The Cassandra Crossing1976
As Nicole Dressler
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Ava Gardner
Born
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 (93)
The Bible: In the Beginning...1966
As Sarah
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Sentinel1977
As Helen Logan
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Earthquake1974
As Remy Royce-Graff
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid1982
As (in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Killers1946
As Kitty Collins
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Seven Days in May1964
As Eleanor Holbrook
TMDb 7.4 / 10
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean1972
As Lily Langtry
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Band Wagon1953
As Ava Gardner (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Snows of Kilimanjaro1952
As Cynthia Green
TMDb 5.9 / 10
55 Days at Peking1963
As Baroness Natalie Ivanoff
TMDb 6.9 / 10
On the Beach1959
As Moira Davidson
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Mayerling1968
As Empress Elisabeth of Austria
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Barefoot Contessa1954
As Maria Vargas
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Blue Bird1976
As Luxury
TMDb 5.5 / 10
That's Entertainment!1974
As (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood2018
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
That's Entertainment! III1994
As (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Shadow of the Thin Man1941
As Passerby at Racetrack (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Sun Also Rises1957
As Lady Brett Ashley
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Two Girls and a Sailor1944
As Dream Girl (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
City on Fire1979
As Maggie Grayson
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Night of the Iguana1964
As Maxine Faulk
TMDb 7.2 / 10
One Touch of Venus1948
As Venus
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Knights of the Round Table1953
As Guinevere
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Naked Maja1958
As Maria Teresa, duchess of Alba, nicknamed Cayetana
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Mogambo1953
As Eloise Y. Kelly
TMDb 6.4 / 10
East Side, West Side1949
As Isabel Lorrison
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Show Boat1951
As Julie LaVerne
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Lone Star1952
As Martha Ronda
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Rat Pack2022
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Bribe1949
As Elizabeth Hintten
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Whistle Stop1946
As Mary
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Ride, Vaquero!1953
As Cordelia Cameron
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Bhowani Junction1956
As Victoria Jones
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman1951
As Pandora Reynolds
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff2010
As Pandora Reynolds / Maria Vargas (archive footage)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Du Barry Was a Lady1943
As Perfume Girl (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
H.M. Pulham, Esq.1941
As Young Socialite (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Great Sinner1949
As Pauline Ostrovsky
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Swing Fever1943
As Receptionist (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick1988
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical2009
As Self (archive)
Reunion in France1942
As Marie, Parisian shopgirl (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Ballad of Tam Lin1970
As Michaela Cazaret
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Kidnapping of the President1980
As Beth Richards
TMDb 4.6 / 10
The Hucksters1947
As Jean Ogilvie
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Legends of the West1992
As Lily Langtry in 'The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ghosts on the Loose1943
As Betty
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Maisie Goes to Reno1944
As Gloria Fullerton
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti1977
As Self - Maria Cayetana, Duchess of Alba (archive footage)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Twenty Years After1944
As (archive footage)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Angel Wore Red1960
As Soledad
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Priest of Love1981
As Mabel Dodge Luhan
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies2000
As archive footage
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Harem1986
As Kadin
TMDb 5.4 / 10
On the Trail of the Iguana1964
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Chavela2017
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
3 Men in White1944
As Jean Brown
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Permission to Kill1975
As Katina Petersen
TMDb 5.8 / 10
This Time for Keeps1942
As Girl in Car Lighting Cigarette (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Singapore1947
As Linda Grahame / Ann Van Leyden
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Maggie1986
As Diane Webb
Hitler's Madman1943
As Franciska Pritric (uncredited)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Fancy Answers1941
As Girl at Recital
TMDb 7.0 / 10
My Forbidden Past1951
As Barbara Beaurevel
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century1998
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Beautiful Like a Poem2020
As Self (archive footage)
Regina Roma1982
As Mama
TMDb 4.0 / 10
The Little Hut1957
As Lady Susan Ashlow
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia2023
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Kid Glove Killer1942
As Car Hop (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies2017
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Costume Designer1950
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
She Went to the Races1945
As Hilda Spotts
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Young Ideas1943
As Co-ed (uncredited)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Joe Smith, American1942
As Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Calling Dr. Gillespie1942
As Student (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Lost Angel1943
As Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Screen Actors
Screen Actors1950
As Self (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
La Rabbia1963
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
We Do It Because1942
As Lucretia Borgia (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
De Madrid a la Luna2006
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Blonde Fever1944
As Minor Role (uncredited)
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Sunday Punch1942
As Ringsider (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
I'm a Civilian Here Myself1945
As Dream Girl (uncredited)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Ava Gardner, the Gypsy of Hollywood2018
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Fallout2013
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
All Night Long2010
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Mighty Lak a Goat1942
As Girl at Theatre Boxoffice
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Frank Sinatra glömde aldrig Finspång2003
As Self (archive footage)
Strange Testament1941
As Waitress (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Året var 19532003
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 5.0 / 10
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