Her Film legacy

8:31 PM PDT 3/29/2011 by Kirk Honeycutt

THR film critic Kirk Honeycutt looks back at the highlights of Elizabeth Taylor’s filmography.

Despite two Oscars and brief flurries of acting excellence under the guidance of top directors, Elizabeth Taylor is better remembered for the long shadow her personality cast across decades of activity in the public eye than for her movie roles. With a few exceptions like A Place in the Sun, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Reflections in a Golden Eye, she did not make great movies. On the other hand, her film career far eclipsed that of Greta Garbo, another actress who suffered from poor assignments within the studio system. Hollywood Reporter critic Kirk Honeycutt offers his assessment: