Broadway play and cast herself against type as Ava Gardner, re-creating that Hollywood performer’s late-in-life meetings with journalist Peter Evans.

Elizabeth McGovern must have felt the same way as a lovely, ambitious, aspiring newcomer eager to make her own mark on the ...

Who knew Cora Crawley, Duchess of Grantham, had such a potty mouth? Well, kind of. Right now, starring as Hollywood icon Ava ...

Here, McGovern shares the books and plays that helped her to tell Gardner’s story as it had never been told before. James ...

Elizabeth McGovern, known for her role in "Downton Abbey," has written a play about Ava Gardner By Associated Press | July 30, 2025, at 4:41 p.m.

The actress wrote and stars in a new play based on the never-quite-released memoir of Hollywood legend Ava Gardner.

Theater-Elizabeth McGovern FILE - Elizabeth McGovern poses during a photo call for the off-Broadway play "Ava: The Secret Conversations" in New York on June 30, 2025.

Photos by Jeff Lorch. Credit: The Geffen Playhouse Aaron Cotsa Ganis toasts Elizabeth McGovern in 'Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations' It's particularly intriguing watching McGovern in this role, ...

McGovern says Gardner was caught in the impossibility of women's expectations at the time — be sexy but not sleep around. She had many lovers but also felt the shame society imposed.

NEW YORK (AP) — For all of Elizabeth McGovern’s acting career, someone else wrote her lines. Now it’s her turn. The “Downton Abbey” star pivots from British aristocracy to classic Holly… ...

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