- Films
- 42
- Avg rating
- 6.39
- Peak run
- 1957’64
- Oscar noms
- 1
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Ava by the numbers
Average
6.39
32 rated films
Vote weighted
6.44
bigger films count more
Median
6.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.70
rating spread
Career
39y
1943 to 1981
Total votes
228K
across every film
Best
7.8
Seven Days in May
Worst
6.0
Earthquake
Newest first
Filmography
| 1981 | Priest of Love | Mabel Dodge Luhan | · | 613 |
| 1980 | The Kidnapping of the President | Beth Richards | · | 667 |
| 1979 | City on Fire | Maggie Grayson | 4.5 | 1,800 |
| 1977 |  The Sentinel | Miss Logan | 6.3 | 13,809 |
| 1976 | The Blue Bird | Luxury | 5.4 | 1,400 |
| 1976 |  The Cassandra Crossing | Nicole Dressler | 6.3 | 11,308 |
| 1975 | The Executioner | Katina Petersen | · | 392 |
| 1974 |  Earthquake | Remy | 6.0 | 18,608 |
| 1972 |  The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | Lily Langtry | 6.8 | 10,396 |
| 1970 | Tam Lin | Michaela Cazaret | · | 883 |
| 1968 | Mayerling | Empress Elizabeth | 6.2 | 1,999 |
| 1966 | The Bible in the Beginning... | Sarah | 6.2 | 7,034 |
| 1964 |  The Night of the Iguana | Maxine Faulk | 7.5 | 14,266 |
| 1964 |  Seven Days in May | Eleanor Holbrook | 7.8 | 17,942 |
| 1963 | 55 Days at Peking | Baroness Natalie Ivanoff | 6.7 | 8,359 |
| 1960 | The Angel Wore Red | Soledad | · | 926 |
| 1959 |  On the Beach | Moira Davidson | 7.1 | 16,424 |
| 1958 | The Naked Maja | Maria Cayetana, Duchess of Alba | · | 498 |
| 1957 | The Little Hut | Lady Susan Ashlow | 5.6 | 1,104 |
| 1957 | The Sun Also Rises | Lady Brett Ashley | 6.2 | 2,902 |
Better together?
Ava Gardner's regulars
- Edmond O'BrienCo-star · 3 films · 7.47 avg▲+0.82
- James MasonCo-star · 3 films · 6.67 avg▲+0.12
- Gregory PeckCo-star · 3 films · 6.60 avg●−0.02
- Clark GableCo-star · 3 films · 6.50 avg●−0.03
- Robert TaylorCo-star · 3 films · 6.30 avg▼−0.21
- Willis GoldbeckDirector and actor · 2 films
- Robert SiodmakDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.15 avg▲+0.55
- John HustonDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.15 avg▲+0.56
- Mervyn LeRoyDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.75 avg▲+0.08
- Henry KingDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.15 avg▼−0.41
- Mark RobsonDirector and actor · 2 films · 5.80 avg▼−0.71
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Ava Gardner
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Actress · Academy Awards 1954Ava Gardner
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