A barefoot contessa, a screwed-up princess, an exquisite drunk, a bawdy aristocrat, a nightmare for puritanical America and the moguls of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Ava Gardner never stopped loving those she loved. She turned women green and made men sweat. And rejected with all her force the bulwark of normality.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Ava GardnerSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Frank SinatraSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Mickey RooneySelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Artie ShawSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Ernest HemingwaySelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 John HustonSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Nicole CalfanSelf | Self |
| MMIchael GaradySelf | Self |