Elizabeth McGovern is fired up when she talks about Ava Gardner, whom the Downton Abbey star portrays in a stage show that ...

Ava Gardner was legendary for her beauty, her classic Hollywood films — and her tumultuous love life, especially with Frank Sinatra. Ava, a Life in Movies, a new biography by Kendra Bean and ...

When you hear the name Ava Gardner, perhaps you envision an image of her in a black satin dress, her hair falling across her face in a sultry fashion. Or maybe you conjure snapshots of her ...

In 1985, Ava Gardner and two of her sisters attempted to visit the Ava Gardner Museum, near the farm where she was born in Smithfield, North Carolina. Unfortunately, it was closed.

SMITHFIELD — During the 1940s and '50s, Hollywood actress Ava Gardner graced the screen as a larger-than-life presence. Some still consider her the most beautiful actress in Hollywood history.

The Ava Gardner Museum hosts an annual festival in honor of the legendary actress, fashion icon, and humanitarian Ava Gardner, a North Carolina native who grew up just 7-miles east of Smithfield, NC.

“Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations” by Peter Evans and Ava Gardner has an attention-grabbing title. “Secret” was a word seldom associated with the gorgeous movie star who lived it up ...