Acting

Ava Gardner

Ava Gardner paling terkenal dengan Knots Landing, Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, What's My Line? dan The Long Hot Summer. Ava Gardner dilahirkan pada 24 Disember 1922. Ava Gardner meninggal dunia pada 25 Januari 1990 ketika berumur 67 tahun.

Lahir: 24 Disember 1922
Tempat lahir: Grabtown, North Carolina, USA
Meninggal dunia: 25 Januari 1990 (67 tahun)

Biografi

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 as a leading lady. Her career flourished in the 1950s with notable performances in films like Mogambo (1953), for which she received an Academy Award nomination, The Barefoot Contessa (1954), and The Night of the Iguana (1964), which earned her a BAFTA nomination.

Off-screen, Gardner's personal life and progressive politics attracted significant attention. Her marriages to Mickey Rooney and Artie Shaw were gossiped about, but her tumultuous relationship with Frank Sinatra particularly headlined. Gardner was a strong supporter of racial equality and desegregation, and became a member of the NAACP in 1968. Gardner was a heavy smoker, which deteriorated her health as she grew older. She continued acting in minor roles in the 1980s before she suffered a stroke in 1986 and retired. Gardner moved to Spain and England, where she spent her final years before passing away from bronchopneumonia on January 25, 1990.