Ava Gardner made fewer films in the 1970s and 1980s, preferring her quiet life in London to any film set. In the 1980s, she briefly worked on the small screen, predominantly in television movies and…
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“As far as my career as an actress went, Mogambo was probably as close to a pinnacle as anything I’ve done.” - Ava Gardner, Ava: My Story Ava Gardner received her first and only Academy Award…
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I am passionate about “bubbly!” My beloved aunt, Ava Gardner, cultivated my taste for great champagne by introducing me to the best that France had to offer. From the time I was a teenager, I was…
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Tennessee Williams is noted to have said, Ava Gardner’s “ego was centered, it seems to me, around her friendships. ‘I’m a damn good friend,’ she always said.” The value Ava assigned to friendship…
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On December 22, 2022 the Johnston County Register of Deeds, Craig Olive, presented a copy of Ava Gardner’s restored birth certificate to the Ava Gardner Museum. The Register of Deeds maintains the…
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Ava Gardner. What do you think of when you hear that name? Movie star, icon, “The World’s Most Beautiful Animal,” Frank Sinatra’s wife? That was how I thought of her, a beautiful star who had it all…
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Greetings from the Ava Gardner Museum! The staff and board of directors of the Ava Gardner Museum wish you all very happy holidays. It’s been a very busy time here at the AGM, and we’d like to update…
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The holiday season is upon us once again and the countdown to Christmas is underway! As we plan to gather with our friends and family over the holidays, let the Museum help you find the perfect gift…
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The Great Sinner was released on June 29, 1949. The film starred a large ensemble cast including Ava Gardner, Gregory Peck, Melvyn Douglas, Walter Huston, Ethel Barrymore, Frank Morgan, and Agnes…
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Set amidst India’s fight for independence from the British, Bhowani Junction (1956) stars Ava Gardner as Victoria Jones, an Anglo-Indian woman whose questions of identity and choice in romantic…
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