The Secret Conversation,” the “Downton Abbey” star brings new life to an indomitable star of Hollywood’s golden age ...

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

It’s hard to imagine 'Ava: The Secret Conversations' getting produced at the Geffen Playhouse without Elizabeth McGovern on the marquee as the show’s star.

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 ...

Widely recognized as one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood history, Ava Gardner left her mark during her almost 50-year film career. But her roles in movies like The Barefoot Contessa and ...

Ava Gardner was legendary for her beauty, her classic Hollywood films — and her tumultuous love life, especially with Frank Sinatra. After being discovered via pictures taken by her brother-in ...

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 ...

Ava Gardner was gorgeous. She was the green-eyed superstar of the 1940s and ‘50s. An Oscar-nominated actress and the ultimate glamour queen, she was irreverent, passionate, sexy, funny and ...

Late one Sunday evening in 1988, Peter Evans, a British journalist with extensive film industry connections, received a telephone call from a woman claiming to be the legendary actress Ava Gardner ...