Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
2023 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Ava Gardner
1922-12-24
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Grabtown, North Carolina, USA
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
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023 · TV Show
as Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Beautiful Like a Poem
2020 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Ava Gardner, the Gypsy of Hollywood
2018 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Chavela
2017 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
2017 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Iconic Couples of Hollywood
2015 · TV Show
as Self (archive footage)
Fallout
2013 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
All Night Long
2010 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010 · Movie
as Pandora Reynolds / Maria Vargas (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009 · Movie
as Self (archive)
De Madrid a la Luna
2006 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra glömde aldrig Finspång
2003 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Året var 1953
2003 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
2000 · Movie
as archive footage
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
1998 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait
1993 · TV Show
as Self
Legends of the West
1992 · Movie
as Lily Langtry in 'The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean' (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Harem
1986 · Movie
as Kadin
Maggie
1986 · Movie
as Diane Webb
Harem
1986 · TV Show
as Kadin
The Long Hot Summer
1985 · TV Show
as Minnie Littlejohn
A.D.
1985 · TV Show
as Agrippina
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982 · Movie
as (in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)
Regina Roma
1982 · Movie
as Mama
Priest of Love
1981 · Movie
as Mabel Dodge Luhan
The Kidnapping of the President
1980 · Movie
as Beth Richards
City on Fire
1979 · Movie
as Maggie Grayson
Knots Landing
1979 · TV Show
as Ruth Sumner Galveston
The Sentinel
1977 · Movie
as Helen Logan
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
1977 · Movie
as Self - Maria Cayetana, Duchess of Alba (archive footage)
The Cassandra Crossing
1976 · Movie
as Nicole Dressler
The Blue Bird
1976 · Movie
as Luxury
Permission to Kill
1975 · Movie
as Katina Petersen
Earthquake
1974 · Movie
as Remy Royce-Graff
That's Entertainment!
1974 · Movie
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972 · Movie
as Lily Langtry
The Ballad of Tam Lin
1970 · Movie
as Michaela Cazaret
Mayerling
1968 · Movie
as Empress Elisabeth of Austria
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966 · Movie
as Sarah
Seven Days in May
1964 · Movie
as Eleanor Holbrook
The Night of the Iguana
1964 · Movie
as Maxine Faulk
On the Trail of the Iguana
1964 · Movie
as Self
55 Days at Peking
1963 · Movie
as Baroness Natalie Ivanoff
La Rabbia
1963 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Angel Wore Red
1960 · Movie
as Soledad
On the Beach
1959 · Movie
as Moira Davidson
The Naked Maja
1958 · Movie
as Maria Teresa, duchess of Alba, nicknamed Cayetana
The Sun Also Rises
1957 · Movie
as Lady Brett Ashley
The Little Hut
1957 · Movie
as Lady Susan Ashlow
Bhowani Junction
1956 · Movie
as Victoria Jones
The Barefoot Contessa
1954 · Movie
as Maria Vargas
Mogambo
1953 · Movie
as Eloise Y. Kelly
The Band Wagon
1953 · Movie
as Ava Gardner (uncredited)
Ride, Vaquero!
1953 · Movie
as Cordelia Cameron
Knights of the Round Table
1953 · Movie
as Guinevere
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952 · Movie
as Cynthia Green
Lone Star
1952 · Movie
as Martha Ronda
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
1951 · Movie
as Pandora Reynolds
Show Boat
1951 · Movie
as Julie LaVerne
My Forbidden Past
1951 · Movie
as Barbara Beaurevel
The Costume Designer
1950 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
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Screen Actors
1950 · Movie
as Self (uncredited)
What's My Line?
1950 · TV Show
as Self
The Bribe
1949 · Movie
as Elizabeth Hintten
East Side, West Side
1949 · Movie
as Isabel Lorrison
The Great Sinner
1949 · Movie
as Pauline Ostrovsky
One Touch of Venus
1948 · Movie
as Venus
Singapore
1947 · Movie
as Linda Grahame / Ann Van Leyden
The Hucksters
1947 · Movie
as Jean Ogilvie
The Killers
1946 · Movie
as Kitty Collins
Whistle Stop
1946 · Movie
as Mary
She Went to the Races
1945 · Movie
as Hilda Spotts
I'm a Civilian Here Myself
1945 · Movie
as Dream Girl (uncredited)
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944 · Movie
as Dream Girl (uncredited)
3 Men in White
1944 · Movie
as Jean Brown
Maisie Goes to Reno
1944 · Movie
as Gloria Fullerton
Twenty Years After
1944 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Blonde Fever
1944 · Movie
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Ghosts on the Loose
1943 · Movie
as Betty
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943 · Movie
as Perfume Girl (uncredited)
Hitler's Madman
1943 · Movie
as Franciska Pritric (uncredited)
Young Ideas
1943 · Movie
as Co-ed (uncredited)
Lost Angel
1943 · Movie
as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
Swing Fever
1943 · Movie
as Receptionist (uncredited)
Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942 · Movie
as Student (uncredited)
Kid Glove Killer
1942 · Movie
as Car Hop (uncredited)
Reunion in France
1942 · Movie
as Marie, Parisian shopgirl (uncredited)
We Do It Because
1942 · Movie
as Lucretia Borgia (uncredited)
This Time for Keeps
1942 · Movie
as Girl in Car Lighting Cigarette (uncredited)
Sunday Punch
1942 · Movie
as Ringsider (uncredited)
Mighty Lak a Goat
1942 · Movie
as Girl at Theatre Boxoffice
Joe Smith, American
1942 · Movie
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941 · Movie
as Passerby at Racetrack (uncredited)
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941 · Movie
as Young Socialite (uncredited)
Fancy Answers
1941 · Movie
as Girl at Recital
Strange Testament
1941 · Movie
as Waitress (uncredited)
