Acting
Ava Gardner
1922 · Grabtown, North Carolina, USA
30 films
Bio
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.
Filmography
The Cassandra Crossing
Nicole Dressler
55 Days at Peking
Baroness Natalie Ivanoff
Earthquake
Remy Royce-Graff
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Sarah
On the Beach
Moira Davidson
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)
The Sentinel
Helen Logan
The Barefoot Contessa
Maria Vargas
The Killers
Kitty Collins
La Rabbia
Self (archive footage)
Mayerling
Empress Elisabeth of Austria
The Band Wagon
Ava Gardner (uncredited)