Ava Gardner
December 24, 1922 (101 years old) in Grabtown, North Carolina, USA
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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- 2023 · Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia as Self (Archive Footage)
- 2023 · Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Ava Gardner, the Gypsy of Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Chavela as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · Iconic Couples as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Fallout as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · All Night Long as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff as Pandora Reynolds / Maria Vargas (archive footage)
- 2009 · Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical as Self (archive)
- 2006 · De Madrid a la Luna as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · Frank Sinatra glömde aldrig Finspång as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 · The Kid Stays in the Picture as Self (archive footage)
- 1998 · Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century as Self (archive footage)
- 1994 · That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage)
- 1993 · Intimate Portrait as Self
- 1992 · Legends of the West as Lily Langtry in 'The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean'
- 1990 · Star Life as Self (archive footage)
- 1988 · John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick as Self (archive footage)
- 1986 · Harem as Kadin
- 1986 · Harem as Kadin
- 1985 · The Long Hot Summer as Minnie Littlejohn
- 1985 · A.D. as Agrippina
- 1982 · Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid as (in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)
- 1982 · Regina Roma as Mama
- 1981 · Priest of Love as Mabel Dodge Luhan
- 1980 · The Kidnapping of the President as Beth Richards
- 1979 · Knots Landing as Ruth Sumner Galveston
- 1979 · City on Fire as Maggie Grayson
- 1977 · The Sentinel as Helen Logan
- 1976 · The Cassandra Crossing as Nicole Dressler
- 1976 · The Blue Bird as Luxury
- 1975 · Permission to Kill as Katina Petersen
- 1974 · Earthquake as Remy Royce-Graff
- 1974 · That's Entertainment! as (archive footage)
- 1972 · The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean as Lily Langtry
- 1970 · The Ballad of Tam Lin as Michaela Cazaret
- 1968 · Mayerling as Empress Elisabeth of Austria
- 1966 · The Bible: In the Beginning... as Sarah
- 1964 · The Night of the Iguana as Maxine Faulk
- 1964 · On the Trail of the Iguana as Self
- 1964 · Seven Days in May as Eleanor Holbrook
- 1963 · 55 Days at Peking as Baroness Natalie Ivanoff
- 1963 · La Rabbia as Self (archive footage)
- 1960 · The Angel Wore Red as Soledad
- 1959 · On the Beach as Moira Davidson
- 1958 · The Naked Maja as Maria Teresa, duchess of Alba, nicknamed Cayetana
- 1957 · The Sun Also Rises as Lady Brett Ashley
- 1957 · The Little Hut as Lady Susan Ashlow
- 1956 · Bhowani Junction as Victoria Jones
- 1954 · The Barefoot Contessa as Maria Vargas
- 1953 · Knights of the Round Table as Guinevere
- 1953 · Mogambo as Eloise Y. Kelly
- 1953 · The Band Wagon as Ava Gardner (uncredited)
- 1953 · Ride, Vaquero! as Cordelia Cameron
- 1952 · Lone Star as Martha Ronda
- 1952 · The Snows of Kilimanjaro as Cynthia Green
- 1951 · Show Boat as Julie LaVerne
- 1951 · My Forbidden Past as Barbara Beaurevel
- 1951 · Pandora and the Flying Dutchman as Pandora Reynolds
- 1950 · The Costume Designer as Self (archive footage)
- 1950 · Screen Actors as Self (uncredited)
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1949 · East Side, West Side as Isabel Lorrison
- 1949 · The Great Sinner as Pauline Ostrovsky
- 1949 · The Bribe as Elizabeth Hintten
- 1948 · One Touch of Venus as Venus
- 1947 · Singapore as Linda Grahame / Ann Van Leyden
- 1947 · The Hucksters as Jean Ogilvie
- 1946 · The Killers as Kitty Collins
- 1946 · Whistle Stop as Mary
- 1945 · She Went to the Races as Hilda Spotts
- 1945 · I'm a Civilian Here Myself as Dream Girl (uncredited)
- 1944 · Blonde Fever as Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1944 · Maisie Goes to Reno as Gloria Fullerton
- 1944 · Two Girls and a Sailor as Dream Girl (uncredited)
- 1944 · 3 Men in White as Jean Brown
- 1944 · Twenty Years After as (archive footage)
- 1943 · Lost Angel as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
- 1943 · Swing Fever as Receptionist (uncredited)
- 1943 · Du Barry was a Lady as Perfume Girl (uncredited)
- 1943 · Young Ideas as Co-ed (uncredited)
- 1943 · Ghosts on the Loose as Betty
- 1943 · Hitler's Madman as Franciska Pritric (uncredited)
- 1942 · Reunion in France as
- 1942 · Mighty Lak a Goat as Girl at Theatre Boxoffice
- 1942 · Calling Dr. Gillespie as Student (uncredited)
- 1942 · Sunday Punch as Ringsider (uncredited)
- 1942 · Kid Glove Killer as
- 1942 · This Time for Keeps as Girl in Car Lighting Cigarette (uncredited)
- 1942 · Joe Smith, American as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- 1942 · We Do It Because as Lucretia Borgia (uncredited)
- 1941 · H.M. Pulham, Esq. as Young Socialite (uncredited)
- 1941 · Shadow of the Thin Man as Passerby at Racetrack (uncredited)
- 1941 · Strange Testament as Waitress (uncredited)
- 1941 · Fancy Answers as Girl at Recital