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AS SHE PLAYS A HOLLYWOOD LEGEND ELIZABETH McGOVERN ON WHY SHE HAS SO MUCH IN COMMON WITH SCREEN GODDESS AVA GARDNER

Elizabeth McGovern exudes glamour as she swaps her Downton Abbey gowns for slinky silk negligées to play Hollywood legend Ava Gardner

In her short dark wig and with a slick of red lipstick, the US actress bears an uncanny resemblance to the silver-screen goddess she portrays in her new play Ava: The Secret Conversations, which she adapted from a biography of the star. But, she tells hello! in this exclusive interview, the two women have more in common.

“We both experienced Hollywood at a young

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