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Ava Gardner

Actress / Model (person) / Film Actress / Television Actress | * 12/24/1922 († 67, 01/25/1990) | Grabtown, North Carolina (United States of America (USA))
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Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress. She first signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1941 and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew critics' attention in 1946 with her performance in Robert Siodmak's film noir The Killers. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in John Ford's Mogambo (1953), and for best actress for both a Golden Globe Award and BAFTA Award for her performance in John Huston's The Night of the Iguana (1964). She was a part of the Golden Age of Hollywood. During the 1950s, Gardner established herself as a leading lady and one of the era's top stars with films like Show Boat, Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (both 1951), The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952), ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

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Pandora Reynolds is a woman who has never fallen in love – but one who men kill and die for. When she meets dashing and mysterious ship's captain Hendrik van der Zee, he pushes her to commit the ult ...

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

Certification unknown

1951 | 3.3/5 | 2h 2min
Romance / Love, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
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A defrocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life. ...

The Night of the Iguana

Certification unknown

1964 | 3.6/5 | 1h 58min
Drama, Romance / Love
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In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary safe haven in Australia, where life-as-usual covers growing despair. In denial about the loss ...

On the Beach

FSK: 16+ years

1959 | 3.3/5 | 2h 14min
Science Fiction, Drama, Romance / Love
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Victor Marswell runs a big game trapping company in Kenya. Eloise Kelly is ditched there, and an immediate attraction happens between them. Then Mr. and Mrs. Nordley show up for their gorilla document ...

Mogambo

Certification unknown

1953 | 3.3/5 | 1h 55min
Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Ava Gardner

Silver Shell for Best Actress Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Academy Award for Best Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
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Movies with Ava Gardner as Actress(84)

as Herself (archive footage)2018 Ava Gardner, the Gypsy of Hollywood
as Herself (archive footage)2017 Chavela
as Self(archive footage)2017 Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
as Self (archive footage)2013 Fallout
as Pandora Reynolds / Maria Vargas (archive footage)2010 Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self (archive footage)2010 All Night Long
as Herself (archive footage)2006 De Madrid a la Luna
as Self (archive footage)2002 The Kid Stays in the Picture
as Self (archive footage)1998 Frank Sinatra: The Voice of a Century
as (archive footage)1994 That's Entertainment! III
as Self (archive footage)1989 John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Kadin1986 Harem
as Mama1982 Regina Roma
as (in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)1982 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as Mabel Dodge Luhan1981 Priest of Love
as Beth Richards1980 The Kidnapping of the President
as Maggie Grayson1979 City on Fire
as Helen Logan1977 The Sentinel
as Luxury1976 The Blue Bird
as Nicole Dressler1976 The Cassandra Crossing
as Katina Petersen1975 Permission to Kill
as Remy Royce-Graff1974 Earthquake
as (archive footage)1974 That's Entertainment!
as Lily Langtry1972 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
as Michaela Cazaret1970 The Ballad of Tam Lin
as herself1969 Will the Real Mr. Sellers...
as Empress Elisabeth of Austria1968 Mayerling
as Sarah1966 The Bible: In the Beginning...
as (archive footage)1965 The Love Goddesses
as herself1964 On the Trail of the Iguana
as Maxine Faulk1964 The Night of the Iguana
as Eleanor Holbrook1964 Seven Days in May
as Self (archive footage)1963 La Rabbia
as Baroness Natalie Ivanoff1963 55 Days at Peking
as Soledad1960 The Angel Wore Red
as Moira Davidson1959 On the Beach
as Maria Teresa, duchess of Alba, nicknamed Cayetana1958 The Naked Maja
as Lady Brett Ashley1957 The Sun Also Rises
as Lady Susan Ashlow1957 The Little Hut
as Victoria Jones1956 Bhowani Junction
as Maria Vargas1954 The Barefoot Contessa
as herself1953 The Band Wagon
as Guinevere1953 Knights of the Round Table
as Eloise Y. Kelly1953 Mogambo
as Cordelia Cameron1953 Ride, Vaquero!
as Martha Ronda1952 Lone Star
as Cynthia Green1952 The Snows of Kilimanjaro
as Barbara Beaurevel1951 My Forbidden Past
as Pandora Reynolds1951 Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
as Julie LaVerne1951 Show Boat
as Self (archive footage)1950 The Costume Designer
as Self (uncredited)1950 Screen Actors
as Isabel Lorrison1949 East Side, West Side
as Pauline Ostrovsky1949 The Great Sinner
as Elizabeth Hintten1949 The Bribe
as Venus1948 One Touch of Venus
as Jean Ogilvie1947 The Hucksters
as Linda1947 Singapore
as Kitty Collins1946 The Killers
as Mary1946 Whistle Stop
as Hilda Spotts1945 She Went to the Races
as Dream Girl (uncredited)1945 I'm a Civilian Here Myself
as Minor Role (uncredited)1944 Blonde Fever
as Jean Brown1944 3 Men in White
1944 Twenty Years After
as Dream Girl (uncredited)1944 Two Girls and a Sailor
as Gloria Fullerton1944 Maisie Goes to Reno
as Receptionist (uncredited)1943 Swing Fever
as Co-ed (uncredited)1943 Young Ideas
as Franciska Pritric1943 Hitler's Madman
as Perfume Girl (uncredited)1943 Du Barry Was a Lady
as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)1943 Lost Angel
as Betty1943 Ghosts on the Loose
1942 Kid Glove Killer
as Ringsider (uncredited)1942 Sunday Punch
as Student (uncredited)1942 Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942 Reunion in France
as Girl at Theatre Boxoffice1942 Mighty Lak a Goat
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)1942 Joe Smith, American
as Girl in Car Lighting Cigarette (uncredited)1942 This Time for Keeps
as Girl at Recital1941 Fancy Answers
as Waitress (uncredited)1941 Strange Testament
as Young Socialite (uncredited)1941 H.M. Pulham, Esq.
as Passerby at Racetrack (uncredited)1941 Shadow of the Thin Man

TV Shows/Series with Ava Gardner as Actress(4)

as Agrippina1985 A.D.
1979 Knots Landing
as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?
as Self (archive footage)1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Full Name: Ava Lavinia Gardner
Born: Sunday, 12/24 1922 (December) in Grabtown, North Carolina (United States of America (USA))
Died: Thursday, 01/25 1990 (January) in Westminster (aged: 67)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Barton College, Newport News High School
Spouses (current/former): Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw, Frank Sinatra
Father: Jonas Bailey Gardner
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Baker
Other names for Ava Gardner (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Ava Lavinia Gardner"
"A. Gardner"
"Ава Гарднер"
"에바 가드너"
"エヴァ・ガードナー"
"Ava Gardner Rooney"
"Ava Gardner Sinatra"
"Ava Gardner Shaw"
Ava Gardner frequently works together with these people:
Cedric Gibbons (20x, Crew)
Edwin B. Willis (18x, Crew)
John Huston (10x, Actor)
Douglas Shearer (9x, Crew)
Irene (9x, Crew)
Elizabeth Taylor (8x, Actress)
Jackie Gleason (8x, Actor)
Clark Gable (8x, Actor)
Red Buttons (7x, Actor)
Art Carney (7x, Actor)
Sydney Guilaroff (7x, Crew)
Miklós Rózsa (6x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:3824, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/08/2024