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Ava Gardner
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Ava Lavinia Gardner was an American actor, model, and autobiographer. Born in Grabtown, North Carolina, on December 24, 1922, she began her work period in 1941. She was married to Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw, and Frank Sinatra. Her career included roles in film, and she was recognized in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection.
Gardner received the Silver Shell for Best Actress and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama. She died of pneumonia in Westminster on January 25, 1990, from natural causes. She spoke English and identified as an atheist.
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Grabtown, North Carolina, USA
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…
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- Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia — Self (archive footage)2023
- Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields — Self (archive footage)2023
- Rat Pack — Self (archive footage)2022
- Beautiful Like a Poem — Self (archive footage)2020
- Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood — Self (archive footage)2018
- Ava Gardner, the Gypsy of Hollywood — Self (archive footage)2018
- Chavela — Self (archive footage)2017
- Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies — Self (archive footage)2017
- Iconic Couples of Hollywood — Self (archive footage)2015
- Fallout — Self (archive footage)2013
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Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress. From "Show Boat", a 1951 American musical romantic drama film, based on the stage musical of the same name, Ava Gardner's own singing voice is heard on the soundtrack album but not in the actual film, where her singing was dubbed by Annette Warren. Her original rendition of "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" appeared in the documentary film "That's Entertainment! III" and is considered by some to be superior to the version used in the film. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ava+Gardner">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ava
- Family name
- Gardner
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Grabtown
- Place of death
- Westminster
- Spouse
- Frank Sinatra
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- American English
- Religion
- atheism
- Notable work
- The Snows of Kilimanjaro
- Eye colour
- green
- Hair colour
- brown hair
- Official website
- www.avagardner.org
- Image
- Ava Gardner Show Boat 1951.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1922-12-24
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- 1990-01-25
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- pneumonia
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1941-00-00
- birth name
- Ava Lavinia Gardner
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- Ava Gardner
- writing language
- American English
- ethnic group
- Americans
- relative
- Tina Sinatra
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- Ava Gardner Shaw
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- Eva Gardner
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- 1986-00-00
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Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She first signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1941 and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew critics' attention in 1946 with her performance in Robert Siodmak's film noir The Killers.
During the 1950s, Gardner established herself as a leading lady and one of the era's top stars with films like Show Boat and Pandora and the Flying Dutchman both in 1951. Gardner went on to star in a series of action adventures throughout the 1950s, including The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952), Mogambo (1953), and The Barefoot Contessa (1954). At the end of the decade she starred opposite Gregory Peck and Fred Astaire in On the Beach (1959).
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