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Top 10 Elegant Women In Movies
In compiling this list I was very sorry to see so few modern women that can really be classified as elegant. This has been a very difficult list to compile as there are so many women who deserve to be on it - so please be sure to tell us who you think should be in the top 10 (or even 15). If the response is overwhelming I may increase the list.
Ava worked in the salt mines of the movie industry; in melodramas, historical romances and safari movies, in crime films and westerns: movies that film critics affect to despise. In the mid and late 1950s, Ava became a byword in beauty, a yardstick by which other actresses were judged. As middle-age caught up with Ava, she moved from Spain and settled in London where she lived in Ennismore Gardens, a very prestigious address, until her death in January 1990, shortly after her sixty-eighth birthday.
Top 10 Elegant Women In Movies
In compiling this list I was very sorry to see so few modern women that can really be classified as elegant. This has been a very difficult list to compile as there are so many women who deserve to be on it - so please be sure to tell us who you think should be in the top 10 (or even 15). If the response is overwhelming I may increase the list.
Ava worked in the salt mines of the movie industry; in melodramas, historical romances and safari movies, in crime films and westerns: movies that film critics affect to despise. In the mid and late 1950s, Ava became a byword in beauty, a yardstick by which other actresses were judged. As middle-age caught up with Ava, she moved from Spain and settled in London where she lived in Ennismore Gardens, a very prestigious address, until her death in January 1990, shortly after her sixty-eighth birthday.
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By the 50s, Christian Dior was the preeminent designer in the world. Hollywood stars visited his salon on every Paris visit. One such star was legendary beauty Ava Gardner, who had 14 dresses created for her in 1956 by Christian Dior for the Mark Robson film The Little Hut.
By the 50s, Christian Dior was the preeminent designer in the world. Hollywood stars visited his salon on every Paris visit. One such star was legendary beauty Ava Gardner, who had 14 dresses created for her in 1956 by Christian Dior for the Mark Robson film The Little Hut.
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Giorgio and Valentino and Donna and Calvin and Ralph may be the fashion lions today, but back in the 1950s the Sorelle Fontana were a name to be reckoned with. Ava Gardner and Grace Kelly are just some of the stars that the sisters dressed. In fact, Ava exclusively wore the Fontana designs in her signature movie, "Barefoot Contessa" and also wore their clothes in her private life.
Giorgio and Valentino and Donna and Calvin and Ralph may be the fashion lions today, but back in the 1950s the Sorelle Fontana were a name to be reckoned with. Ava Gardner and Grace Kelly are just some of the stars that the sisters dressed. In fact, Ava exclusively wore the Fontana designs in her signature movie, "Barefoot Contessa" and also wore their clothes in her private life.
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The Ava Gardner museum in Smithfield celebrates the life of a Hollywood legend
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Sultry screen siren, Ava Gardner is a Hollywood legend, having worked with the likes of Clark Gable, Gregory Peck, and Burt Lancaster. An Academy Award nominee, she was once married to Mickey Rooney, and later, Frank Sinatra, who was said to be the love of her life.
The youngest of seven children, Ava was born in a small farming community near Smithfield, North Carolina, about 30 miles southeast of Raleigh. When Ava was 17, she was discovered after taking a trip to New York to visit one of her sisters. While there, her brother-in-law, a professional photographer, took her photo and displayed it in his Fifth Avenue studio’s window, which resulted in an offer from MGM to act in motion pictures. Ava's legend lives on in film, and at the Ava Gardner Museum in Smithfield.
Sultry screen siren, Ava Gardner is a Hollywood legend, having worked with the likes of Clark Gable, Gregory Peck, and Burt Lancaster. An Academy Award nominee, she was once married to Mickey Rooney, and later, Frank Sinatra, who was said to be the love of her life.
The youngest of seven children, Ava was born in a small farming community near Smithfield, North Carolina, about 30 miles southeast of Raleigh. When Ava was 17, she was discovered after taking a trip to New York to visit one of her sisters. While there, her brother-in-law, a professional photographer, took her photo and displayed it in his Fifth Avenue studio’s window, which resulted in an offer from MGM to act in motion pictures. Ava's legend lives on in film, and at the Ava Gardner Museum in Smithfield.
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Sultry screen siren, Ava Gardner is a Hollywood legend, having worked with the likes of Clark Gable, Gregory Peck, and Burt Lancaster. An Academy Award nominee, she was once married to Mickey Rooney, and later, Frank Sinatra, who was said to be the love of her life.
The youngest of seven children, Ava was born in a small farming community near Smithfield, North Carolina, about 30 miles southeast of Raleigh. When Ava was 17, she was discovered after taking a trip to New York to visit one of her sisters. While there, her brother-in-law, a professional photographer, took her photo and displayed it in his Fifth Avenue studio’s window, which resulted in an offer from MGM to act in motion pictures. Ava's legend lives on in film, and at the Ava Gardner Museum in Smithfield.
Sultry screen siren, Ava Gardner is a Hollywood legend, having worked with the likes of Clark Gable, Gregory Peck, and Burt Lancaster. An Academy Award nominee, she was once married to Mickey Rooney, and later, Frank Sinatra, who was said to be the love of her life.
The youngest of seven children, Ava was born in a small farming community near Smithfield, North Carolina, about 30 miles southeast of Raleigh. When Ava was 17, she was discovered after taking a trip to New York to visit one of her sisters. While there, her brother-in-law, a professional photographer, took her photo and displayed it in his Fifth Avenue studio’s window, which resulted in an offer from MGM to act in motion pictures. Ava's legend lives on in film, and at the Ava Gardner Museum in Smithfield.
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Visitors are greeted warmly by the museum’s friendly staff and ushered into a viewing room to watch a short film about Ava’s life, which is the recommended (not mandatory) way to begin the museum experience. From there, guests are free to peruse the numerous personal items, scripts, documents, film posters, and glamorous costumes and dresses worn by Ava in her films and personal life. Information boards, photos, and paintings take the visitor through the various phases of Ava Gardner’s life.
Ava traveled the world and lived in Spain and London later in her life. She made her final move back home to North Carolina after her death in 1990. Ava is buried in the Gardner family plot, in a peaceful cemetery setting not far from the place she grew up. Ask museum staff for directions or a map to the gravesite, which is a five-minute drive (if that) from the museum. Once inside the cemetery gates, follow the markers the short distance to Ava’s gravesite.
The Ava Gardner Museum is located at 325 East Market Street in Smithfield, NC. It is open Monday – Saturday 9 – 5, Sunday 2 – 5. There is a nominal admission fee.
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Visitors are greeted warmly by the museum’s friendly staff and ushered into a viewing room to watch a short film about Ava’s life, which is the recommended (not mandatory) way to begin the museum experience. From there, guests are free to peruse the numerous personal items, scripts, documents, film posters, and glamorous costumes and dresses worn by Ava in her films and personal life. Information boards, photos, and paintings take the visitor through the various phases of Ava Gardner’s life.
Ava traveled the world and lived in Spain and London later in her life. She made her final move back home to North Carolina after her death in 1990. Ava is buried in the Gardner family plot, in a peaceful cemetery setting not far from the place she grew up. Ask museum staff for directions or a map to the gravesite, which is a five-minute drive (if that) from the museum. Once inside the cemetery gates, follow the markers the short distance to Ava’s gravesite.
The Ava Gardner Museum is located at 325 East Market Street in Smithfield, NC. It is open Monday – Saturday 9 – 5, Sunday 2 – 5. There is a nominal admission fee.
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What a doll. Lovely how her style of sandals are still worn today.
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^I like how the bust of her dress overlaps.
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