Ava Gardner

Legendary actress, Ava Gardner, was born Ava Lavinia Gardner on Dec 24, 1922 in Grabtown, NC. Gardner died at the age of 67 on Jan 25, 1990 in Westminster, London and was laid to rest in Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery in Smithfield, Johnston County, NC.

HONORS and AWARDS:

Although Gardner was nominated for one Oscar, she never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

She was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures. Ava Gardner's handprints and footprints were 'set in stone' at Grauman's Chinese Theater during imprint ceremony #98 on Oct 21, 1952.

Kate Beckinsale: A Lousy

Thanks to the stunning turns of Leonard DiCaprio, Alec Baldwin, Cate Blanchett, and Alan Alda, The Aviator (2004) was nominated for a SAG award, Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Unfortunately, this meant Razzie-nominated Kate Beckinsale was included in the honor for portraying ... Read full article

Warner Archive: Ladies of the Night Gina Lollobrigida and

Go Naked in the World (1961) is a glossy, glamorous mass of big feelings. It's obsessed with horrible, naughty, glorious sex. The pre-code era is limping away though, so it's okay to talk about it, and even to indulge in eroticism, but somebody is going to pay. Gina Lollobrigida is high-priced pros... Read full article

TMP Reads: – The Secret Conversations

It was either write a book or sell the jewels in order to make ends meet, and chose to write a book. But she couldn’t do it on her own. She hired Peter Evans to listen to stories of her life, and to ghostwrite the book for her. In a series of lengthy interviews — some in pers... Read full article

Discovering the Museum: An Interview with Its Executive Director Deanna Brandenberger

The Museum opened its doors at its permanent location officially in October 2000 in downtown Smithfield, North Carolina--which is eight miles west of Ava's birthplace. However, the idea for it was conceived much earlier by Thomas M. Banks, who met Ava when he was 12 and she was 18 in Atl... Read full article

Whistle Stop (1946) with

Share This! She Spelled Trouble For Every Guy That Made A Play For Her! 1946’s Whistle Stop is usually remembered today – if at all- as the big break for .  And that remains one of the few memorable tidbits of what on the surface should have been a fairly memorable picture. Based on the n... Read full article