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Ava Gardner

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Biography

Beautiful actress once billed by her studio as the World's Most Beautiful Animal. Starting out in bit parts Ava rose to stardom in the…more

Born

12/24/1922, Brogden, North Carolina, USA

Died

1/25/1990

Birth Name

Ava Lavinia Gardner

Gender

Female

Credits

Recurring Role (2)

Role
- Knots Landing
  Ruth Sumner Galveston
  - S 6: Ep 29 Vulnerable
    5/16/85
- Knots Landing
  Ruth
  - S 6: Ep 28 One Day in a Row
    5/9/85
  - S 6: Ep 26 Four, No Trump
    4/11/85
  - S 6: Ep 23 The Forest for the Trees
    3/22/85
Guest Star (3)

Role
- Knots Landing
  Ruth Sumner Galveston
  - S 6: Ep 27 A Price to Pay
    5/2/85
  - S 6: Ep 21 The Deluge
    2/28/85
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest
  - S 5: Ep 2 EPISODE #172
    9/13/53
- Little Rascals
  The Girl In The Box Office
  - S 21: Ep 2 Mighty Lak A Goat
    10/10/42

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- Her parents, Mary Elizabeth 'Molly' Gardner and Jonas Gardner, were of Scottish and Irish descent. Her father died of bronchitis in 1935. She was one of 7 children born to them. Her older siblings were Raymond, Melvin 'Jack', Beatrice 'Bappie', Elsie Mae, Inez and Myra.
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- Ava Gardner and Ernest Hemingway, or as she called him "Papa", were good friends. She went on to star in three films based on his work, including The Sun Also Rises (1957), The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952), and The Killers (1946).
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- An Australian wrote that Gardner's swearing was "like a sailor and a truck driver were having a competition." Even after she threw a glass of champagne at him, his only thought was "the only thing I could think was how bloody gorgeous the woman was.".
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- Ava Gardner: Although no one believes me, I have always been a country girl and still have a country girl's values.
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- Ava Gardner: Maybe I just didn't have the temperament for stardom. I'll never forget seeing Bette Davis at the Hilton in Madrid. I went up to her and said, "Miss Davis, I'm Ava Gardner and I'm a great fan of yours." And do you know, she behaved exactly as I wanted her to behave. "Of course you are, my dear," she said. "Of course you are." And she swept on. Now that's a star.
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- Ava Gardner: [in 1985, on why she came out of retirement to appear on a prime-time soap opera] For the loot, honey, for the loot.
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