Ava Gardner, a classic Hollywood femme fatale who was once voted the world’s most beautiful woman, may have been more famous for her off-screen drama than for her on-screen performances. Mickey Rooney ...

In 1988, now in her mid-60s and partially paralysed by a series of strokes, Ava Gardner contacted an English journalist called Peter Evans. She was living in Knightsbridge, but in relative penury: he ...

Born 100 years ago this Christmas, she may not have been the greatest star Hollywood ever produced, but she is one of its most enduring Volatile: Gardner in 1945. Photo by Silver Screen ...

Ava Gardner was married to some of music and pop culture’s biggest stars. But she was a talented film actress in her own right – a real woman with curves and a face that could kill – which is why one ...

Three stormy marriages, heartbreak, ill health: Ava Gardner was famed as much for her off-screen antics as her film roles. Now Downton star Elizabeth McGovern is bringing her tale to the stage To be ...