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10 Rare Photos of a Young Ava Gardner That Are Sure to Stun
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Ava Gardner embodied Hollywood glamour like no other — her beauty, talent, charm and charisma made her one of the biggest stars of The Golden Age of Hollywood. However, the daughter of a poor tobacco farmer, a life on the screen wasn't exactly something she had set her sights on as a young girl born in North Carolina.
Signed at 18 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, she had countless small parts at the start of her career in films like Ghosts on the Loose (1943), 3 Men in White (1944), Maisie Goes to Reno (1944), She Went to the Races (1945) and Whistle Stop (1946) before her 1946 breakout role in The Killers put her on the map.
Ava Gardner poses in a shiny gown Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images
From there, her resume continued to grow and her fame only increased. Some of the most notable works of her career include Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951), Mogambo (1953), Bhowani Junction (1956), On the Beach (1959) and plenty of others.
Here, take a look at Ava Gardner as a young actress during the height of her career.
1934: The young actress before life on the big screen
Ava Gardner, 1934 John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images
Ava Gardner flashes a smile in this photo of her as a young girl at just 12 years old.
1940: The actress makes a splash
The actress pictured in 1940 Bettmann/Getty Images
Ava Gardner is pictured in this 1940 snapshot enjoying the water in a retro swimsuit.
1941: A Hollywood love story
Mickey Rooney and Ava Gardner, 1941 Hulton Archive/Getty Images
At a mere 19 years old, Gardner married actor Mickey Rooney. In only 9 months, the couple separated, and the actress would go on to marry her second husband, Artie Shaw, in 1945.
The stars of Mogambo , 1953 FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty Images
Ava Gardner joined a star-studded cast in Mogambo . Acting alongside Clark Gable and Grace Kelly, Gardner played the part of Eloise Kelly, who falls for Victor Marswell (Gable), a game hunter. Meanwhile, when Grace Kelly's character of Linda Nordley arrives on the scene, she finds herself falling for him as well.
The actress with Bill Travers, Bhowani Junction , 1956 FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty Images
In this 1956 film, Gardner plays a half Indian, half British woman who finds herself torn not only between her two heritages, but also torn between two male suitors.
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