When Ava Gardner first met Frank Sinatra in 1943, the duo couldn’t have suspected that six years later, after the actress faced two disastrous divorces before the age of 25, they would happily ...

Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner were married from 1951 until 1957. (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP via Getty Images) Oppedisano met the Hollywood sex symbol sometime in the mid-‘70s.

Frank Sinatra remained in Ava Gardner’s life for years. While their marriage ended acrimoniously, Sinatra and Gardner remained fixtures in each other’s lives until her death in 1990.

Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra’s first meeting involved guns While most people who are romantically interested in each other test things out with dinner and a movie, that was a bit too boring for ...

McGovern, 63, is portraying the “Show Boat” star in “Ava: The Secret Conversations.” The off-Broadway show is based on a series of real-life interviews Gardner conducted with Peter Evans, who wrote ...

Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra divorced in 1957. While married, Gardner used her sway in Hollywood to resuscitate Sinatra’s floundering career.

Ava Gardner saved Frank Sinatra’s career. By the time Gardner and Sinatra wed in 1951, the “Come Fly With Me” singer’s career was on a downward spiral.

Frank Sinatra was married before he met Ava Gardner When Sinatra and Gardner began dating in 1949, the singer was still with his first wife, Nancy Barbato. He married Barbato in 1939, before he ...

Biggest Bombshells From New Ava Gardner Biography: Her Tumultuous Marriage to Frank Sinatra & More. The late legendary actress is the subject of Ava, a Life in Movies, a new biography that ...

Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner had one of Hollywood’s most explosive marriages.The pair’s romance began as an affair and remained just as drama-filled until their divorce. They separated often ...

Sinatra was in a slump when he met the beautiful Ava Gardner at a party. Soon they were driving through the night guns blazing, says James Kaplan in an excerpt from his new biography, Frank.