ACTOR

Ava Gardner

1922 - 1990

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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 for her performance in John Ford's Mogambo (1953), and for best actress for both a Golden Globe Award and BAFTA Award for her performance in John Huston's The Night of the Iguana (1964). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ava Gardner has received more than 14,464,740 page views. Her biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Ava Gardner is the 152nd most popular actor (down from 85th in 2019), the 286th most popular biography from United States (down from 165th in 2019) and the 74th most popular American Actor.

Ava Gardner was a famous actress in the 1940s and 1950s. She was known for her beauty and her performances in films such as The Killers, Show Boat, and On the Beach.

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  • 69.82

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  • 76

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.02

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  • 5.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ava Gardner ranks 152 out of 13,578. Before her are Leonardo DiCaprio, Gloria Stuart, Tony Curtis, Orson Welles, Jean Renoir, and Laurence Olivier. After her are Eli Wallach, Tommy Lee Jones, Stan Laurel, Antonio Banderas, Sandra Bullock, and Burt Lancaster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Ava Gardner ranks 15. Before her are Franjo Tuđman, Pierre Cardin, Thomas Kuhn, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Erich Hartmann, and Gérard Philipe. After her are Erving Goffman, Liliane Bettencourt, Emil Zátopek, Hiroo Onoda, Aage Bohr, and Kurt Vonnegut. Among people deceased in 1990, Ava Gardner ranks 8. Before her are Lev Yashin, Greta Garbo, Roald Dahl, Leonard Bernstein, Louis Althusser, and Alberto Moravia. After her are B. F. Skinner, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Paulette Goddard, Sarah Vaughan, Norbert Elias, and Lê Đức Thọ.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ava Gardner ranks 286 out of 20,380. Before her are Orson Welles (1915), George Marshall (1880), Gertrude Stein (1874), William Howard Taft (1857), William Jennings Bryan (1860), and George S. Patton (1885). After her are Jeffrey Dahmer (1960), Eli Wallach (1915), Joe Dassin (1938), Lisa Marie Presley (1968), Tommy Lee Jones (1946), and Jerry Brown (1938).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Ava Gardner ranks 74. Before her are Robert Duvall (1931), Susan Sarandon (1946), Leonardo DiCaprio (1974), Gloria Stuart (1910), Tony Curtis (1925), and Orson Welles (1915). After her are Eli Wallach (1915), Tommy Lee Jones (1946), Sandra Bullock (1964), Burt Lancaster (1913), Oliver Hardy (1892), and Rita Hayworth (1918).

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Television and Movie Roles

Earthquake
Remy Royce-Graff
Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.
Nov 15th 19746.104 / 10
The Killers
Kitty Collins
Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.
Aug 30th 19467.337 / 10
The Barefoot Contessa
Maria Vargas
Has-been director Harry Dawes gets a new lease on his career when the independently wealthy tycoon Kirk Edwards hires him to write and direct a film. They go to Madrid to find Maria Vargas, a dancer who will star in the film.
Sep 29th 19546.8 / 10