Ava Gardner
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Ava Gardner was an American actress who became one of Hollywood's most glamorous and talented stars during the mid-20th century, known for her striking beauty and dramatic film roles. She matters in cinema history as a major figure of Hollywood's Golden Age whose career and personal life continue to fascinate audiences and film scholars.
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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
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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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