Ava Gardner
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.
Fotos
Películas (93)
Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Beautiful Like a Poem
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Ava Gardner, the Gypsy of Hollywood
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Chavela
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Fallout
2013 · Self (archive footage)
All Night Long
2010 · Self (archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010 · Pandora Reynolds / Maria Vargas (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009 · Self (archive)
De Madrid a la Luna
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra glömde aldrig Finspång
2003 · Self (archive footage)
Året var 1953
2003 · Self (archive footage)
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
2000 · archive footage
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
1998 · Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
Legends of the West
1992 · Lily Langtry in 'The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean' (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988 · Self (archive footage)
Maggie
1986 · Diane Webb
Harem
1986 · Kadin
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982 · (in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)
Regina Roma
1982 · Mama
Priest of Love
1981 · Mabel Dodge Luhan
The Kidnapping of the President
1980 · Beth Richards
City on Fire
1979 · Maggie Grayson
The Sentinel
1977 · Helen Logan
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
1977 · Self - Maria Cayetana, Duchess of Alba (archive footage)
The Cassandra Crossing
1976 · Nicole Dressler
The Blue Bird
1976 · Luxury
Permission to Kill
1975 · Katina Petersen
Earthquake
1974 · Remy Royce-Graff
That's Entertainment!
1974 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972 · Lily Langtry
The Ballad of Tam Lin
1970 · Michaela Cazaret
Mayerling
1968 · Empress Elisabeth of Austria
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966 · Sarah
The Night of the Iguana
1964 · Maxine Faulk
On the Trail of the Iguana
1964 · Self
Seven Days in May
1964 · Eleanor Holbrook
55 Days at Peking
1963 · Baroness Natalie Ivanoff
La Rabbia
1963 · Self (archive footage)
The Angel Wore Red
1960 · Soledad
On the Beach
1959 · Moira Davidson
The Naked Maja
1958 · Maria Teresa, duchess of Alba, nicknamed Cayetana
The Sun Also Rises
1957 · Lady Brett Ashley
The Little Hut
1957 · Lady Susan Ashlow
Bhowani Junction
1956 · Victoria Jones
The Barefoot Contessa
1954 · Maria Vargas
Knights of the Round Table
1953 · Guinevere
Mogambo
1953 · Eloise Y. Kelly
The Band Wagon
1953 · Ava Gardner (uncredited)
Ride, Vaquero!
1953 · Cordelia Cameron
Lone Star
1952 · Martha Ronda
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952 · Cynthia Green
Show Boat
1951 · Julie LaVerne
My Forbidden Past
1951 · Barbara Beaurevel
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
1951 · Pandora Reynolds
The Costume Designer
1950 · Self (archive footage)
Screen Actors
1950 · Self (uncredited)
East Side, West Side
1949 · Isabel Lorrison
The Great Sinner
1949 · Pauline Ostrovsky
The Bribe
1949 · Elizabeth Hintten
One Touch of Venus
1948 · Venus
Singapore
1947 · Linda Grahame / Ann Van Leyden
The Hucksters
1947 · Jean Ogilvie
The Killers
1946 · Kitty Collins
Whistle Stop
1946 · Mary
She Went to the Races
1945 · Hilda Spotts
I'm a Civilian Here Myself
1945 · Dream Girl (uncredited)
Blonde Fever
1944 · Minor Role (uncredited)
Maisie Goes to Reno
1944 · Gloria Fullerton
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944 · Dream Girl (uncredited)
3 Men in White
1944 · Jean Brown
Twenty Years After
1944 · (archive footage)
Lost Angel
1943 · Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
Swing Fever
1943 · Receptionist (uncredited)
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943 · Perfume Girl (uncredited)
Young Ideas
1943 · Co-ed (uncredited)
Ghosts on the Loose
1943 · Betty
Hitler's Madman
1943 · Franciska Pritric (uncredited)
Reunion in France
1942 · Marie, Parisian shopgirl (uncredited)
Mighty Lak a Goat
1942 · Girl at Theatre Boxoffice
Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942 · Student (uncredited)
Sunday Punch
1942 · Ringsider (uncredited)
Kid Glove Killer
1942 · Car Hop (uncredited)
This Time for Keeps
1942 · Girl in Car Lighting Cigarette (uncredited)
Joe Smith, American
1942 · Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
We Do It Because
1942 · Lucretia Borgia (uncredited)
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941 · Young Socialite (uncredited)
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941 · Passerby at Racetrack (uncredited)
Strange Testament
1941 · Waitress (uncredited)
Fancy Answers
1941 · Girl at Recital
