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- Actress
- Soundtrack
Ava Lavina Gardner was born on December 24, 1922 in Grabtown, North Carolina, to Mary Elizabeth (née Baker) and Jonas Bailey Gardner. Born on a tobacco farm, where she got her lifelong love of earthy language and going barefoot, Ava grew up in the rural South. At age 18, her picture in the window of her brother-in- law's New York photo studio brought her to the attention of MGM, leading quickly to Hollywood and a film contract based strictly on her beauty. With zero acting experience, her first 17 film roles, 1942-1945, were one-line bits or little better. After her first starring role in B-grade Whistle Stop (1946), MGM loaned her to Universal for her first outstanding film The Killers (1946). Few of her best films were made at MGM which, keeping her under contract for 17 years, used her popularity to sell many mediocre films. Perhaps as a result, she never believed in her own acting ability, but her latent talent shone brightly when brought out by a superior director, as with John Ford in Mogambo (1953) and George Cukor in Bhowani Junction (1956).
After three failed marriages, dissatisfaction with Hollywood life prompted Ava to move to Spain in 1955; most of her subsequent films were made abroad. By this time, stardom had made the country girl a cosmopolitan, but she never overcame a deep insecurity about acting and life in the spotlight. Her last quality starring film role was in The Night of the Iguana (1964), her later work being (as she said) strictly "for the loot". In 1968, tax trouble in Spain prompted a move to London, where she spent her last 22 years in reasonable comfort. Her film career did not bring her great fulfillment, but her looks may have made it inevitable; many fans still consider her the most beautiful actress in Hollywood history. Ava Gardner died at age 67 of bronchial pneumonia on January 25, 1990 in Westminister, London, England.- Alexander Lockwood was born on 5 May 1902 in Polish Ostrava, Silesia, Austria-Hungary [now Ostrava, Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) and Sam Benedict (1962). He died on 25 January 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- John Ramsey was born on 26 July 1927 in Berlin, New Hampshire, USA. He was an actor, known for Two-Minute Warning (1976), Batman (1966) and Murder at the World Series (1977). He was married to Vivian Hale Norris. He died on 25 January 1990 in Long Beach, California, USA.
- Art Department
- Writer
Pearl Binder was born on 28 June 1904 in Salford, Lancashire, England, UK. She was a writer, known for Jackanory (1965), Dressing Up (1948) and The World of Women (1937). She was married to Frederick Elwyn Jones and Jack Driberg. She died on 25 January 1990 in Kemp Town, Brighton, Sussex, England, UK.- Shafiq Hassan was an actor, known for The Melody of My Life (1975), Yasalam al hub (1963) and Guitare d'amour (1973). He died on 25 January 1990 in Lebanon.
- Composer
- Producer
- Writer
Indian musician, composer and film producer, born in Kakinada, Godavari, India, on the subcontinent's eastern shore in 1915. His first work was composing songs and music for theatrical events. In 1946, he served as composer and musical director for the film Palletoori Pilla, and married its star, Anjali Devi in 1948. Together they worked on numerous films, initially with him as composer or musical director, and later as he began to produce the films. He partnered with her in a production company, Anjali Pictures, headquartered in Madras. He died at 75 in Madras on January 25, 1990. He was survived by his wife. Their granddaughter is the Indian-American actress Sai Lang.- Andy Rice Jr. was born on 12 September 1905 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Footlights and Fools (1929) and Twenty Dollars a Week (1935). He died on 25 January 1990 in California, USA.