Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ava_GardnerAva Gardner - Wikipedia

    Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress. She first signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1941 and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew critics' attention in 1946 with her performance in Robert Siodmak 's film noir The Killers. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress ...

  2. Apr 2, 2014 · Ava Gardner signed a contract to be an actress with MGM in 1941, but it wasn't until her appearance in 1946's The Killers that she became a star. Gardner's off-screen life was often as dramatic as ...

  3. Ava Gardner (born December 24, 1922, Grabtown, North Carolina, U.S.—died January 25, 1990, London, England) was an American film actress of the 1940s and ’50s who, despite her renowned beauty and sensuality, successfully resisted being typecast as a sex symbol. Gardner, Ava Ava Gardner in Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951), directed by ...

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  4. Jun 4, 2024 · Ava Lavinia Gardner was an famous actress who was among the leading heroines in Hollywood during the 1950s and 1960s. Considered to be one of the most beautiful women of her day, she rose to prominence with her portrayal of the glamorous beauty, Kitty Collins, in ‘The Killers’. Born into a large family, she lost her father at a young age.

  5. Jun 3, 2020 · Ava was impressed, and Castro’s mistress and translator Marita Lorenz was on high alert. According to Lorenz, per Server, after their meeting Gardner began to woo Castro, and the two women had a ...

  6. Ava Gardner. Actress: The Night of the Iguana. Ava Lavina Gardner was born on December 24, 1922 in Grabtown, North Carolina, to Mary Elizabeth (née Baker) and Jonas Bailey Gardner. Born on a tobacco farm, where she got her lifelong love of earthy language and going barefoot, Ava grew up in the rural South. At age 18, her picture in the window of her brother-in- law's New York photo studio...

  7. People also ask

  8. Aug 19, 2013 · Ava Gardner’s “discovery” story rivals Lana Turner’s visit to the soda fountain. ... in Grabtown, North Carolina, and she grew up poor. Her father was an unsuccessful farmer who became a ...