Cleopatra Through the Ages

By far the most famous of Hollywood's Cleopatras, Elizabeth Taylor, playing opposite her lover Richard Burton, smolders as the queen in 20th Century Fox's 1963 production.
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By far the most famous of Hollywood's Cleopatras, Elizabeth Taylor (playing opposite her lover Richard Burton in this still from the movie) smolders as the queen in 20th Century Fox's 1963 production.

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