Ava Gardner and her dog, Rags at the airport, photographed by Tom Gallagher, 1956.

Ava Gardner arrives to Rome, 1953.

Ava Gardner and Dorothy Dandridge on the set of, ‘Ride, Vaquero!’ that year, 1953.

Ava Gardner, 1946.

Anna Magnani poses with Ava Gardner in a hall of the Quirinale Palace in Rome, Italy, December 10, 1959 before being awarded with the “Donatello’s David,” the great Italian film award from the hands of Italian President Giovanni Gronchi.

Ava Gardner, 1948

Ava Gardner with designer Christian Dior, during a fitting, Paris, 1956.

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Ava Gardner, c. 1950