Elizabeth Taylor Dies.

Entertainment Weekly ^ | March 23, 2011 | by EW staff

[Young Werther]

Elizabeth Taylor, the Hollywood icon who was as famous for her eight marriages as she was for her 54 movies and two Oscars, died this morning of congestive heart failure at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Hospital,

[antiRepublicrat]

Comparing her to actress' today is a waste of time.

Dame Judy Dench and Kathy Bates. There are women remaining who carry on the great acting, arguably better than Taylor. Dench is an especially class act, and was married to the same man for 30 years until his death.

[Jack Hammer]

R.I.P. Watching her life on screen and off was always entertaining.

[La Enchiladita]

There is no woman alive or has lived that I think is that beautiful.. no one to compare to Elizabeth Taylor..

No one!! Comparisons are foolish and in vain!! Elizabeth was the stuff of legends and mythology.

[PLD]

Amen!

[NEWwoman]

Thanks to the silver screen, she will live on.

[Hildy]

Yes.

[patriot08]

THE END OF AN ERA

Elizabeth Taylor

Legendary movie star, businesswoman and humanitarian.

In a career spanning more than 70 years and 50 films, her talent endured the test of time and transcended generations of moviegoers. She truly was an American icon, whose legacy went far beyond her acting skills, for she leaves a monumental legacy that has improved and extended millions of lives and will enrich countless more for generations to come through her work for aids and other charitites.

There will never be another star who will come close to her luminosity and generosity. We will never see the likes of her again. She is singular and indelible on film and in our hearts.

Elizabeth Taylor is considered one of the last, if not the last major star, to have come out of the old Hollywood studio system. And not just any studio, the top of the heap: MGM. Her early movies, as a child in the early 1940s, starred such Hollywood luminaries as Orson Welles and Spencer Tracy. She quickly grew up, however, and by 1950 was, if not starring in, assuming major responsibilities for the success of motion pictures she appeared in. Then with major roles onscreen, came worldwide attention off-screen, most notably due to a succession of famous and/or rich husbands and a series of health crises throughout her life. To put it simply, Elizabeth Taylor has lived a life far more exciting and dramatic than any movie she's ever appeared in and probably most any other movie you could name. She's known internationally for her beauty, especially for those violet eyes, with which she captured audiences early on in her youth and has kept the world hooked on ever since. She's won the Oscar twice and she's earned her place in and out of the sun.

[jazzo]

The women you mention are mainly supporting actress; and are excellent, however they will never be in the class of the “Cleopatra” era Taylor. The are fine and talented actress’. Elizabeth Taylor was a ‘Movie Star’, there are few left that can compare. The only living actress I can think of that fits in that category is Maureen O’Hara.

[Tammy8]

Isn’t it amazing when things like that happen? My mother was a firm believer that things happened for a reason and when things like that happen it convinces you that it is so. Also gives credit to another belief of my mother’s that there is a time for everyone to go and if it is not your time it is not your time, the Lord has a plan for you here.

[antiRepublicrat]

Big difference between “movie star” and “actress.” It’s quite possible to be a movie star even with little acting ability, as is often seen today.

[katiedidit1]

Nicole Kidman is also a beauty and a good actress. Along with Catherine Zeta Jones ..one of the few in Hollywood today that are truly glamorous.