Maybe you're thinking of Ava Gardner. She was an actress born near Smithfield, NC. She was married at one point to Frank Sinatra and later to Mickey Rooney
A great piece. I knew about Aunt Bee, but not about him! Am I wrong, but isn’t Zsa Zsa Gabor also connected to NC? Somewhere in the eastern part of the state?
It was actually Ava Gardner - buried in Smithfield, just off of I-95. I knew years ago I'd stopped at a rest station or something similar and seen a memorial or reference to a 50s/60s actress, but I couldn't remember. And somehow in those intervening years, the name had changed. Glad to have that sorted! Keep up the excellent work - it's one of my favourite Substacks.
Lots of great movie music from the Golden Age of Hollywood is being forgotten. I find that sad.
Love it dude. Great rabbit hole as always!
Maybe you're thinking of Ava Gardner. She was an actress born near Smithfield, NC. She was married at one point to Frank Sinatra and later to Mickey Rooney
*That's* it.
A great piece. I knew about Aunt Bee, but not about him! Am I wrong, but isn’t Zsa Zsa Gabor also connected to NC? Somewhere in the eastern part of the state?
Not that I know of? Only thing that feels sort of rural about the Gabors is that Eva was on Green Acres.
It was actually Ava Gardner - buried in Smithfield, just off of I-95. I knew years ago I'd stopped at a rest station or something similar and seen a memorial or reference to a 50s/60s actress, but I couldn't remember. And somehow in those intervening years, the name had changed. Glad to have that sorted! Keep up the excellent work - it's one of my favourite Substacks.