Ava Gardner

Ava Lavinia Gardner (1922–1990) was a renowned American actress and one of the most iconic stars of Hollywood's Golden Age. Born on December 24, 1922, in Grabtown, North Carolina, she grew up in a rural setting before being discovered by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1941. Initially cast in minor roles, her breakthrough came with the film noir classic The Killers (1946), which established her as a leading lady. Gardner's career flourished in the 1950s with notable performances in films like Mogambo (1953), for which she received an Academy Award nomination, The Barefoot Contessa (1954), and The Night of the Iguana (1964). Known for her beauty and talent, she worked with some of the most celebrated directors and actors of her time. Off-screen, Gardner's personal life attracted significant attention, including her marriages to Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw, and Frank Sinatra. She spent her later years in Spain and London, continuing to act until the mid-1980s. Ava Gardner passed away on January 25, 1990, in London, leaving behind a legacy as one of Hollywood's most enduring legends.

Known For: Acting

Born: Grabtown, North Carolina, USA, 1922-12-24

Died: 1990-01-25

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1941	Fancy Answers	Girl at Recital	40
2	1941	Strange Testament	Waitress (uncredited)	50
3	1941	Shadow of the Thin Man	Passerby at Racetrack (uncredited)	70
4	1941	H.M. Pulham, Esq.	Young Socialite (uncredited)	69
5	1942	We Do It Because	Lucretia Borgia (uncredited)	0
6	1942	Joe Smith, American	Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)	58
7	1942	This Time for Keeps	Girl in Car Lighting Cigarette (uncredited)	60
8	1942	Kid Glove Killer		62
9	1942	Sunday Punch	Ringsider (uncredited)	50
10	1942	Calling Dr. Gillespie	Student (uncredited)	65
11	1942	Mighty Lak a Goat	Girl at Theatre Boxoffice	60
12	1942	Reunion in France		64
13	1943	Hitler's Madman	Franciska Pritric (uncredited)	56
14	1943	Ghosts on the Loose	Betty	42
15	1943	Young Ideas	Co-ed (uncredited)	46
16	1943	Du Barry Was a Lady	Perfume Girl (uncredited)	61
17	1943	Swing Fever	Receptionist (uncredited)	50
18	1943	Lost Angel	Hat Check Girl (uncredited)	75
19	1944	Twenty Years After	(archive footage)	60
20	1944	3 Men in White	Jean Brown	60
21	1944	Two Girls and a Sailor	Dream Girl (uncredited)	57
22	1944	Maisie Goes to Reno	Gloria Fullerton	62
23	1944	Blonde Fever	Minor Role (uncredited)	44
24	1945	I'm a Civilian Here Myself	Dream Girl (uncredited)	0
25	1945	She Went to the Races	Hilda Spotts	55
26	1946	Whistle Stop	Mary	43
27	1946	The Killers	Kitty Collins	74
28	1947	The Hucksters	Jean Ogilvie	69
29	1947	Singapore	Linda Grahame / Ann Van Leyden	61
30	1948	One Touch of Venus	Venus	66
31	1949	The Bribe	Elizabeth Hintten	62
32	1949	The Great Sinner	Pauline Ostrovsky	66
33	1949	East Side, West Side	Isabel Lorrison	70
34	1950	Screen Actors	Self (uncredited)	60
35	1950	The Costume Designer	Self (archive footage)	0
36	1951	Pandora and the Flying Dutchman	Pandora Reynolds	66
37	1951	My Forbidden Past	Barbara Beaurevel	57
38	1951	Show Boat	Julie LaVerne	61
39	1952	The Snows of Kilimanjaro	Cynthia Green	59
40	1952	Lone Star	Martha Ronda	56
41	1953	Ride, Vaquero!	Cordelia Cameron	59
42	1953	The Band Wagon	Ava Gardner (uncredited)	71
43	1953	Mogambo	Eloise Y. Kelly	64
44	1953	Knights of the Round Table	Guinevere	59
45	1954	The Barefoot Contessa	Maria Vargas	68
46	1956	Bhowani Junction	Victoria Jones	58
47	1957	The Little Hut	Lady Susan Ashlow	65
48	1957	The Sun Also Rises	Lady Brett Ashley	59
49	1958	The Naked Maja	Maria Teresa, duchess of Alba, nicknamed Cayetana	62
50	1959	On the Beach	Moira Davidson	66
51	1960	The Angel Wore Red	Soledad	53
52	1963	La Rabbia	Self (archive footage)	71
53	1963	55 Days at Peking	Baroness Natalie Ivanoff	70
54	1964	Seven Days in May	Eleanor Holbrook	73
55	1964	On the Trail of the Iguana	Self	60
56	1964	The Night of the Iguana	Maxine Faulk	72
57	1966	The Bible: In the Beginning...	Sarah	73
58	1968	Mayerling	Empress Elisabeth of Austria	62
59	1970	The Ballad of Tam Lin	Michaela Cazaret	51
60	1972	The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean	Lily Langtry	65
61	1974	That's Entertainment!	(archive footage)	73
62	1974	Earthquake	Remy Royce-Graff	61
63	1975	Permission to Kill	Katina Petersen	56
64	1976	The Blue Bird	Luxury	53
65	1976	The Cassandra Crossing	Nicole Dressler	63
66	1977	The Sentinel	Helen Logan	61
67	1979	City on Fire	Maggie Grayson	50
68	1980	The Kidnapping of the President	Beth Richards	46
69	1981	Priest of Love	Mabel Dodge Luhan	50
70	1982	Regina Roma	Mama	0
71	1982	Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid	(in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)	66
72	1986	Harem	Kadin	48
73	1988	John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick	Self (archive footage)	59
74	1992	Legends of the West	Lily Langtry in 'The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean'	0
75	1994	That's Entertainment! III	(archive footage)	70
76	1998	Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century	Self (archive footage)	77
77	2002	The Kid Stays in the Picture	Self (archive footage)	67
78	2003	Året var 1953	Self (archive footage)	0
79	2003	Frank Sinatra glömde aldrig Finspång	Self (archive footage)	0
80	2006	De Madrid a la Luna	Self (archive footage)	60
81	2009	Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical	Self (archive)	0
82	2010	Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff	Pandora Reynolds / Maria Vargas (archive footage)	67
83	2010	All Night Long	Self (archive footage)	67
84	2013	Fallout	Self (archive footage)	70
85	2017	Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies	Self (archive footage)	58
86	2017	Chavela	Self (archive footage)	69
87	2018	Ava Gardner, the Gypsy of Hollywood	Self (archive footage)	69
88	2018	Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood	Self (archive footage)	60
89	2019	Hollywood, The Dream Life of Lana Turner	Self (archive footage)	95
90	2022	Rat Pack	Self (archive footage)	90
91	2023	Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia	Self (Archive Footage)	85

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	What's My Line?	Self	69
2	1979	Knots Landing	Ruth Sumner Galveston	69
3	1985	A.D.	Agrippina	51
4	1985	The Long Hot Summer	Minnie Littlejohn	54
5	1986	Harem	Kadin	50
6	1993	Intimate Portrait	Self	45
7	2015	Iconic Couples of Hollywood	Self (archive footage)	0
8	2023	Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields	Self (archive footage)	73

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