We lost a legend this week, but out of the deluge of tributes to her, this is the only one I could find that remembers her the way I’m sure she’d want to be remembered: for the roles she played.

With all the media attention on her health struggles and numerous romances, it’s easy to forget the fact that she was one of her generation’s greatest actresses. In fact, in the late 1950′s to the early 1960′s, she was nominated for Best Actress four years in a row, a feat that not even the phenomenal Meryl Streep, with her 13 nominations, has been able to achieve.

Ms. Taylor took home the little golden guy in 1960 for BUtterfield 8 and in 1966 for probably her greatest role, Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Here’s to ya, Liz.

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