Starring in such epic films as "Cleopatra," "Cat on A Hot Tin Roof" and "Whose Afraid of Virginia Wolf?," Taylor was an enchantress whose mysteriously colored eyes (LA time referred to them as violet colored, but they appeared to be a silvery blue) contributed to her sex symbol status.
Although she became reclusive in recent years after waning health, in terms of her style and demeanor, English-born Taylor personified old Hollywood until the end. When she was more active she demonstrated to new Hollywood what being a super star looked like, always poised and dressed up in public. Elizabeth Taylor, dead at the age of 79.