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 ...

Fans of Elizabeth McGovern who find their way to the Studebaker Theater merely out of a desire to see a star of the TV and movie franchise “Downton Abbey,” live and in person in Chicago, likely will ...

Performances in N.Y.C. “It’s very liberating to take off that psychological corset,” the actress said of portraying the rambunctious Hollywood star Ava Gardner onstage. Credit...Kristina Dittmar for ...

On Christmas Eve in 1922, an unexpected seventh child arrived in the Gardner household — a spunky tomboy girl who would one day dazzle Hollywood, dance the flamenco barefoot and turn Frank Sinatra’s ...