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     How Ava Gardner Went From North Carolina Farm Girl to Undisputed Hollywood Icon

     In 1985, Ava Gardner and two of her sisters attempted to visit the Ava Gardner Museum, near the farm where she was born in Smithfield, North Carolina. Unfortunately, it was closed. “Ava responded with, ‘I know what’s in there. I lived it ...

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     Ava Gardner’s Homes: Inside the Golden Age Starlet’s Most Notable Addresses

     Ava Gardner was known for leading a glamorous life filled with A-list Hollywood parties, explosive romances, and even a healthy dose of flamenco dancing in Madrid—but before all of that, the starlet was a country girl living on a family farm in rural North Carolina.

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     West Hills estate of Hollywood silent movie star Francis Lederer is for sale

     When Hollywood star Francis Lederer purchased the extensive West Hills estate in 1933, the San Fernando Valley was mostly known for its agricultural fields, ranches and orange groves.

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   Who was Ava Gardner?

   • Ava Gardner was known for leading a glamorous life filled with A-list Hollywood parties, explosive romances, and even a healthy dose of flamenco dancing in Madrid—but before all of that, the starlet was a country girl living on a family farm in rural North Carolina.

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   Where did Ava from 'the secret conversations' grow up?

   • The youngest of seven children, Ava spent her earliest years on a tobacco and cotton farm in what was then known as Grabtown. “If you’re going to be poor, be poor on a farm,” said Ava in her 2013 memoir The Secret Conversations, noting that even though their home lacked indoor plumbing, there was always food on the table.

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   How did Molly and Ava save their family from homelessness?

   • An offer for Molly to take over a “teacherage,” or boardinghouse for female teachers, arrived just in time to save the family from homelessness, but it wasn’t an easy life. “She washed sheets, cleaned toilets, scrubbed the floors, and cooked three meals a day for about 20 boarders,” said Ava, who did ironing for their lodgers to make pocket money.

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   What did Ava do if she grew up a tomboy?

   • Ava grew up a tomboy. She helped in the fields and went barefoot in the summer. “I could climb any tree a boy could climb and higher too,” she said. “I could run as fast as any of them and cuss even better.”

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3. www.vanityfair.com › hollywood › 2021The Remarkable Story Behind Ava Gardner’s Last Portrait

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   Jan 27, 2021 · January 27, 2021. Photograph by Tom Zimberoff. Ava Gardner, queen of the silver screen, couldn’t have predicted she’d be sporting sweats in the last portrait ever taken of her—though even if...

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   1 day ago · Thu, May 30, 2024, 10:59 AM EDT · 3 min read. In 1985, Ava Gardner and two of her sisters attempted to visit the Ava Gardner Museum, near the farm where she was born in Smithfield, North Carolina ...

5. www.vogue.com › article › jennifer-lawrence-avaJennifer Lawrence Looks Set to Play Ava Gardner Opposite ...

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   Apr 18, 2024 · Here’s everything we know so far about Martin Scorsese’s upcoming Frank Sinatra biopic, reportedly starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Sinatra and Jennifer Lawrence as Ava Gardner.

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   Jul 13, 2017 · Biggest Bombshells From New Ava Gardner Biography: Her Tumultuous Marriage to Frank Sinatra & More. The late legendary actress is the subject of Ava, a Life in Movies, a new biography that...

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   Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress. She first signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1941 and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew critics' attention in 1946 with her performance in Robert Siodmak's film noir The Killers.

8. english.elpais.com › culture › 2022/06/16Four decades by Ava Gardner’s side: love, movies and rebellion

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   Jun 16, 2022 · Ava Gardner and Mearene Jordan, with publicist David Hanna, on the promotional trip for 'The Barefoot Countess.' Gardner’s career improved thanks to the 1946 premiere of The Killers,...

9. www.vanityfair.com › hollywood › 2020The Wild Life and Many Loves of Ava Gardner | Vanity Fair

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   Jun 3, 2020 · Lee Server’s Ava Gardner: Love Is Nothing is stacked with juicy anecdotes about the classic Hollywood screen siren, from a dalliance with Fidel Castro to her blunt assessment of Frank Sinatra’s...