Ava Gardner
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Beautiful Like a Poem
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Ava Gardner, the Gypsy of Hollywood
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Chavela
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Iconic Couples of Hollywood
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Fallout
2013
as Self (archive footage)
All Night Long
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
as Pandora Reynolds / Maria Vargas (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
as Self (archive)
De Madrid a la Luna
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra glömde aldrig Finspång
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Året var 1953
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
2000
as archive footage
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
1998
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
Legends of the West
1992
as Lily Langtry in 'The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean' (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Harem
1986
as Kadin
Maggie
1986
as Diane Webb
Harem
1986
as Kadin
The Long Hot Summer
1985
as Minnie Littlejohn
A.D.
1985
as Agrippina
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as (in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)
Regina Roma
1982
as Mama
Priest of Love
1981
as Mabel Dodge Luhan
The Kidnapping of the President
1980
as Beth Richards
City on Fire
1979
as Maggie Grayson
Knots Landing
1979
as Ruth Sumner Galveston
The Sentinel
1977
as Helen Logan
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
1977
as Self - Maria Cayetana, Duchess of Alba (archive footage)
The Cassandra Crossing
1976
as Nicole Dressler
The Blue Bird
1976
as Luxury
Permission to Kill
1975
as Katina Petersen
Earthquake
1974
as Remy Royce-Graff
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972
as Lily Langtry
The Ballad of Tam Lin
1970
as Michaela Cazaret
Mayerling
1968
as Empress Elisabeth of Austria
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966
as Sarah
Seven Days in May
1964
as Eleanor Holbrook
The Night of the Iguana
1964
as Maxine Faulk
On the Trail of the Iguana
1964
as Self
55 Days at Peking
1963
as Baroness Natalie Ivanoff
La Rabbia
1963
as Self (archive footage)
The Angel Wore Red
1960
as Soledad
On the Beach
1959
as Moira Davidson
The Naked Maja
1958
as Maria Teresa, duchess of Alba, nicknamed Cayetana
The Sun Also Rises
1957
as Lady Brett Ashley
The Little Hut
1957
as Lady Susan Ashlow
Bhowani Junction
1956
as Victoria Jones
The Barefoot Contessa
1954
as Maria Vargas
Mogambo
1953
as Eloise Y. Kelly
The Band Wagon
1953
as Ava Gardner (uncredited)
Ride, Vaquero!
1953
as Cordelia Cameron
Knights of the Round Table
1953
as Guinevere
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952
as Cynthia Green
Lone Star
1952
as Martha Ronda
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
1951
as Pandora Reynolds
Show Boat
1951
as Julie LaVerne
My Forbidden Past
1951
as Barbara Beaurevel
The Costume Designer
1950
as Self (archive footage)
Screen Actors
1950
as Self (uncredited)
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
The Bribe
1949
as Elizabeth Hintten
East Side, West Side
1949
as Isabel Lorrison
The Great Sinner
1949
as Pauline Ostrovsky
One Touch of Venus
1948
as Venus
Singapore
1947
as Linda Grahame / Ann Van Leyden
The Hucksters
1947
as Jean Ogilvie
The Killers
1946
as Kitty Collins
Whistle Stop
1946
as Mary
She Went to the Races
1945
as Hilda Spotts
I'm a Civilian Here Myself
1945
as Dream Girl (uncredited)
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944
as Dream Girl (uncredited)
3 Men in White
1944
as Jean Brown
Maisie Goes to Reno
1944
as Gloria Fullerton
Twenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)
Blonde Fever
1944
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Ghosts on the Loose
1943
as Betty
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
as Perfume Girl (uncredited)
Hitler's Madman
1943
as Franciska Pritric (uncredited)
Young Ideas
1943
as Co-ed (uncredited)
Lost Angel
1943
as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
Swing Fever
1943
as Receptionist (uncredited)
Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942
as Student (uncredited)
Kid Glove Killer
1942
as Car Hop (uncredited)
Reunion in France
1942
as Marie, Parisian shopgirl (uncredited)
We Do It Because
1942
as Lucretia Borgia (uncredited)
This Time for Keeps
1942
as Girl in Car Lighting Cigarette (uncredited)
Sunday Punch
1942
as Ringsider (uncredited)
Mighty Lak a Goat
1942
as Girl at Theatre Boxoffice
Joe Smith, American
1942
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941
as Passerby at Racetrack (uncredited)
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941
as Young Socialite (uncredited)
Fancy Answers
1941
as Girl at Recital
Strange Testament
1941
as Waitress (uncredited)