As was said of her character in “The Barefoot Contessa” (1954), “Whatever IT is, whether you’re born with it or catch it from a public drinking cup, she’s got it.” Ava Lavinia Gardner ...

After first laying eyes on one another in 1943 and later reuniting in 1948, Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner soon found ... couple became notorious for drinking, arguing, and then passionately ...

“Ava is such a mess it’s unbelievable.” But Gardner’s free-spirited sense of fun soon won over Kelly, who also began a passionate affair with hard-drinking leading man Clark Gabl ...

Ava Gardner, queen of the silver screen ... “You can stay for a drink if you like.” At this point, the photographer had already let his team go. He stuck behind, though—because who would ...