage)
1993
Intimate Portrait as Self (1 episode)
1992
Legends of the West as Lily Langtry in 'The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean'
1990
Star Life as Self (archive footage) (4 episodes)
1988
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick as Self (archive footage)
1986
Harem as Kadin (2 episodes)
1986
Harem as Kadin
1985
The Long Hot Summer as Minnie Littlejohn (2 episodes)
1985
A.D. as Agrippina (5 episodes)
1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid as (in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)
1982
Regina Roma as Mama
1981
Priest of Love as Mabel Dodge Luhan
1980
The Kidnapping of the President as Beth Richards
1979
Knots Landing as Ruth Sumner Galveston (7 episodes)
1979
City on Fire as Maggie Grayson
1977
The Sentinel as Helen Logan
1976
The Cassandra Crossing as Nicole Dressler
1976
The Blue Bird as Luxury
1975
Permission to Kill as Katina Petersen
1974
Earthquake as Remy Royce-Graff
1974
That's Entertainment! as (archive footage)
1972
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean as Lily Langtry
1970
The Ballad of Tam Lin as Michaela Cazaret
1968
Mayerling as Empress Elisabeth of Austria
1966
The Bible: In the Beginning... as Sarah
1964
The Night of the Iguana as Maxine Faulk
1964
On the Trail of the Iguana as Self
1964
Seven Days in May as Eleanor Holbrook
1963
55 Days at Peking as Baroness Natalie Ivanoff
1963
La Rabbia as Self (archive footage)
1960
The Angel Wore Red as Soledad
1959
On the Beach as Moira Davidson
1958
The Naked Maja as Maria Teresa, duchess of Alba, nicknamed Cayetana
1957
The Sun Also Rises as Lady Brett Ashley
1957
The Little Hut as Lady Susan Ashlow
1956
Bhowani Junction as Victoria Jones
1954
The Barefoot Contessa as Maria Vargas
1953
Knights of the Round Table as Guinevere
1953
Mogambo as Eloise Y. Kelly
1953
The Band Wagon as Ava Gardner (uncredited)
1953
Ride, Vaquero! as Cordelia Cameron
1952
Lone Star as Martha Ronda
1952
The Snows of Kilimanjaro as Cynthia Green
1951
Show Boat as Julie LaVerne
1951
My Forbidden Past as Barbara Beaurevel
1951
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman as Pandora Reynolds
1950
The Costume Designer as Self (archive footage)
1950
Screen Actors as Self (uncredited)
1950
What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest (1 episode)
1949
East Side, West Side as Isabel Lorrison
1949
The Great Sinner as Pauline Ostrovsky
1949
The Bribe as Elizabeth Hintten
1948
One Touch of Venus as Venus
1947
Singapore as Linda Grahame / Ann Van Leyden
1947
The Hucksters as Jean Ogilvie
1946
The Killers as Kitty Collins
1946
Whistle Stop as Mary
1945
She Went to the Races as Hilda Spotts
1945
I'm a Civilian Here Myself as Dream Girl (uncredited)
1944
Blonde Fever as Minor Role (uncredited)
1944
Maisie Goes to Reno as Gloria Fullerton
1944
Two Girls and a Sailor as Dream Girl (uncredited)
1944
3 Men in White as Jean Brown
1944
Twenty Years After as (archive footage)
1943
Lost Angel as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
1943
Swing Fever as Receptionist (uncredited)
1943
Du Barry was a Lady as Perfume Girl (uncredited)
1943
Young Ideas as Co-ed (uncredited)
1943
Ghosts on the Loose as Betty
1943
Hitler's Madman as Franciska Pritric (uncredited)
1942
Reunion in France
1942
Mighty Lak a Goat as Girl at Theatre Boxoffice
1942
Calling Dr. Gillespie as Student (uncredited)
1942
Sunday Punch as Ringsider (uncredited)
1942
Kid Glove Killer
1942
This Time for Keeps as Girl in Car Lighting Cigarette (uncredited)
1942
Joe Smith, American as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1942
We Do It Because as Lucretia Borgia (uncredited)
1941
H.M. Pulham, Esq. as Young Socialite (uncredited)
1941
Shadow of the Thin Man as Passerby at Racetrack (uncredited)
1941
Strange Testament as Waitress (uncredited)
1941
Fancy Answers as Girl at Recital