Ava Gardner
Ava Gardner’s distinct southern accent, hailing from South Carolina, initially posed a challenge for MGM due to her incomprehensibility. Nonetheless, her beauty secured her a contract with the studio. It took five years for her to achieve a breakthrough with the film noir “The Killers,” launching her into stardom.
She remained a leading Hollywood actress for five decades until the mid-1980s, when the consequences of her lifelong smoking habit caught up with her. She developed emphysema, and in 1986, two strokes left her paralyzed. She ultimately succumbed to pneumonia in 1990.
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