Ava Gardner, 1934 John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images Ava Gardner flashes a smile in this photo of her as a young girl at just 12 years old.

Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner cut their wedding cake on Nov. 7, 1951. Bettmann/Getty Images. Ava Lavinia Gardner was born on Dec. 24, 1922, and raised in North Carolina and Virginia to a working ...

Twelve O’Clock Tales with Ava Gardner, written by Alessandra Assaf and Michael Lorre, directed by Michael A. Shepperd and starring Assaf in the title role, opened at the Whitefire Theatre last ...

Ava Gardner, circa 1942. Photo by Getty Images Friends and flings. Gardner, by contrast, found herself comfortable socializing with Shaw’s Jewish literary friends like S.J. Perelman, co-writer ...

(Getty Images file photos) Getty Images On the other hand, “Hunger Games” and “Silver Linings Playbook” star Jennifer Lawrence will play Ava Gardner, Sinatra’s second wife, says the report.

Elizabeth McGovern, best known for playing Lady Cora in “Downton Abbey," stars in the show based on a series of real-life interviews given by the Hollywood actress Ava Gardner.