Elizabeth McGovern, the American actress best known for playing Lady Cora in the British TV and movie franchise “Downton Abbey,” will star in a show headed to Chicago that is based series of real-life ...

Known for her work in the ‘Downton Abbey’ series and movie adaptations, McGovern based this play on the book ‘Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations,’ culled from interviews conducted by a British ...

NEW YORK — For all of Elizabeth McGovern's acting career, someone else wrote her lines. Now it's her turn. The “Downton Abbey” star pivots from British aristocracy to classic Hollywood royalty this ...

The Golden Age of Cinema’s Ava Gardner sat for a series of real-life interviews with writer Peter Evans in an attempt to glean the juicy details about her life story, her marriages to Mickey Rooney, ...

Many viewers are familiar with Elizabeth McGovern from her performance as Lady Cora Crawley in Downton Abbey—both the television show and its movie spin-offs, the last of which debuts this September.

McGovern also wrote the play, and talked about this passion project. Gardner was in her 60s and broke, when she asked writer Peter Evans to tell her story to get some cash. And there was a lot to tell ...

Fans of Elizabeth McGovern who find their way to the Studebaker Theater merely out of a desire to see a star of the TV and movie franchise “Downton Abbey,” live and in person in Chicago, likely will ...

The production is directed by Tony nominee Moritz von Stuelpnagel, whose Broadway work includes “Hand to God” and “Present Laughter.” It is produced by Karl Sydow. The show will also feature Aaron ...

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