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.

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• 2010Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff — Pandora Reynolds / Maria Vargas (archive footage)
• 2000Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies — archive footage
• 1994That's Entertainment! III — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1992Legends of the West — Lily Langtry in 'The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean' (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1986Harem — Kadin
• Harem — Kadin
• 1986Maggie — Diane Webb
• A.D. — Agrippina
• The Long Hot Summer — Minnie Littlejohn
• 1982Regina Roma — Mama
• 1982Мертві спідниць не носять — (in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)
• 1981Priest of Love — Mabel Dodge Luhan
• 1980The Kidnapping of the President — Beth Richards
• 1979City on Fire — Maggie Grayson
• Knots Landing — Ruth Sumner Galveston
• 1977Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti — Self - Maria Cayetana, Duchess of Alba (archive footage)
• 1977The Sentinel — Helen Logan
• 1976The Blue Bird — Luxury
• 1976Перевал Кассандри — Nicole Dressler
• 1975Permission to Kill — Katina Petersen
• 1974Earthquake — Remy Royce-Graff
• 1974That's Entertainment! — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1972The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean — Lily Langtry
• 1970The Ballad of Tam Lin — Michaela Cazaret
• 1968Mayerling — Empress Elisabeth of Austria
• 1966Біблія: На початку... — Sarah
• 1964Seven Days in May — Eleanor Holbrook
• 1964The Night of the Iguana — Maxine Faulk
• 196355 Days at Peking — Baroness Natalie Ivanoff
• 1960The Angel Wore Red — Soledad
• 1959On the Beach — Moira Davidson
• 1958The Naked Maja — Maria Teresa, duchess of Alba, nicknamed Cayetana
• 1957The Little Hut — Lady Susan Ashlow
• 1957The Sun Also Rises — Lady Brett Ashley
• 1956Bhowani Junction — Victoria Jones
• 1954The Barefoot Contessa — Maria Vargas
• 1953Knights of the Round Table — Guinevere
• 1953Mogambo — Eloise Y. Kelly
• 1953Ride, Vaquero! — Cordelia Cameron
• 1953The Band Wagon — Ava Gardner (uncredited)
• 1952Lone Star — Martha Ronda
• 1952The Snows of Kilimanjaro — Cynthia Green
• 1951My Forbidden Past — Barbara Beaurevel
• 1951Pandora and the Flying Dutchman — Pandora Reynolds
• 1951Show Boat — Julie LaVerne
• 1949East Side, West Side — Isabel Lorrison
• 1949The Bribe — Elizabeth Hintten
• 1949The Great Sinner — Pauline Ostrovsky
• 1948One Touch of Venus — Venus
• 1947Singapore — Linda Grahame / Ann Van Leyden
• 1947The Hucksters — Jean Ogilvie
• 1946Whistle Stop — Mary
• 1946Вбивці — Kitty Collins
• 1945I'm a Civilian Here Myself — Dream Girl (uncredited)
• 1945She Went to the Races — Hilda Spotts
• 19443 Men in White — Jean Brown
• 1944Blonde Fever — Minor Role (uncredited)
• 1944Maisie Goes to Reno — Gloria Fullerton
• 1944Twenty Years After — (archive footage)
• 1944Two Girls and a Sailor — Dream Girl (uncredited)
• 1943Du Barry Was a Lady — Perfume Girl (uncredited)
• 1943Ghosts on the Loose — Betty
• 1943Hitler's Madman — Franciska Pritric (uncredited)
• 1943Lost Angel — Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
• 1943Swing Fever — Receptionist (uncredited)
• 1943Young Ideas — Co-ed (uncredited)
• 1942Calling Dr. Gillespie — Student (uncredited)
• 1942Joe Smith, American — Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
• 1942Kid Glove Killer — Car Hop (uncredited)
• 1942Mighty Lak a Goat — Girl at Theatre Boxoffice
• 1942Reunion in France — Marie, Parisian shopgirl (uncredited)
• 1942Sunday Punch — Ringsider (uncredited)
• 1942This Time for Keeps — Girl in Car Lighting Cigarette (uncredited)
• 1942We Do It Because — Lucretia Borgia (uncredited)
• 1941Fancy Answers — Girl at Recital
• 1941H.M. Pulham, Esq. — Young Socialite (uncredited)
• 1941Shadow of the Thin Man — Passerby at Racetrack (uncredited)
• 1941Strange Testament — Waitress (uncredited)

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (23)

• 2023Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia — Self (archive footage)
• Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Rat Pack — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Beautiful Like a Poem — Self (archive footage)
• 2018Ava Gardner, the Gypsy of Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• 2018Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• 2017Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies — Self (archive footage)
• 2017Chavela — Self (archive footage)
• Iconic Couples of Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• 2013Fallout — Self (archive footage)
• 2010All Night Long — Self (archive footage)
• 2009Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical — Self (archive)
• 2006De Madrid a la Luna — Self (archive footage)
• 2003Frank Sinatra glömde aldrig Finspång — Self (archive footage)
• 2003Året var 1953 — Self (archive footage)
• 1998Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century — Self (archive footage)
• Intimate Portrait — Self
• 1988John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick — Self (archive footage)
• 1964On the Trail of the Iguana — Self
• 1963La Rabbia — Self (archive footage)
• 1950Screen Actors — Self (uncredited)
• 1950The Costume Designer — Self (archive footage)
• What's My Line? — Self