Writer and performer Elizabeth McGovern embodies the Hollywood siren's life and loves in her play Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations.

The “Downton Abbey” actress is picking up the pen and writing the roles she wants to play. First up: the sultry star from ...

Actress and Evanston native Elizabeth McGovern (“Downton Abbey,” “Once Upon a Time in America,” “Ordinary People”) channels screen legend Ava Gardner in “Ava: The Secret Conversations,” written by ...

The “Downton Abbey” actress both wrote and stars in this show about Hollywood’s Ava Gardner. It’s a brave and complicated ...

Hollywood celebrities paid tribute following the death of Robert Redford on Tuesday, Sept. 16, at the age of 89. Stars ...

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 Hollywood royalty ...

The actress stated that her late costar's presence is "still very much in the atmosphere" of the movie. McGovern also said that she wanted better for her character: "I wish at times she could have had ...