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: touched by Venus, but also Bacchus. ... She was a wild country girl and liked to let her hair down and fling off her shoes and have a good time." Advertisement.

The Ava Gardner Museum is located at 205 S. 3rd St., a mile west of I-95 Exit 95, but it is scheduled to move later this year to a site a block away on Market Street.

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 ...