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Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Ava Gardner, Born in Johnston County, N.C., Graces Cover of Movieland Magazine, 1950




"Ava Lavina Gardner was born on December 24, 1922 in Grabtown, North Carolina, to Mary Elizabeth (née Baker) and Jonas Bailey Gardner. Born on a tobacco farm, where she got her lifelong love of earthy language and going barefoot, Ava grew up in the rural South. At age 18, her picture in the window of her brother-in- law's New York photo studio brought her to the attention of MGM, leading quickly to Hollywood and a film contract based strictly on her beauty." For the rest of this story, go to  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001257/bio

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