Ava Gardner Blog /ava-gardner/blog/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:26:17 +0000 Gratitude for the Glamorous: Ava Gardner and Lana Turner /ava-gardner/blog/post/gratitude-for-the-glamorous-ava-gardner-and-lana-turner/ /ava-gardner/blog/post/gratitude-for-the-glamorous-ava-gardner-and-lana-turner/#comments /ava-gardner/blog/post/gratitude-for-the-glamorous-ava-gardner-and-lana-turner/ Thu, 07 Mar 2024 10:00:00 -0500

Now, this may come as a shock to some, but the muddy, rainy British countryside is not the most glamorous place to grow up. Don’t believe what “Downton Abbey” or “Bridgerton” show you; for most of us,

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An Open Letter to Ava Gardner at the Close of Her Centennial Celebrations /ava-gardner/blog/post/an-open-letter-to-ava-gardner-at-the-close-of-her-centennial-celebrations/ /ava-gardner/blog/post/an-open-letter-to-ava-gardner-at-the-close-of-her-centennial-celebrations/#comments /ava-gardner/blog/post/an-open-letter-to-ava-gardner-at-the-close-of-her-centennial-celebrations/ Tue, 12 Dec 2023 11:00:00 -0500

As the Ava Gardner Museum celebrated a meaningful end to Ava’s centennial year this fall, one of the many activities included a visit to Ava’s Grave. Here is what I wish I could say to her:

Rebecca Johnson behind an Ava fan

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Breakfast at Dominique's & The Goddess Blend /ava-gardner/blog/post/breakfast-at-dominiques-the-goddess-blend/ /ava-gardner/blog/post/breakfast-at-dominiques-the-goddess-blend/#comments /ava-gardner/blog/post/breakfast-at-dominiques-the-goddess-blend/ Tue, 28 Nov 2023 12:00:00 -0500

Hello! My name is Dominique Benedict and I own Breakfast At Dominique's, the boutique coffee company creating the Official Ava Gardner Signature Coffee Blend fondly titled "The Goddess Blend."

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An Ava Fan in Madrid /ava-gardner/blog/post/an-ava-fan-in-madrid/ /ava-gardner/blog/post/an-ava-fan-in-madrid/#comments /ava-gardner/blog/post/an-ava-fan-in-madrid/ Thu, 19 Oct 2023 15:00:00 -0400

This past summer I visited Madrid in order to follow the life of Ava Gardner in the period from 1953 to 1968, when she lived in Spain. For a long time, I have wanted to travel to a place where Ava

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Fan Corner: Bhowani Junction /ava-gardner/blog/post/bhowani-junction/ /ava-gardner/blog/post/bhowani-junction/#comments /ava-gardner/blog/post/bhowani-junction/ Tue, 13 Jul 2021 11:00:00 -0400

Content Warning: The following article includes a discussion about sexual assault depicted on film. This content is disturbing, so we encourage readers to prepare themselves emotionally prior to

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I Remember Ava /ava-gardner/blog/post/i-remember-ava/ /ava-gardner/blog/post/i-remember-ava/#comments /ava-gardner/blog/post/i-remember-ava/ Tue, 11 May 2021 14:00:00 -0400

Ava Lavinia Gardner was born on December 24, 1922, in a community known as Grabtown near the town of Smithfield, North Carolina. According to Doris Rollins Cannon, author of the Ava Gardner biography

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A Legacy of Giving: The Ava Gardner Trust /ava-gardner/blog/post/a-legacy-of-giving-the-ava-gardner-trust/ /ava-gardner/blog/post/a-legacy-of-giving-the-ava-gardner-trust/#comments /ava-gardner/blog/post/a-legacy-of-giving-the-ava-gardner-trust/ Tue, 22 Dec 2020 10:00:00 -0500

I get many questions about the Ava Gardner Trust and how it still exists thirty years after Ava’s passing. Many want to know what the Trust does and how it operates. The Trust has evolved through the

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The Auteur and the Actress: Creating Pandora /ava-gardner/blog/post/the-auteur-and-the-actress-creating-pandora/ /ava-gardner/blog/post/the-auteur-and-the-actress-creating-pandora/#comments /ava-gardner/blog/post/the-auteur-and-the-actress-creating-pandora/ Wed, 02 Dec 2020 18:00:00 -0500

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951) Written and directed by Albert Lewin. Starring Ava Gardner, James Mason, Nigel Patrick (122 min).

Ava Gardner - Pandora Statue

The Ava Gardner Museum has opened a new featuring

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Jack Fixa, Miss G, and Me /ava-gardner/blog/post/jack-fixa-miss-g-and-me/ /ava-gardner/blog/post/jack-fixa-miss-g-and-me/#comments /ava-gardner/blog/post/jack-fixa-miss-g-and-me/ Thu, 05 Nov 2020 14:00:00 -0500

Nina Khan lived next door to Ava Gardner’s secretary, Jack Fixa, in Bayswater in London in the late 1960s and 1970s. Through Jack she met Ava. The below blog consists of her memories of both Jack and

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On the Gardner Women: A Guest Post from Ava's Great-Niece /ava-gardner/blog/post/on-the-gardner-women-a-guest-post-from-avas-great-niece/ /ava-gardner/blog/post/on-the-gardner-women-a-guest-post-from-avas-great-niece/#comments /ava-gardner/blog/post/on-the-gardner-women-a-guest-post-from-avas-great-niece/ Tue, 05 May 2020 16:00:00 -0400

Special guest blog by Ava's great-niece, Ava Thompson.

Ava Carol & Ava Isabella (cropped)

Ava Thompson at the Ava Gardner Museum in 2014 with her granddaughter, Ava Isabella, the 5th generation Ava.

The Ava Gardner Museum is

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