Looked old when she was still young
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Ava Gardner
detto24 — 9 years ago(July 04, 2016 10:21 AM)
By the time she was in her late twenties, around the time of her marriage to Sinatra, she looked like a very beautiful and well-preserved 40. (Check out the wedding photos). I'm trying to decide if it was the breadth and strength of her face, the makeup, the hard living and drinking, or what.
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CarolJhosson2000 — 9 years ago(July 11, 2016 05:20 PM)
Smoking and alcohol could age terribly. Since late 1950s she used look seriously bloated as in movies as in photos. I think breadth and strength of her face must have an influence along with smoking and alcohol. That sort of face could aged women.
I agree she looks like a 'very beautiful and well-preserved 40' at her wedding to Sinatra.
https://67.media.tumblr.com/998541a457c0f8a38b9c12f134803f98/tumblr_nmgdkyGJSb1ql4a37o1_500.gif
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I saw others videos of them together during their marriage, she looks like she was in her late 30s. She looks like a beautiful striking looking (but not the most) woman aged 35, if not more. She looked better in movies than in videos I saw. -
AliciaHuberman59 — 9 years ago(July 18, 2016 12:54 PM)
If you'll notice, she's very thin at the time of her wedding to Sinatra, as is Frank, himself. They were both under a great deal of pressure from the time their relationship became public, through the divorce, and then the wedding. They both liked to drink, smoke and stay out all night. I think many actresses of that time looked more mature than do the ones of today, as people of that era were, in general, more mature because they had to be (Great Depression, WWII, etc.)
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LiteraryLegend — 9 years ago(July 25, 2016 02:46 PM)
Hard drinking. Hard partying. It'll kill your looks. Poor Ava lost hers early. In her defense though, people did look older back then even when they were I their early 20's.
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TMC-4 — 9 years ago(September 06, 2016 12:48 AM)
https://twitter.com/4EvCarolinaGirl/status/772924222544941057
Ava Gardner is only 38 here but appears much older, due to her heavy drinking & smoking. #TCMParty #TheAngelWoreRed -
denis-38 — 9 years ago(October 25, 2016 11:55 PM)
I'm afraid this was not the photo to use to show Ava's wear and tear. She looks lovely, and anywhere from 35 to maybe 40. In those days, women of 38 tended to look 38. The extremely sophisticated procedures used now on girls of 20, before they have even begun to mature, were unknown.
Personally, I like older Ava. With that bone structure she never quite (to me) lost her beauty, despite her bad habits.
