[2] Her father, Jonas Gardner, was Catholic. Her mother's family did not want the children raised as Catholic, thus while growing up Ava attended a Southern Baptist church. Her 1942 marriage to Mickey Rooney (a Christian Scientist at the time) was performed by a Presbyterian minister, Rev. Glenn H. Lutz. See Roland Flamini, Ava: A Biography (1983), pages 26 and 52.
Father: Jonas Gardner (tobacco farmer, d. 1935 bronchitis)
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Baker ("Molly")
Husband: Mickey Rooney (actor, m. 10-Jan-1942, div. 21-May-1943)
Husband: Artie Shaw (big band leader, m. 17-Oct-1945, div. 25-Oct-1946)
Husband: Frank Sinatra (singer, m. 7-Nov-1951, div. 5-Jul-1957)
Boyfriend: Walter Chiari (Italian actor, together 1956)
Boyfriend: Robert Evans
Boyfriend: Howard Hughes
Boyfriend: Jorge Guinle (d. 2004)
University: Atlantic Christian College (attended)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Hollywood Walk of Fame 1560 Vine St.
Abortion three
Appendectomy
Hysterectomy Chelsea Hospital for Women, London
Stroke 1989
Paralyzed
Risk Factors: Smoking, Alcoholism, Appendicitis
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Harem (9-Feb-1986)
The Long Hot Summer (6-Oct-1985)
Priest of Love (11-Oct-1981)
The Kidnapping of the President (15-Aug-1980)
City on Fire (24-May-1979)
The Sentinel (7-Jan-1977) · Miss Logan
The Cassandra Crossing (18-Dec-1976)
The Blue Bird (5-Apr-1976)
Permission to Kill (17-Oct-1975)
Earthquake (15-Nov-1974) · Remy
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (18-Dec-1972)
The Devil's Widow (Dec-1970)
Mayerling (22-Oct-1968)
The Bible (28-Sep-1966)
The Night of the Iguana (6-Aug-1964) · Maxine Faulk
Seven Days in May (12-Feb-1964) · Eleanor Holbrook
55 Days at Peking (29-May-1963) · Baroness Natalie Ivanoff
The Angel Wore Red (14-Apr-1960) · Soledad
On the Beach (17-Dec-1959)
The Naked Maja (20-Dec-1958) · Maria Cayetana, Duchess of Alba
The Sun Also Rises (23-Aug-1957) · Lady Brett Ashley
The Little Hut (3-May-1957) · Lady Susan Ashlow
Bhowani Junction (1-May-1956) · Victoria Jones
The Barefoot Contessa (29-Sep-1954) · Maria Vargas
Knights of the Round Table (22-Dec-1953) · Guinevere
Mogambo (9-Oct-1953) · Eloise Y. Kelly
Ride, Vaquero! (15-Jul-1953) · Cordelia Cameron
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (18-Aug-1952) · Cynthia
Lone Star (8-Feb-1952) · Martha Ronda
Show Boat (13-Jul-1951) · Julie LaVerne
My Forbidden Past (25-Apr-1951) · Barbara
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (13-Apr-1951) · Pandora Reynolds
East Side, West Side (22-Dec-1949) · Isabel Lorrison
The Great Sinner (29-Jun-1949) · Pauline Ostrovsky
The Bribe (3-Feb-1949) · Elizabeth Hintten
One Touch of Venus (Aug-1948) · Venus
The Hucksters (27-Aug-1947) · Jean Ogilvie
Singapore (13-Aug-1947)
The Killers (28-Aug-1946)
Whistle Stop (25-Jan-1946)
She Went to the Races (4-Nov-1945)
Maisie Goes to Reno (15-Aug-1944) · Gloria Fullerton
Three Men in White (25-May-1944)
Ghosts on the Loose (30-Jul-1943)
Appears on the cover of:
Confidential, Sep-1957, DETAILS: When the band played on... Up in Ava Gardner's room!
AKA Ava Lavinia Gardner