Ava Gardner #1

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wow, look at this pic below people, i've never wondered about the reason why they divorced, i always think that surely Ava left him, but as what the pic's caption here said, look like he was the one who wanted to broke up with her. What is the truth people?

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Read a book on Ava. Maybe you will find out the truth.

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Her parents, Mary Elizabeth 'Molly' Gardner and Jonas Gardner, were of Scottish and Irish descent. Her father died of bronchitis in 1935. She was one of 7 children born to them. Her older siblings were Raymond, Melvin 'Jack', Beatrice 'Bappie', Elsie Mae, Inez and Myra.

Ava Gardner and Ernest Hemingway, or as she called him "Papa", were good friends. She went on to star in three films based on his work, including The Sun Also Rises (1957), The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952), and The Killers (1946).

An Australian wrote that Gardner's swearing was "like a sailor and a truck driver were having a competition." Even after she threw a glass of champagne at him, his only thought was "the only thing I could think was how bloody gorgeous the woman was."

 

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While dating, Frank Sinatra gave her a Corgi puppy, named Rags, for her birthday. After Rags died, she continued to buy Corgi dogs, owning Cara and then Morgan

Ava lived in beautiful Newport News, VA for a time when her parents ran a boarding house there.

Gardner has been portrayed by different actressed throughout the years. In 1992, Marcia Gay Harden played her in the TV biopic Sinatra. In 1998, Deborah Unger took her turn in the TV movie The Rat Pack. And, more recently, Kate Beckinsale played her in the 2004 Howard Hughes biopic The Aviator.

 

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Ava's favorite director was John Huston

Ava once appeared as a Mystery Guest on What's My Line?

There is a statue of Ava overlooking the bay at Tossa de Mar in Spain. Tossa de Mar is where Ava filmed the 1950 movie Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

 

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MGM loaned Ava out to Monogram Studios in 1943 where she appeared in Ghosts on the Loose with Bela Lugosi. Ava later recalled Lugosi as being a nice man.

Ava's first screen test for MGM was shot silently because of her heavy Southern accent.

Ava's housekeeper and nursemaid during her final years went to work for Gregory Peck after she died.

 

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Towards the end of her life Ava said she might not have been a great actress but she always tried to put her heart into every performance.

Many critics thought Ava should have been nominated for an Academy Award in 1965 for her performance in Night of the Iguana

Ava said she appeared on Knot's Landing because she needed the money

 

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To the great astonishment of the director, Ava did her own stuntwork in the 1974 disaster film Earthquake.

Ava appeared in three films based on Ernest Hemingway stories: The Sun Also Rises, The Killers, and The Snows of Kilimanjaro.

Ava's third husband, Frank Sinatra, nicknamed her Angel.

 

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