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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Movie | That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) | 1994-07-01 |
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Movie | John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Self (archive footage) | 1989-01-01 |
Series | Harem | Kadin | 1986-02-09 |
Movie | Harem | Kadin | 1986-02-09 |
Series | A.D. | Agrippina | 1985-03-31 |
Series | The Long Hot Summer | Minnie Littlejohn | 1985-10-06 |
Movie | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage) | 1982-05-21 |
Movie | Regina Roma | Mama | 1982-01-01 |
Movie | Priest of Love | Mabel Dodge Luhan | 1981-10-11 |
Movie | The Kidnapping of the President | Beth Richards | 1980-08-15 |
Movie | City on Fire | Maggie Grayson | 1979-07-11 |
Movie | The Sentinel | Helen Logan | 1977-01-07 |
Movie | The Blue Bird | Luxury | 1976-04-05 |
Movie | The Cassandra Crossing | Nicole Dressler | 1976-12-18 |
Movie | Permission to Kill | Katina Petersen | 1975-11-20 |
Movie | Earthquake | Remy Royce-Graff | 1974-11-15 |
Movie | That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) | 1974-06-21 |
Movie | The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | Lily Langtry | 1972-12-18 |
Movie | The Ballad of Tam Lin | Michaela Cazaret | 1970-12-01 |
Movie | Mayerling | Empress Elisabeth of Austria | 1968-10-31 |
Movie | The Bible: In the Beginning... | Sarah | 1966-09-28 |
Movie | The Love Goddesses | (archive footage) | 1965-03-03 |
Movie | On the Trail of the Iguana | Self | 1964-04-30 |
Movie | Seven Days in May | Eleanor Holbrook | 1964-02-01 |
Movie | The Night of the Iguana | Maxine Faulk | 1964-08-06 |
Movie | La Rabbia | Self (archive footage) | 1963-04-13 |
Movie | 55 Days at Peking | Baroness Natalie Ivanoff | 1963-05-06 |
Movie | The Angel Wore Red | Soledad | 1960-04-14 |
Movie | On the Beach | Moira Davidson | 1959-12-16 |
Movie | The Naked Maja | Maria Teresa, duchess of Alba, nicknamed Cayetana | 1958-12-20 |
Movie | The Little Hut | Lady Susan Ashlow | 1957-05-03 |
Movie | The Sun Also Rises | Lady Brett Ashley | 1957-08-23 |
Movie | Bhowani Junction | Victoria Jones | 1956-05-01 |
Movie | The Barefoot Contessa | Maria Vargas | 1954-09-29 |
Movie | Ride, Vaquero! | Cordelia Cameron | 1953-07-17 |
Movie | The Band Wagon | Ava Gardner (uncredited) | 1953-08-07 |
Movie | Mogambo | Eloise Y. Kelly | 1953-09-23 |
Movie | Knights of the Round Table | Guinevere | 1953-12-22 |
Movie | The Snows of Kilimanjaro | Cynthia Green | 1952-10-08 |
Movie | Lone Star | Martha Ronda | 1952-10-24 |
Movie | Pandora and the Flying Dutchman | Pandora Reynolds | 1951-04-13 |
Movie | Show Boat | Julie LaVerne | 1951-07-19 |
Movie | My Forbidden Past | Barbara Beaurevel | 1951-04-25 |
Movie | Screen Actors | Self (uncredited) | 1950-05-13 |
Movie | The Costume Designer | Self (archive footage) | 1950-07-13 |
Movie | The Bribe | Elizabeth Hintten | 1949-02-03 |
Movie | The Great Sinner | Pauline Ostrovsky | 1949-06-29 |
Movie | East Side, West Side | Isabel Lorrison | 1949-12-22 |
Movie | One Touch of Venus | Venus | 1948-08-01 |
Movie | The Hucksters | Jean Ogilvie | 1947-07-17 |
Movie | Singapore | Linda Grahame / Ann Van Leyden | 1947-08-13 |
Movie | Whistle Stop | Mary | 1946-01-25 |
Movie | The Killers | Kitty Collins | 1946-08-30 |
Movie | She Went to the Races | Hilda Spotts | 1945-11-04 |
Movie | 3 Men in White | Jean Brown | 1944-05-25 |
Movie | Twenty Years After | (archive footage) | 1944-01-01 |
Movie | Two Girls and a Sailor | Dream Girl (uncredited) | 1944-06-14 |
Movie | Maisie Goes to Reno | Gloria Fullerton | 1944-08-15 |
Movie | Blonde Fever | Minor Role (uncredited) | 1944-12-05 |
Movie | Ghosts on the Loose | Betty | 1943-07-30 |
Movie | Hitler's Madman | Franciska Pritric (uncredited) | 1943-06-10 |
Movie | Young Ideas | Co-ed (uncredited) | 1943-08-02 |
Movie | Du Barry was a Lady | Perfume Girl (uncredited) | 1943-08-13 |
Movie | Lost Angel | Hat Check Girl (uncredited) | 1943-12-23 |
Movie | Swing Fever | Receptionist (uncredited) | 1943-11-01 |
Movie | This Time for Keeps | Girl in Car Lighting Cigarette (uncredited) | 1942-03-01 |
Movie | Joe Smith, American | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) | 1942-02-01 |
Movie | Kid Glove Killer | 1942-04-17 | |
Movie | Sunday Punch | Ringsider (uncredited) | 1942-05-08 |
Movie | Calling Dr. Gillespie | Student (uncredited) | 1942-08-01 |
Movie | Reunion in France | 1942-12-25 | |
Movie | Fancy Answers | Girl at Recital | 1941-11-01 |
Movie | H.M. Pulham, Esq. | Young Socialite (uncredited) | 1941-12-04 |
Movie | Shadow of the Thin Man | Passerby at Racetrack (uncredited) | 1941-11-21 |