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.
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John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
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The Bible: In the Beginning...
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Calling Dr. Gillespie
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The Snows of Kilimanjaro
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Earthquake
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Seven Days in May
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The Cassandra Crossing
As Nicole Dressler
Mogambo
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The Sun Also Rises
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The Bribe
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
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55 Days at Peking
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The Barefoot Contessa
As Maria Vargas
On the Beach
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The Band Wagon
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Shadow of the Thin Man
As Passerby at Racetrack (uncredited)
The Killers
As Kitty Collins
The Night of the Iguana
As Maxine Faulk
One Touch of Venus
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Lone Star
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Mayerling
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Kid Glove Killer
Reunion in France
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
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Ride, Vaquero!
As Cordelia Cameron
Show Boat
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We Do It Because
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The Sentinel
As Helen Logan
Priest of Love
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Knights of the Round Table
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Two Girls and a Sailor
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Bhowani Junction
As Victoria Jones
Singapore
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Ghosts on the Loose
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Whistle Stop
As Mary
Chavela
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The Naked Maja
As Maria Teresa, duchess of Alba, nicknamed Cayetana
The Blue Bird
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This Time for Keeps
As Girl in Car Lighting Cigarette (uncredited)
The Hucksters
As Jean Ogilvie
My Forbidden Past
As Barbara Beaurevel
East Side, West Side
As Isabel Lorrison
The Kidnapping of the President
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City on Fire
As Maggie Grayson
The Ballad of Tam Lin
As Michaela Cazaret
Permission to Kill
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Legends of the West
As Lily Langtry in 'The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean'
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
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The Great Sinner
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The Little Hut
As Lady Susan Ashlow
The Angel Wore Red
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3 Men in White
As Jean Brown
Regina Roma
As Mama
Maisie Goes to Reno
As Gloria Fullerton
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
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Du Barry Was a Lady
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She Went to the Races
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H.M. Pulham, Esq.
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Rat Pack
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That's Entertainment!
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All Night Long
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Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
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Harem
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Fallout
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Sunday Punch
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Frank Sinatra glömde aldrig Finspång
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Hitler's Madman
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Young Ideas
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That's Entertainment! III
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Fancy Answers
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Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
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The Kid Stays in the Picture
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De Madrid a la Luna
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Lost Angel
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On the Trail of the Iguana
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Ava Gardner, the Gypsy of Hollywood
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Twenty Years After
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The Costume Designer
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Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner
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I'm a Civilian Here Myself
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Strange Testament
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Mighty Lak a Goat
As Girl at Theatre Boxoffice
La Rabbia
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Joe Smith, American
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Blonde Fever
As Minor Role (uncredited)
Swing Fever
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Screen Actors
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
As Pandora Reynolds / Maria Vargas (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
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Året var 1953
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Knots Landing
As Ruth Sumner Galveston
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
As Self (archive footage)
The Long Hot Summer
As Minnie Littlejohn
Intimate Portrait
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Harem
As Kadin
A.D.
As Agrippina
Star Life
As Self (archive footage)
What's My Line?
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Iconic Couples of Hollywood
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