Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner were married from 1951 until 1957. (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP via Getty Images) Oppedisano met the Hollywood sex symbol sometime in the mid-‘70s.

Ava Gardner saved Frank Sinatra’s career By the time Gardner and Sinatra wed in 1951, the “Come Fly With Me” singer’s career was on a downward spiral. MGM had terminated his contract and ...

Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra had a passionate and volatile relationship.While they loved each other deeply, they fought viciously and often. While they divorced in 1957, Gardner knew for a time ...

Old Blue Eyes himself, Frank Sinatra, once purchased this stylish Midnight Blue 1957 Dual-Ghia Convertible for his wife, Ava Gardner. Wonderfully well preserved, this celebrity-owned classic car ...

Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner circa 1953. Silver Screen Collection/Getty. Their affair lasted a few years, as Sinatra’s wife Nancy did not want to grant the "Fly Me To the Moon" singer a divorce.

Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner wed in 1951 after their secret love affair was put on display by paparazzi. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) Image 2 of 2. prev ...

Frank Sinatra and his bride Ava Gardner pose for a wedding picture following their marriage last night at Germantown, PA. Bettmann Sinatra and Gardner began their love affair in 1951 under a storm ...

Leonardo DiCarpio and Jennifer Lawrence, right, are reportedly being eyed to play Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner, left, in a biopic about the famous crooner. (Getty Images file photos) Getty Images.

A highway marker for Smithfield’s Ava Gardner was unveiled following a Frank Sinatra Jr. concert in Durham. Ava Gardner Museum director Deanna Brandenberger did the unveiling.

Here’s everything we know so far about Martin Scorsese’s upcoming Frank Sinatra biopic, reportedly starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Sinatra and Jennifer Lawrence as Ava Gardner.

Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner cut their wedding cake on Nov. 7, 1951. Ava Lavinia Gardner was born on Dec. 24, 1922, and raised in North Carolina and Virginia to a working-class family.