- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 24, 1922
- Place of Birth
- Grabtown, North Carolina, USA
- Died
- January 25, 1990
Ava Gardner
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, The Barefoot Contessa (1954), and The Night of the Iguana (1964), which earned her a BAFTA nomination. Off-screen, Gardner's personal life and progressive politics attracted significant attention. Her marriages to Mickey Rooney and Artie Shaw were gossiped about, but her tumultuous relationship with Frank Sinatra particularly headlined. …
Filmography
movieKennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
2023 · Self (archive footage)
tvPretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieRat Pack
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieBeautiful Like a Poem
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieScotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieAva Gardner, the Gypsy of Hollywood
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieChavela
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieAva Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
2017 · Self (archive footage)
tvIconic Couples of Hollywood
2015 · Self (archive footage)
movieFallout
2013 · Self (archive footage)
movieAll Night Long
2010 · Self (archive footage)
movieCameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010 · Pandora Reynolds / Maria Vargas (archive footage)
movieHollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009 · Self (archive)
movieDe Madrid a la Luna
2006 · Self (archive footage)
movieFrank Sinatra glömde aldrig Finspång
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieÅret var 1953
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieHoward Hughes: His Women and His Movies
2000 · archive footage
movieFrank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
1998 · Self (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment! III
1994 · (archive footage)
tvIntimate Portrait
1993 · Self
movieLegends of the West
1992 · Lily Langtry in 'The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean' (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieJohn Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988 · Self (archive footage)
movieMaggie
1986 · Diane Webb
movieHarem
1986 · Kadin
tvHarem
1986 · Kadin
tvThe Long Hot Summer
1985 · Minnie Littlejohn
tvA.D.
1985 · Agrippina
movieDead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982 · (in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)
movieRegina Roma
1982 · Mama
moviePriest of Love
1981 · Mabel Dodge Luhan
movieThe Kidnapping of the President
1980 · Beth Richards
tvKnots Landing
1979 · Ruth Sumner Galveston
movieCity on Fire
1979 · Maggie Grayson
movieThe Sentinel
1977 · Helen Logan
movieKolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
1977 · Self - Maria Cayetana, Duchess of Alba (archive footage)
movieThe Cassandra Crossing
1976 · Nicole Dressler
movieThe Blue Bird
1976 · Luxury
moviePermission to Kill
1975 · Katina Petersen
movieEarthquake
1974 · Remy Royce-Graff
movieThat's Entertainment!
1974 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972 · Lily Langtry
movieThe Ballad of Tam Lin
1970 · Michaela Cazaret
movieMayerling
1968 · Empress Elisabeth of Austria
movieThe Bible: In the Beginning...
1966 · Sarah
movieThe Night of the Iguana
1964 · Maxine Faulk
movieOn the Trail of the Iguana
1964 · Self
movieSeven Days in May
1964 · Eleanor Holbrook
movie55 Days at Peking
1963 · Baroness Natalie Ivanoff
movieLa Rabbia
1963 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Angel Wore Red
1960 · Soledad
movieOn the Beach
1959 · Moira Davidson
movieThe Naked Maja
1958 · Maria Teresa, duchess of Alba, nicknamed Cayetana
movieThe Sun Also Rises
1957 · Lady Brett Ashley
movieThe Little Hut
1957 · Lady Susan Ashlow
movieBhowani Junction
1956 · Victoria Jones
movieThe Barefoot Contessa
1954 · Maria Vargas
movieKnights of the Round Table
1953 · Guinevere
movieMogambo
1953 · Eloise Y. Kelly
movieThe Band Wagon
1953 · Ava Gardner (uncredited)
movieRide, Vaquero!
1953 · Cordelia Cameron
movieLone Star
1952 · Martha Ronda
movieThe Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952 · Cynthia Green
movieShow Boat
1951 · Julie LaVerne
movieMy Forbidden Past
1951 · Barbara Beaurevel
moviePandora and the Flying Dutchman
1951 · Pandora Reynolds
movieThe Costume Designer
1950 · Self (archive footage)
Screen Actors
1950 · Self (uncredited)
tvWhat's My Line?
1950 · Self
movieEast Side, West Side
1949 · Isabel Lorrison
movieThe Great Sinner
1949 · Pauline Ostrovsky
movieThe Bribe
1949 · Elizabeth Hintten
movieOne Touch of Venus
1948 · Venus
movieSingapore
1947 · Linda Grahame / Ann Van Leyden
movieThe Hucksters
1947 · Jean Ogilvie
movieThe Killers
1946 · Kitty Collins
movieWhistle Stop
1946 · Mary
movieShe Went to the Races
1945 · Hilda Spotts
movieI'm a Civilian Here Myself
1945 · Dream Girl (uncredited)
movieBlonde Fever
1944 · Minor Role (uncredited)
movieMaisie Goes to Reno
1944 · Gloria Fullerton
movieTwo Girls and a Sailor
1944 · Dream Girl (uncredited)
movie3 Men in White
1944 · Jean Brown
movieTwenty Years After
1944 · (archive footage)
movieLost Angel
1943 · Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
movieSwing Fever
1943 · Receptionist (uncredited)
movieDu Barry Was a Lady
1943 · Perfume Girl (uncredited)
movieYoung Ideas
1943 · Co-ed (uncredited)
movieGhosts on the Loose
1943 · Betty
movieHitler's Madman
1943 · Franciska Pritric (uncredited)
movieReunion in France
1942 · Marie, Parisian shopgirl (uncredited)
movieMighty Lak a Goat
1942 · Girl at Theatre Boxoffice
movieCalling Dr. Gillespie
1942 · Student (uncredited)
movieSunday Punch
1942 · Ringsider (uncredited)
movieKid Glove Killer
1942 · Car Hop (uncredited)
movieThis Time for Keeps
1942 · Girl in Car Lighting Cigarette (uncredited)
movieJoe Smith, American
1942 · Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
movieWe Do It Because
1942 · Lucretia Borgia (uncredited)
movieH.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941 · Young Socialite (uncredited)
movieShadow of the Thin Man
1941 · Passerby at Racetrack (uncredited)
movieStrange Testament
1941 · Waitress (uncredited)
movieFancy Answers
1941 · Girl at Recital