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Ava Gardner
Ava Lavinia Gardner was an American actress during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She first signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1941 and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew critics' attention in 1946 with her performance in Robert Siodmak's film noir The Killers.
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Born 24 December 1922 · Died 25 January 1990 · Q164487
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1990· 4 entries
Died 1990-01-25.
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Peck took in both her housekeeper and her dog
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Their friendship lasted the rest of Gardner's life, and, upon her death in 1990, Peck took in both her housekeeper and her dog.
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With an illustrated reprint by Random House's subsidiary Bantam Books in 1992
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1986· 1 entry
Gardner suffered a stroke
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1966· 2 entries
Undergoing an elective hysterectomy to allay her worries of contracting the uterine cancer that had claimed the life of her mother
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Gardner briefly sought the role of Mrs
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1964· 1 entry
Earned Silver Shell for Best Actress for The Night of the Iguana (1964).
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1950· 1 entry
And she moved to Madrid in 1955, living there until 1966, when she moved to London
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1948· 1 entry
For the presidential election sought racial equality and desegregation
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1943· 1 entry
Citing mental cruelty, privately blaming his gambling and womanizing
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1941· 1 entry
And appeared mainly in small roles until she drew critics' attention in 1946 with her performance in Robert Siodmak's film noir The Killers
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1931· 1 entry
The teachers' school closed, forcing the family to finally give up on their property dreams and move to Newport News, Virginia, where Gardner's mother found work managing a boarding house for the city's many shipworkers
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1922· 2 entries
In Grabtown, North Carolina, the youngest of seven children
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Born 1922-12-24.
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