Wednesday, March 23, 2011

R.I.P. Elizabeth Taylor 1932 - 2011

Legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor passed away today.

Elizabeth Taylor in "Suddenly, Last Summer"

Her films included: National Velvet, Father of the Bride, Giant, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Suddenly Last Summer, Butterfield 8, Cleopatra & Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? She was nominated for 5 Academy Awards, winning twice (Butterfield 8 & Who's Afraid...)
After her acting heyday, she became active in AIDS charities, helping to start the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) and her own AIDS foundation, the Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation.

Elizabeth Taylor in Butterfield 8

You can toast her memory in NYC at a place named for the titular telephone exchange for one of her famous films, BUtterfield 8. (BU8 = 288, an upper east side exchange). In memory of Elizabeth Taylor, Butterfield 8 will be serving $8 Cosmos all night tonight.
at:
Butterfield 8
5 E. 38th St.
(bet. 5th & Madison Ave.)
New York, NY
(212) 679-0646
Butterfield8NYC.com


Links:
Elizabeth Taylor (wikipedia)
Elizabeth Taylor obituary (NY Times)

Here is a video tribute to Elizabeth Taylor we found on youtube: (hat tip to tributemaker)



and here's another one by Luvinthe60s:

1 comment:

Prasad said...

Now in these days we cant find like this Actress.She was such a great Actress.What a beauty she was.