About
Ava Gardner
Overview
Ava Lavinia Gardner was a renowned American actress and one of the most iconic stars of Hollywood's Golden Age. Born on December 24, 1922, in Grabtown, North Carolina, she grew up in a rural setting before being discovered by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1941. Initially cast in minor roles, her breakthrough came with the film noir classic The Killers (1946), which established her as a leading lady.
Gardner's 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). Known for her beauty and talent, she worked with some of the most celebrated directors and actors of her time.
Off-screen, Gardner's personal life attracted significant attention, including her marriages to Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw, and Frank Sinatra. She spent her later years in Spain and London, continuing to act until the mid-1980s. Ava Gardner passed away on January 25, 1990, in London, leaving behind a legacy as one of Hollywood's most enduring legends.
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 |
| 2020 | Beautiful Like a Poem | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 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) | 58 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) | 62 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 | 59 Average |
| 1976 | The Blue Bird | Actor | Luxury | 58 Average |
| 1975 | Permission to Kill | Actor | Katina Petersen | 58 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 | 58 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 | 58 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 | 59 Average |
| 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 | 58 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) | 58 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 | 57 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 | 58 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) | 58 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 | 58 Average |
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| 1942 | Mighty Lak a Goat | Actor | Girl at Theatre Boxoffice | 58 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) | 58 Average |
| 1941 | Fancy Answers | Actor | Girl at Recital | 59 Average |