Ava Gardner
Acting
🎂 1922-12-24
Ava Lavinia Gardner was a renowned American actress and one of the most iconic stars of Hollywood's Golden Age. Born on December 24, 1922, in Grabtown, North Carolina, she grew up in a rural setting before being discovered by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1941. Initially cast in minor roles, her breakthrough came with the film noir classic The Killers (1946), which established her as a leading lady. Gardner's 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). Known for her beauty and talent, she worked with some of the most celebrated directors and actors of her time. Off-screen, Gardner's personal life attracted significant attention, including her marriages to Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw, and Frank Sinatra. She spent her later years in Spain and London, continuing to act until the mid-1980s. Ava Gardner passed away on January 25, 1990, in London, leaving behind a legacy as one of Hollywood's most enduring legends.
Cast credits(99)
Ruth Sumner Galveston
1979
Self
1993
Self
1950
Self (archive footage)
2023
2020
Cynthia Green
1952
Katina Petersen
1975
Remy Royce-Graff
1974
Lady Brett Ashley
1957
Sarah
1966
Nicole Dressler
1976
Venus
1948
Maria Vargas
1954
Maria Teresa, duchess of Alba, nicknamed Cayetana
1958
Luxury
1976
Self (archive footage)
2003
Maggie Grayson
1979
Agrippina
1985
Helen Logan
1977
Guinevere
1953
Self (archive footage)
2018
Victoria Jones
1956
Pauline Ostrovsky
1949
Baroness Natalie Ivanoff
1963
(in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)
1982
Cordelia Cameron
1953
Julie LaVerne
1951
Minnie Littlejohn
1985
Moira Davidson
1959
Soledad
1960
Eleanor Holbrook
1964
Kitty Collins
1946
Ringsider (uncredited)
1942
Kadin
1986
Linda Grahame / Ann Van Leyden
1947
Isabel Lorrison
1949
Eloise Y. Kelly
1953
Self (archive footage)
2002
Maxine Faulk
1964
Lily Langtry
1972
Pandora Reynolds / Maria Vargas (archive footage)
2010
Martha Ronda
1952
(archive footage)
1974
Mabel Dodge Luhan
1981
1942
Ava Gardner (uncredited)
1953
Self (archive footage)
2022
Self (archive)
2009
1942
Young Socialite (uncredited)
1941
Empress Elisabeth of Austria
1968
Self (archive footage)
1963
Self (archive footage)
2003
Self (archive footage)
2018
Mary
1946
Self (archive footage)
2010
Mama
1982
Pandora Reynolds
1951
Self (archive footage)
2013
(archive footage)
1994
Michaela Cazaret
1970
Passerby at Racetrack (uncredited)
1941
Self (archive footage)
1998
Jean Ogilvie
1947
Jean Brown
1944
Barbara Beaurevel
1951
Minor Role (uncredited)
1944
Elizabeth Hintten
1949
Girl in Car Lighting Cigarette (uncredited)
1942
Lady Susan Ashlow
1957
Beth Richards
1980
Receptionist (uncredited)
1943
Kadin
1986
Self (archive footage)
2015
Betty
1943
Hilda Spotts
1945
Self (archive footage)
1988
Dream Girl (uncredited)
1944
Student (uncredited)
1942
Girl at Theatre Boxoffice
1942
Self (archive footage)
2017
Perfume Girl (uncredited)
1943
(archive footage)
1944
Gloria Fullerton
1944
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1942
Self (archive footage)
1950
Self (archive footage)
2017
Lily Langtry in 'The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean'
1992
Self (archive footage)
2006
Dream Girl (uncredited)
1945
Waitress (uncredited)
1941
Franciska Pritric (uncredited)
1943
Co-ed (uncredited)
1943
Girl at Recital
1941
Lucretia Borgia (uncredited)
1942
Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
1943
Self (archive footage)
2023
Self
1964
Self (uncredited)
1950