Ava Gardner
73 movies · 4 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 24, 1922
- Died
- Jan 25, 1990 (age 67)
- Place of birth
- Grabtown, North Carolina, USA
- Also known as
- Ava Lavinia Gardner · A. Gardner · Ава Гарднер · 에바 가드너
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 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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Ava Gardner: movies and TV shows
Acting (77)
- 2010 Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Pandora Reynolds / Maria Vargas (archive footage)
- 2000 Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
as archive footage
- 1994 That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1992 Legends of the West
as Lily Langtry in 'The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1986 Maggie
as Diane Webb
- 1986 Harem
as Kadin
- 1986
- 1985
- 1985
- 1982 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)
- 1982 Regina Roma
as Mama
- 1981 Priest of Love
as Mabel Dodge Luhan
- 1980 The Kidnapping of the President
as Beth Richards
- 1979
- 1979 City on Fire
as Maggie Grayson
- 1977 The Sentinel
as Helen Logan
- 1976 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
- 1974 That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1972 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
as Lily Langtry
- 1970 The Ballad of Tam Lin
as Michaela Cazaret
- 1968 Mayerling
as Empress Elisabeth of Austria
- 1966 The Bible: In the Beginning...
as Sarah
- 1964 The Night of the Iguana
as Maxine Faulk
- 1964 Seven Days in May
as Eleanor Holbrook
- 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 Knights of the Round Table
as Guinevere
- 1953 Mogambo
as Eloise Y. Kelly
- 1953 The Band Wagon
as Ava Gardner (uncredited)
- 1953 Ride, Vaquero!
as Cordelia Cameron
- 1952 Lone Star
as Martha Ronda
- 1952 The Snows of Kilimanjaro
as Cynthia Green
- 1951 Show Boat
as Julie LaVerne
- 1951 My Forbidden Past
as Barbara Beaurevel
- 1951 Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
as Pandora Reynolds
- 1949 East Side, West Side
as Isabel Lorrison
- 1949 The Great Sinner
as Pauline Ostrovsky
- 1949 The Bribe
as Elizabeth Hintten
- 1948 One Touch of Venus
as Venus
- 1947 Singapore
as Linda Grahame / Ann Van Leyden
- 1947 The Hucksters
as Jean Ogilvie
- 1946 The Killers
as Kitty Collins
- 1946 Whistle Stop
as Mary
- 1945 She Went to the Races
as Hilda Spotts
- 1945 I'm a Civilian Here Myself
as Dream Girl (uncredited)
- 1944 Blonde Fever
as Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1944 Maisie Goes to Reno
as Gloria Fullerton
- 1944 Two Girls and a Sailor
as Dream Girl (uncredited)
- 1944 3 Men in White
as Jean Brown
- 1944 Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
- 1943 Lost Angel
as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
- 1943 Swing Fever
as Receptionist (uncredited)
- 1943 Du Barry Was a Lady
as Perfume Girl (uncredited)
- 1943 Young Ideas
as Co-ed (uncredited)
- 1943 Ghosts on the Loose
as Betty
- 1943 Hitler's Madman
as Franciska Pritric (uncredited)
- 1942 Reunion in France
as Marie, Parisian shopgirl (uncredited)
- 1942 Mighty Lak a Goat
as Girl at Theatre Boxoffice
- 1942 Calling Dr. Gillespie
as Student (uncredited)
- 1942 Sunday Punch
as Ringsider (uncredited)
- 1942 Kid Glove Killer
as Car Hop (uncredited)
- 1942 This Time for Keeps
as Girl in Car Lighting Cigarette (uncredited)
- 1942 Joe Smith, American
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- 1942 We Do It Because
as Lucretia Borgia (uncredited)
- 1941 H.M. Pulham, Esq.
as Young Socialite (uncredited)
- 1941 Shadow of the Thin Man
as Passerby at Racetrack (uncredited)
- 1941 Strange Testament
as Waitress (uncredited)
- 1941 Fancy Answers
as Girl at Recital
Talk shows and appearances (24)
- 2023
- 2023 Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
1 episode
- 2022
- 2020
- 2018
- 2018
- 2017
- 2017
- 2015 Iconic Couples of Hollywood
1 episode
- 2013
- 2010
- 2009
- 2006
- 2003
- 2003
- 1998
- 1993 Intimate Portrait
1 episode
- 1988
- 1977
- 1964
- 1963
- 1950
- 1950
- 1950 What's My Line?
1 episode