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Nov 20, 2020 · The two first met in 1943, while Ava was still with her first husband, the famous actor Mickey Rooney. Frank was married as well, to his sweetheart Nancy, with whom he had a child (and eventually two more). Still, that didn't stop him from showing interest in Ava.
Sep 21, 2023 · Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra first crossed paths at a club in 1943. At the time, Gardner was married to Mickey Rooney, whom she would soon divorce due to alleged mental cruelty. Meanwhile, Sinatra was married to Nancy Barbato, with whom he had two children.
Jun 3, 2020 · The legendary love story of Gardner and her inamorato Frank Sinatra began with a bang. According to Server, in the fall of 1949, the very married and very drunk Sinatra convinced an equally...
Apr 2, 2014 · Actress Ava Gardner was a sultry beauty famous for playing femme fatale roles, and for her marriages to Frank Sinatra, Artie Shaw and Mickey Rooney.
Gardner's third and last marriage was to singer and actor Frank Sinatra from 1951 to 1957. She later said in her autobiography that he was the love of her life. Sinatra left his wife Nancy for Gardner, and their marriage made headlines. Third husband Frank Sinatra and Gardner in 1951
Jul 13, 2017 · Sinatra and Gardner in 1953. She had two abortions while married to Sinatra. While the two traveled to Nairobi for Gardner’s role in Mogambo, Gardner became pregnant with Sinatra’s child and ...
Jun 16, 2022 · During a career spanning nearly half a century, Ava Gardner loved, fought, cried, laughed, suffered, had fun and, obviously, also acted. She was a star. Lauded by Hollywood as “the most...
Jan 4, 2018 · When Sinatra, already a famous crooner, first spotted the gorgeous Gardner, it was in a magazine photograph. He declared to a friend, “I’m gonna marry that girl one day.” One obstacle: Frank was married to his first wife, Nancy Sinatra, the mother of his three children.
Jun 19, 2013 · Once Hollywood’s most irresistible woman—wed to Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw, and Frank Sinatra—by 1988 Ava Gardner was nearly broke, ravaged by illness, and intent on selling her memoirs. But...
Apr 3, 2023 · Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner, the singer’s stormiest relationship. Although they separated in 1957, Sinatra, who for much of the 1950s was little more than “Ava Gardner’s husband,” never...
