Her leading role in 'National Velvet'
February 27, 1932 ((Hampstead, London, England, UK))
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"Success is a great deodorant. It takes away all your past smells." Elizabeth Taylor
One of the most beautiful screen legends in her era, Elizabeth Taylor won double Oscars for starring in Butterfield 8 (1960, opposite Eddie Fisher) and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966, alongside Richard Burton). The fiery movie icon gained her first fame as a child-star in National Velvet (1944, with Mickey Rooney) and later played Oscar-nominated roles in films like Raintree County (1957, opposite Montgomery Clift), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958, opposite Paul Newman) and Suddenly, Last Summer (1959, with Katharine Hepburn and Mercedes McCambridge) as well as became the first actress to earn $1,000,000 (U.S.) for starring in the lavish movie Cleopat ..[Full version] | |