Ava Gardner
Birthday
1922/12/24
Day of death
1990/01/25 (67 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Grabtown, North Carolina, USA
Also know as
Ava Lavinia Gardner, A. Gardner, Ава Гарднер, 에바 가드너, エヴァ・ガードナー
Biography
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, incl...Read more
Acting
(1988) John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Self (archive footage)
(1966) The Bible: In the Beginning...
as Sarah
(1942) Calling Dr. Gillespie
as Student (uncredited)
(1952) The Snows of Kilimanjaro
as Cynthia Green
(1974) Earthquake
as Remy Royce-Graff
(1964) Seven Days in May
as Eleanor Holbrook
(1976) The Cassandra Crossing
as Nicole Dressler
(1953) Mogambo
as Eloise Y. Kelly
(1957) The Sun Also Rises
as Lady Brett Ashley
(1949) The Bribe
as Elizabeth Hintten
(1982) Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)
(1972) The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
as Lily Langtry
(1963) 55 Days at Peking
as Baroness Natalie Ivanoff
(1954) The Barefoot Contessa
as Maria Vargas
(1959) On the Beach
as Moira Davidson
(1953) The Band Wagon
as Ava Gardner (uncredited)
(1941) Shadow of the Thin Man
as Passerby at Racetrack (uncredited)
(1946) The Killers
as Kitty Collins
(1964) The Night of the Iguana
as Maxine Faulk
(1948) One Touch of Venus
as Venus
(1952) Lone Star
as Martha Ronda
(1968) Mayerling
as Empress Elisabeth of Austria
(1942) Kid Glove Killer
as ---
(1942) Reunion in France
as ---
(1951) Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
as Pandora Reynolds
(1953) Ride, Vaquero!
as Cordelia Cameron
(1951) Show Boat
as Julie LaVerne
(1942) We Do It Because
as Lucretia Borgia (uncredited)
(1977) The Sentinel
as Helen Logan
(1981) Priest of Love
as Mabel Dodge Luhan
(1953) Knights of the Round Table
as Guinevere
(1944) Two Girls and a Sailor
as Dream Girl (uncredited)
(1956) Bhowani Junction
as Victoria Jones
(1947) Singapore
as Linda Grahame / Ann Van Leyden
(1943) Ghosts on the Loose
as Betty
(1946) Whistle Stop
as Mary
(2017) Chavela
as Self (archive footage)
(1958) The Naked Maja
as Maria Teresa, duchess of Alba, nicknamed Cayetana
(1976) The Blue Bird
as Luxury
(1942) This Time for Keeps
as Girl in Car Lighting Cigarette (uncredited)
(1947) The Hucksters
as Jean Ogilvie
(1951) My Forbidden Past
as Barbara Beaurevel
(1949) East Side, West Side
as Isabel Lorrison
(1980) The Kidnapping of the President
as Beth Richards
(1979) City on Fire
as Maggie Grayson
(1970) The Ballad of Tam Lin
as Michaela Cazaret
(1975) Permission to Kill
as Katina Petersen
(1992) Legends of the West
as Lily Langtry in 'The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean'
(2018) Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(1949) The Great Sinner
as Pauline Ostrovsky
(1957) The Little Hut
as Lady Susan Ashlow
(1960) The Angel Wore Red
as Soledad
(1944) 3 Men in White
as Jean Brown
(1982) Regina Roma
as Mama
(1944) Maisie Goes to Reno
as Gloria Fullerton
(2017) Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
(1943) Du Barry was a Lady
as Perfume Girl (uncredited)
(1945) She Went to the Races
as Hilda Spotts
(1941) H.M. Pulham, Esq.
as Young Socialite (uncredited)
(2022) Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
(1974) That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
(2010) All Night Long
as Self (archive footage)
(2023) Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
as Self (Archive Footage)
(1986) Harem
as Kadin
(2013) Fallout
as Self (archive footage)
(1942) Sunday Punch
as Ringsider (uncredited)
(2003) Frank Sinatra glömde aldrig Finspång
as Self (archive footage)
(1943) Hitler's Madman
as Franciska Pritric (uncredited)
(1943) Young Ideas
as Co-ed (uncredited)
(1994) That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
(1941) Fancy Answers
as Girl at Recital
(1998) Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
as Self (archive footage)
(2002) The Kid Stays in the Picture
as Self (archive footage)
(2006) De Madrid a la Luna
as Self (archive footage)
(1943) Lost Angel
as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
(1964) On the Trail of the Iguana
as Self
(2018) Ava Gardner, the Gypsy of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(1944) Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
(1950) The Costume Designer
as Self (archive footage)
(2019) Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner
as Self (archive footage)
(1945) I'm a Civilian Here Myself
as Dream Girl (uncredited)
(1941) Strange Testament
as Waitress (uncredited)
(1942) Mighty Lak a Goat
as Girl at Theatre Boxoffice
(1963) La Rabbia
as Self (archive footage)
(1942) Joe Smith, American
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
(1944) Blonde Fever
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1943) Swing Fever
as Receptionist (uncredited)
(1950) Screen Actors
as Self (uncredited)
(2010) Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Pandora Reynolds / Maria Vargas (archive footage)
(2009) Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
as Self (archive)
(2003) Året var 1953
as Self (archive footage)
(1979) Knots Landing
as Ruth Sumner Galveston
(2023) Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
as Self (archive footage)
(1985) The Long Hot Summer
as Minnie Littlejohn
(1993) Intimate Portrait
as Self
(1986) Harem
as Kadin
(1985) A.D.
as Agrippina
(1990) Star Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self
(2015) Iconic Couples of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)