Amidst a sea of blonde-haired bombshells, Ava Gardner stood out as one of Hollywood’s true screen sirens,... (Learn more)
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Ava Gardner’s Family
| Name: | Relation: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|
| Artie Shaw | husband | married on October 17, 1945; divorced in October 1946; born in 1910 in New York; his third of eight marriages; marriage lasted one year and one week |
| Frank Sinatra | husband | married on November 7, 1951; separated in 1954; divorced in 1957 |
| Mickey Rooney | husband | married on January 10, 1942; divorced on May 21, 1943; met during Gardner's first week in Hollywood; couple had to ask Louis B Mayer for permission to marry |
| Jonas Bailey Gardner | father | died c. 1949 |
| Mary Elizabeth Gardner | mother | was 39 when Gardner was born; died on May 21, 1943 |
| Myra Pearce | sister | born c. 1915 |
| Raymond Gardner | brother | died at age two as result of accidental dynamite explosion in fireplace |
| Beatrice Gardner | sister | eldest sister; companion throughout Gardner's Hollywood career and in Spain; married second husband, Larry Tarr, who ran Tarr's photographic studio in NY and put Gardner's photo in window which was seen by MGM employee; third husband was Charlie Guest (a Howard Hughes employee) |
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