Ava Gardner
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Born:
Dec 24, 1922

Died:
Jan 25, 1990

Age: 67 Deceased

From:
Grabtown, North Carolina, USA

Department:
Acting

Total Credits: 99

Avg Rating: 6.5

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Ava Gardner

Also known as: Ava Lavinia Gardner, A. Gardner, Ава Гарднер, 에바 가드너, エヴァ・ガードナー

Biography

Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress popular in the 1940s and 1950s. Considered one of the most iconic stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood, she was ranked as the 25th greatest female screen legend by the American Film Institute. Initially cast in minor roles, her breakthrough came with the classic film noir The Killers (1946), which established her as a leading lady. Her 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), which earned her a BAFTA nomination.

Off-screen, Gardner's personal life and progressive politics attracted significant attention. Her marriages to Mickey Rooney and Artie Shaw were gossiped about, but her tumultuous relationship with Frank Sinatra particularly headlined. Gardner was a strong supporter of racial equality and desegregation, and became a member of the NA...

Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
Self (archive footage) 2023
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Self (archive footage) 2023
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage) 2022
Beautiful Like a Poem
Self (archive footage) 2020
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Self (archive footage) 2018
Ava Gardner, the Gypsy of Hollywood
Self (archive footage) 2018
Chavela
Self (archive footage) 2017
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
Self (archive footage) 2017
Iconic Couples of Hollywood
Self (archive footage) 2015
Fallout
Self (archive footage) 2013
All Night Long
Self (archive footage) 2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Pandora Reynolds / Maria Vargas (archive footage) 2010
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Self (archive) 2009
De Madrid a la Luna
Self (archive footage) 2006
Frank Sinatra glömde aldrig Finspång
Self (archive footage) 2003
Året var 1953
Self (archive footage) 2003
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
Self (archive footage) 1998
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) 1994
Intimate Portrait
Self 1993
Legends of the West
Lily Langtry in 'The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean' (archive footage) (uncredited) 1992
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Self (archive footage) 1988
Harem
Kadin 1986
Harem
Kadin 1986
The Long Hot Summer
Minnie Littlejohn 1985
A.D.
Agrippina 1985
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage) 1982
Regina Roma
Mama 1982
Priest of Love
Mabel Dodge Luhan 1981
The Kidnapping of the President
Beth Richards 1980
Knots Landing
Ruth Sumner Galveston 1979
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