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3 days ago · Five films in which she starred – Lassie Come Home, National Velvet, A Place in the Sun, Giant, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – have been preserved in the National Film Registry, and the American Film Institute has named her the seventh greatest female screen legend of classical Hollywood cinema.
May 18, 2024 · National Velvet. This classic family film made a star of 12-year-old Elizabeth Taylor in the title role as spunky Velvet Brown, a girl who's determined to enter her horse, Pie, in the Grand National Steeplechase. Critic Pauline Kael called it "One of the most likeable movies of all time."
- Clarence Brown
May 16, 2024 · Early days at MGM in 1942 are detailed including her story about desperately wanting the role in 1945’s National Velvet.
May 24, 2024 · In 1942 Taylor made her first film, There’s One Born Every Minute. Though she was soon dropped by Universal, MGM Studios signed her to a contract and cast her in Lassie Come Home (1943). That was followed by a star-making performance in National Velvet (1944) as a young woman who rescues a horse and trains it to race.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- American actress Elizabeth Taylor was born on February 27, 1932, in London, England.
- Elizabeth Taylor won two Academy Awards, one for her performance as a conflicted New York call girl in Butterfield 8 (1960) and the second for her...
- Elizabeth Taylor was awarded the French Legion of Honour in 1987.
- Elizabeth Taylor and Welsh actor Richard Burton were married twice (1964–1974, 1975–1976), both unions ending in divorce. Burton made 11 films with...
Jun 1, 2024 · A true testament to Elizabeth Taylor's early acting prowess, National Velvet tells the inspiring story of Velvet Brown (Taylor) who dreams of racing her horse in England’s prestigious Grand National race. With Mickey Rooney playing a jockey who helps train her horse – this film captures Taylor’s wide-eyed innocence with captivating screen ...
May 17, 2024 · May 17 - National Velvet (1944), 125 minutes, directed by Clarence Brown, starring Mickey Rooney and Elizabeth Taylor. There is a special pleasure in watching a star-making performance many years later.
6 days ago · National Velvet. Elizabeth Taylor gained widespread recognition for her role as Velvet Brown in the 1944 film “National Velvet”, solidifying her as a child star.
