article_snippet.sent: Ava Gardner pictured with a cigarette in hand looks happy and relaxed in Ava Gardner
article_snippet.sent: Reaching the pinnacle of Hollywood fame in the 1950s,  
article_snippet.sent: Ava Gardner was listed 25th among the American Film Institute's Greatest Female Stars.
article_snippet.sent: Ava Gardner starred in films such as The Killers, 55 Days at Peking and The Night of the Iguana.
article_snippet.sent: The pin-up girl of Ava Gardner era, Ava Gardner had high-profile marriages to Mickey Rooney and Frank Sinatra; and it was Ava Gardner marriage to Sinatra that was credited for Ava Gardner Oscar-winning performance in From Here to Eternity, which re-launched Ava Gardner singing career.
article_snippet.sent: Screen siren: The Hollywood actress was the second wife of singer Frank Sinatra.