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Ava Gardner

Ava Gardner

Birthday: 1922-12-24 | Place of Birth: Grabtown, North Carolina, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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​

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2002
The Kid Stays in the Picture

as    Self (archive footage)

1998
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century

as    Self (archive footage)

1986
Harem

as    Kadin

1985
The Long Hot Summer

as    Minnie Littlejohn

1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

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

1981
Priest of Love

as    Mabel Dodge Luhan

1979
City on Fire

as    Maggie Grayson

1977
The Sentinel

as    Helen Logan

1977
The Cassandra Crossing

as    Nicole Dressler

1976
The Blue Bird

as    Luxury

1975
Permission to Kill

as    Katina Petersen

1974
Earthquake

as    Remy Royce-Graff

1970
The Ballad of Tam Lin

as    Michaela Cazaret

1969
Mayerling

as    Empress Elisabeth of Austria

1966
1964
Seven Days in May

as    Eleanor Holbrook

1964
The Night of the Iguana

as    Maxine Faulk

1963
55 Days at Peking

as    Baroness Natalie Ivanoff

1960
The Angel Wore Red

as    Soledad

1959
On the Beach

as    Moira Davidson

1958
The Naked Maja

as    Maria Teresa, duchess of Alba, nicknamed Cayetana

1957
The Sun Also Rises

as    Lady Brett Ashley

1957
The Little Hut

as    Lady Susan Ashlow

1956
Bhowani Junction

as    Victoria Jones

1954
The Barefoot Contessa

as    Maria Vargas

1953
Ride, Vaquero!

as    Cordelia Cameron

1953
Mogambo

as    Eloise Y. Kelly

1953
Knights of the Round Table

as    Guinevere

1952
The Snows of Kilimanjaro

as    Cynthia Green