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INTRODUCTION |
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QUOTES |
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TRIVIA |
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NICKNAME |
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GALLERY |
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CURIOS |
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VOX
POPULI |
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SHOP |
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By the end of 1950,
MGM's publicity department was sending out black-and-white photos of
Ava Gardner to the tune of three thousand requests per week, a figure
that only Esther Williams bettered. |
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Ava never forgot
seeing
Bette Davis at the Hilton in Madrid. She went up to her and said,
"Miss Davis, I'm Ava Gardner and I'm a great fan of yours."
"Of course you are, my dear," Bette said. "Of course you are."
And she swept on. |
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George Cukor once
said of her, "Ava is a gentleman." She claimed it was the
nicest thing that's ever been said about her. |
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Ava
divorced Mickey Rooney on May 21, 1943, the same day her mother died
of breast cancer. |
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At
age 36, she developed a phobia about being photographed and was
convinced her career was doomed. |
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Louis
B. Mayer viewed her screen test and remarked, "She can't
act. She can't talk. She's terrific." |
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Rolled
her first cigarette when she was five. |
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Humphrey
Bogart nicknamed her the Boon Hill Gypsy. Frank
Sinatra's old pet name for her was Chi-Chi. |
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When
MGM gave her star status, she was given Norma
Shearer's old dressing room, the largest occupied by an MGM
actress. The three-room suite consisted of a boudoir, bathroom,
kitchen and the actual dressing room, which was lined with mirrors,
light bulbs and closets. |
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She
bears the distinction of being MGM's final mould of a screen legend. |
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Her
brother Raymond was killed at sixteen months when a rifle shell
exploded. |
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Her
full name is Ava Lavinia Gardner. She was named after her
grandmother, Ava, who died giving birth to her nineteenth child,
Lavinia. |
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When
she died, she left her beloved Welsh corgi, Morgan, his own maid and
limo, plus a monthly allowance. |
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Her
marriage to Artie Shaw lasted only seven months. |
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Married
Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw and Frank Sinatra. Her three husbands had
nineteen wives between them; Rooney with eight, Shaw with seven and
Sinatra with four. |
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In
1953 Ava and her then husband were both nominated for an Oscar. Ava
for Mogambo and Frank for From Here To Eternity. Frank
won, Ava lost to Audrey Hepburn
for Roman Holiday. |
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Was
born by Caesarean section on Christmas Eve 1922. |
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When
Ava heard Sinatra had married Mia Farrow, she exclaimed, "Hah!
I always knew Frank would wind up in bed with a boy." |
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None
of her ex-husbands attended her funeral. |
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