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Also Known As	Ava Lavinia Gardner
Born	December 24, 1922 • North Carolina
Died	January 25, 1990 (aged 67) • London • England
Notable Family Members	spouse Mickey Rooney • spouse Frank Sinatra
Married To	Artie Shaw (1945–1946) • Frank Sinatra (1951–1957) • Mickey Rooney (1942–1943)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"The Blue Bird" (1976) • "Mayerling" (1968) • "The Great Sinner" (1949) • "A.D." (1985) • "Knights of the Round Table" (1953) • "Whistle Stop" (1946) • "Maisie Goes to Reno" (1944) • "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" (1952) • "The Night of the Iguana" (1964) • "The Killers" (1946) • "Seven Days in May" (1964) • "East Side, West Side" (1949) • "On the Beach" (1959) • "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman" (1951) • "The Long Hot Summer" (1985) • "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean" (1972) • "Ride, Vaquero!" (1953) • "The Little Hut" (1957) • "Singapore" (1947) • "Bhowani Junction" (1956) • "Earthquake" (1974) • "My Forbidden Past" (1951) • "City on Fire" (1979) • "The Hucksters" (1947) • "55 Days at Peking" (1963) • "The Naked Maja" (1958) • "Show Boat" (1951) • "The Sun Also Rises" (1957) • "The Angel Wore Red" (1960) • "Ghosts on the Loose" (1943) • "Lone Star" (1952) • "The Sentinel" (1977) • "3 Men in White" (1944) • "The Bible: In the Beginning..." (1966) • "Knots Landing" (1985) • "The Bribe" (1949) • "She Went to the Races" (1945) • "Priest of Love" (1981) • "Tam Lin" (1970) • "Regina Roma" (1982) • "Permission to Kill" (1975) • "The Cassandra Crossing" (1976) • "The Kidnapping of the President" (1980) • "One Touch of Venus" (1948) • "Mogambo" (1953) • "The Barefoot Contessa" (1954)