Ava Gardner

Ava Gardner

  • Birthday: 1922-12-24
  • Deathday: 1990-01-25
  • Place of birth: Grabtown, North Carolina, USA
  • Also know as: Ava Lavinia Gardner

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ava Gardner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

Filmography

Bhowani Junction

1956

As Victoria Jones

The Naked Maja

1958

As Maria Teresa, duchess of Alba, nicknamed Cayetana

Tam Lin

1970

As Michaela Cazaret

The Little Hut

1957

As Lady Susan Ashlow

The Angel Wore Red

1960

As Soledad

Regina Roma

1982

As Mama

Fallout

2013

As Self (archive footage)

Ava Gardner, the Gypsy of Hollywood

2018

As Herself (archive footage)

Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies

2017

As Self(archive footage)

All Night Long

2010

As Self (archive footage)

Earthquake

1974

As Remy Royce-Graff

Mogambo

1953

As Eloise Y. Kelly

The Sun Also Rises

1957

As Lady Brett Ashley

The Bribe

1949

As Elizabeth Hintten

55 Days at Peking

1963

As Baroness Natalie Ivanoff

The Barefoot Contessa

1954

As Maria Vargas

On the Beach

1959

As Moira Davidson

The Night of the Iguana

1964

As Maxine Faulk

One Touch of Venus

1948

As Venus

Lone Star

1952

As Martha Ronda

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

1951

As Pandora Reynolds

Ride, Vaquero!

1953

As Cordelia Cameron

Show Boat

1951

As Julie LaVerne

Knights of the Round Table

1953

As Guinevere

Singapore

1947

As Linda Grahame / Ann Van Leyden

Whistle Stop

1946

As Mary

My Forbidden Past

1951

As Barbara Beaurevel

Permission to Kill

1975

As Katina Petersen

The Great Sinner

1949

As Pauline Ostrovsky

Harem

1986

As Kadin

I'm a Civilian Here Myself

1945

As Dream Girl (uncredited)

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

1952

As Cynthia Green

The Killers

1946

As Kitty Collins

Priest of Love

1981

As Mabel Dodge Luhan

The Blue Bird

1976

As Luxury

She Went to the Races

1945

As Hilda Spotts

Fancy Answers

1941

As Girl at Recital

Strange Testament

1941

As Waitress (uncredited)

We Do It Because

1942

As Lucretia Borgia (uncredited)

Seven Days in May

1964

As Eleanor Holbrook

Mayerling

1968

As Empress Elisabeth of Austria

East Side, West Side

1949

As Isabel Lorrison

The Kidnapping of the President

1980

As Beth Richards

Mighty Lak a Goat

1942

As Girl at Theatre Boxoffice

The Cassandra Crossing

1976

As Nicole Dressler

Ghosts on the Loose

1943

As Betty

The Hucksters

1947

As Jean Ogilvie

3 Men in White

1944

As Jean Brown

The Costume Designer

1950

As Self (archive footage)

The Sentinel

1977

As Helen Logan

City on Fire

1979

As Maggie Grayson

Maisie Goes to Reno

1944

As Gloria Fullerton

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982

As (in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)

Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century

1998

As Self (archive footage)

The Kid Stays in the Picture

2002

As Self (archive footage)

The Band Wagon

1953

As Ava Gardner (uncredited)

La Rabbia

1963

As Self (archive footage)

Screen Actors

1950

As Self (uncredited)

Legends of the West

1992

As Lily Langtry in 'The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean'

This Time for Keeps

1942

As Girl in Car Lighting Cigarette (uncredited)

Hitler's Madman

1943

As Franciska Pritric (uncredited)

De Madrid a la Luna

2006

As Self (archive footage)

Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner

2019

As Self (archive footage)

Blonde Fever

1944

As Minor Role (uncredited)

Sunday Punch

1942

As Ringsider (uncredited)

Young Ideas

1943

As Co-ed (uncredited)

Du Barry was a Lady

1943

As Perfume Girl (uncredited)

Lost Angel

1943

As Hat Check Girl (uncredited)

Calling Dr. Gillespie

1942

As Student (uncredited)

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

1941

As Young Socialite (uncredited)

Chavela

2017

As Herself (archive footage)

Twenty Years After

1944

As (archive footage)

Shadow of the Thin Man

1941

As Passerby at Racetrack (uncredited)

Two Girls and a Sailor

1944

As Dream Girl (uncredited)

The Love Goddesses

1965

As (archive footage)

Joe Smith, American

1942

As Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

1989

As Self (archive footage)

Rat Pack

2022

As Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment!

1974

As (archive footage)

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2010

As Pandora Reynolds / Maria Vargas (archive footage)

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

2018

As Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment! III

1994

As (archive footage)

Swing Fever

1943

As Receptionist (uncredited)

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