Ava Gardner
Known for: Acting
Born: December 24, 1922
Died: January 25, 1990
Place of birth: Grabtown, North Carolina, USA
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 NAACP in 1968. Gardner was a heavy smoker, which deteriorated her health as she grew older. She continued acting in minor roles in the 1980s before she suffered a stroke in 1986 and retired. Gardner moved to Spain and England, where she spent her final years before passing away from bronchopneumonia on January 25, 1990.
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Filmography
93 movies · 8 TV shows, newest first
7.5
Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
2023
7.5
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023
9.0
Rat Pack
2022
NR
Beautiful Like a Poem
2020
5.9
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
6.9
Ava Gardner, the Gypsy of Hollywood
2018
6.9
Chavela
2017
5.6
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
2017
8.0
Iconic Couples of Hollywood
2015
7.0
Fallout
2013
6.7
All Night Long
2010
6.6
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
NR
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
6.0
De Madrid a la Luna
2006
NR
Frank Sinatra glömde aldrig Finspång
2003
5.0
Året var 1953
2003
9.0
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
2000
7.7
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
1998
7.1
That's Entertainment! III
1994
4.5
Intimate Portrait
1993
NR
Legends of the West
1992
6.0
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988
NR
Maggie
1986
5.4
Harem
1986
5.0
Harem
1986
5.5
The Long Hot Summer
1985
5.4
A.D.
1985
6.6
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
4.0
Regina Roma
1982
5.0
Priest of Love
1981
4.6
The Kidnapping of the President
1980
7.0
Knots Landing
1979
5.1
City on Fire
1979
6.1
The Sentinel
1977
9.0
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
1977
6.2
The Cassandra Crossing
1976
5.5
The Blue Bird
1976
5.8
Permission to Kill
1975
6.2
Earthquake
1974
7.4
That's Entertainment!
1974
6.5
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972
5.1
The Ballad of Tam Lin
1970
6.2
Mayerling
1968
7.3
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966
7.2
The Night of the Iguana
1964
6.5
On the Trail of the Iguana
1964
7.4
Seven Days in May
1964
6.9
55 Days at Peking
1963
7.0
La Rabbia
1963
5.0
The Angel Wore Red
1960
6.7
On the Beach
1959
6.2
The Naked Maja
1958
5.8
The Sun Also Rises
1957
6.4
The Little Hut
1957
6.1
Bhowani Junction
1956
6.7
The Barefoot Contessa
1954
6.0
Knights of the Round Table
1953
6.4
Mogambo
1953
7.2
The Band Wagon
1953
6.1
Ride, Vaquero!
1953
5.7
Lone Star
1952
5.9
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952
6.2
Show Boat
1951
5.5
My Forbidden Past
1951
6.8
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
1951
10.0
The Costume Designer
19506.3
Screen Actors
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
7.1
East Side, West Side
1949
6.8
The Great Sinner
1949
6.3
The Bribe
1949
6.7
One Touch of Venus
1948
6.1
Singapore
1947
7.0
The Hucksters
1947
7.4
The Killers
1946
4.4
Whistle Stop
1946
6.0
She Went to the Races
1945
10.0
I'm a Civilian Here Myself
1945
4.4
Blonde Fever
1944
6.6
Maisie Goes to Reno
1944
5.8
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944
6.4
3 Men in White
1944
8.0
Twenty Years After
1944
8.0
Lost Angel
1943
6.0
Swing Fever
1943
6.5
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
5.3
Young Ideas
1943
4.2
Ghosts on the Loose
1943
5.5
Hitler's Madman
1943
6.5
Reunion in France
1942
6.5
Mighty Lak a Goat
1942
7.0
Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942
6.0
Sunday Punch
1942
6.4
Kid Glove Killer
1942
8.0
This Time for Keeps
1942
6.5
Joe Smith, American
1942
6.5
We Do It Because
1942
7.1
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941
7.0
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941
7.5
Strange Testament
1941
7.0
Fancy Answers
1941