Ava Gardner

Acting · 1.9 popularity

Age

103

Movies

Born: December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990
From: Grabtown, North Carolina, USA

Biography

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. Gardner was a strong supporter of racial equality and desegregation, and became a member of the NAACP in 1968. Gardner was a heavy smoker, which deteriorated her health as she grew older. She continued acting in minor roles in the 1980s before she suffered a stroke in 1986 and retired. Gardner moved to Spain and England, where she spent her final years before passing away from bronchopneumonia on January 25, 1990.

Works

93 films

Earthquake

19746.1

On the Beach

19596.7

The Bible: In the Beginning...

19667.3

The Cassandra Crossing

19766.3

55 Days at Peking

19636.9

The Night of the Iguana

19647.2

The Sentinel

19776.1

The Killers

19467.4

Mayerling

19686.2

The Barefoot Contessa

19546.7

The Band Wagon

19537.2

That's Entertainment!

19747.4

That's Entertainment! III

19947.0

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

19826.7

Seven Days in May

19647.4

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

19726.5

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

19525.9

The Blue Bird

19765.5

Show Boat

19516.2

Mogambo

19536.4

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

19516.7

Knights of the Round Table

19536.0

The Sun Also Rises

19575.8

Lone Star

19525.7

The Naked Maja

19586.2

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

20185.9

City on Fire

19795.1

Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti

19779.0

Ride, Vaquero!

19536.1

Swing Fever

19436.0

Shadow of the Thin Man

19417.0

Fancy Answers

19417.0

Two Girls and a Sailor

19445.8

Legends of the West

1992

Regina Roma

19827.0

The Great Sinner

19496.8

Du Barry Was a Lady

19436.5

Whistle Stop

19464.4

Chavela

20176.9

Rat Pack

20229.0

Priest of Love

19815.0

Bhowani Junction

19566.1

The Costume Designer

195010.0

Twenty Years After

19448.0

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

20106.7

The Ballad of Tam Lin

19705.1

One Touch of Venus

19486.7

Harem

19865.4

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

19886.0

The Bribe

19496.3

Reunion in France

19426.4

East Side, West Side

19497.1

The Hucksters

19477.0

Singapore

19476.1

The Kidnapping of the President

19804.6

Hitler's Madman

19435.5

The Angel Wore Red

19605.0

Ava Gardner, the Gypsy of Hollywood

20187.0

Ghosts on the Loose

19434.2

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

19417.1

Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia

20237.7

Maisie Goes to Reno

19446.6

Maggie

1986

On the Trail of the Iguana

19646.5

Screen Actors

19506.3

La Rabbia

19637.0

We Do It Because

19426.5

Kid Glove Killer

19426.4

The Little Hut

19576.4

Joe Smith, American

19426.5

My Forbidden Past

19515.5

Young Ideas

19435.3

Strange Testament

19417.5

Calling Dr. Gillespie

19427.0

Beautiful Like a Poem

2020

Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century

19987.7

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical

2009

Lost Angel

19438.0

This Time for Keeps

19428.0

Permission to Kill

19755.8

She Went to the Races

19456.0

I'm a Civilian Here Myself

194510.0

3 Men in White

19446.4

Blonde Fever

19444.4

Sunday Punch

19426.0

Fallout

20137.0

Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies

20009.0

Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies

20175.8

All Night Long

20106.7

Året var 1953

20035.0

De Madrid a la Luna

20066.0

Mighty Lak a Goat

19426.5

Frank Sinatra glömde aldrig Finspång

2003