Ava: The Secret Conversations is a shallow dive into the life of movie star Ava Gardner

Elizabeth McGovern struggles with Gardner’s iconic transatlantic accent, and fails to elevate her own too-short, 90-minute ...
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Ava Gardner, last studio-made star, subject of new biography

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ava Gardner, the Hollywood beauty known as much for her fiery marriages to Frank Sinatra and Artie Show as for her movies, had her ups and downs like everybody else. The difference, ...
WNCT

Daughter of Vincent Price Visits the Ava Gardner Museum

In this episode, “C” revisits the Ava Gardner Museum and meets the daughter of iconic 20th century actor and ‘Master of Horror’ Vincent Price. Victoria Price shared with movie fans about her father’s ...
TheWrap

‘Downton Abbey’ Star Elizabeth McGovern Says Her Ava Gardner Play Examines the Screen Legend Through Social Media Lens

Gorgeous, infamous and woefully misrepresented, Ava Gardner is one of numerous Old Hollywood actresses who is being reevaluated by audiences today. She’s also seeing her story told onstage in “Ava: ...
Los Angeles Times

In ‘Ava,’ Elizabeth McGovern casts a spell at Geffen Playhouse as a classic Hollywood femme fatale

Ava Gardner, a classic Hollywood femme fatale who was once voted the world’s most beautiful woman, may have been more famous for her off-screen drama than for her on-screen performances. Mickey Rooney ...
Houston Chronicle

Ava Gardner by Lee Server

When a smitten great-grandson of Charles Darwin pronounced Ava Gardner "the highest specimen of the human species," he summed up the consensus about this voluptuous movie queen. With remarkable ...