What is Ava Gardner?
{{Infobox person | name = Ava Gardner | image = Studio publicity Ava Gardner.jpg | caption = | birth_name = Ava Lavinia Gardner | birth_date = {{birth date|1922|12|24|mf=yes}} | birth_place = [[Smithfield, North Carolina]], US | death_date = {{death date and age|1990|01|25|1922|12|24|mf=yes}} | death_place = [[Westminster]], [[London]], England | death_cause = [[Pneumonia]] | resting_place = Sunset Memorial Park, [[Smithfield, North Carolina]] | education = Rock Ridge High School | alma_mater = [[Barton College|Atlantic Christian College]] | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1941–1986 | spouse = [[Mickey Rooney]] (1942–1943)<br />[[Artie Shaw]] (1945–1946)<br />[[Frank Sinatra]] (1951–1957) }} '''Ava Lavinia Gardner''' (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an [[Americans|American]] actress. She was nominated for the [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] for acting in ''[[Mogambo]]'' (1953). She was in several popular movies during the 1950s, and got [[BAFTA Award]] [[nomination]]s for her performances in ''[[Bhowani Junction (movie)|Bhowani Junction]]'' (1956), ''[[On the Beach (1959 movie)|On the Beach]]'' (1959) and ''[[The Night of the Iguana (movie)|The Night of the Iguana]]'' (1964). She is listed as one of the [[American Film Institute]]'s [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars|greatest stars of all time]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=America's Greatest Legends|url=http://connect.afi.com/site/DocServer/stars50.pdf?docID=262|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716071302/http://connect.afi.com/site/DocServer/stars50.pdf?docID=262|archive-date=2011-07-16|access-date=2009-12-24}}</ref> ==References== <References /> {{US-actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gardner, Ava}} [[Category:Actors from North Carolina]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:Infectious disease deaths in England]] [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:1990 d