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Ava Gardner
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.
Off-screen, Gardner's personal life and progressive politics attracted significant attention. Her marriages to Mickey Rooney and Artie Shaw were gossiped about, but her tumultuous relationship with Frank Sinatra particularly headlined. Gardner was a strong supporter of racial equality and desegregation, and became a member of the NAACP in 1968. Gardner was a heavy smoker, which deteriorated her health as she grew older. She continued acting in minor roles in the 1980s before she suffered a stroke in 1986 and retired. Gardner moved to Spain and England, where she spent her final years before passing away from bronchopneumonia on January 25, 1990.
As actor
Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
Rat Pack
Beautiful Like a Poem
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Ava Gardner, the Gypsy of Hollywood
Chavela
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
Fallout
All Night Long
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
De Madrid a la Luna
Frank Sinatra glömde aldrig Finspång
Året var 1953
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
That's Entertainment! III
Legends of the West
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Harem
Maggie
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Regina Roma
Priest of Love
The Kidnapping of the President
City on Fire
The Sentinel
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
The Cassandra Crossing
The Blue Bird