Elizabeth Taylor winning Best Actress for "Butterfield 8"

Elizabeth Taylor winning the Best Actress Oscar® for her performance in "Butterfield 8" - 33rd Annual Academy Awards® in 1961. Presented by Yul Brynner (with Bob Hope).

[@crocodile1313]

I met Elizabeth Taylor during an event at my job in 1991. I was not looking forward to the encounter because I had heard that she was "stuffy, aloof and arrogant". Boy were they wrong! She was as polite and nice to the little people (me) as she was to the people in her close entourage. Rest in peace Ms. Taylor.

[@gatewayski1]

+ginger2010 Yes, ....and it is the best fruit on the tree that the birds pick at!

[@luisa.gonzalez4859]

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[@MrSebboxxx]

Hallo little people :-)

[@AB-bt9eb]

Interesting. I've always heard/read that Elizabeth was extremely warm and maternal in person.

[@MikeysGayToday]

That is lovely to hear. I always heard she was a lot of fun to be around and a great sense of humor

[@georgevasiliou4950]

back in the day when the applause lasted longer than the speech

[@sams517]

george vasiliou Daniel day Lewis says hi

[@maferreyes7649]

She was recovering from a tracheotomy. So... thats why it was short. (Also probably why she won, the Academy hated her and had been snubbing her for years, for much better films)

[@vladodimovski6476]

@Daniel S M

[@GG1Productions]

Greer Garson gave a five minute speech 13 years before this one

[@borisgariod2636]

@@maferreyes7649 yes I think she had to win it for "suddenly last summer" and may be "cat on a hot tin roof" too

[@addabboo]

She was nominated for best actress in a leading role in 1957, 1958, 1959 and won in 1960 for a good performance, her previous in Cat on a hot tin roof and suddenly last summer were amazing and much more deserving. Even elizabeth reconizned that. If there was ever a doubt from the critics about her acting habilities, they vanished after she won the Oscar for Who's afraid of Virginia wolf, one of the best performances ever, from an actress.

[@claytonmagee5368]

Those performances & films were indeed better. Liz herself thought the film was trash. But her disgust with the part must have somehow imbued the character because, damn...she still gave a GREAT performance! One that almost redeemed the picture. Almost.

[@BleedBNG]

I agree. She should have won for either Cat or Suddenly.

[@angelacarleton9575]

I would have loved for her to have gotten an Oscar for "The Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" which was one of my favorite films for me. Worse, yet since she was in the middle of filiming this film "Mike Todd" had recently died but her acting was phenominal!

[@kumuluskld]

She herself thought her Oscar for this was more of a sympathy win since she had gotten sepsis & almost lost her leg. But imo this performance was not undeserving. She was great

[@lawrencecollins3190]

Loved her all-time favorite 😍 👍🏿

[@mrearly4077]

The fact that she won this Oscar but hated the movie and didn’t want to play that part is phenomenal. Shows she had skills to play a role she felt uncomfortable with. Love Her

[@theexmann]

True. I believe she also agreed to be in the movie only if they gave Eddie Fisher a role in it too.

[@yvonneplant9434]

​@@theexmann She was kinda forced into it because MGM wanted her to. It was her final contract obligation. But yes wanting Fisher in it too.

[@Ryker150]

Which role

[@johnbeebe7568]

She almost died , that's why she won. Years later, even she said she thought it was a sympathy Oscar. She also said Shirley MacLaine should have won that year.

[@Ryker150]

@@johnbeebe7568 Why she almost died?

[@siddharthnaagar7028]

Her walk towards the podium deserved an Oscar itself

[@shaunwakefield9793]

She had broken her

[@shaunwakefield9793]

Ankle I believe

[@tanyasimon595]

Oh, the drama!

[@mehmetokay7073]

So does does the look on her face before Yul Brynner's announcement.

[@kumuluskld]

Her leg was bandaged. She had gotten a sepsis infection from an IV & almost lost her leg. Just saw it on TCM

[@Zva26]

Six years later, she won another Oscar for her searing performance as Martha in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" "Butterfield 8 was her fourth consecutive Oscar nomination and it was time.

[@Vela21]

You could tell everyone in that room was happy for her! She had been passed over for such iconic roles and finally won for a role which played her against type! Such a beauty and what an actress! Who cares about her personal life. She was a movie star! Love you LIZ!

[@notnek202]

It’s kind of sad she won for the film she hates the most of all of her movies. She called it garbage !!!!

[@Ryker150]

What do you mean against type ?

[@track1949]

Also this was right after her near fatal bout of pneumonia the month before.

[@yvonneplant9434]

Well, yes. But this was about a month after her near death experience. It made front page news for about a week.

[@finallyfoundestiny]

Why couldn’t I have been born during that time? Imagine meeting Yul Brynner, Elizabeth Taylor, and all the other iconic stars... too bad there’s not a time machine

[@johnnybeanz1296]

In some way KZbin is a time machine.

[@akrenwinkle]

@@johnnybeanz1296 In some way? In EVERY way! That's why I love it.

[@janiscinco8183]

The famous pharaoh

[@yvonneplant9434]

I hear you. 🎉

[@DeepakMohanty]

The reason for this very short speech of Elizabeth Taylor was that she was seriously ill with pneumonia - and having had a tracheotomy - she only came to attend the Oscar ceremony. But soon after her acceptance of the award, she went to the toilet and fainted.

[@Walterwhiterocks]

Thanks for that information, Deepak. I knew something was wrong since ordinarily the award winner's escort would not usher the star to the stage.

[@Greenr0]

Did she walk kind of funny? It looks like she was dragging one of her feet.

[@DragonHeir92]

@@Greenr0 She was hospitalized during the shooting of Cleopatra, and came back the US for recovery in a wheelchair. She further said she believed this Oscar was a sympathy award for her near-death illness, as she thought Butterfield 8 was "a piece of garbage".

[@ronaldcrenfro4637]

@@DragonHeir92 BECAUSE OF HER ROLE But they made her do it....

[@destineydevereux4722]

You can the tracheotomy scar 💋

[@kerstindahlqvist9641]

She should have won for Cat on a hot roof or Raintree County

[@jennifersman7990]

Kerstin Dahlqvist Not for Raintree, that was a Gone With the Wind wannabe

[@chrislong8986]

Or in Suddenly Last Summer

[@47502168]

Definitely for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

[@one2teen]

If Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf was her only Oscar that would be ok.

[@cm5575]

Yeh defintely not for Raintree County, that was a terrible film...

[@emli55]

Those were the days - short, heartfelt speeches and no oceans of tears.

[@spicnspan3797]

and what a rack

[@marisolmarinmula1855]

@@spicnspan3797 .

[@MrOwl-hk7my]

You’re right, it’s not like actors ever pulled any stunts (Joan Crawford, marlon Brando) lol. I also think the award has grown in value over the years- the longer it goes, the more legendary it is. Of course an actor nowadays would break down in tears of joy- back then, some barely even acknowledged its validity or importance (K. Hepburn)

[@gabelogan5877]

I mean she was recovering from nearly dying and had a trach so I wouldn't expect a long speech.

[@rainesages]

Incredible lady with an eternal incredible performance. The fact that she accepted that award almost immediately after an emergency tracheotomy to save her life, while recovering from a life threatening illness, and still demonstrating the utmost class and respect of the award and the academy? No wonder Elizabeth Taylor has such an iconic status even today, decades later

[@enternalmoonlight]

she's the 1st actress to ever be paid 1m for 1 role

[@Fratelliyo]

i love the way she reacts when she hears her name..she's genuinely happy :)

[@tymeratownsend5096]

I loved how Eddie walked her up on stage like a gentleman

[@jennifersman7990]

Of course he would, she gave him what amounted to a walk-on role in the film

[@cindyinnew]

She was also sick with pneumonia. She later said she would have never made it on her own

[@geupelboi]

I think the main reason why he walked her up to the stage was that she was recovering from a very serious case of pneumonia and she was still extremely delicate and weak.

[@scotnick59]

Yeah; one of the few times...

[@marcco44]

I have to say that I have never seen Elizabeth look more BEAUTIFUL than on this night. A knockout!

[@ronaldcrenfro4637]

even though she was very ill ...

[@marcco44]

@@ronaldcrenfro4637 check out the color photos of her in this dress if you can, i found on pinterest...just beautiful!!

[@cindyinnew]

Understatement of the year. She was film’s most beautiful woman. Then and now

[@rewardedmate]

The most beautiful actress ever, nobody comes close to her.

[@yellowish1966]

No she wasn't

[@dullaverage1667]

I agree with you 1000% rewarded.

[@DavidJohnson-yq4nz]

Vivian Leigh springs to mind

[@akrenwinkle]

@@DavidJohnson-yq4nz I just watched Kim Novak (again) in "Bell, Book, and Candle" and admittedly, no great actress, but for perfect, flawless beauty..."

[@shihlin1]

Don't forget the iconic Marilyn Monroe.

[@mark200457]

No one can replace this grace, this beauty - ever. Thank you Elizabeth.

[@victorcifuentes2411]

No one..liz for ever

[@lovelykiller7077]

I always love Yul Brynner's voice...

[@Chamsk]

His raspy voice is everything

[@corrinjade3973]

Same

[@mikekillagreen9432]

He was perfect in The Ten Commandments. Great performance and commanding voice.

[@yvonneplant9434]

He was Russian. I didn't know that until recently. ❤

[@waltersolley9359]

Beautiful, talented, loving and full of life. Her performance in "BUtterfield-8" transcends the material. I felt she deserved this Oscar.

[@dianabeurman364]

Walter Solley me too! Love the movie

[@soloelu]

@Dusk Hollow not at all. She didn;t deserve this particular one, and everyone knew it. Even Shirley said that she lost to a tracheotomy. She won because hollywood was terrible to her because "she destroyed a marriage" and the press went for miss taylor, but then, she got the phneumonia thing and she almost died, so, hollywood gave her the Oscar as a way to say, we're sorry for what we did to you.

[@danieliliadis]

Elu absolutely! And she said herself for decades after that the film was garbage and this was a sympathy award. I personally enjoy BUtterfield 8, it’s a glossy trashy melodrama. But no way should she have won an Oscar for it. I think she should’ve won for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof...

[@verawallace9055]

They are no longer here ,thanks for the memories Rip

[@shihlin1]

You do realize it was purely a sympathy vote bc she was at death's door during the Oscar voting period and her illness got widespread coverage by the media. Hollywood being Hollywood pushed the votes her way. Everyone was expecting Shirley Maclaine to win for "The Apartment". Liz herself would call "Butterfield 8" a piece of trash later on. She took on the role purely for the money.

[@TheJEJJO]

The most beautiful actress of all times!!!!!!!!!!

[@victorcifuentes2411]

YES....FOR EVER LIZ

[@lawrencecollins3190]

Yes indeed, natural to,,,,,,,

[@Lania99999]

Thanks for posting all these vids-real treat to see my fav legends in their heyday! I loved how her husband escorted her to the stage-love the chivalry back then even though she stepped out on him later with Burton.

[@RobertoLorenzPianist]

She had a Tracheotomy a few months before and nearly died. They just HAD to give her the Oscar that year. Anyway, BUTTERFIELD 8 (like many of her movies) lived and lives on only because of HER. She deserved this award .. if only for being Elizabeth Taylor.

[@TheChannelTV-bt8em]

+RoLorenz You know why they gave it to her and think she deserved it anyway? What hypocrisy. It's widely regarded as one of the worst choices in Oscar history and there's no doubt why.

[@gatewayski1]

She was great in this film. For others to say she only won because she had been ill is like saying Peter Finch and Heath Ledger had only won because they died. The results of the ballot speak from wise voters in the Academy.

[@fatima1009]

Maybe this award was a sympathy award. But she totally deserved it for Whose Afraid of Virginia Wolfe. I wish she'd shown up for that one.

[@MikeysGayToday]

I believe Ms. taylor actually hated Butterfield 8 and she felt she only won because she nearly died. Her best roles for me are Suddenly, Last summer and Who's afraid of Virginia Woolfe.

[@slc2466]

The movie isn't up to much, but she's good in it. I think people forget she had received the nomination before she was ill, and may have prevailed anyway, as it was her fourth nomination in a row and some may have felt it was "her time" to take the Oscar, even with the backlash she'd dealt with over the Eddie Fisher situation. It also didn't hurt that "Butterfield 8" was a huge hit.

[@mrjames9999]

she should have got an oscar for A Place in the Sun!!! her acting is just breathtaking..

[@laurastrobel718]

Loved the gown Elizabeth wore to this ceremony. Total class for a fashion icon. 🌹

[@yvonneplant9434]

It's Dior( Marc Bohan). There are some color photos of it. Very lovely. I recently read that it was found in a suitcase!!! 😮

[@laurastrobel718]

@@yvonneplant9434 I've seen color photos of Elizabeth wearing it. 🥰 It wouldn't surprise me if the gown was found in a suitcase. It probably brought about bittersweet memories that she would rather forget. 😔

[@elvisobsessor]

she's breathtaking. i love her.

[@showtuneful]

What a lady...what femininity and grace and natural beauty. There will never be another Liz Taylor. A true star, who never uttered a word in public that wasn't classy.

[@freddiemontanez8461]

I came here to the US in 1968 and Ms Elizabeth Taylor was the first actress l saw in movies.l was little and l was captivated with her beauty. She was so beautiful.

[@dullaverage1667]

The radiant Tuesday Weld and date Sal Mineo sitting just in back of Elizabeth and Eddie.

[@thewkovacs316]

tuesday was sal's beard for the night?

[@mensahcarrelle]

Good God ! Elizabeth Taylor was sooooooooooooooooo ravishing !

[@johnjohnson8812]

Absolutely one of the most beautiful women ever! And those violet eyes! WoW!

[@omaragatha]

she has to be one of the most amazing beautiful woman ever

[@marshamc]

I loooooooove 'Butterfield 8' and thought she gave a really, raw, wild performance. brilliant!

[@slc2466]

Agree- I think Taylor's work in the film is underrated due to how the Oscars played out, with the illness becoming a factor in her win, even though she was nominated before her sickness. The film may not be great, but Taylor is A-1 in it, even getting a chance to do some comedy among the heavy romantic and dramatic moments in the movie.

[@JoeCentraI]

Her voice is so elegant, I love her . Rip!

[@TheBigValley]

The eyes of the most beautiful films ever!

[@juliangarcia2010]

🤷🏻EVERYONE she was still recovering from her tracheostomy just before winning this Oscar. This was also Elizabeth Taylor’s fourth OSCAR nomination on top of the public/media criticizing her for getting together with her best friend’s husband Eddie Fisher the fact she showed up to the Oscars was extraordinary by itself. The most deserving Oscar win ever.👏👏

[@captainjay1034]

when hollywood had class

[@Endlesslove29]

Yeah but she stole Debbie's husband-the man that walked her to the podium.

[@718streets]

+phil plays not like it once did!

[@georgevasiliou4950]

+Jimmy Flanagan they were just classy greedy assholes

[@maggieholt6778]

+whitemenaresexy you can't steal someone who wants to go.

[@fannylindfors7309]

When Hollywood was even more sexist than it is now

[@allengu]

Liz was a true movie star. They don't make 'em like they used to.

[@marianocarlinivisintainer8024]

Those stars made themselves!

[@cindyinnew]

She was incredible

[@tarnsand]

You heard the overall loud gasp of the audience at Elizabeth's win. She had just been released from hospital after almost dying from a case of pneumonia and needed an emergency tracheotomy. In photos taken after show with her Oscar the scar on her throat is still clearly visible.Which is why hubby Eddie Fisher walked her up to the stage. Obviously they voted for her with compassion more than anything. With having lost 3rd husband Mike Todd 2 years earlier and press all over the world revealing her recent near death. However most including Liz later commented it was meant for Deborah Kerr. And with Yul Brynner presenting fans thought for sure she would win. I must say I don't think Elizabeth was conceited in her acting in fact she was often very critical of her work when fans thought it brilliant.

[@53snuckplum]

I actually heard something else. Years later , in a published interview, she stated Shirley MacLaine should have won for The Apartment.

[@marianocarlinivisintainer8024]

She deserved it!

[@TheRBK21283]

The Beautiful, the Ever Gorgeous, Elizabeth Taylor...

[@marilynwillett804]

The absolute epitome of beauty and glamour.

[@barbarahales4569]

A magnificent performance, by one of the most gifted actresses of her generation.

[@francismackin4681]

"you're really having a field day, aren't you" Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? just one of many amazing line reading from one of the greatest performances, male or female, in the history of cinema ... BU8 was just a warmup for Ms Taylor

[@vloggermegha7965]

such a lovely voice she had..

[@malvinderkaur541]

she deserved it those were times it was purely everything on merit, its wonderful performance, anguished proud yet vulnerable.

[@johnmamo653]

Elizabeth Taylor! Most beautiful woman in the world

[@tommymerelte4399]

Not quite, Vivien Leigh, Sophia Loren, Audrey Hepburn too many beauty and each radiate in their own way.

[@johnmamo653]

@@tommymerelte4399 put down the soy sauce!! Ha ha 😂✔️💀💀😆 ha

[@jwelch5742]

Elizabeth Taylor has great acting in Butterfield 8.

[@helgapalamara7892]

no reply

[@jwelch5742]

+INTERNETWORK How would you know? I know all about the Academy Awards because I go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Awards than anybody else. I like winners because they study, work hard, be creative and successful on their talent.

[@aintthatsomeshit2920]

Elizabeth Taylor had great acting in delivering that acceptance speech!

[@depaola63]

Yul Brenner was such a stud!

[@JSOMERSETJSOMERSET]

many of his male customers thought so too when he used to prostittute himself in Paris

[@michaelgaynor6866]

@@JSOMERSETJSOMERSET ,I know,I was one of them!

[@jolenaagapisou3803]

JSOMERSET994 JSOMERSET994 - you’re full of it!!!

[@angelacarleton9575]

Elizabeth Taylor said "this was a sympathy Oscar" when I heard about it in her interview. I knew back then that some of the Oscars were presented that way too as sympathy if they have been ill as she was during that time after the picture of Butterfield 8 was completed. Good acting by Elizabeth which to me were the best performances before the 1970s.

[@AndressaBDS]

I love Liz, but I wanted so much that Deborah had won the Oscar, and by the hands of her dear friend, Yul. It would have been lovely to see it... *-*

[@scottstewart5170]

Andressa Bitelle ]00no

[@almanook3005]

I agree! Miss Kerr had won the NYC Best Actress prize. Also, a very powerful movie columnist, Sidney Skolsky campaigned for Shirley MacLaine, and might have succeeded if Miss Taylor wasn't rushed to the hospital during the Oscar voting period; the newspapers had a field day with her bout with pneumonia.

[@siddharthnaagar7028]

She might have not deserved for Butterfield 8 but surely deserved for her dramatic walk towards the stage

[@jowaness]

LOL 1961 and I'm here in 2018! I can't imagine life then!

[@Vwjl1207]

What a beautiful woman Miss Taylor was. So classy, alluring, stunningly beautiful and so talented. A true Hollywood icon.

[@dennisleporte2327]

One of the greatest beauties I suspect.

[@brookehanley3659]

Liz looks so beautiful.

[@tulitula]

She deserved a thousand oscars if possible.

[@popazz1]

Such elegance & poise.The awards ceremony clearly meant something back then.Recalling the lyrics,"There is nothing like a dame",and there certainly wasn't anything like this Dame.R.I.P. Dame Elizabeth.

[@TheJEJJO]

I love Elizabeth Taylor!!!!!She's icon of class,fashion,beauty and glamour!!!!!!

[@dianabeurman364]

WHEN HOLLYWOOD WAS GREAT! SHE IS A LEGEND!

[@La.Tora_]

I don't really know how to express my gratitude for this and for everything, I guess all I can do is say thank you…thank you with all my heart :*

[@MrS98VAC]

"I think Shirley MacLaine should have won the Oscar that year" - Elizabeth Taylor on this win in 1993.

[@oneguycoding]

I've always thought so too, although Liz should have won in 1959 if not 1960 as well.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

Shirley got her Oscar a few years later for "Terms of Endearment".

[@MrS98VAC]

@@SymphonyBrahms Not until the 80's, way more than a few.

[@mikemadigan4475]

Shirley thought so as well lol

[@jessesands4099]

Absolutely Stunning Woman!👸❤️❤️❤️

[@rick0e295]

A forerunner of so many awards Elizabeth Taylor would win 🏆. Perhaps the most indicative of her compassion and inner beauty is her acceptance of the Jean Herscholt Humanitarian Award. 💜 💖. I had the great honor of personally being in touch with her for the last years of her incredible life. The LAST great 🌟 of HOLLYWOOD, she was truly QUEEN 👸 of HEARTS 💕! RIP dearest Dame Elizabeth. 🌹 💐 . 🕊 🕊 🕊

[@Shopmyst]

She was a beautiful woman.

[@JJJBRICE]

For whatever the reason you think , this was a dramatic Oscar moment .

[@dorakero]

RIP! Elizabeth, one of the most prominent hollywood star and beauty icon

[@The13thDoctor95]

True Hollywood glamour which will never be matched - Elizabeth Taylor 1932-2011 RIP

[@lovedooneyhandbags1105]

most beautiful lady 2 come out Hollywood (rest in peace) 😭😭

[@yvonneplant9434]

There's a funny( totally her) picture of her at some after Oscar dinner. She's sitting there with the Oscar, the throat trach scare visible and she's .... smoking! She had just survived an almost killer lung disease and she's smoking!!! 😂😂

[@selma1930]

Yes Elizabeth Tylors performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is one of the finest on screen of the 2oth century and matches the likes of actresses like Meryl Streep or Katherine Hepburn. With the right property and right director Liz Taylor was always on target. Not bad for a major MOVIE STAR who never had an acting lesson in her life!

[@markreeves9026]

She was acting the whole time. She was that good.

[@rosea2350]

I love how she is classy yet so sexy and sensual at the same time. Rest in peace beautiful Liz!

[@mannisalic2141]

Elizabeth is so beautiful among Hollywood actresses as portrayed in the movie Cleopatra.

[@gatewayski1]

Elizabeth Taylor deserved this Oscar just from keeping from laughing at many of the lines she said with such conviction. I enjoyed her performance.

[@JSOMERSETJSOMERSET]

this movie although high pretense was pretty good because of the actors i think it must have done well translated into other languages

[@fatima1009]

I wish she'd shown up for the award she deserved a few years later, Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf.

[@photo161]

...SO BEAUTIFUL, SO, SO VERY BEAUTIFUL!!!

[@puentesiete]

The first sequences of the film without dialogs brilliant (geniales).Wonderful Elizabeth Taylor.

[@sharonmyk]

a time when husbands led their wives to the podium. Lovely.

[@hhhunt777]

just saw this for the first time on TCM today. Wow!! :D

[@Aldolinozinho]

Elizabeth Taylor... just class...

[@jobsonworks]

rest peacefully, girl. I was so sad to hear you had passed away today. We'll keep your legacy alive.

[@schambersnyc]

THE GORGEOUSNESS!!!!!!

[@zoomonme]

She is the most magnificent movie star, and person...I love her beauty and her soul...Liz you will always be the best and the most beautiful. Love you your admirer

[@larkpraise]

There have been many unjust losses at the Oscars over the years besides this one but the most unjust loss was in 1954 when Judy Garland who thoroughly deserved it for "A Star Is Born" lost to the insipid Grace Kelly in "The Country Girl". That has to be Oscar's all time low!

[@PDC1987]

justess martin yes, to this day that is considered the biggest travesty in Oscar history. It was so bad that even right after it happened other actors and actresses in Hollywood were publicly saying Judy was robbed, they didn’t give a fuck how it made Grace feel LOL.

[@lindaeasley4336]

I never considered Grace Kelly to be an actress on the talent level of her contemporaries : Judy , Liz Taylor , Audrey Hepburn . Country Girl shouldn't even have been nominated

[@markudaeh7525]

Her, I mean Judy's performance, was good but Grace Kelly's was better. She gave the country girl a deep, very smart interpretation and her win was well deserved..

[@fanorama1]

agreed!

[@Jessicanyc]

Bette Davis in All About Eve ( 1950 ) losing to Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday , was the biggest unjust loss ever !

[@denisesaunders3067]

It was lovely to see eddie (then her husband) helping elizabeth here.

[@chiedu90069]

Yes, we all know that Shirley MacLaine's performance was superior and Elizabeth won because she nearly died, but Oscar is about drama and Elizabeth Taylor's win is one of the most dramatic, riveting, sensational wins ever. You could hear a pin drop when she finally gives that short, heartfelt speech. A truly great star.

[@bambi274]

How was she almost dead.

[@kathleenfedrizzi315]

She was in critical condition due to severe pneumonia and a tracheotomy was performed to save her life.

[@kumuluskld]

​@@bambi274 also, she got sepsis from an IV in her leg & almost lost her leg

[@bambi274]

@@kumuluskld oh ok. Thanks

[@katemonroe3659]

Ms. Liz Taylor "Gave Back!"... she was very generous in her later years and brought attention to the AIDS pandemic. Her beautiful face, with those violet eyes were mesmerizing. Rest in Peace.... you are missed by many.

[@rr7firefly]

That soft breathy voice. Reminiscent of Marilyn Monroe. Question: which one came first?

[@marianocarlinivisintainer8024]

You are handsome in that photo!!!

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

She does not sound like Marilyn. It sounds like she is experiencing a respiratory problem. If you read a few of the other comments, you will see that she was recovering from a surgical procedure. There is a scar on her throat. That is why her voice sounds that way. Marilyn's voice was that way for a completely different reason.

[@ccgrey8731]

@@Michelle-pn9xt Her voice does sound similar here to Marilyn's when Marilyn was more breathy but as you said it was because of the surgery Elizabeth had undergone. Marilyn real voice wasn't actually breathy either.

[@pissoua]

@sanyo51 he's yul brynner.he's an oscar winner as well,starred in the movie "The king and I"

[@puentesiete]

Elizabeth Taylor estuvo genial en "GIGANTE".Belleza y talento en un film de "culto",de leyenda.

[@Marchant2]

That breathy voice. I expected her to start singing "happy birthday".

[@Deva7]

Such a great role, such a precious movie... Liz was so proud of it.

[@JSOMERSETJSOMERSET]

liz hated that role and said it many times

[@gatewayski1]

+JSOMERSET994 JSOMERSET994 I think she was indeed speaking to the script, but the fact remains she was damn good in it.

[@princess11222]

Elizabeth hated the movie and didn't want to make it. It's one of my all time favorites. She was mesmerizing as always and gave a great performance.

[@johnnydeppfan8046]

+Deva7 lmao

[@TheChannelTV-bt8em]

+Deva7 Proud of it? She called it a piece of shit. Get your facts straight.

[@clementdistanos1526]

Elisabeth Taylor, pure class, beauty, elegance. Hell of a woman !!

[@runnerlegend7726]

Deborah Kerr should have won for the Sundowners. Period! Even Elizabeth Taylor said her performance in this Butterfield 8 was the worst piece of garbage she had ever done.

[@narcissustarrazona5580]

Star will shines brighter than ever, RIP Liz Taylor! !!

[@czgem]

THE SHORTEST SPEECH EVER!!!! beautiful Elizabeth.. x)

[@MissLizaMay]

short sweet and to the point. And remember, she wasn't exactly everyone's favorite person when she won this.

[@buffysummers6264]

why did anyone said she didn't deseve the oscar she act well

[@gatewayski1]

Miss Taylor's performance was the one solitary STANDOUT!

[@rahulsaran836]

@@gatewayski1 so i assume you did watch other nominees performances of that year?

[@gatewayski1]

@@rahulsaran836 Indeed I did. Had Jean Simmons been nominated for ELMER GANTRY I would have rooted for her too. The other nominees were Melina Mercouri, Greer Garson, Shirley MacLaine and Deborah Kerr. Great talent but only THE APARTMENT I liked.

[@rahulsaran836]

@@gatewayski1 i thought both shirley maclaine and deborah kerr was more convincing in their respective roles than eliz taylor.

[@gatewayski1]

@@rahulsaran836 Miss Taylor elevated a weak script. She inhabited the role of Gloria in BUTTERFIELD 8. I personally believe this was not a sympathy vote at all.

[@pablooscarzine]

It's not her best performance, but still wonderful. Amazing Liz Taylor and what a emotional and short speech.

[@songbirdy]

People make a big deal out of her marriages like she was some kind of wild woman. Actually,she was very old school and believed if you were in love and having sex you should be married. She wasn't one for flings and took love very seriously. 8 times she took it very seriously!

[@CindyDean92]

You should read this book on her life. It's called Elizabeth Taylor there is nothing like a dame by Darwin porter and danforth prince

[@songbirdy]

I've read a few of them. She had a 'big' life for sure. I think she was remarkable. The one book about her and Richard, 'Furious Love' was a very good read I thought. It goes through their meeting to the end of Richard's life.

[@solenekhouri3954]

She represented the pure beauty with such charming look through her eyes such as a diamond, her green-blue eyes were her best diamonds god gifted