"1953~Magambo" A Desert Willow Aussie Production
Starring Chubs Sullivan & Ava Gardner Ava Gardner & Chub Sullivan
FYI:Desert Willow Aussies does not post or begin showing litters until the puppies
are at least 14 - 16 days old...We "Temperament Test" when eyes open up
AND make sure they are all Healthy, Fat & Happy first! Get onto our Reserve List today
to be matched with the RIGHT Aussie for your life.
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Pup Name: Clark Gable Plays: Victor Marswell Black Tri Male New Home: Krystal - El Paso, Texas Owners of TWO Desert Willow Aussies!
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Pup Name: Eloise Y. Kelly Played by: Ava Gardner Blue Merle Female New Home: Scott & Lisa - Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Pup Name: Bahaya Tribe of Tanganyika Black Tri Male New Home: Sean & Laura - Fort Collins, Colorado Owners of TWO Desert Willow Aussies!
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Pup Name: Grace Kelly Plays: Linda Nordley Blue Merle Female New Home: Randy & Stacey - Los Ranchos, New Mexico Owners of TWO Desert Willow Aussies!
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Pup Name: Shambru Tribe of Kenya Black Tri Male New Home:New Home: Randy & Stacey - Los Ranchos, New Mexico Owners of TWO Desert Willow Aussies!
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Pup Name: Skipper Played by: Laurence Nai Smith Blue Merle Male New Home: Jeremy & Lauren - Attleboro, Massachusetts
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Pup Name: Boltchak, Leon Played by: Eric Pohlmann Black Tri Male New Home: Leland & Marcela - Tijeras, New Mexico
BIOGRAPHY: 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.
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