lizabeth Taylor, a voluptuous violet-eyed actress who lived a life of luster and anguish and spent more than six decades as one of the world's most visible women for her two Academy Awards, eight marriages, ravaging illnesses and work in AIDS philanthropy, died Wednesday at age 79. She had been hospitalized six weeks ago for congestive heart failure, according to a statement issued by her publicist, and died surrounded by family members at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. Ms. Taylor’s life offered a mesmerizing series of sagas to rival any movie plot, and they were chronicled by the media since her boost to fame as the enchanting 12-year-old star of “National Velvet” (1944). By her mid-20s, she had been a screen goddess, teenage bride, mother, divorcee and widow. She endured near-death traumas, and many declared her a symbol of survival — with which she agreed. “I've been through it all, baby,” she once said. “I'm Mother Courage.” Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local...dies-at-age-79/2010/09/21/ABPFCYIB_story.html
One of my all time favorite films is Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966). In it, Elizabeth Taylor was outstanding. Truly one of the best female performances of all time. She hadn't done anything for a while but her legacy as one of the last great movie stars will go on.
