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Ava Lavinia Gardner was an American actress and singer. Gardner was signed to a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1941, and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew attention with her performance in The Killers (1946). She was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actress for her work in Mogambo (1953), and also received BAFTA Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for other films.
Birth Name
Ava Lavinia Gardner
Born
Sunday, 24 December 1922
Died
Thursday, 25 January 1990
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Call Me Kate | Self | 2023 |
| Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields | Self - Actor and Icon | 2023 |
| A Forbidden Orange | Self | 2021 |
| Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | Self - Actress / Self (archive footage) | 2018 |
| Chavela | Self | 2017 |
| Ava Gardner: Life is Bigger Than Movies | Self | 2017 |
| Sinatra: All or Nothing at All | Self | 2015 |
| Fallout | Self (archive footage) | 2013 |
| All Night Long | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2011 |
| Stars of the Silver Screen | Eloise Y. Kelly | 2011 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Call Me Kate | Self | 2023 |
| Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields | Self - Actor and Icon | 2023 |
| A Forbidden Orange | Self | 2021 |
| Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | Self - Actress / Self (archive footage) | 2018 |
| Chavela | Self | 2017 |
| Ava Gardner: Life is Bigger Than Movies | Self | 2017 |
| Sinatra: All or Nothing at All | Self | 2015 |
| Fallout | Self (archive footage) | 2013 |
| All Night Long | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2011 |
| Stars of the Silver Screen | Eloise Y. Kelly | 2011 |
| Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Pandora Reynolds / Maria Vargas (archive footage) / Maria Vargas | 2010 |
| Vegas: The City the Mob Made | Self - Actress | 2009 |
| Il falso bugiardo | Self | 2008 |
| Muchachada nui | Ava Gardner | 2007 |
| De Madrid a la Lluna | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2006 |
| Hollywood Couples | Self | 2006 |
| The Kid Stays in the Picture | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2002 |
| Classified X | Self | 1998 |
| E! Mysteries & Scandals | Self | 1998 |
| Great Romances of the 20th Century | Self | 1997 |
| That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) / Performer in Clip from 'Show Boat' | 1994 |
| Legends of the West | Actress in 'Judge Roy Bean' / Lily Langtry in 'The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean' | 1992 |
| John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Self / Herself (archive footage) | 1989 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| Harem | Kadin | 1986 |
| The Long Hot Summer | Minnie Littlejohn | 1985 |
| A.D. | Agrippina | 1985 |
| Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | Kitty Collins / (in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage) | 1982 |
| Regina Roma | Mama | 1982 |
| Priest of Love | Mabel Dodge Luhan | 1981 |
| The Kidnapping of the President | Beth Richards | 1980 |
| Knots Landing | Ruth Sumner Galveston | 1979 |
| City on Fire | Maggie Grayson | 1979 |
| The Sentinel | Miss Logan / Helen Logan | 1977 |
| Kolossal - i magnifici Macisti | Maria Cayetana, Duchess of Alba | 1977 |
| The Cassandra Crossing | Nicole Dressler | 1976 |
| The Blue Bird | Luxury | 1976 |
| The Executioner | Katina Petersen | 1975 |
| Arena | (archive footage) / Herself (archive footage) | 1975 |
| Earthquake | Remy / Remy Royce-Graff | 1974 |
| That's Entertainment! | Clip from 1951 version of 'Show Boat' / Self - at Banquet / (archive footage) | 1974 |
| The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | Lily Langtry | 1972 |
| Hollywood Babylon | (archive footage) | 1972 |
| Tam Lin | Michaela Cazaret | 1970 |
| Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man | Self | 1970 |
| Will the Real Mr Sellers.....? | Self | 1969 |
| Mayerling | Empress Elizabeth / Empress Elisabeth of Austria | 1968 |
| The Bible: In the Beginning... | Sarah | 1966 |
| The Love Goddesses | Self / (archive footage) | 1965 |
| The Night of the Iguana | Maxine Faulk | 1964 |
| Seven Days in May | Eleanor Holbrook | 1964 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
| 55 Days at Peking | Baroness Natalie Ivanoff | 1963 |
| La rabbia | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1963 |
| The Angel Wore Red | Soledad | 1960 |
| On the Beach | Moira Davidson | 1959 |
| The Naked Maja | Maria Cayetana, Duchess of Alba / Maria Teresa, duchess of Alba, nicknamed Cayetana | 1958 |
| The Sun Also Rises | Lady Brett Ashley | 1957 |
| The Little Hut | Lady Susan Ashlow | 1957 |
| Bhowani Junction | Victoria Jones | 1956 |
| The Barefoot Contessa | Maria Vargas | 1954 |
| Knights of the Round Table | Guinevere | 1953 |
| Mogambo | Eloise Y. Kelly | 1953 |
| The Band Wagon | Ava Gardner | 1953 |
| Ride, Vaquero! | Cordelia Cameron | 1953 |
| The Snows of Kilimanjaro | Cynthia Green | 1952 |
| Lone Star | Martha Ronda | 1952 |
| Show Boat | Julie LaVerne | 1951 |
| My Forbidden Past | Barbara Beaurevel | 1951 |
| The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story | (archive footage) | 1951 |
| Pandora and the Flying Dutchman | Pandora Reynolds | 1951 |
| The Costume Designer | (archive footage) | 1950 |
| What's My Line? | Herself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| East Side, West Side | Isabel Lorrison | 1949 |
| The Great Sinner | Pauline Ostrovsky | 1949 |
| The Bribe | Elizabeth Hintten | 1949 |
| One Touch of Venus | Venus | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| Singapore | Ann Van Leyden / Linda Grahame | 1947 |
| The Hucksters | Jean Ogilvie | 1947 |
| The Killers | Kitty Collins | 1946 |
| Whistle Stop | Mary | 1946 |
| She Went to the Races | Hilda Spotts | 1945 |
| Blonde Fever | Minor Role | 1944 |
| Maisie Goes to Reno | Gloria Fullerton | 1944 |
| Two Girls and a Sailor | Canteen Dancer / Dream Girl | 1944 |
| 3 Men in White | Jean Brown | 1944 |
| Twenty Years After | (archive footage) | 1944 |
| Lost Angel | Hat Check Girl | 1943 |
| Swing Fever | Receptionist | 1943 |
| Young Ideas | Co-ed | 1943 |
| Ghosts on the Loose | Betty | 1943 |
| Hitler's Madman | Franciska Pritric | 1943 |
| Du Barry Was a Lady | Perfume Girl | 1943 |
| Reunion in France | Marie | 1942 |
| Mighty Lak a Goat | Girl at Theatre Boxoffice | 1942 |
| Calling Dr. Gillespie | Graduating Student at Miss Hope's / Student | 1942 |
| Sunday Punch | Ringsider | 1942 |
| Kid Glove Killer | Car Hop | 1942 |
| This Time for Keeps | Girl in Car Lighting Cigarette | 1942 |
| Joe Smith, American | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1942 |
| Shadow of the Thin Man | Passerby at Racetrack | 1941 |
| Babes on Broadway | Audience Member | 1941 |
| H.M. Pulham, Esq. | Young Socialite | 1941 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1965 | Golden Globe | Best Actress - Drama | Nominated |
| 1954 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
