Ava Gardner

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Biography

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 Yor... [more]

Trivia

She spent her final years as a recluse in her London apartment -- her only companions were her longtime housekeeper Carmen Vargas and her beloved Welsh Corgi, Morgan. Frank Sinatra paid all her medical expenses after her 1989 stroke, which left her partially paralyzed and bedridden. Vargas took her body home to her native North Carolina for private burial. None of her ex-husbands attended.
Mother, Mary Elizabeth 'Molly' Gardner, nee Baker; father, Jonas Gardner, tobacco farmer, died of bronchitis 1935.

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Quotes

I have only one rule in acting -- trust the director and give him heart and soul.

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Snapshot

Date of Birth: 24th of December, 1922
Died: 25th of January, 1990 (aged 67)
Occupation: Actress
Height: 5' 5" (165cm)
Religion: Baptist
Cause of Death: bronchial pneumonia
Hair Colur: Brown - Dark
Gender: Female
Eye Colour: Green
Claim to Fame: The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
Nationality: United States
Ethnicity: White