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

Directed by Tony Award-nominee Moritz von Stuelpnagel, the production co-stars Aaron Costa Ganis as Evans, who also channels Gardner’s three famous husbands: actor Mickey Rooney, bandleader Artie Shaw ...

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

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

Entertainment 'Downton Abbey' star Elizabeth McGovern brings Ava Gardner's tumultuous life to the stage NEW YORK (AP) — For all of Elizabeth McGovern's acting career, someone else wrote her lines.

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

McGovern says Gardner was caught in the impossibility of women's expectations at the time — be sexy but not sleep around. She had many lovers but also felt the shame society imposed.

FILE - Elizabeth McGovern poses during a photo call for the off-Broadway play "Ava: The Secret Conversations" in New York on June 30, 2025.

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 ...

Elizabeth McGovern, known for her role in "Downton Abbey," has written a play about Ava Gardner.

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