Ava Gardner

Born: 1922-12-24

From: Grabtown, North Carolina, USA

Known For: Acting

Biography

Ava Lavinia Gardner (1922–1990) 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 rol...

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1988

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

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1966

The Bible: In the Beginning...

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1942

Calling Dr. Gillespie

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1952

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

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1974

Earthquake

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1964

Seven Days in May

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1976

The Cassandra Crossing

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1953

Mogambo

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1957

The Sun Also Rises

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1949

The Bribe

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1982

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

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1972

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

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1963

55 Days at Peking

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1954

The Barefoot Contessa

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1959

On the Beach

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1953

The Band Wagon

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1941

Shadow of the Thin Man

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2023

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Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia

character - Self (Archive Footage)

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

character - Self (archive footage)

2022

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Rat Pack

character - Self (archive footage)

2019

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Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner

character - Self (archive footage)

2018

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Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

character - Self (archive footage)

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Ava Gardner, the Gypsy of Hollywood

character - Self (archive footage)

2017

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Chavela

character - Self (archive footage)

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Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies

character - Self (archive footage)

2015

Iconic Couples of Hollywood

character - Self (archive footage)

2013

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Fallout

character - Self (archive footage)

2010

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All Night Long

character - Self (archive footage)

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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

character - Pandora Reynolds / Maria Vargas (archive footage)

2009

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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical

character - Self (archive)

2006

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De Madrid a la Luna

character - Self (archive footage)

2003

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Frank Sinatra glömde aldrig Finspång

character - Self (archive footage)

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Året var 1953

character - Self (archive footage)

2002

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The Kid Stays in the Picture

character - Self (archive footage)

1998

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Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century

character - Self (archive footage)

1994

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That's Entertainment! III

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1993

Intimate Portrait

character - Self

1992

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Legends of the West

character - Lily Langtry in 'The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean'

1990

Star Life

character - Self (archive footage)

1988

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John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

character - Self (archive footage)

1986

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Harem

character - Kadin

Harem

character - Kadin

1985

The Long Hot Summer

character - Minnie Littlejohn

A.D.

character - Agrippina

1982

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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

character - (in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)

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Regina Roma

character - Mama

1981

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Priest of Love

character - Mabel Dodge Luhan

1980

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The Kidnapping of the President

character - Beth Richards

1979

Knots Landing

character - Ruth Sumner Galveston

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City on Fire

character - Maggie Grayson

1977

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The Sentinel

character - Helen Logan

1976

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The Cassandra Crossing

character - Nicole Dressler

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The Blue Bird

character - Luxury

1975

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Permission to Kill

character - Katina Petersen

1974

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Earthquake

character - Remy Royce-Graff

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That's Entertainment!

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1972

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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

character - Lily Langtry

1970

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The Ballad of Tam Lin

character - Michaela Cazaret

1968

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Mayerling

character - Empress Elisabeth of Austria

1966

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The Bible: In the Beginning...

character - Sarah

1964

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The Night of the Iguana

character - Maxine Faulk

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On the Trail of the Iguana

character - Self

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Seven Days in May

character - Eleanor Holbrook

1963

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55 Days at Peking

character - Baroness Natalie Ivanoff

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La Rabbia

character - Self (archive footage)

1960

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The Angel Wore Red

character - Soledad

1959

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On the Beach

character - Moira Davidson

1958

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The Naked Maja

character - Maria Teresa, duchess of Alba, nicknamed Cayetana

1957

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The Sun Also Rises

character - Lady Brett Ashley

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The Little Hut

character - Lady Susan Ashlow

1956

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Bhowani Junction

character - Victoria Jones

1954

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The Barefoot Contessa

character - Maria Vargas

1953

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Knights of the Round Table

character - Guinevere

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Mogambo

character - Eloise Y. Kelly

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The Band Wagon

character - Ava Gardner (uncredited)

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Ride, Vaquero!

character - Cordelia Cameron

1952

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Lone Star

character - Martha Ronda

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The Snows of Kilimanjaro

character - Cynthia Green

1951

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Show Boat

character - Julie LaVerne

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My Forbidden Past

character - Barbara Beaurevel

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Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

character - Pandora Reynolds

1950

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The Costume Designer

character - Self (archive footage)

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Screen Actors

character - Self (uncredited)

What's My Line?

character - Self

1949

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East Side, West Side

character - Isabel Lorrison

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The Great Sinner

character - Pauline Ostrovsky

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The Bribe

character - Elizabeth Hintten

1948

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One Touch of Venus

character - Venus

1947

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Singapore

character - Linda Grahame / Ann Van Leyden

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The Hucksters

character - Jean Ogilvie

1946

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The Killers

character - Kitty Collins

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Whistle Stop

character - Mary

1945

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She Went to the Races

character - Hilda Spotts

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I'm a Civilian Here Myself

character - Dream Girl (uncredited)

1944

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Blonde Fever

character - Minor Role (uncredited)

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Maisie Goes to Reno

character - Gloria Fullerton

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Two Girls and a Sailor

character - Dream Girl (uncredited)

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3 Men in White

character - Jean Brown

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Twenty Years After

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1943

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Lost Angel

character - Hat Check Girl (uncredited)

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Swing Fever

character - Receptionist (uncredited)

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Du Barry Was a Lady

character - Perfume Girl (uncredited)

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Young Ideas

character - Co-ed (uncredited)

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Ghosts on the Loose

character - Betty

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Hitler's Madman

character - Franciska Pritric (uncredited)

1942

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Reunion in France

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Mighty Lak a Goat

character - Girl at Theatre Boxoffice

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Calling Dr. Gillespie

character - Student (uncredited)

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Sunday Punch

character - Ringsider (uncredited)

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Kid Glove Killer

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This Time for Keeps

character - Girl in Car Lighting Cigarette (uncredited)

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Joe Smith, American

character - Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

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We Do It Because

character - Lucretia Borgia (uncredited)

1941

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H.M. Pulham, Esq.

character - Young Socialite (uncredited)

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Shadow of the Thin Man

character - Passerby at Racetrack (uncredited)

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Strange Testament

character - Waitress (uncredited)

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Fancy Answers

character - Girl at Recital

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