Ava Gardner

24 December 1922 Brogden, North Carolina, USA
25 January 1990 Westminster, London, England, UK. (bronchial pneumonia)
Birth name Ava Lavinia Gardner
Nickname Snowdrop
Height 5' 6" (1.68 m)
Spouse Frank Sinatra (7 November 1951 - 5 July 1957) (divorced)
Artie Shaw (17 October 1945 - 25 October 1946) (divorced)
Mickey Rooney (10 January 1942 - 21 May 1943) (divorced)
Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#68). [1995]
There is an Ava Gardner Museum of memorabilia in Smithfield, North Carolina.
Once named The World's Most Beautiful Animal (in a '50s publicity campaign).
Chosen by the American Film Institute as one of the greatest American female screen legends (Number 25).
Her father was Irish and her mother was Scots-Irish.