Special guest blog by Ava's great-niece, Ava Thompson. Ava Thompson at the Ava Gardner Museum in 2014 with her granddaughter, Ava Isabella, the 5th generation Ava. The Ava Gardner Museum is…
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The “Roaring Twenties,” also known as the Jazz Age is known for economic prosperity, social progressiveness, parties, flappers, and excess. Prohibition and “The Great Gatsby” come to many people’s…
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Ava Gardner’s thoughts on her hometown, childhood birthdays, sharing a birthday with Howard Hughes and being born a night owl. Quotes from Ava’s autobiography, Ava: My Story, with historical context…
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Ava Gardner was a Southern woman through and through. In her autobiography she talks about food & family and brags about her mother's cooking. “The kitchen…always looked as though a hurricane had…
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