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Category: The Gardner Family

Ava’s North Carolina During the “Roaring Twenties”

By Beth Nevarez on Jan. 14, 2020

The “Roaring Twenties,” also known as the Jazz Age is known for economic prosperity, social progressiveness, parties, flappers, and excess. Prohibition and “The Great Gatsby” come to many people’s…

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The Birthday Girl in Her Own Words

By Beth Nevarez on Dec. 19, 2019

Ava Gardner’s thoughts on her hometown, childhood birthdays, sharing a birthday with Howard Hughes and being born a night owl. Quotes from Ava’s autobiography, Ava: My Story, with historical context…

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Ava's Holiday Cheeseball Recipe

By Ava Gardner Museum on Nov. 21, 2019

Ava Gardner was a Southern woman through and through. In her autobiography she talks about food & family and brags about her mother's cooking. “The kitchen…always looked as though a hurricane had…

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