Ava Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress.
Ava Lavinia Gardner was born in the small farming community of Brogden, Johnston County, North Carolina, the last of seven children of poor tobacco farmers; her mother was a Baptist of Scots-Irish descent, while her father, Jonas Bailey Gardner, was an Irish American Catholic.
An MGM talent scout saw Gardner's photo in a New York shop window where she had begun as a fashion model., Soon she was signed up with the studio and in Hollywood. She went through MGM's "in-house finishing school," but the studio "then all but lost sight of her."* "Movie Stars: The odd and amazing careers of Ava Gardner, Barbra Streisand, Patricia Neal and Ed Sullivan," short reviews by By Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post Book World, Sunday, July 2, 2006; Page BW08, "One Woman Riot" section, reviewing Lee Server's "Ava Gardner: 'Love Is Nothing'"
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