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Ava Gardner

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Actress

The Resume

    (December 24, 1922-January 25, 1990)
    Acted in 'Sentinel (1977),' 'Earthquake (1974),' 'Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972),' 'Night of the Iguana (1964),' 'Seven Days in May (1964),' '55 Days at Peking (1963),' 'On the Beach (1959),' 'The Naked Maja (1959),' 'Bhowani Junction (1956),' 'The Barefoot Contessa (1954),' 'Mogambo (1953),' 'Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952),' 'Show Boat (1951),' 'East Side, West Side (1949),' 'One Touch of Venus (1948),' 'Singapore (1947),' 'Whistle Stop (1946),' 'Killers, The (1946),' 'She Went to the Races (1945),' 'Ghosts on the Loose (1943)' and 'Kid Glove Killer (1942)'
    Portrayed Ruth Galveston on 'Knots Landing'
    Authored her autobiography 'Ava, My Story'

Why she might be annoying:

    She married Artie Shaw for just seven months.
    She married Mickey Rooney for just sixteen months.
    She divorced Frank Sinatra.
    All three of her marriages and subsequent divorces were to famous celebrities.
    She was brought up in poverty on a tobacco farm in North Carolina.
    After her third divorce, she left the U.S. to live in Spain.
    When she faced tax problems in Spain, she moved to London.
    At night, she preferred dancing to sleeping.
    As to spending most nights awake, she said: 'I must have seen more sunrises than any other actress in the history of Hollywood.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    She ranked #68, in Empire Magazine's 100 Sexiest Movie Stars of All Time.
    Being that she had little formal education as a youngster, she became a voracious reader to educate herself as an adult.
    An island in Fiji is named Ava Ava in her honor.
    She was an MGM contract actress (1941-1958).
    She was uncredited in more than a dozen movies.
    She did her own stunts in 'Earthquake.'

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 163 Votes: 37.42% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 131 Votes: 50.38% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 27 Votes: 48.15% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 53 Votes: 45.28% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 68 Votes: 42.65% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 118 Votes: 51.69% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 205 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 47 Votes: 59.57% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 26 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 23 Votes: 4.35% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 47 Votes: 46.81% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 53 Votes: 35.85% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 164 Votes: 46.95% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 114 Votes: 44.74% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 1058 Votes: 35.73% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 188 Votes: 31.91% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 1328 Votes: 43.30% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 680 Votes: 45.88% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 874 Votes: 42.45% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 3719 Votes: 42.05% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 1042 Votes: 49.71% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 8245 Votes: 35.04% Annoying