Ava Gardner
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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Known for
Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Rat Pack
Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Ava Gardner, the Gypsy of Hollywood
Chavela
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
Fallout
All Night Long
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
De Madrid a la Luna
Frank Sinatra glömde aldrig Finspång
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
That's Entertainment! III
Intimate Portrait
Legends of the West
Star Life
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
The Long Hot Summer
A.D.
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Regina Roma
Priest of Love
The Kidnapping of the President
Knots Landing
City on Fire
The Sentinel
The Cassandra Crossing
The Blue Bird
Permission to Kill
Earthquake
That's Entertainment!
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Tam Lin
Mayerling
The Bible: In the Beginning...
The Love Goddesses
The Night of the Iguana
On the Trail of the Iguana
Seven Days in May
55 Days at Peking
La Rabbia
The Angel Wore Red
On the Beach
The Naked Maja
The Sun Also Rises
The Little Hut
Bhowani Junction
The Barefoot Contessa
Knights of the Round Table
Mogambo
The Band Wagon
Ride, Vaquero!
Lone Star
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Show Boat
My Forbidden Past
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
The Costume Designer
What's My Line?
East Side, West Side
The Great Sinner
The Bribe
One Touch of Venus
The Ed Sullivan Show
Singapore
The Hucksters
The Killers
Whistle Stop
She Went to the Races
Blonde Fever
Maisie Goes to Reno
Two Girls and a Sailor
3 Men in White
Twenty Years After
Lost Angel
Swing Fever
Du Barry was a Lady
Young Ideas
Ghosts on the Loose
Hitler's Madman
Reunion in France
Mighty Lak a Goat
Calling Dr. Gillespie
Sunday Punch
Kid Glove Killer
This Time for Keeps
Joe Smith, American
We Do It Because
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Shadow of the Thin Man
Strange Testament
Fancy Answers