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The Goddess from Grabtown
Record #:
2187
Author(s):
Burnham, Linda Frye
Abstract:
The daughter of a tobacco farmer, Ava Gardner was born on Christmas Eve, 1922, near Smithfield. She achieved movie stardom in such films as THE SUN ALSO RISES. The Ava Gardner Museum in Smithfield contains 100,000 mementos of her career.
Source:
Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]),
Vol. 13 Issue 9, Mar 1995
,
p
7-8, por
Subject(s):
Gardner, Ava, 1922-1990
;
Ava Gardner Museum (Smithfield)
;
Motion picture actors and actresses
;
Museums--Smithfield