Elizabeth Taylor’s Movies

Elizabeth Taylor’s Movies

In her 79 years, violet-eyed, English-born actress Elizabeth Taylor used her international fame for philanthropic causes; she acted in numerous movies, in television dramas and on the Broadway stage; she built a fragrance business; and, she married several times. As the world mourns her, we take a look back at the movies she made during her storied career. 

‘There’s One Born Every Minute’

 Year: 1942

Directed by: Harold Young
Co-stars: Hugh Herbert, Peggy Moran, Tom Brown 

‘National Velvet’

 Year: 1944

Directed by: Clarence Brown
Co-stars: Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Angela Lansbury 

‘Life with Father’

 Year: 1947

Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Co-stars: William Powell, Irene Dunne, James Lydon 

‘Little Women’

 Year: 1949

Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy
Co-stars: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O’Brien 

‘Father of the Bride’

 Year: 1950

Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Co-stars: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Billie Burke 

‘Giant’

 Year: 1956

Directed by: George Stevens
Co-stars: Rock Hudson, James Dean, Mercedes McCambridge 

‘Raintree County’

 Year: 1957

Directed by: Edward Dmytryk
Co-stars: Montgomery Clift, Eva Marie Saint, Lee Marvin 

‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’

 Year: 1958

Directed by: Richard Brooks
Co-stars: Burl Ives, Paul Newman, Jack Carson 

‘Suddenly Last Summer’

 Year: 1959

Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Co-stars: Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift, Mercedes McCambridge 

‘Butterfield 8’

 Year: 1960

Directed by: Daniel Mann
Co-stars: Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher, Susan Oliver Award-winning role 

‘Cleopatra’

 Year: 1963

Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Co-stars:  Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Hume Cronyn 

‘The Sandpiper’

 Year: 1965

Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Co-stars: Richard Burton, Morgan Mason, Eva Maria Saint 

‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’

 Year: 1966

Directed by: Mike Nichols
Co-stars: Richard Burton, George Segal, Sandy Dennis Award-winning role 

‘The Taming of the Shrew’

 Year: 1967

Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli
Co-stars: Richard Burton, Natasha Pyne, Michael Hordern 

‘The Flintstones’

Year: 1994

Directed by: Brian Levant

Co-stars: John Goodman, Rick Moranis, Rosie O’Donnell, Elizabeth Perkins