Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor is excerpted from Tennessee Williams and Company: His Essential Screen Actors by John DiLeo. The essay focuses on Elizabeth Taylor’s roles in the films Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) and Boom (1968), which are based on plays by Tennessee Williams. The author John DiLeo provides additional information about Elizabeth Taylor’s film career as it relates to the making of these films. John DiLeo also provides sidebars filled with tidbits related to these films and their times that movie buffs now expect from him, plus he provides a filmography and a list of Academy Wards and nominations for the actor.p