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Soon after Gardner arrived in Los Angeles, she met fellow MGM contract player Mickey Rooney; they married on January 10, 1942. The ceremony was held in the remote town of Ballard, California because MGM studio head Louis B. Mayer was worried that fans would desert Rooney's Andy Hardy movie series if it became known that their star was married.
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Jun 3, 2020 · According to Server, in the fall of 1949, the very married and very drunk Sinatra convinced an equally inebriated Gardner to leave a Palm Springs party hosted by studio head Darryl Zanuck with...
Apr 2, 2014 · Gardner's off-screen life was often as dramatic as the roles she played, with marriages to Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw and Frank Sinatra. Gardner died on January 25, 1990, at age 67, in...
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. The two first met in 1943, while Ava was still with her first husband, the famous actor Mickey Rooney.
She was twice married and divorced before the age of 25, first to film star Mickey Rooney and then to actor Artie Shaw. She was also married to Frank Sinatra and was later linked to Ernest...
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.
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Jul 13, 2017 · Gardner’s second short-lived marriage was to bandleader Artie Shaw in 1945. They divorced the next year and the jazz musician was said to be cruel to Gardner, whom he pushed to become...