Ava Gardner
American actress (1922-1990) · United States · Actors · Died at 67
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Something wrong?She was Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's slow-burn answer to the question of what happens when beauty meets actual range. For two decades she moved from noir to adventure to apocalypse, holding the screen opposite Peck, Astaire, and everyone in between - and the Academy noticed once.
A life in dates
HaremSeries, Kadin1985
A.D.Series, Agrippina
The Long Hot SummerSeries, 1985Minnie Littlejohn1982
Dead Men Don't Wear PlaidFilm, (in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)1979
Knots LandingSeries, Ruth Sumner Galveston1977
The SentinelFilm, Helen Logan1974
EarthquakeFilm, Remy Royce-Graff1970
The Ballad of Tam LinFilm, Michaela Cazaret1966
The Bible: In the Beginning...Film, Sarah1964Silver Shell for Best ActressAward1959
On the BeachFilm, Moira Davidson1956
Bhowani JunctionFilm, Victoria Jones1953
Knights of the Round TableFilm, Guinevere1951
Pandora and the Flying DutchmanFilm, Pandora Reynolds1950
What's My Line?Series1948
One Touch of VenusFilm, Venus1943
Ghosts on the LooseFilm, Betty1941
Shadow of the Thin ManFilm, Passerby at Racetrack (uncredited)1922Born24 December 1922Also in Deutsch
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In their own words 2
, [On John Ford] The meanest man on earth. Thoroughly evil. Adored him!
[On her relationship with Frank Sinatra] We were great in bed. It was usually on the way to the bidet when the trouble began.
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SHScotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
CHChavela
CCCameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
TIThat's Entertainment! IIIDPDead Men Don't Wear Plaid
CFCity on FireTSThe Sentinel
TCThe Cassandra Crossing
TBThe Blue BirdEAEarthquake
TEThat's Entertainment!
TBThe Life and Times of Judge Roy BeanTLThe Ballad of Tam Lin
MAMayerlingTBThe Bible: In the Beginning...
SMSeven Days in May
TIThe Night of the Iguana
DP55 Days at Peking
LRLa RabbiaOBOn the Beach
TRThe Sun Also RisesBJBhowani Junction
TCThe Barefoot Contessa
TWThe Band Wagon
MOMogamboKTKnights of the Round Table
RVRide, Vaquero!
TKThe Snows of Kilimanjaro
LSLone StarPDPandora and the Flying Dutchman
SBShow Boat
ESEast Side, West Side
TBThe Bribe
TSThe Great SinnerOVOne Touch of Venus
TKThe Killers
WSWhistle StopGLGhosts on the Loose
RFReunion in FranceSMShadow of the Thin Man101 credits on file
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PSPretty Baby: Brooke Shields
IHIconic Couples of Hollywood
IPIntimate PortraitHAHaremADA.D.TSThe Long Hot SummerKLKnots LandingWLWhat's My Line?Awards
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Ava Lavinia Gardner signed with MGM in 1941 and spent five years in small roles before The Killers in 1946 gave critics a reason to look. The 1950s made her: Show Boat and Pandora and the Flying Dutchman in 1951, then a run of action pictures - The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Mogambo (which earned her an Oscar nomination), The Barefoot Contessa - that locked her in as a leading lady. She closed the decade with On the Beach in 1959, playing the end of the world opposite Gregory Peck and Fred Astaire. She kept working through the '60s, '70s, and '80s - 55 Days at Peking, Seven Days in May, The Night of the Iguana (Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations) - until 1986, when a stroke ended the run. She died in January 1990 at sixty-seven.
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