Remembering Elizabeth Taylor

For their roles in Edward Albee's 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,' Burton and Taylor for the first time dared to appear as unglamorous, disheveled and overweight characters.
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Creative Risk
For their roles in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Burton and Taylor for the first time in their careers dared to appear as unglamorous, disheveled and overweight characters. The gambit paid off, and Taylor was awarded her second Oscar for her performance as Martha.

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