Ava Gardner
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Birth Name: Ava Lavinia Gardner
Born: 24 December 1922 Died: 25 January 1990
Country of origin: United States
Height: 5' 6"
Relationship Status: Single
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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 brought her to the attention of MGM, leading quickly to Hollywood and a film contract based strictly on her beauty. With zero acting experience, her first 17 film roles, 1942-5, were one-line bits or little better. After her first starring role in B-grade Whistle Stop (1946), MGM loaned her to Universal for her first outstanding film, The Killers (1946). Few of her best films were made at MGM which, keeping her under cont
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1. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
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2. The Killers (1946)
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4. 50 y más (2005)
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5. A.D.
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1. Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations (2014)
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3. Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations (2013)
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