biography
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Gardner, Ava (Lavinnia)
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originally Lucy Johnson
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| female
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| lived:
| (1922–90)
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| biography:
| Film actress, born in Smithfield, North Carolina, USA. Signed by MGM as a teenager, she emerged from the ranks of decorative starlets with her portrayal of a ravishing femme fatale in The Killers (1946). A green-eyed brunette, once voted the world's most beautiful woman, she remained a leading lady for two decades, her films including Mogambo (1953), The Barefoot Contessa (1954), and Night of the Iguana (1964). In later years she continued to work as a character actress in films and on television. She was married to Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw, and Frank Sinatra. Her autobiography, Ava: My Story (1990), was published posthumously. |
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