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Ava Gardner

Ava Gardner

Ava Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress.

Ava Lavinia Gardner was born in the small farming community of Grabtown, Johnston County, North Carolina, the last of 7 children of poor tobacco farmers.

She was married to Mickey Rooney from 1941 to 1943, to Artie Shaw from 1945 to 1946, and to Frank Sinatra from 1948 to 1957. She was regarded as one of the most beautiful actresses in Hollywood. She also had an affair with Howard Hughes.

She met author J.R.R. Tolkien at Oxford University in November 1964. Neither was aware of the fame of the other.

She died of pneumonia in London, England.

Ava Gardner is interred in the Sunset Memorial Park, Smithfield, North Carolina; the town of Smithfield now has an Ava Gardner Museum.

Gardner is portrayed by Kate Beckinsale in The Aviator (2004), a film by Martin Scorsese about Howard Hughes.

Selected filmography

  • The Night of the Iguana (1964)
  • On the Beach (1959)
  • The Sun Also Rises (1957)
  • Bhowani Junction (1956)
  • The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
  • Mogambo (1953) (Academy Award nomination, "Best Actress")
  • The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
  • Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)
  • Show Boat (1951)
  • Whistle Stop (1946)
  • The Killers (1946)

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Gardner is portrayed by Kate Beckinsale in The Aviator (2004), a film by Martin Scorsese about Howard Hughes. She appeared on Broadway in Tony Kushner's Angels in America in 1993 and has appeared in the films Meet Joe Black (1998), Pollock (2000), (for which she received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress) and Mystic River (2003) (for which she received a second Oscar nomination). Ava Gardner is interred in the Sunset Memorial Park, Smithfield, North Carolina; the town of Smithfield now has an Ava Gardner Museum. She is married to Thaddaeus Scheel. She died of pneumonia in London, England. in theatre and earned an MFA from the graduate theatre program of New York University. Neither was aware of the fame of the other. She graduated from the University of Texas with a B.A.

Tolkien at Oxford University in November 1964. Marcia Gay Harden (born August 17, 1959 in La Jolla, California) is an American actress. She met author J.R.R. She also had an affair with Howard Hughes. She was regarded as one of the most beautiful actresses in Hollywood.

She was married to Mickey Rooney from 1941 to 1943, to Artie Shaw from 1945 to 1946, and to Frank Sinatra from 1948 to 1957. Ava Lavinia Gardner was born in the small farming community of Grabtown, Johnston County, North Carolina, the last of 7 children of poor tobacco farmers. Ava Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress. The Killers (1946).

Whistle Stop (1946). Show Boat (1951). Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951). The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952).

Mogambo (1953) (Academy Award nomination, "Best Actress"). The Barefoot Contessa (1954). Bhowani Junction (1956). The Sun Also Rises (1957).

On the Beach (1959). The Night of the Iguana (1964).