Dados Pessoais
Nome: Ava Lavinia Gardner
Nascimento e local: 24/12/1922, Brodgen, EUA
Morte: 25/01/1990, Londres, EN, pneumonia
Ocupação: atriz
Nacionalidade: Americana
Casamentos: Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw , Frank Sinatra
Filhos: não
Biografia
De família humilde, Ava Gardner, “o animal mais lindo do mundo”, foi descoberta por Barney Duhan, um caçador de talentos da MGM, que concluiu que, apesar dela ser uma péssima atriz, fotografava muito bem. Começou ganhando 50 dólares por semana, tirando fotos e estreando em “We were dancing”, de 1942, seguido de várias aparições sem crédito. Seu primeiro marido, Mickey Rooney, conseguiu alguns papéis para ela, com o vasto conhecimento que ele tinha na MGM. Foram mais de sessenta filmes ao longo da carreira, trabalhando ao lado de grandes diretores como John Ford e George Cukor.
Apesar de inicialmente não ter sido considerada uma boa atriz, moldada por aulas de dicção e interpretação, Ava conseguiu desenvolver-se e chegou a ser indicada para o Oscar por Mogambo. Morreu na Europa, onde morou por duas décadas.
Filmografia
ATRIZ
1. That’s Entertainment! III (1994) as Song Performer.
2. Priest of Love (1981) as Mabel Dodge Luhan.
3. Kidnapping Of The President, The (1980) as Beth Richards.
4. City on Fire (1979) as Maggie Grayson.
5. The Cassandra Crossing (1977) as Nicole Dressler.
6. Sentinel, The (1977) as Miss Logan.
7. Blue Bird, The (1976) as Luxury.
8. Permission to Kill (1975) as Katin Petersen.
9. The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) as Lily Langtry as.
10. Tam Lin (1971) as Mrs. [Michaela “Micky”] Cazaret .
11. Mayerling (1969) as Empress Elizabeth .
12. The Bible…In the Beginning (1966) as Sarah .
13. The Night of the Iguana (1964) as Maxine Faulk .
14. Seven Days in May (1964) as Eleanor Holbrook .
15. 55 Days at Peking (1963) as Baroness Natalie Ivanoff .
16. The Angel Wore Red (1960) as Soledad .
17. On the Beach (1959) as Moira Davidson .
18. The Naked Maja (1959) as Maria Teresa de Cayetana, Duchess of Alba .
19. The Sun Also Rises (1957) as Lady Brett Ashley .
20. The Little Hut (1957) as Susan, Lady Ashlowe .
21. Bhowani Junction (1956) as Victoria Jones .
22. Knights of the Round Table (1954) as Guinevere .
23. The Barefoot Contessa (1954) as Maria Vargas [also known as Maria D’Amata] .
24. The Band Wagon (1953) as Herself .
25. Mogambo (1953) as Eloise Y. Kelly .
26. Ride, Vaquero! (1953) as Cordelia Cameron .
27. Lone Star (1952) as Martha Ronda .
28. Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1952) as Pandora Reynolds .
29. The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) as Cynthia Green .
30. Show Boat (1951) as Julie LaVerne .
31. My Forbidden Past (1951) as Barbara Beaurevelle .
32. East Side, West Side (1950) as Isabel Lorrison .
33. The Great Sinner (1949) as Pauline Ostrovsky .
34. The Bribe (1949) as Elizabeth Hintten .
35. One Touch of Venus (1948) as Venus [Goddess of Love/Venus Jones] .
36. The Hucksters (1947) as Jean Ogilvie .
37. Singapore (1947) as Linda [Grahame, also known as Ann Van Leyden] .
38. Whistle Stop (1946) as Mary .
39. The Killers (1946) as Kitty Collins .
40. She Went to the Races (1945) as Hilda Spotts .
41. Lost Angel (1944) as Hat check girl .
42. Three Men in White (1944) as Jean Brown .
43. Swing Fever (1944) as .
44. Two Girls and a Sailor (1944) as Canteen dancer .
45. Maisie Goes to Reno (1944) as Gloria Fullerton .
46. Young Ideas (1943) as Co-ed .
47. Hitler’s Madman (1943) as Katy Chotnik .
48. Ghosts on the Loose (1943) as Betty .
49. Kid Glove Killer (1942) as Car hop .
50. This Time for Keeps (1942) as Young woman at drive-in .
51. Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942) as Student at Miss Hope’s .
52. Reunion in France (1942) as Marie, salesgirl .
PARTICIPAÇÃO ESPECIAL
53. Maggie (1986) as Diane Webb.
54. American Film Institute Salute to John Huston, The (1983)
55. Ava Gardner (1992) as Excerpts (“Ava: My Story”).
56. Harem (1986) as Kadin.
57. Long Hot Summer, The (1985) as Minnie Littlejohn.
58. A.D. (1985) as Agrippina.
59. Vienna: The Years Remembered (1968)
60. On the Trail of the Iguana (1964)
61. Screen Actors (1950)
62. Mighty Lak a Goat (1942)
63. We Do It Because- (1942)
64. Fancy Answers (1941)
65. Strange Testament (1941)
