Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
12/24/1922
Place of Birth
Grabtown, North Carolina, USA
Also Known As
Ava Lavinia GardnerA. GardnerАва Гарднер
Ava Gardner
Biography
Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 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 Baref...
Known For
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Pandora Reynolds / Maria Vargas (archive footage)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
as Lily Langtry
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Self (archive footage)
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
On the Trail of the Iguana
as Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
as Self (archive)
Kid Glove Killer
as Car Hop (uncredited)
Mayerling
as Empress Elisabeth of Austria
55 Days at Peking
as Baroness Natalie Ivanoff
The Bible: In the Beginning...
as Sarah
The Sentinel
as Helen Logan
Young Ideas
as Co-ed (uncredited)
Lone Star
as Martha Ronda
Harem
as Kadin
Seven Days in May
as Eleanor Holbrook
La Rabbia
as Self (archive footage)
Knights of the Round Table
as Guinevere
The Ballad of Tam Lin
as Michaela Cazaret
Bhowani Junction
as Victoria Jones
Career Timeline
2023
2018
2017
2010
2003
1982
1964
1953
1951
1950
1949
1945
1944
1943
1942
Reunion in France
as Marie, Parisian shopgirl (uncredited)
Mighty Lak a Goat
as Girl at Theatre Boxoffice
Calling Dr. Gillespie
as Student (uncredited)
Sunday Punch
as Ringsider (uncredited)
Kid Glove Killer
as Car Hop (uncredited)
This Time for Keeps
as Girl in Car Lighting Cigarette (uncredited)
Joe Smith, American
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
We Do It Because
as Lucretia Borgia (uncredited)