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

McGovern, 63, is portraying the “Show Boat” star in “Ava: The Secret Conversations.” The off-Broadway show is based on a series of real-life interviews Gardner conducted with Peter Evans, who wrote ...

After first laying eyes on one another in 1943 and later reuniting in 1948, Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner soon found themselves embroiled in a controversial love affair. The married crooner - who ...

Frank Sinatra was married before he met Ava Gardner When Sinatra and Gardner began dating in 1949, the singer was still with his first wife, Nancy Barbato. He married Barbato in 1939, before he ...

Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner had one of Hollywood’s most explosive marriages.The pair’s romance began as an affair and remained just as drama-filled until their divorce. They separated often ...

Frank Sinatra is seen in Las Vegas with new love interest, actress Ava Gardner. Sinatra split with his first wife Nancy to marry Gardner in 1951.

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 ...

Iconic and talented as he may have been, Frank Sinatra had a wild side that only grew as soon as he made his name in Hollywood, and met the love of his life, Ava Gardner, RadarOnline.com can reveal.

The stormy love story of Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner is part of Hollywood lore. But he had a few regrets in conducting that romance his way, daughter Nancy says. The Oscar-winning singer rued lea… ...

The tempestuous rollercoaster relationship of Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner was the hot stuff of the post-World War II tabloids ~ from the late 40's to their marriage in 1951 (he was 35 and she ...

Frank was understandably left crushed by Ava's passing, but nonetheless re-married twice. Show more He tied the knot with actress Mia Farrow in 1966 and divorced just two years later in '68.