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
On the Beach
(1959)
Moira Davidson
Earthquake
(1974)
Remy Royce-Graff
The Bible: In the Beginning...
(1966)
Sarah
55 Days at Peking
(1963)
Baroness Natalie Ivanoff
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
(1972)
Lily Langtry
The Killers
(1946)
Kitty Collins
The Cassandra Crossing
(1976)
Nicole Dressler
Seven Days in May
(1964)
Eleanor Holbrook
The Sentinel
(1977)
Helen Logan
The Night of the Iguana
(1964)
Maxine Faulk
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
(1952)
Cynthia Green
The Barefoot Contessa
(1954)
Maria Vargas
Show Boat
(1951)
Julie LaVerne
Mogambo
(1953)
Eloise Y. Kelly
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(1982)
(in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
(1974)
(archive footage)
Full Filmography
Acting
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
(1941)
Young Socialite (uncredited)
Shadow of the Thin Man
(1941)
Passerby at Racetrack (uncredited)
Fancy Answers
(1941)
Girl at Recital
Strange Testament
(1941)
Waitress (uncredited)
Calling Dr. Gillespie
(1942)
Student (uncredited)
This Time for Keeps
(1942)
Girl in Car Lighting Cigarette (uncredited)
Sunday Punch
(1942)
Ringsider (uncredited)
Mighty Lak a Goat
(1942)
Girl at Theatre Boxoffice
Joe Smith, American
(1942)
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Kid Glove Killer
(1942)
Reunion in France
(1942)
We Do It Because
(1942)
Lucretia Borgia (uncredited)
Ghosts on the Loose
(1943)
Betty
Du Barry was a Lady
(1943)
Perfume Girl (uncredited)
Young Ideas
(1943)
Co-ed (uncredited)
Hitler's Madman
(1943)
Franciska Pritric (uncredited)
Lost Angel
(1943)
Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
Swing Fever
(1943)
Receptionist (uncredited)
Two Girls and a Sailor
(1944)
Dream Girl (uncredited)
3 Men in White
(1944)
Jean Brown
Maisie Goes to Reno
(1944)
Gloria Fullerton
Twenty Years After
(1944)
(archive footage)
Blonde Fever
(1944)
Minor Role (uncredited)
She Went to the Races
(1945)
Hilda Spotts
I'm a Civilian Here Myself
(1945)
Dream Girl (uncredited)
The Killers
(1946)
Kitty Collins
Whistle Stop
(1946)
Mary
Singapore
(1947)
Linda Grahame / Ann Van Leyden
The Hucksters
(1947)
Jean Ogilvie
One Touch of Venus
(1948)
Venus
The Bribe
(1949)
Elizabeth Hintten
East Side, West Side
(1949)
Isabel Lorrison
The Great Sinner
(1949)
Pauline Ostrovsky
The Costume Designer
(1950)
Self (archive footage)
Screen Actors
(1950)
Self (uncredited)
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
(1951)
Pandora Reynolds
Show Boat
(1951)
Julie LaVerne
My Forbidden Past
(1951)
Barbara Beaurevel
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
(1952)
Cynthia Green
Lone Star
(1952)
Martha Ronda
Mogambo
(1953)
Eloise Y. Kelly
The Band Wagon
(1953)
Ava Gardner (uncredited)
Ride, Vaquero!
(1953)
Cordelia Cameron
Knights of the Round Table
(1953)
Guinevere
The Barefoot Contessa
(1954)
Maria Vargas
Bhowani Junction
(1956)
Victoria Jones
The Sun Also Rises
(1957)
Lady Brett Ashley
The Little Hut
(1957)
Lady Susan Ashlow
The Naked Maja
(1958)
Maria Teresa, duchess of Alba, nicknamed Cayetana
On the Beach
(1959)
Moira Davidson
The Angel Wore Red
(1960)
Soledad
55 Days at Peking
(1963)
Baroness Natalie Ivanoff
La Rabbia
(1963)
Self (archive footage)
Seven Days in May
(1964)
Eleanor Holbrook
The Night of the Iguana
(1964)
Maxine Faulk
On the Trail of the Iguana
(1964)
Self
The Love Goddesses
(1965)
(archive footage)
The Bible: In the Beginning...
(1966)
Sarah
Mayerling
(1968)
Empress Elisabeth of Austria
Will the Real Mr. Sellers...
(1969)
Self
Tam Lin
(1970)
Michaela Cazaret
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
(1972)
Lily Langtry
Earthquake
(1974)
Remy Royce-Graff
That's Entertainment!
(1974)
(archive footage)
Permission to Kill
(1975)
Katina Petersen
The Cassandra Crossing
(1976)
Nicole Dressler
The Blue Bird
(1976)
Luxury
The Sentinel
(1977)
Helen Logan
City on Fire
(1979)
Maggie Grayson
The Kidnapping of the President
(1980)
Beth Richards
Priest of Love
(1981)
Mabel Dodge Luhan
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(1982)
(in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)
Regina Roma
(1982)
Mama
Harem
(1986)
Kadin
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
(1989)
Self (archive footage)
Legends of the West
(1992)
Lily Langtry in 'The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean'
That's Entertainment! III
(1994)
(archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
(1998)
Self (archive footage)
The Kid Stays in the Picture
(2002)
Self (archive footage)
De Madrid a la Luna
(2006)
Self (archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
(2010)
Pandora Reynolds / Maria Vargas (archive footage)
All Night Long
(2010)
Self (archive footage)
Fallout
(2013)
Self (archive footage)
Chavela
(2017)
Herself (archive footage)
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
(2017)
Self(archive footage)
Ava Gardner, the Gypsy of Hollywood
(2018)
Herself (archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
(2023)
Self (Archive Footage)