About
Ava Gardner
Overview
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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Known for
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| 2023 | Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia | Actor | Self (Archive Footage) | 58 Average |
| 2022 | Rat Pack | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 2019 | Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 2018 | Ava Gardner, the Gypsy of Hollywood | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Chavela | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 2013 | Fallout | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2010 | All Night Long | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Actor | Pandora Reynolds / Maria Vargas (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical | Actor | Self (archive) | N/A N/A |
| 2008 | Spisok korabley | Actor | (archive footage) | 60 Fair |
| 2006 | De Madrid a la Luna | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Frank Sinatra glömde aldrig Finspång | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2003 | Året var 1953 | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2002 | The Kid Stays in the Picture | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 60 Fair |
| 1998 | Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III | Actor | (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1992 | Legends of the West | Actor | Lily Langtry in 'The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean' | N/A N/A |
| 1988 | John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 1986 | Harem | Actor | Kadin | 58 Average |
| 1986 | Harem | Actor | Kadin | 69 Fair |
| 1985 | The Long Hot Summer | Actor | Minnie Littlejohn | 67 Fair |
| 1985 | A.D. | Actor | Agrippina | 66 Fair |
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | Actor | (in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage) | 61 Fair |
| 1982 | Regina Roma | Actor | Mama | N/A N/A |
| 1981 | Priest of Love | Actor | Mabel Dodge Luhan | 58 Average |
| 1980 | The Kidnapping of the President | Actor | Beth Richards | 58 Average |
| 1979 | City on Fire | Actor | Maggie Grayson | 58 Average |
| 1977 | The Sentinel | Actor | Helen Logan | 59 Average |
| 1976 | The Cassandra Crossing | Actor | Nicole Dressler | 60 Fair |
| 1976 | The Blue Bird | Actor | Luxury | 58 Average |
| 1975 | Permission to Kill | Actor | Katina Petersen | 59 Average |
| 1974 | Earthquake | Actor | Remy Royce-Graff | 59 Average |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! | Actor | (archive footage) | 60 Fair |
| 1972 | The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | Actor | Lily Langtry | 60 Fair |
| 1970 | The Ballad of Tam Lin | Actor | Michaela Cazaret | 58 Average |
| 1968 | Mayerling | Actor | Empress Elisabeth of Austria | 59 Average |
| 1966 | The Bible: In the Beginning... | Actor | Sarah | 63 Fair |
| 1964 | The Night of the Iguana | Actor | Maxine Faulk | 61 Fair |
| 1964 | On the Trail of the Iguana | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1964 | Seven Days in May | Actor | Eleanor Holbrook | 62 Fair |
| 1963 | 55 Days at Peking | Actor | Baroness Natalie Ivanoff | 61 Fair |
| 1963 | La Rabbia | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1960 | The Angel Wore Red | Actor | Soledad | 58 Average |
| 1959 | On the Beach | Actor | Moira Davidson | 60 Fair |
| 1958 | The Naked Maja | Actor | Maria Teresa, duchess of Alba, nicknamed Cayetana | 58 Average |
| 1957 | The Sun Also Rises | Actor | Lady Brett Ashley | 58 Average |
| 1957 | The Little Hut | Actor | Lady Susan Ashlow | 59 Average |
| 1956 | Bhowani Junction | Actor | Victoria Jones | 58 Average |
| 1954 | The Barefoot Contessa | Actor | Maria Vargas | 61 Fair |
| 1953 | Knights of the Round Table | Actor | Guinevere | 58 Average |
| 1953 | Mogambo | Actor | Eloise Y. Kelly | 60 Fair |
| 1953 | The Band Wagon | Actor | Ava Gardner (uncredited) | 62 Fair |
| 1953 | Ride, Vaquero! | Actor | Cordelia Cameron | 58 Average |
| 1952 | Lone Star | Actor | Martha Ronda | 58 Average |
| 1952 | The Snows of Kilimanjaro | Actor | Cynthia Green | 58 Average |
| 1951 | Show Boat | Actor | Julie LaVerne | 59 Average |
| 1951 | My Forbidden Past | Actor | Barbara Beaurevel | 58 Average |
| 1951 | Pandora and the Flying Dutchman | Actor | Pandora Reynolds | 60 Fair |
| 1950 | The Costume Designer | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 1950 | Screen Actors | Actor | Self (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1949 | East Side, West Side | Actor | Isabel Lorrison | 59 Average |
| 1949 | The Great Sinner | Actor | Pauline Ostrovsky | 59 Average |
| 1949 | The Bribe | Actor | Elizabeth Hintten | 59 Average |
| 1948 | One Touch of Venus | Actor | Venus | 59 Average |
| 1947 | Singapore | Actor | Linda Grahame / Ann Van Leyden | 58 Average |
| 1947 | The Hucksters | Actor | Jean Ogilvie | 59 Average |
| 1946 | The Killers | Actor | Kitty Collins | 65 Fair |
| 1946 | Whistle Stop | Actor | Mary | 58 Average |
| 1945 | She Went to the Races | Actor | Hilda Spotts | 58 Average |
| 1945 | I'm a Civilian Here Myself | Actor | Dream Girl (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
| 1944 | Blonde Fever | Actor | Minor Role (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1944 | Maisie Goes to Reno | Actor | Gloria Fullerton | 59 Average |
| 1944 | Two Girls and a Sailor | Actor | Dream Girl (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1944 | 3 Men in White | Actor | Jean Brown | 59 Average |
| 1944 | Twenty Years After | Actor | (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1943 | Lost Angel | Actor | Hat Check Girl (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1943 | Swing Fever | Actor | Receptionist (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1943 | Du Barry was a Lady | Actor | Perfume Girl (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1943 | Young Ideas | Actor | Co-ed (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1943 | Ghosts on the Loose | Actor | Betty | 57 Average |
| 1943 | Hitler's Madman | Actor | Franciska Pritric (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1942 | Reunion in France | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1942 | Mighty Lak a Goat | Actor | Girl at Theatre Boxoffice | 59 Average |
| 1942 | Calling Dr. Gillespie | Actor | Student (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1942 | Sunday Punch | Actor | Ringsider (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1942 | Kid Glove Killer | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 1942 | This Time for Keeps | Actor | Girl in Car Lighting Cigarette (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1942 | Joe Smith, American | Actor | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1942 | We Do It Because | Actor | Lucretia Borgia (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
| 1941 | H.M. Pulham, Esq. | Actor | Young Socialite (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Shadow of the Thin Man | Actor | Passerby at Racetrack (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1941 | Strange Testament | Actor | Waitress (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Fancy Answers | Actor | Girl at Recital | 59 Average |