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Artie Shaw (born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; May 23, 1910 [1] – December 30, 2004) [2] was an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, actor and author of both fiction and non-fiction. Widely regarded as "one of jazz's finest clarinetists", [ 3 ] Shaw led one of the United States' most popular big bands in the late 1930s through the early 1940s.
Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress. She first signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1941 and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew critics' attention in 1946 with her performance in Robert Siodmak 's film noir The Killers .
Ten days later, she became the sixth wife of the big-band leader and clarinetist Artie Shaw, despite the fact that two years previously Shaw had castigated his then-wife, Ava Gardner, for reading such a "trashy novel" as Forever Amber. [1] [4] The marriage to Shaw ended in 1948, and Winsor soon married her divorce attorney, Arnold Krakower ...
A revised edition of 'Sinatra: Behind the Legend' by celebrity biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli paints a harrowing picture of Sinatra's love affair with screen siren Ava Gardner — one that ...
In February 1940, Turner garnered significant publicity when she eloped to Las Vegas with 28-year-old bandleader Artie Shaw, her co-star in Dancing Co-Ed. [65] [66] Though they had only briefly known each other, Turner recalled being "stirred by his eloquence", and after their first date, the two spontaneously decided to get married. [67]
Later, she married and divorced director Charles Vidor (1943–1945), actor/director John Huston (23 July 1946 – February 1950), [9] [10] [11] and bandleader Artie Shaw (1957–1985). [12] Keyes said of her many love affairs: "I always took up with the man of the moment and there were many such moments."
Turner's Beverly Hills residence, where Stompanato was killed. At approximately 8:00 p.m. on April 4, eight days after the Academy Awards ceremony, Stompanato arrived at Turner's rented home at 730 North Bedford Drive in Beverly Hills, California, which she had just begun leasing a week prior.
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got: Won Tied with Joseph Feury and Milton Justice for Down and Out in America, which was also directed by a woman, Lee Grant. Despite that, Grant didn't share the award personally because, under the Academy rules at the time, only credited producers were accepted for nomination in this category.