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 Elizabeth Taylor: 1932-2011Posted on Mar 23, 2011
She was a bona fide movie star by age 12, thanks to a horsey little number called “National Velvet,” but it’s safe to say that Elizabeth Taylor was able to avoid the curse of the child actor, given the countless memorable screen moments she produced over the next 50 years in films such as “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” “Butterfield 8,” “Cleopatra” and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” to name just a few. (And did you know she was once the voice of Maggie Simpson?) On Wednesday morning, the violet-eyed grande dame of old Hollywood died of congestive heart failure, leaving a colorful legacy both on- and offscreen—and, more important, a noteworthy contribution in the fight against AIDS as one of the first public figures of her stature to call attention to the growing global epidemic. CNN had more on this last point following news of her passing. —KA
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By rollzone, March 25, 2011 at 10:23 pm Link to this comment
hello. thank you, Ms. Elizabeth, for giving my mother
Report thisthe aspirations of being the genuine female classic
characteristics which you embodied so beautifully. you
painted a wholeness into her world so noticeably vacant
today. RIP
By John Poole, March 25, 2011 at 3:24 pm Link to this comment
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Are people truly being honest when they declare her an actress? She was not
Report thisconvincing to me in WHO’S AFRAID…. I saw the original Broadway production and
know what can be done with the role. She just seemed stiff in many movies. I
think the fact that she is a gay icon does explain much about her “style”. I doubt
there’d be many posters or busts of Madame Curie in Hollywood gay bars. Since
she does fit so well into the gay icon gallery she is a curiosity. We know the
current gay icons and we also know those who aren’t. A study should be made
and conclusions at least attempted as to what “feminine” characteristics are
deemed notable and worthy of emulation and why other female traits and
accomplishments are dismissed as mundane and perhaps not “glamorous”
enough. A list would be quite long.
By Leefeller, March 24, 2011 at 10:07 pm Link to this comment
I hear the ass hole church that protests at military funerals is going to protest at Taylors, guess they need the publicity, .....maybe they will show up at mine, .....I need the publicity!
Report thisBy Maani, March 24, 2011 at 7:42 pm Link to this comment
I agree. Almost one of a kind. And she never rested on her laurels: she remained busy with doing good work once she left Hollywood.
I can’t think of any remaining Hollywood legends, either male or female. The two who come closest (but are not in Taylor’s category) are Lauren Bacall and Robert Redford.
Peace.
Report thisBy Blackspeare, March 24, 2011 at 5:22 pm Link to this comment
She was virtually the last of the true Hollywood “Star.” Her long career before cable TV and the Internet when the movies was it combined with her notoriety assured her lasting fame. And becoming the spokesperson for AIDS made her one of a kind——RIP Ms. Taylor.
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