
Ava Gardner
Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress.
She was signed to a contract by MGM Studios in 1941 and appeared in small roles until she drew attention with her performance in The Killers (1946). She became one of Hollywood's leading actresses, considered one of the most beautiful women of her day. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her work in Mogambo (1953).
She appeared in several high-profile films from the 1950s to 1970s, including Bhowani Junction (1956), On the Beach (1959), The Night of the Iguana (1964), Earthquake (1974), and The Cassandra Crossing (1976). Gardner continued to act on a regular basis until 1986, four years before her death of pneumonia, at age 67, in 1990.
She is listed 25th among the American Film Institute's Greatest female stars.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 2.372 |
Birthday | 1922-12-24 |
Place of Birth | Grabtown, North Carolina, USA |
Also Known As | Ava Lavinia Gardner, A. Gardner, Ава Гарднер, 에바 가드너, エヴァ・ガードナー, |

1988

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
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Biography of risk-taker and raconteur John Huston from his childhood to become one of the most highly respected filmmakers in the world.
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1966

The Bible: In the Beginning...
7.3/253
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1942

Calling Dr. Gillespie
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Dr. Kildare's friend Dr. Gillespie is called in to investigate when a young man suffering from mental problems disappears on a killing spree.
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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
6.434/159
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1957

The Sun Also Rises
5.9/32
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1949

The Bribe
6.3/30
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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
7/106
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1946

The Killers
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1964

The Night of the Iguana
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1948

One Touch of Venus
6.7/30
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1952

Lone Star
5.6/22
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1968

Mayerling
6.2/39
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1942

Kid Glove Killer
6.2/19
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1942

Reunion in France
6.417/18
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1951

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
6.6/110
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1953

Ride, Vaquero!
5.9/14
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1951

Show Boat
6.061/74
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1942

We Do It Because
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1977

The Sentinel
6.1/199
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1981

Priest of Love
5/12
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1953

Knights of the Round Table
5.9/75
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1944

Two Girls and a Sailor
5.7/10
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1956

Bhowani Junction
5.8/33
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1947

Singapore
5.8/18
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1943

Ghosts on the Loose
4.2/31
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1946

Whistle Stop
4.5/25
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2017

Chavela
6.9/25
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1958

The Naked Maja
6/5
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1976

The Blue Bird
5.3/28
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1942

This Time for Keeps
6/1
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1947

The Hucksters
6.917/18
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1951

My Forbidden Past
5.7/18
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1949

East Side, West Side
7/22
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1980

The Kidnapping of the President
4.6/12
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1979

City on Fire
5/33
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1970

The Ballad of Tam Lin
5.385/13
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1975

Permission to Kill
5.6/5
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2018

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
6/39
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1992

Legends of the West
0/0
Host Jack Palance explores how Hollywood has depicted Western legends like George Armstrong Custer, Billy the Kid, Crazy Horse and the O.K. Corral
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1949

The Great Sinner
6.7/20
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1957

The Little Hut
6.5/12
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1960

The Angel Wore Red
5.3/9
A clergyman travels to Spain to join the Loyalist side during the Spanish Civil War and finds himself attracted to a beautiful entertainer.
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1944

3 Men in White
6/11
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1982

Regina Roma
0/0
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1944

Maisie Goes to Reno
6.2/6
A Brooklyn showgirl gets mixed up in a divorce between a soldier and his wife.
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2017

Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
5.8/3
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1943

Du Barry was a Lady
6.1/14
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1945

She Went to the Races
5.5/4
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1941

H.M. Pulham, Esq.
6.9/9
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2022

Rat Pack
9/2
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1974

That's Entertainment!
7.3/61
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2010

All Night Long
6.7/3
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2023

Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
10/1
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1986

Harem
4.8/4
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Harem

2013

Fallout
7/2
During the 1940s, Nevil Shute had a steady job as an engineer in the British military but in his spare time, he wrote novels that were being well-rece...
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1942

Sunday Punch
5/3
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Sunday Punch

2003

Frank Sinatra glömde aldrig Finspång
0/0
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1943

Hitler's Madman
5.6/10
In 1942, a young paratrooper in the RAF returns to Czechoslovakia to encourage his fellow countrymen to sabotage the German war effort.
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Hitler's Madman

1943

Young Ideas
4.6/4
A widow's grown children try to break up her romance with a college professor.
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1994

That's Entertainment! III
6.9/35
Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to G...
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1941

Fancy Answers
4/1
In this Pete Smith Speciality, the audience is asked a series of multiple-choice questions on various subjects.
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1998

Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
7.7/3
Acknowledged as one of the greatest singers of the twentieth century, Arena explores the rise of the legendary crooner Frank Sinatra from his early fa...
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2002

The Kid Stays in the Picture
6.643/91
Documentary about legendary Paramount producer Robert Evans, based on his famous 1994 autobiography.
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The Kid Stays in the Picture

2006

De Madrid a la Luna
6/1
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1943

Lost Angel
7.5/6
Alpha's been raised along scientific principles, and will make Mike Regan a great human interest story for his paper. But when his interview prompts A...
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1964

On the Trail of the Iguana
6/2
Behind the scenes documentary of the filming of Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana.
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On the Trail of the Iguana

2018

Ava Gardner, the Gypsy of Hollywood
6.9/11
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1944

Twenty Years After
6/1
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1950

The Costume Designer
0/0
This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The costume designer must design clothing that is correct...
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The Costume Designer

2019

Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner
9.5/2
Portrait of Julia Jean Turner, from her childhood to her rise of fame as Lana Turner, to her last role.
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1941

Strange Testament
5/1
This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Julian Poydras, whose encounter with a girl at Mardi Gras had a profound effect on his later l...
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1945

I'm a Civilian Here Myself
0/0
A comic training film designed to help sailors readjust to civilain life after World War II.
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I'm a Civilian Here Myself

1942

Mighty Lak a Goat
6/1
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1963

La Rabbia
7.08/25
Documentary footage (from the 1950s) and accompanying commentary to attempt to answer the existential question, Why are our lives characterized by dis...
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La Rabbia

1942

Joe Smith, American
5.7/3
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Joe Smith, American

1943

Swing Fever
5/3
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Swing Fever

1944

Blonde Fever
4.4/6
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Blonde Fever

1950

Screen Actors
6/2
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2010

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
6.742/33
In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first...
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2009

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
0/0
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2003

Året var 1953
0/0
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