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Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama. 1967. The Taming of the Shrew. Katharina. Also producer (uncredited) David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actress (tied with Julie Christie for Doctor Zhivago) Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
YearTitleRole1942Gloria Twine1943Priscilla1943Helen Burns1944Betsy Kenney at age 10Father's Little Dividend (1951) Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance. Shortly after coming to terms with his daughter's marriage, a father faces the prospect of becoming a grandfather. Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor, Don Taylor. Votes: 4,297 | Gross: $6.81M.
In her later years, her acting career was relegated to the occasional TV-movie or TV guest appearance. Elizabeth Taylor died on March 23, 2011 in Los Angeles, from congestive heart failure. Her final resting place is Forest Lawn Memorial Park, in Glendale, California. Born February 27, 1932.
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- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives. 326 votes. Boasting Elizabeth Taylor's mesmerizing performance, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is an adaptation of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play that delves into the complexities of family dynamics and human desires.
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal. 314 votes. A daring exploration of marital discord in the 1960s, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- A Place in the Sun. Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters. 274 votes. Considered one of Elizabeth Taylor's early masterpieces, A Place in the Sun pairs her with Montgomery Clift in this tragic adaptation of Theodore Dreiser’s novel An American Tragedy.
- Giant. Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean. 272 votes. An epic drama spanning decades and featuring an all-star cast led by Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Dean – Giant tells the story of Texas cattle rancher Bick Benedict (Hudson) who marries Leslie Lynnton (Taylor), an East Coast socialite.
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- Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? Undoubtedly, Elizabeth Taylor's best film is 1966's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Adapted from the play of the same name by Edward Albee, the movie follows Richard Burton's college professor and his drunken wife Elizabeth Taylor as they spend a tense evening with another younger couple.
- Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. The first of Tennessee Williams' plays that Elizabeth Taylor brought to life was Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. The 1958 film follows the strained marriage between Brick and Maggie, played by Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor respectively, as they visit Brick's dysfunctional family in Mississippi for his father's 65th birthday.
- BUtterfield 8. The movie which earned Elizabeth Taylor her first Academy Award in a leading role was 1960's BUtterfield 8. In it, Taylor plays a high-class prostitute that enters into a dangerous love affair with a married man, played by Laurence Harvey.
- A Place In The Sun. One of Elizabeth Taylor's first adult roles came in 1951 with A Place in the Sun. Based on a book entitled "An American Tragedy," and a real-life 1906 murder, the film follows Montgomery Clift's George Eastman as he begins working for his rich uncle and becomes entangled with an innocent factory worker and Elizabeth Taylor's rich socialite, Angela Vickers.
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Nov 3, 2023 · The 10 Best Elizabeth Taylor Movies, Ranked. By David Caballero Updated Nov 3, 2023. When you think of Hollywood stars, you think, "Liz Taylor." Image by Federico Napoli ...
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) Approved | 114 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller. A surgeon is assigned the case of a young woman whose aunt wants her lobotomized to cover up a family secret. Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift, Albert Dekker.
