Whats my line? - Ava Gardner

1953 - 54

[@slc2466]

I sent Ms. Gardner an autograph request for me and my mother in the 80's and shortly thereafter received two gorgeous 8 x 10 signed stills postmarked from her home in London. She'll always be A-One in my book!

[@bobmichael9533]

slc2466 LUCKY YOU :(

[@RobJazzful]

Not much of a story, but it’s SO COOL!!

[@vaniaguy8257]

🙀oh my goodness... lucky bugger 👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@meganagetro6302]

@O G 😂😂

[@Brownsocksflirt]

That is the most beautiful woman I've ever seen! Everything about her, face, body, voice, manners...WOW.

[@marvinmartian7281]

Yes! indeed Sinatra was a lucky skunk.

[@anntaylor2039]

John was all torn up by Ava Gardner.

[@7777lizabeth]

@G Galeno I wasn't partial to Elizabeth Taylor until I started really watching KZbin's of her. True she didn't have the long legs but she had a very feminine figure. And her face is absolutely beautiful. I had to admit it. Rita Hayworth was beautiful also. Ava too!

[@williamdouglas2717]

I agree but I think Rita Hayworth runs a close second.

[@salvation4all313]

She was an average looking woman.

[@legendofbillyjean]

She was the most beautiful actress of her time and had a stunning figure even in her later years. No wonder she drove Sinatra crazy.

[@7777lizabeth]

Well she had two abortions. So she saved her figure by terminating her pregnancies.

[@7777lizabeth]

@Gregory Fall I wouldn't want my husband having a statue of another woman that he once was married to.

[@artemissaerom9278]

Elizabeth Anderson the reason why she aborted her kids was because sinatra’s own children didn’t want any siblings and she thouth that she didn’t have a future with him anymore

[@reesedaniel5835]

Gene Tierney was as if not more beautiful than Ava Gardner.

[@fazednotphased2521]

@@artemissaerom9278 Bullshit. Ava didn't want kids, period. She made that clear in all of the subsequent interviews on the subject, and her biography. She could have afforded kids (she didn't need "a future" with Sinatra or any other man; she had plenty of money to raise children) she just didn't want to be a mother, and because she was an atheist, saw no barriers to abortion. Nothing wrong with that, but her multiple abortions were not driven by financial needs in regards to raising kids.

[@spsmonktoo]

The reaction of John Daly was priceless. The man was flustered to be near one of the most alluring women in the history of film!

[@javiervalverde2374]

Yes I've never seen him get flustered by any star like that until Ava Gardner appeared

[@LockedInTheZoo]

Most beautiful actress ever in my opinion, those eyebrows frame such stunning features!

[@octaviusaugustus8558]

Do you even know Grace Kelly? That woman was a goddess

[@maya_jones3411]

@Octavius Augustus. Grace was pretty but she didn’t hold a candle to Ava, Ava was in a league of her own.

[@letsbakeitout]

​@@octaviusaugustus8558Grace Kelly just oozed elegance, not beauty.

[@jdolani]

So gorgeous!!!! No modern day actress compares

[@elenaandtheworld]

What a beautiful and sweet voice she had..

[@JimmyFoxhound]

man when she throws her hair back and smiles... wowza! What a gorgeous lady she was ❤

[@brookehanley3659]

Ava comes off as not only beautiful but VERY classy here.

[@7777lizabeth]

Back in those days they weren't so sleazy acting like they are today.

[@fareedmalik6777]

That’s what Hemingway said, ‘ She is the only one who has class and sophistication to her’

[@denlazaro841]

she so gorgeous. one of the prettiest faces

[@jdolani]

This is beauty!!!

[@amarvelousstory1829]

Sad that Ava is no longer with us. Apart from her spectacular beauty, she had a heart of gold. Forever in our hearts ❤️.

[@AvaRitaGrace]

Ava Gardner was one of the most beautiful woman of that time period and without a doubt in this time period. I just love her voice! It is so sweet and it fits her personality very well.I think that Ava should be remembered more today because she had so much class and talent.There was and never will be another Ava Gardner.

[@LeventAlioglu]

That’s right . She was magnificent.

[@jakeenan]

Hot damn! Often overlooked today as one of the most stunningly beautiful woman in the world. Though you can be sure, if she was coming through today everyone would fall under her spell.

[@gildamundsonfarrell7457]

Ava Gardner's Voice is So Cute

[@dmcoffman]

Her hair is amazing!

[@brookehanley3659]

Gorgeous.

[@IblewuponyourfaceIII]

She's a Leo Ascendant that's why

[@buddytesla]

Her EVERYTHING is amazing!

[@ramfaki1256]

NateInSoCal And...what about acting skills?!

[@michellelekas211]

fuckin' A

[@rjworks13]

Ava is so undeniably sultry, warm and vibrant. You can tell she's conscious of the cameras and working them like the basic tools of her trade. No wonder men are easily attracted to her. There are so many levels to her persona that are captured here - so much mystique.

[@HallWayGang]

wow. she is gorgeous

[@lyngskog]

there will never ever be another like her.

[@damarimolina7253]

I love her voice She is so beautiful 😍❤️

[@marvinmartian7281]

Beautiful! 6 feet under?

[@Salemaa]

​@@marvinmartian7281she was 168cm tall. Majority of Amirican women have 164 cm height so, she has above average height.

[@moviemonk1000]

Ava Wasn't really interested in making movies she was interested in living She did

[@alysencameron361]

Not according to her autobiography, re: movies.

[@formerlyarandompropernameb9327]

But “living “ ultimately killed her. That’s what that kind of “ living “ does for you. I hope she came to know real peace in the end. I really do.

[@nickigoddess6041]

What a beautiful lady ..... Ava Gardner ! A true and true Goddess !

[@DonDraperism]

Ava Gardner and Natalie Wood are two women who are the absolute epitome of class. What a doll.

[@lindarosswelsh4069]

audrey hepburn

[@MeandmySara]

+audrey hepburn I doubt the real Audrey Hepburn would ever have spoken so insultingly and disparagingly about anyone she had not met. Or in fact about anyone at all. Perhaps that's not a very appropriate username, hmm?

[@thankthelord4536]

I guess being a whore is classy 🙄

[@DonDraperism]

@@thankthelord4536 Wow, that was "deep."

[@hazelrodriguezwashere]

And two of the most infamously promiscuous ones too!

[@Grem1in]

No wonder Sinatra went nuts over her.

[@ronniebishop2496]

I just said that haha

[@arpionatore]

Totally nuts.

[@torchkit]

When Sinatra got her, she was Mickey Rooney's sloppy seconds.

[@amandah.2688]

She had something special; stealing Sinatra's heart and eventually drove him mad.🍒♥️🍒

[@Mokkari77]

As Fred Mertz tells Ethel in the I LOVE LUCY episode where they go to the Brown Derby, Ava Gardner "might be people, but she's not like you or me!"

[@davidevans3175]

There are beautiful women and there are goddesses, and then there's Ava Gardner.

[@creolelady182]

Ava was about 30 here. If she was living today she would be 91.

[@mrgenericbrand]

And today, she'd be 98.

[@Bunnidove]

She'd be in her 100s now.

[@chilvari]

I love her voice! So soothing and relaxed!

[@jhb1493]

Talent, beauty, charm and - above all - strength. What a woman.

[@alexisnelson5108]

At the risk of sounding like a broken record here, Ava Gardener is truly one of the most stunning women I have ever seen. I really wish the Hollywood stars today could all share her inner & outer beauty. Honestly, if there were more celebrities like Miss Gardener, today's pop culture and society would be far less trashy and awful.

[@scott3248]

Oh my God she's beautiful.

[@xxtsubasaxshoraixx]

Such beauty. And that waistline wow

[@88hyperman]

The voice too!

[@StellaDallas1970]

What a gentle, sensitive, and delicate person. Ava Gardner was a very talented actress. It was said that she was a very shy, extremely shy person (like Rita Hayworth) and that must have made things difficult for her in Hollywood where there was so much stiff competition. She was absolute beautiful, like a sculpture of Da Vinci. How people can tell derrogatory comments about her? It is a shame! It's pretty hard to please everybody in this world and she did not try. She was surrounded by envyness.

[@interstategar]

Well from people who knew her say she wasn't a shy or a delicate person. She smoked like many people from NC, she drank some, and cussed like a sailor, but she was also very nice and very loyal and very down to earth. She died at age 67, and had 2 strokes from the drinking and smoking, my guess. I recently visited her grave in Smithfield NC, nit far from I 95. Her grave had fresh flowers and one other person was there when I arrived. She herself didn't think she was a good actress, but in my view and many others, thought she was a very good actress.

[@thankthelord4536]

Maybe you haven't read her book. She was nowhere near innocent. She slept with half of Hollywood.

[@nicolina371]

She is ( just )perfect! *-*

[@arpionatore]

The most beautiful actress ever.

[@ahseeuh]

It's a shame that we have no interviews of hers to watch. She was notoriously private and hated doing press especially when she moved to Spain and London. But it would have been great to hear her speak. All we have are press clips and gifs.

[@raydrake9151]

Rex Reed did a book of interviews called "Do you Sleep in the Nude?" in the late 60s. I read it and it contains his recounting of an interview with Ava Gardner, as well as Streisand and numerous others. Ava's was an amusing interview and contains Ava's supposed comment on Sinatra's marriage to Mia Farrow: "I always knew Frank would end up in bed with a boy." It might still be in your local library.

[@phillypayton9830]

@@raydrake9151 Why she said that

[@lray1948]

@@phillypayton9830 Because Mia Farrow wore a very short almost masculine haircut at the time and looked very boyish, without the feminine curves Sinatra usually liked in his women.

[@andrewpotok2661]

She hit frank good. Quick witted from ava to Mia. WOW

[@RobertoAHenderson]

Frank was madly in love with a doll

[@KristineMarieTxSPI]

As I was watching this, I thought...wow, what incredible class that people in general had, not just this gorgeous woman. I'm a Sinatra fan, and of course, that made me want to delve more into his life, and Ava Gardner...such an interesting love story. It made me want for the good old days, even though I wasn't around then. Thanks SO much for uploading this video!

[@othtvdfan99]

Such a beauty.

[@southernbellekari]

Ava Gardner was one of the most GORGEOUS women to have ever walked the face of this earth !!! I have become a big fan in recent years & just think she is STUNNING ,what a gal !!! They don't make em' like that anymore folks.

[@Muirmaiden]

This clip clearly shows that Ava's breathtaking beauty was no exaggeration. I've tried to duplicate that wonderful breathy voice of hers and failed dismally! Not only was she gorgeous and independant, but she was far more talented than she believed herself to be as an actress. Love Bennett Cerf!

[@jjs490]

No wonder Frank was so hypnotized. She was so incredibly beautiful.

[@miltonmoore5294]

Her beauty really shook up John Daly!....to a degree like I have never seen before!

[@michelblanchard1106]

Spectacular woman.

[@65wiseman]

Greatly underrated actress - She was excellent in several films.

[@countalucard4226]

Such a sweet and soft voice.

[@Byzantine76]

These celebrities are so well behaved and charming unlike the megalomaniacs of today!

[@MauriatOttolink]

Byzantine76 HEY...You Got It Man!! Compare her with the blonde bitch, Paris Hilton. There ain't none, not nohow!

[@pamveeee]

times change this was decades ago of course people don't act the same

[@olgaath1511]

Byzantine, I'm Byzantine too, nice name

[@mangarda]

All she was allowed to say was "yes" and "no"....

[@Ana-yl2ey]

Nah they simply put on a better front due to the studios basically doing hardcore pr/ extreme control and having no paps around . Ava was messy af . Prone to drinking , fighting, promiscuity , foul language and generally very libertine and idgaf . Not to mention a mediocre actress although a stunning beauty . This is just romanticization of the past . They just faked it better back then . Behind the scenes they were just as bad or even worse.

[@toniroberts8117]

She’s breathtakingly beautiful but it’s her eyes and body language that really step up her allure.

[@hamiltonsergio232]

Ava Gardner and Elizabeth Taylor were two of the most beautiful actresses of their time. They're flawless and they don't need much to shine....

[@unowen-nh9ov]

& on set together for Night of the Iguana, to be a fly on that wall!

[@feurzauber]

Incredibly attractive woman.

[@SaxonC]

Both she and Hedy Lamarr were the most amazingly beautiful women that graced the silver screen!

[@estr4nged1]

shes so beautiful

[@calalilygirl]

Ava comes across so nice and likeable here.

[@LH74]

One of the most naturally beautiful women, ever.

[@AvaRitaGrace]

Ava Gardner is one of the most beautiful actresses of that time period and without a doubt of this time period. I just love her voice! It is so sweet and it fits her personality very well. I think that she deserves to be remembered today because she had so much class and beauty.People have changed so much in very bad ways in my opinion.

[@Mod60s]

Keep in mind that in this era you would normally only see these famous stars at the local theaters. TV was rare for some to even dare make cameos until it really took off in popularity. Ava was a true star in every sense of the word!

[@65wiseman]

She was a talented, underrated actress.

[@hughmanatee7657]

A goddess, no matter where she appeared. In “Mogambo” one hardly notices even Grace Kelly alongside Ava Gardner.

[@danielstanwyck2812]

GORGEOUS a hundred times over. And sweet. Sinatra must have been a pain in the neck.

[@nickhorgan4349]

honestly the most beautiful woman ever to live

[@tommyhall5010]

Jesus, if ever a more beautiful woman woman ever appeared on earth, I would love to see her.

[@dettigs]

and mickey rooney got it..........there's hope for me yet!!!!

[@tommyhall5010]

dettigs Can you believe it, a little squirt like Rooney fucking a virgin in the shape of Ava Gardner? He seduced an innocent virgin with his fame, and my lord, got pissed on his wedding night and left her gasping, her meetings with the Hollywood set transformed her from a sweet Grabtown girl into a bitter, de-sensitised woman, and she know it.

[@quinnmorlotti]

+Tommy Hall is it really necessary to use that kind of language??

[@tommyhall5010]

There'sNoPlaceLikeHome You have trouble with English love?

[@quinnmorlotti]

Tommy Hall hilarious! I just don't think your choice of words were very appropriate

[@michaelnaisbitt1639]

Do you know the difference between these stars and today's so-called stars. These people had manners. Sadly lacking in the kids of today

[@mylesgarcia4625]

I guess it was the training on manners and how to comport oneself at the MGM School that made for these classy movie stars. However, while some are trashier these days, you get to see their real natures quickly.

[@dangashh]

Not to disagree, because I do agree... just not with this as reference... You're talking about well-mannered Ava? Ava the homewrecker kind of manners?

[@mattgrant5341]

Old people always complaining about stuff changing.... A tale as old as time.

[@mattgrant5341]

@Michael Terrell II pretty sure you're just looking at things through rose-tinted glasses... Also I think you meant to write "Hollywood" and not comics.

[@ManjuTheCartwheel]

Ava Gardner... Another glamorous diva... Her squarish face... Unforgettable! I liked the way she answered the questions... And her feminine laugh too... :)

[@kamikazemind327]

Her laugh gave her away! Lol she’s super adorable

[@xhaxha1028]

wowza - she's a real knockout!

[@updog88]

I adore Rita Hayworth's magic. She is my favorite. But how can I not acknowledge Ava's incredible beauty and smoldering sexuality. She was incredible.

[@Cerph]

Amazingly beautiful.

[@sergiolobato1798]

What a doll! No wonder she drove Franky crazy......

[@royalmonarchist23]

Sergio Lobato She drove Howard Hughes crazy too

[@lray1948]

@@royalmonarchist23 Especially when she hit him on the head with that big brass bell. As told in Lee Server's book.

[@dettigs]

what a stunner.......she's in my top 4 beautiful actresses along with: audrey hepburn, hedy lamarr and gene tierney!!!!!

[@1962lbl]

just returned from the Ava Gardner film festival in Smithfield, NC....The first time I had been to the museum and I am an NC girl. It is quite impressive...Got to visit the home she was born in and then a visit to her grave...She and Marilyn were the most beautiful to ever appear on screen...NO comparison....She was perfection !!

[@karmalevel]

She was lovely

[@robertwiegman1]

Ava had the best voice!

[@CG4Ut]

She was the cousin of my Grandpa and my daughters have the broad shoulders like her, and I have her chin. Its been fun learning about her.

[@fatimateresa19]

Wow thats cool

[@LLWW]

She's my 4th cousin.

[@fatimateresa19]

LUCKY GIRL....I think she had like 7 siblings so she has a good line of descendents.

[@LLWW]

Yep she had a large family ! I'm related through her dad's side though.

[@kaciealtstaetter6769]

She was my grandmothers cousin and we all look like her.

[@mca1218]

The definition of a siren. Those eyes...that voice!!

[@PRClimbStudio]

Omg she is so amazing I don't know any other word that would describe her everything 🔥

[@HaydnGuite]

She was the most stunning actress of her generation and was still lovely in her later years. God bless you Ms. Gardner

[@jg0582]

Un sourire magnifique, des yeux sublimes, un visage superbe et une voix merveilleusement douce ! Ava Gardner Sublimissime Pour Toujours !

[@miltsar]

gorgeous

[@szee8588]

None of the women stars/ celebs are like that now. I wish I could see people in those days. She had the most beautiful smile and jawline ever.

[@JBL626]

Oh, the awkward pause after Arlene asked "Are you glad (you're married)?" Frank and Ava had a relationship that was passionate in every definition of the word. This was about one year into their marriage, and they'd already ruined several sets of fine china during their jealous clashes. He adored her until his dying day. She loved and derided him in equal measure, and later said "he was the love of my life." It's said that Frank paid for her medical bills when she was dying and broke, and that she knew he did so without having to be told who did it.

[@emmceeee]

JBL626 I noticed that pause, too! There is no one nowadays to compare to either of them.

[@lylepetrov6505]

Frank was a Class Act, too! I was told over again he and Ava was in a private group 'Secret Santa' along with Loretta Young, Dean Martin, Pola Negri, Mae West, Lloyd Bridges, Charlie Chaplin, Robert Mitchum, and Howard Hughes.

[@lscarver5]

@@lylepetrov6505 I'm curious about " Secret Santa". Could you please tell what was that those celebrities were involved in.

[@TacitusR]

Good Lord! Ava was impossibly beautiful!

[@hollandpark5179]

Ava Gardner was superb, I love her!

[@marvinmartian7281]

Love her 6 feet under!

[@josephrocha142]

Beauty thy name is Ava! Lol. What a stunner.

[@royalmonarchist23]

I remember what one of the old Hollywood elite, the remnants of the great studio systems said to me about her " people just gasped out loud when seeing her for the first time" she was just that beautiful and in old Hollywood that is something big.

[@ladyvee7110]

I don't think there's an actress alive today that looks anywhere near as beautiful as this woman did.

[@SnarkierThan-U-R]

Ava Gardner, Gene Tierney and Dorothy Dandrige OMG

[@spooks9482]

Love them!

[@masteroftheeouse]

What an incredibly beautiful woman was Ava Gardiner!

[@maraflore]

sometimes audiences gave the guest away with their screams. they should have been told just be silent that way it would have added to the mysteriousness of it.

[@rosered103]

When Ms Frances asks Ava if she is married and Ava says yes. Ms Frances's next question, "are you glad?" Take a look at Ava's expression at 3:13 That expression says it all.

[@brookehanley3659]

It went too far. Arlene was just trying to be funny.

[@glamdolly30]

Fascinating to see the lady as herself. Some comment here that she clearly knows she is beautiful - well, she is beautiful and she'd be pretty stupid if she didn't know it! Why should good looking women be meek, modest and insipid? Ava was a firecracker and the only woman Frank could never tame, she drove him crazy. I read that she fell pregnant twice during the marriage but didn't go ahead with the pregnancies because, in her words: "Frank and I couldn't look after ourselves, let alone another human being". Two amazing people who were powerfully attracted to each other but fundamentally incompatible - still, the marriage lasted 6 years and Ava said Frank never cheated on her - though it seems Ava ran around a bit on him. They just don't make stars like this any more!

[@Bailey2006a]

Gorgeous woman and a highly underrated actress. She was brilliant in so many films: Bhowani Junction, On The Beach to name just two.

[@capt.molyneaux7037]

Ava is GREAT !!

[@cruellykawaii]

What a Doll

[@mirazusta2002]

No offence to her many contemporaries who happen to be stunning, as well, eg. ; Elizabeth Taylor, Lauren Bacall, Grace Kelly, Tippi Hedren, Kim Novak, etc, etc, etc.. but, when I think about the most beautiful woman of her era (or of any era at all) , it's always Ava Gardner who come to my mind. Thank you for posting.

[@wmpetroff2307]

and Tippi Hedren and Taylor

[@mdmphd]

A stunning, movie-star experience. She's clearly enjoying the audience and it was quite good for her career

[@sclogse1]

The husky quality of her voice still sneaks through in her whispers....very nice...

[@Vladi-Ivanov]

Elizabeth Taylor, Ava Gardner and Vivien Leigh are hands down the most beautiful women in the world. If ANY one of them were alive today in their prime they would still be the most beautiful women in Hollywood.

[@gablefan01]

Ava was a classic beauty, and from everything I've read about her, a truly free spirit. One of the few Hollywood types that I think I would have enjoyed meeting, because she seems like a genuinely nice person.

[@heelrunner]

She's so beautiful. That breathy voice of hers... -sigh-

[@ajt141]

Even on What's My Line she looks like the most beautiful creature to ever walk the earth. I'm in love.