24383_1530 "The Barefoot Contessa" Ava Gardner 1954 ** I.V.C.

24383_1328 Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner circa 1950s ** I.V.M.

24380_0105 Ava Gardner circa 1970s ** J.C.C.

24383_1326 Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner 1951 ** I.V.M.

24383_1331 Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner at a screening in New York 1951 ** I.V.M.

24383_1329 Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner with Virginia Mayo, Marilyn Maxwell and Shelley Winters at the Gilmore Field in Hollywood playing a softball game to raise money for a youth circa 1950s ** I.V.M.

24383_1332 Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner with Clark Gable, Grace Kelly and Donald Sinden circa 1953 ** I.V.M.

24383_1327 Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner circa 1950s ** I.V.M.

24383_1330 Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner at the Gilmore Field in Hollywood playing a softball game to raise money for a youth welfare fund circa 1950s ** I.V.M.

24383_1333 Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner (Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis behind them) at the premiere of "Show Boat" 1951 ** I.V.M.

24383_1335 Ava Gardner circa 1950s ** I.V.

0713_0501 Ava Gardner 1948 © 1978 Paul Hesse

24322_0220 Ava Gardner and Artie Shaw 1945 ** I.V.M.

24322_0221 Ava Gardner and Artie Shaw 1945 ** I.V.M.

0713_0150 Ava Gardner circa 1950s

0415_0203 "The Killers" Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner 1946 Universal ** I.V.C.

11487_0001 Sydney Guilaroff and Ava Gardner 1983 © 1983 Wallace Seawell

11487_0002 Sydney Guilaroff and Ava Gardner 1983 © 1983 Wallace Seawell

11487_0004 Sydney Guilaroff and Ava Gardner 1983 © 1983 Wallace Seawell

4438_0005 "The Naked Maja" Ava Gardner, Anthony Franciosa 1958 © 1978 Sanford Roth / A.M.P.A.S.

4438_0012 "The Naked Maja" Ava Gardner, Anthony Franciosa 1958 © 1978 Sanford Roth / A.M.P.A.S.

0713_0627 Ava Gardner with her Corgi 1971 © 1978 Wallace Seawell

0713_0601 Ava Gardner 1971 © 1978 Wallace Seawell

0713_0612 Ava Gardner 1971 © 1978 Wallace Seawell

0713_0567 Ava Gardner and Sydney Guilaroff 1944 Photo by C. S. Bull ** I.V.

0713_0582 Ava Gardner 1945 **I.V.

0713_0564 Ava Gardner circa 1953 **I.V.

0713_0577 Ava Gardner 1955 Photo by Hoyningnen-Huene/**I.V.

0713_0586 Ava Gardner 1948 **I.V.

0713_0570 Ava Gardner 1953 **I.V.

0713_0525 Ava Gardner circa 1950s © 1978 Paul Hesse

0713_0553 Mickey Rooney and Ava Gardner, c. 1942. **I.V.

0713_0028 Ava Gardner c. 1945

0713_0112 Ava Gardner 1949 Photo by Gaston Longet

0713_0009 Ava Gardner 1949 Photo by Gaston Longet

0713_0025 Ava Gardner circa 1940s

0713_0019 Ava Gardner circa 1940s

0713_0624 Ava Gardner circa 1980s © 1980 Gary Lewis

0713_0617 Ava Gardner with candle circa 1940s ** I.V.

0713_0613 Ava Gardner and Joseph Cotten circa 1940s Photo by Gabi Rona

0713_0619 Ava Gardner poses for pin-up 1945 ** I.V.

0713_0626 Ava Gardner circa 1950s © 1978 Mel Traxel

0713_0599 Ava Gardner 1944 **I.V.

0713_0604 Ava Gardner circa 1945 ** I.V.

0713_0611 Ava Gardner 1971 © 1978 Wallace Seawell

0713_0603 Ava Gardner 1953 **I.V.

0713_0588 Ava Gardner at age 13 circa 1935 **I.V.

0713_0593 Ava Gardner 1944 **I.V.

0713_0575 Ava Gardner 1953 **I.V.

0713_0596 Ava Gardner 1955 Photo by Hoyningnen-Huene/**I.V.

0713_0584 Ava Gardner 1952 Photo by Virgil Apger ** I.V.

0713_0583 Ava Gardner 1952 **I.V.

0713_0590 Ava Gardner 1946 Photo by Eric Carpenter/**I.V.

0713_0562 Ava Gardner circa 1945 ** I.V.

0713_0566 Ava Gardner 1944 Photo by C.S. Bull **I.V.

0713_0585 Ava Gardner 1952 Photo by Virgil Apger ** I.V.

0713_0549 Ava Gardner and Joseph Cotten circa 1940s Photo by Gabi Rona

0713_0569 Ava Gardner 1952 **I.V.

0713_0301 Ava Gardner, 1944. © 1978 Laszlo Willinger

0713_0012 Ava Gardner circa 1945

0713_0580 Ava Gardner 1943 **I.V.

0713_0054 Ava Gardner c. 1944

0713_0103 Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner circa 1951 © 1978 Paul Hesse

0713_0621 Ava Gardner and Mia Farrow 1978 © 1978 Gary Lewis

0713_0622 Ava Gardner after hand surgery 1988 © 1988 Gary Lewis

0713_0615 Ava Gardner and sister Beatrice ("Bappie") circa 1972 © 1978 Wallace Seawell

0713_0595 Ava Gardner 1944 **I.V.

0713_0614 Ava Gardner with Roddy McDowall and Myrna Loy at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (they attended the opening night of a retrospective exhibition of the films of director George Cukor 1972

0713_0610 Ava Gardner as Lillie Langtry 1972 © 1978 Wallace Seawell

0713_0600 Ava Gardner 1971 © 1978 Wallace Seawell

0713_0571 Ava Gardner circa 1965 **I.V.

0713_0618 Ava Gardner in headdress for "Bhowani Junction" 1956 ** I.V.

0713_0528 Ava Gardner circa 1950 © 1978 Paul Hesse

0713_0592 Ava Gardner 1950 **I.V.

0713_0589 Ava Gardner 1947 Photo by C.S. Bull/**I.V.

0713_0579 Ava Gardner 1953 **I.V.

0713_0581 Ava Gardner 1955 Photo by Hoyningnen-Huene/**I.V.

0713_0625 Ava Gardner and Mia Farrow 1978 © 1978 Gary Lewis

0713_0587 Ava Gardner 1945 **I.V.

0713_0547 Ava Gardner circa 1945 © 1978 Paul Hesse

0713_0623 Ava Gardner circa 1978 © 1978 Gary Lewis

0713_0606 Ava Gardner modeling candy striped playsuit 1944 ** I.V.

0713_0015 Ava Gardner circa 1947

0713_0008 Ava Gardner c. 1944

0713_0608 Ava Gardner 1948 © 1978 Paul Hesse

0713_0602 Ava Gardner 1952 **I.V.

0713_0598 Ava Gardner 1944 **I.V.

0713_0574 Ava Gardner 1947 **I.V.

0713_0594 Ava Gardner 1947 Photo by C.S. Bull/ **I.V.

0713_0559 Ava Gardner C. 1952, **I.V.

0713_0576 Ava Gardner 1953 **I.V.

0713_0573 Ava Gardner 1950 **I.V.

0713_0560 Ava Gardner C. 1952, **I.V.

0713_0017 Mickey Rooney with wife Ava Gardner C. 1942 Photo by Bill Dudas

0713_0016 Ava Gardner, 1948 © 1978 Paul Hesse

0713_0010 Ava Gardner circa 1946

0713_0557 Ava Gardner, c. 1948. MGM / **I.V.

0713_0620 Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner at his opening at the Cocoanut Grove 1952 Photo by Mel Traxel ** I.V.

0713_0616 Ava Gardner during filming of "On the Beach" 1959 * I.V.

0713_0609 Ava Gardner as Lillie Langtry 1972 © 1978 Wallace Seawell