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Ava Gardner
(1922-1990)
Who Was Ava Gardner?
Ava Gardner signed a contract to be an actress with MGM in 1941, but it wasn't until her appearance in 1946's The Killers that she became a star. Gardner's off-screen life was often as dramatic as the roles she played, with marriages to Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw and Frank Sinatra. Gardner died on January 25, 1990, at age 67, in London, England.
Early Life
Gardner was born in Grabtown, North Carolina, on December 24, 1922. She was her parents' seventh child. When Gardner was 2 years old, she and her family were forced to leave their tobacco farm. Her father then worked as a sharecropper, while her mother ran a boardinghouse. The family always struggled financially, a situation that worsened when Gardner's father died when she was 16.
Gardner was studying to be a secretary when her photographer brother-in-law sent pictures of her to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. A striking beauty with dark hair and green eyes, Gardner's photos convinced the studio to give her a screen test. This led to her signing a seven-year, $50/week contract with M
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Filmography
From small, uncredited walk-ons to leading roles and character parts, the following list chronicles Ava Gardner’s 45-year acting career.
Fancy Answers (1941, Short) - Girl at Recital (uncredited)
Strange Testament (1941, Short) - Waitress (uncredited)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) - Passerby at Racetrack (uncredited)
H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941) - Young Socialite (uncredited)
Babes on Broadway (1941) - Audience Member (unconfirmed, uncredited)
We Do It Because (1942, Short) - Lucretia Borgia (uncredited)
Joe Smith, American (1942) - Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
This Time for Keeps (1942) - Girl in Car Lighting Cigarette (uncredited)
We Were Dancing (1942) - Bit part
Kid Glove Killer (1942) - Car Hop (uncredited)
Sunday Punch (1942) - Ringsider (uncredited)
Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942) - Graduating Student at Miss Hope's (uncredited)
Mighty Lak a Goat (1942, Short) - Girl at Theatre Box office (uncredited)
Reunion i Ava Lavinia Gardner was born on December 24, 1922, in the small farming community of Grabtown, North Carolina. The youngest of seven children, Gardner’s life took a turn towards the extraordinary when her photograph was spotted by a talent scout, leading her to sign a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1941. Gardner's early years in Hollywood were marked by bit parts and an undemanding schedule, but her breakthrough came with "The Killers" (1946), a film noir based on a Hemingway short story, where she played the sultry femme fatale opposite Burt Lancaster. Her alluring performance established her as a genuine star. Her subsequent work throughout the 1950s solidified her status as one of Tinseltown's most talented and stunning actresses. Her performance in "Mogambo" (1953) earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, and she followed that success with a memorable role in "The Barefoot Contessa" (1954), portraying a dancer turned movie sta
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Ava Gardner
Ava Gardner
Biography, analysis of her career and all her movies
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