Ava Gardner
Acting
🎂 1922-12-24
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 roles, her breakthrough came with the film noir classic The Killers (1946), which established her as a leading lady. Gardner's 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). Known for her beauty and talent, she worked with some of the most celebrated directors and actors of her time. Off-screen, Gardner's personal life attracted significant attention, including her marriages to Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw, and Frank Sinatra. She spent her later years in Spain and London, continuing to act until the mid-1980s. Ava Gardner passed away on January 25, 1990, in London, leaving behind a legacy as one of Hollywood's most enduring legends.
Cast credits(99)
Self
1950
Ruth Sumner Galveston
1979
Self
1993
Self (archive footage)
2023
Minnie Littlejohn
1985
Agrippina
1985
Cynthia Green
1952
Maria Vargas
1954
Remy Royce-Graff
1974
Maxine Faulk
1964
Sarah
1966
Kitty Collins
1946
Self (archive footage)
2015
Mary
1946
Helen Logan
1977
Eleanor Holbrook
1964
Self (archive footage)
2018
Baroness Natalie Ivanoff
1963
Ava Gardner (uncredited)
1953
(in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)
1982
Nicole Dressler
1976
Eloise Y. Kelly
1953
Moira Davidson
1959
Passerby at Racetrack (uncredited)
1941
Julie LaVerne
1951
Empress Elisabeth of Austria
1968
(archive footage)
1974
Pandora Reynolds
1951
Lily Langtry
1972
Kadin
1986
Guinevere
1953
Beth Richards
1980
Victoria Jones
1956
Jean Ogilvie
1947
Luxury
1976
Self (archive footage)
2002
(archive footage)
1994
Self (archive footage)
2013
Pauline Ostrovsky
1949
Elizabeth Hintten
1949
Martha Ronda
1952
Betty
1943
Linda Grahame / Ann Van Leyden
1947
Michaela Cazaret
1970
Mama
1982
Venus
1948
Ringsider (uncredited)
1942
Maria Teresa, duchess of Alba, nicknamed Cayetana
1958
Lady Susan Ashlow
1957
Perfume Girl (uncredited)
1943
Self (archive footage)
2022
Lady Brett Ashley
1957
Cordelia Cameron
1953
Kadin
1986
Self (archive footage)
2017
Self (archive footage)
2018
Dream Girl (uncredited)
1944
Mabel Dodge Luhan
1981
Minor Role (uncredited)
1944
1942
Young Socialite (uncredited)
1941
Receptionist (uncredited)
1943
Maggie Grayson
1979
Barbara Beaurevel
1951
1942
Co-ed (uncredited)
1943
Self (archive footage)
2019
(archive footage)
1944
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1942
Franciska Pritric (uncredited)
1943
Isabel Lorrison
1949
Self (archive footage)
2010
Student (uncredited)
1942
Pandora Reynolds / Maria Vargas (archive footage)
2010
Self (archive footage)
1963
Jean Brown
1944
Self (archive footage)
1988
Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
1943
Gloria Fullerton
1944
Lily Langtry in 'The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean'
1992
Hilda Spotts
1945
Self (archive)
2009
Self (Archive Footage)
2023
Soledad
1960
Self (uncredited)
1950
Girl in Car Lighting Cigarette (uncredited)
1942
Self (archive footage)
1998
Self (archive footage)
2017
Self (archive footage)
2003
Self
1964
Self (archive footage)
2003
Katina Petersen
1975
Waitress (uncredited)
1941
Self (archive footage)
1950
Girl at Theatre Boxoffice
1942
Self (archive footage)
2006
Lucretia Borgia (uncredited)
1942
Dream Girl (uncredited)
1945
Girl at Recital
1941