Ava Gardner
Born in Grabtown, North Carolina, USA — Dec 24 1922• Died Jan 25 1990
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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,…
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Knots Landing
Ruth Sumner Galveston
Intimate Portrait
Self
What's My Line?
Self
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Self (archive footage)
The Killers
Kitty Collins
A.D.
Agrippina
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Sarah
Earthquake
Remy Royce-Graff
The Sentinel
Helen Logan
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Self (archive footage)
Seven Days in May
Eleanor Holbrook
Priest of Love
Mabel Dodge Luhan
The Long Hot Summer
Minnie Littlejohn
On the Beach
Moira Davidson
Mogambo
Eloise Y. Kelly
The Cassandra Crossing
Nicole Dressler
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Mayerling
Empress Elisabeth of Austria
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)
Show Boat
Julie LaVerne
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
The Sun Also Rises
Lady Brett Ashley
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Lily Langtry
The Night of the Iguana
Maxine Faulk
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Cynthia Green
Swing Fever
Receptionist (uncredited)
55 Days at Peking
Baroness Natalie Ivanoff
Reunion in France
Marie, Parisian shopgirl (uncredited)
Ride, Vaquero!
Cordelia Cameron
The Barefoot Contessa
Maria Vargas
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage)
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
Maisie Goes to Reno
Gloria Fullerton
Shadow of the Thin Man
Passerby at Racetrack (uncredited)
The Hucksters
Jean Ogilvie
Iconic Couples of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Pandora Reynolds
The Band Wagon
Ava Gardner (uncredited)
Du Barry Was a Lady
Perfume Girl (uncredited)
Singapore
Linda Grahame / Ann Van Leyden
The Little Hut
Lady Susan Ashlow
La Rabbia
Self (archive footage)
Two Girls and a Sailor
Dream Girl (uncredited)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Pandora Reynolds / Maria Vargas (archive footage)
The Blue Bird
Luxury
Harem
Kadin
Lone Star
Martha Ronda
The Naked Maja
Maria Teresa, duchess of Alba, nicknamed Cayetana
Ghosts on the Loose
Betty
On the Trail of the Iguana
Self
Whistle Stop
Mary
The Costume Designer
Self (archive footage)
Knights of the Round Table
Guinevere
The Great Sinner
Pauline Ostrovsky
Harem
Kadin
Regina Roma
Mama
The Bribe
Elizabeth Hintten
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
Blonde Fever
Minor Role (uncredited)
Joe Smith, American
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Legends of the West
Lily Langtry in 'The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean' (archive footage) (uncredited)
City on Fire
Maggie Grayson
Calling Dr. Gillespie
Student (uncredited)
Chavela
Self (archive footage)
The Kidnapping of the President
Beth Richards
East Side, West Side
Isabel Lorrison
One Touch of Venus
Venus
Sunday Punch
Ringsider (uncredited)
She Went to the Races
Hilda Spotts
Kid Glove Killer
Car Hop (uncredited)
The Ballad of Tam Lin
Michaela Cazaret
Young Ideas
Co-ed (uncredited)
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Young Socialite (uncredited)
3 Men in White
Jean Brown
Bhowani Junction
Victoria Jones
Hitler's Madman
Franciska Pritric (uncredited)
Screen Actors
Self (uncredited)
Lost Angel
Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
Fallout
Self (archive footage)
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
Self (archive footage)
Permission to Kill
Katina Petersen
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Self (archive)
My Forbidden Past
Barbara Beaurevel
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
Self (archive footage)
This Time for Keeps
Girl in Car Lighting Cigarette (uncredited)
Året var 1953
Self (archive footage)
The Angel Wore Red
Soledad
Mighty Lak a Goat
Girl at Theatre Boxoffice
Strange Testament
Waitress (uncredited)
Beautiful Like a Poem
Self (archive footage)
Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
Self (archive footage)
All Night Long
Self (archive footage)
Ava Gardner, the Gypsy of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
We Do It Because
Lucretia Borgia (uncredited)
De Madrid a la Luna
Self (archive footage)
Fancy Answers
Girl at Recital
Frank Sinatra glömde aldrig Finspång
Self (archive footage)
I'm a Civilian Here Myself
Dream Girl (uncredited)