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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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Notes on Ava Gardner

According to Halliwell's Filmgoer's Companion, Ava Gardner was once voted the world's most beautiful woman.

The late movie icon Ava Gardner was honoured with her own post office in the county where she grew up. Smithfield Post Office in Johnston County, North Carolina was renamed the Ava Gardner Post Office in 2006

There is an Ava Gardner Museum in Smithfield, North Carolina. The website address is www.avagardner.org

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Also known as

AKA : Lucy Johnson
Birth Name : Ava Lavinia Gardner

Born

December, 24 1922 in Brogden, North Carolina, USA

Education

  • Rock Ridge Teacherage, Rock Ridge, North Carolina: high school
  • Atlantic Christian College, Wilson, North Carolina: attended one year
  • Smithfield High School, North Carolina:

Professions

actor