Ava Gardner

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...

Known For

The Killers

as Kitty Collins

Earthquake

as Remy Royce-Graff

Cast Credits

Harem

as Kadin

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

as (in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)

Priest of Love

as Mabel Dodge Luhan

City on Fire

as Maggie Grayson

The Sentinel

as Helen Logan

The Cassandra Crossing

as Nicole Dressler

The Blue Bird

as Luxury

Permission to Kill

as Katina Petersen

Earthquake

as Remy Royce-Graff

The Ballad of Tam Lin

as Michaela Cazaret

Mayerling

as Empress Elisabeth of Austria

Seven Days in May

as Eleanor Holbrook

55 Days at Peking

as Baroness Natalie Ivanoff

On the Beach

as Moira Davidson

The Naked Maja

as Maria Teresa, duchess of Alba, nicknamed Cayetana

The Sun Also Rises

as Lady Brett Ashley

The Little Hut

as Lady Susan Ashlow

Bhowani Junction

as Victoria Jones

The Barefoot Contessa

as Maria Vargas

Mogambo

as Eloise Y. Kelly

The Band Wagon

as Ava Gardner (uncredited)

Ride, Vaquero!

as Cordelia Cameron

Lone Star

as Martha Ronda