Elizabeth Taylor, aged 79, and winner of two Oscars has died.
She was one of the most beautiful actresses to grace the screen and had a tempestuous off-screen life as well.
She will be missed.
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Elizabeth Taylor, aged 79, and winner of two Oscars has died.
She was one of the most beautiful actresses to grace the screen and had a tempestuous off-screen life as well.
She will be missed.
Fairly shocking despite her age. She seemed almost timeless at this point. She really was one of the great beauties of all time.
I was just coming here to post this. Thinking about her really highlights the lack of glamour in Hollywood these days.
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OK, seriously, maybe Kate Beckinsale & Jennifer Connelly?
Maybe a bit, Jim, but come on, no one these days comes close to this
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Myrnalene must be crying her ass off right now.
We're all gonna watch Cleopatra next time we're hungover.
She was certainly an icon, though never quite my cup of tea in the acting department.
Not a lot of those Old Hollywood types left these days.
I hadn't realized until today that three of her four children are older than my mother. It's strange to think about someone old enough to be my grandmother doing all the things she did, like being one of the first celebrities to advocate for victims of HIV/AIDS.
RIP Liz.
There are very few A-list actors left from the Studio Days.
Here is a handy list of the Grand Old Stars of the studio days.
Ingrid Bergman - Died: August 29, 1982 (aged 67) in London, England
Humphrey Bogart - Died: January 14, 1957 in San Francisco, California
Charles Boyer - Died: 26 August 1978
Gary Cooper - Died: May 13, 1961
Linda Darnell - Died: April 10, 1965
Marlene Dietrich - Died: May 6, 1992 in Paris
Errol Flynn - Died: 14 October 1959
Clark Gable - Died: November 16, 1960 Los Angeles, California, USA
Greta Garbo - Died: April 15, 1990 (aged 84) in New York City, New York
Ava Gardner - Died: January 25, 1990
Paulette Goddard - Died: April 23, 1990
Cary Grant - Died: November 29, 1986
Jean Harlow - Died: June 7, 1937
Rita Hayworth – Died: May 14, 1987
Audrey Hepburn - Died: January 20, 1993, (aged 63) in Tolochenaz, Switzerland
Kate Hepburn - Died: June 29, 2003, (aged 96) in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA
Grace Kelly - Died: September 14, 1982, age 52 in Monte Carlo, Monaco
Hedy Lamarr - Died: January 19, 2000
Vivien Leigh - Died: 7 July 1967
Carole Lombard - Died: August 3, 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Ida Lupino - Died: 3 August 1995
Marilyn Monroe - Died: August 5, 1962 (aged 36)
Maureen O'Hara – The last of the great stars?*
Laurence Olivier - Died: 11 July 1989 (aged 82)
Gregory Peck - Died: June 12, 2003
Barbara Stanwyck - Died: January 20, 1990
Jimmy Stewart - Died: July 2, 1997
Elizabeth Taylor - Died: Today
Gene Tierney - Died: November 6, 1991
William Powell - Died: March 5, 1984
Myrna Loy - Died: December 14, 1993
John Wayne – Died: June 11, 1979
Gene Kelly – Died: February 2, 1996
Fred Astair – Died: June 22, 1987
Judy Garland – Died: June 22, 1969
Robinson, Edward G. 01/26/1973
Rogers, Ginger 04/25/1995
Cyd Charisse 06/17/2008
Henry Fonda 08/12/1982
* Still Alive after all these years:
Mickey Rooney (born September 23, 1920)
Shirley Temple (born April 23, 1928)
Olivia de Havilland 94 born 07/01/1916
Joan Fontaine 92 born 10/22/1917
Luise Rainer 101 01/12/1910
Esther Williams 89 08/08/1921
Nanette Fabray 90 10/27/1920 Entertainment
Eva Marie Saint 86 07/04/1924
Yeah, Old Hollywood is really slipping away...the next generation won't really know about any of these stars.
She was definitely a Great Movie Star, and a beautiful woman, but I never cared for her much as an actress.
I remember Jimmy Carter telling a story about how, not that long before he became President, he was seated next to her at a dinner party and was simply stunned by her beauty. She talked to him at some length and then asked him a question, and he said, "I'm sorry, Miss Taylor, but I don't think I heard a word you just said...."
Her charitable work is very much to her credit. May she rest in peace.