Elizabeth Taylor: England's Other Elizabeth
Profile of the British-born actress who went on to become one of Hollywood's most enduring stars and whose love affair with Richard Burton captured the public's imagination.
Profile drawn from Elizabeth Taylor's visit to Britain in 2000, during which she received her damehood from the Queen. Hollywood's last great star talks for the first time in years about her career, her life and the challenges of the future.
From her early days as a child star in Lassie Come Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ and National Velvet to becoming the century's biggest star of all - in Cleopatra - her life, her loves and her work have all been lived to an intensity no other star can match.
Joined by Shirley MacLaine, Rod Steiger and Angela Lansbury, Taylor remembers the glory days of working with Richard Burton, Montgomery Clift, Rock Hudson, James Dean and Paul Newman. Plus how filming never stopped regardless of what life threw at her, the pain and pleasure of two Oscars - one for a film she can hardly bear to remember - and, not least, the feelings she has for Britain, where she was born and how it was her English accent that launched her on the way to stardom at the very beginning.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Director | Chris Bould |
| Series Editor | Basil Comely |
Broadcasts
Fri 26 May 2000 21:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One London- Thu 31 Mar 2011 22:30
- Sun 23 Dec 2012 22:55
- Tue 12 Mar 2013 00:00
- Sun 21 Jul 2013 21:10
- Mon 22 Jul 2013 02:05
- Mon 22 Jul 2013 22:55
- Tue 7 Oct 2014 21:00
Sat 17 Apr 2021 23:35Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two HD, England, Wales, Wales HD, Northern Ireland & 1 more only- Thu 3 Oct 2024 20:00
- Fri 4 Oct 2024 02:25