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