Elizabeth McGovern, known for her role in "Downton Abbey," has written a play about Ava Gardner. The play, titled "Ava: The Secret Conversations," explores Gardner's relationship with journalist Peter ...

It’s very liberating to take off that psychological corset,” the actress said of portraying the rambunctious Hollywood star ...

Elizabeth McGovern must have felt the same way as a lovely, ambitious, aspiring newcomer eager to make her own mark on the ...

McGovern’s got a sadder and sweeter aura than Gardner, or at least than the constructed fatale character that Hollywood cast ...

The Secret Conversations, written by and starring Elizabeth McGovern just made its New York premiere at NY City Center, Stage ...

Broadway play and cast herself against type as Ava Gardner, re-creating that Hollywood performer’s late-in-life meetings with ...

The Secret Conversations, written by and starring Downton Abbey star Elizabeth McGovern is making its New York premiere! Read ...

EXCLUSIVE: Elizabeth McGovern is fired up when she talks about sensuous silver screen goddess Ava Gardner, whom the Downton Abbey star portrays in a stage show that hits New York next week ...

Elizabeth McGovern channels Ava Gardner, a starry “Twelfth Night” reopens the Delacorte and Luke Newton of “Bridgerton” plays ...

Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey) will reprise her role as movie star Ava Gardner in the play Ava: The Secret Conversations at New York City Center this summer. The play, written by McGovern ...

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.

NEW YORK — For all of Elizabeth McGovern's acting career, someone else wrote her lines. Now it's her turn. The ''Downton Abbey'' star pivots from British aristocracy to classic Hollywood royalty ...