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Elizabeth Taylor, RIP
Twitter breaking news | 3/23/11 | self

Posted on 03/23/2011 6:13:11 AM PDT by Keith in Iowa

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To: Mila

I believe Liza Burton was adopted by Elizabeth and Richard Burton.


221 posted on 03/23/2011 12:03:50 PM PDT by Captain Jack Aubrey (There's not a moment to lose.)
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To: americanophile

Elizabeth Taylor was a friend of Ronald and Nancy Reagan and really liked RR.


222 posted on 03/23/2011 12:05:47 PM PDT by Captain Jack Aubrey (There's not a moment to lose.)
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To: Captain Jack Aubrey

“I believe Liza Burton was adopted by Elizabeth and Richard Burton.”

Your thinking of Maria Burton-

In this timeline, August 6, 1957 it says,

“Aug. 6, 1957
Gives birth to daughter Elizabeth Frances Todd.”

http://www.twoop.com/people/elizabeth_taylor.html

Under 1964 it says,

1964
She and Fisher begin the process of adopting a daughter, Maria.

March 15, 1964
Marries Richard Burton.

1964
After Taylor marries Burton, Maria is adopted by Burton and takes his last name.


It can get a bit confusing:)


223 posted on 03/23/2011 12:22:19 PM PDT by Mila
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To: Keith in Iowa

Not a movie fan, but RIP Liz.


224 posted on 03/23/2011 12:28:43 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (TX and MI - When the going gets tough, the dims run and hide.)
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To: Keith in Iowa
What a Babe and a Half. When I was a kid in the 1960’s, with the exception of “Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf, my brother and I never missed a Richard Burton or Elizabeth Taylor movie. She was an Icon from an age when being and International Movie Star really meant something and what talent.
I guess the only two actresses left alive from the old golden age are Olivia de Haviland and her sister Joan Fontaine.
225 posted on 03/23/2011 12:33:05 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood (.)
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To: dfwgator

Well at least Michael was a talented guy once, Liza however, I truly believe if fate had dealt her a different mother we wouldn’t even know who she is.


226 posted on 03/23/2011 12:36:03 PM PDT by redk
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To: w1andsodidwe
My favorite movie of hers and Burton's is probably "The Taming of the Shrew".

Mine Too!

If anyone reading this thread has not seen that movie, find it somewhere and view one of the best Shakesperean plays ever filmed!

Words cannot convey how great a movie this is.

Elizabeth Taylor, you are one for the ages.

227 posted on 03/23/2011 12:36:09 PM PDT by happygrl
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To: kalee

Nope, real people.

Although come to think of it the adjective ‘real’ might be a stretch....


228 posted on 03/23/2011 12:38:03 PM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 790 of our national holiday from reality. - It's 3 AM, where is the 'president'?)
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To: null and void

They look like they are wearing masks or are wax. Sad.


229 posted on 03/23/2011 12:40:42 PM PDT by kalee (The offences we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
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To: miss marmelstein

[If you’re around tonight and have TCM, watch Paul Newman’s mini-documentary on Taylor]

When is it on?


230 posted on 03/23/2011 12:51:15 PM PDT by KansasGirl
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To: Keith in Iowa

The eyecolor isn’t right on either of these closeups. She had “violet” eyes: dark, dark blue that looked to be that color, anyway.
On our local radio, the host is talking about how she was the last of the “real” movie stars. Callers are supposed to come up with the name of a current actress who is in the same class as ET. FAIL!


231 posted on 03/23/2011 12:53:48 PM PDT by Mountain Mary (Hey Fleebaggers: You might not recall your jobs, so we will!)
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To: Keith in Iowa

She was a stunningly beautiful woman and a fine actress. I understand she was very kind and warm. My take is that she was also a little kooky, but......that’s Hollywood!

May she rest in peace, and may God comfort her loved ones.


232 posted on 03/23/2011 12:54:45 PM PDT by ratsreek
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To: KansasGirl

Here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyHa4NSmTkk


233 posted on 03/23/2011 12:55:56 PM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: Mountain Mary

Correction: ScottinVA got the pic with the right eye color in post #40


234 posted on 03/23/2011 12:56:30 PM PDT by Mountain Mary (Hey Fleebaggers: You might not recall your jobs, so we will!)
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To: miss marmelstein

She was brilliant in that movie. So was Burton.


235 posted on 03/23/2011 12:57:26 PM PDT by ratsreek
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To: Captain Peter Blood

I guess the only two actresses left alive from the old golden age are Olivia de Haviland and her sister Joan Fontaine.
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Let’s not forget our beloved icons like Doris Day and Debbie Reynolds


236 posted on 03/23/2011 12:59:07 PM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: patriot08

Very True. A dwindling number to be sure.


237 posted on 03/23/2011 1:04:51 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood (.)
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To: Daisyjane69

I do believe Sophia Loren is the most beautiful, elegant woman I have ever seen. But Liz Taylor was a also a stunning beauty, no question.


238 posted on 03/23/2011 1:04:54 PM PDT by ratsreek
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To: KansasGirl

Sorry, I don’t have the schedule with me. I’m sure they’ll run it. It’s only about 15 minutes long.


239 posted on 03/23/2011 1:05:16 PM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: Bean Counter

You lend a whole new air of trash to the term “tacky”.

If you can’t say something nice, STFU.


240 posted on 03/23/2011 1:07:57 PM PDT by ratsreek
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