Career Highlights and Transformative Roles Ava Gardner’s filmography is a diverse ... and her portrayal of a troubled showgirl in The Barefoot Contessa (1954) is often considered her signature ...

O'Brien played sleazy show biz publicist Oscar Muldoon in 1954's "The Barefoot Contessa," which starred Humphrey Bogart and Ava Gardner. Bogart had been crowned Best Actor of 1951 for "The African ...