Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1922-12-24
Day of Death
1990-01-25
Place of Birth
Grabtown, North Carolina, USA
Ava Gardner
Biography
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.
Filmography (91)
Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
2023
Rat Pack
2022
Beautiful Like a Poem
2020
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
Ava Gardner, the Gypsy of Hollywood
2018
Chavela
2017
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
2017
Fallout
2013
All Night Long
2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
De Madrid a la Luna
2006
Frank Sinatra glömde aldrig Finspång
2003
Året var 1953
2003
