Ava Gardner
Photo: MGM / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons
Birth Date
December 24, 1922
Died
January 25, 1990
Nationality
United States
Sun Sign
Capricorn
Natural hair color
Auburn
Eye color
Green
Height
5 ft 6 in | 167 cm tall
Body Measurements
36-23-37 in | 91-58-94 cm
Weight
54 kg | 120 pounds
Bra Size
34B
Shoe size
8 US | 38 EU
Early acting career First movie Breakthrough
Ava Lavinia Gardner was born in Grabtown, North Carolina, United States, on December 24, 1922, was an American actress.
Young Ava Gardner began her professional acting career with MGM, she signed contract in 1941.
She made her screen debut in short film Fancy Answers (1941) in uncredited role as Girl at Recital.
She landed her feature film debut in drama mystery Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) in role as Passerby.
She got her television debut in miniseries A.D. (1985) in role as Agrippina.
Her breakthrough performance came as Kitty Collins in noir thriller drama film The Killers (1946).
Best Movies
She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Eloise Kelly in romantic drama movie Mogambo (1953).
She was nominated for the BAFTA Awards for Best Foreign Actress for her roles in films:
Bhowani Junction (1956) drama romance in role as Victoria Jones
On the Beach (1959) post-apocalyptic science fiction drama in role as Moira Davidson
She was nominated for a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her role as Maxine Faulk in drama movie The Night of the Iguana (1964).
She was nominated for the Gold Medal Award for Best Actress for her role as Pandora Reynolds in drama romance movie Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951).
Seven Days in May (1964) political thriller with Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster
Show Boat (1951) musical romantic drama in role as Julie LaVerne
The Barefoot Contessa (1954) drama opposite Humphrey Bogart and Edmond O'Brien
Earthquake (1974) disaster doomsday with Charlton Heston, Geneviève Bujold and Victoria Principal
The Cassandra Crossing (1977) drama with Sophia Loren and Burt Lancaster
55 Days at Peking (1963) epic drama with Charlton Heston and David Niven
Knights of the Round Table (1953) historical action opposite Robert Taylor and Mel Ferrer
Best TV Shows
She played Agrippina in miniseries in six parts A.D. (1985).
She portrayed Ruth Galveston in CBS soap opera Knots Landing (1985).
Facts
Graduated from high school in Rock Ridge in 1939.
Studied at the Atlantic Christian College in Wilson, North Carolina.
Had two older brothers and four older sisters.
Frank Sinatra nicknamed her "Angel".
She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1560 Vine Street in 1960.
Was a good friends with Kathryn Grayson, Ernest Hemingway and Lena Horne.
Gardner died on January 25, 1990, Westminster, United Kingdom, at the age of 67.
Spouse
She was married to:
Frank Sinatra (1951-1957)
Artie Shaw (1945-1946)
Mickey Rooney (1942-1943)
Relationships
She dated Howard Hughes (1943-1953), Ben Tatar (1973-1986), Prinz Alfonso von und zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1970-1972), George C. Scott (1964-1969), Claude Terrail (1961-1962), Tony Trabert (1959-1960), Jimmy Kind (1958-1959), Robert Evans (1957-1958), Walter Chiari (1955-1957), Mario Cabre (1950), Robert Walker (1948-1949), Robert Taylor (1948-1953), Howard Duff (1947-1950) and Chris Peterson (1944).