Ava Gardner as a child with her mother Ava Gardner as a teenager One of Ava’s first publicity stills Ava Gardner and Mickey Rooney’s wedding day Ava Gardner in The Killers Ava Gardner and second husband Artie Shaw Ava as the goddess Venus Ava and third husband Frank Sinatra Ava with her corgi Rags Ava Gardner and Clark Gable during filming of Mogambo Ava Gardner in The Barefoot Contessa Ava Gardner next to boyfriend Luis Miguel and across from Ernest Hemingway Ava with boyfriend Walter Chiari Ava and Errol Flynn in The Sun Also Rises Ava and Richrad Burton in The Night of the Iguana Ava Gardner and Roddy McDowall in London Ava and her corgi Morgan in her London apartment