Ava Gardner Biography

Fast Facts

• Discovered when a photo of her was spotted in the window of brother-in-law Larry Tarr's Fifth Avenue photography studio by an MGM talent scout
• Beat out good friend Lena Horne for the role of Julie LaVerne in Show Boat
• Her voice was dubbed in the film by Annette Warren, but remains on the soundtrack
• Lived in Spain from 1955 until 1968, when she moved to London for the rest of her life
• Third husband Frank Sinatra, with whom she remained friends throughout her life, paid for her medical expenses in her final illness and her funeral, but did not attend