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life:
Happy 80th, Liz.
From her teen years, as a young woman, and at the height of her career — LIFE photographers were there. In celebration of what would have been her 80th birthday, we present a selection of the very best photographs of the Hollywood icon. Some that appeared in LIFE magazine, and many more that were never published — including shots from the sets of Giant and Cleopatra; from studio backlots (with her dear friend and soul mate, Montgomery Clift); and from her tumultuous romance with two-time husband, Richard Burton.
Pictured: Elizabeth Taylor with West Point in the background, 1948.
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life:
In honor of Leap Day 2012, a gallery of pictures celebrating the simple act of leaping around, and the sense of boundless possibilities that one extra day on the calendar can sometimes instill…
Dancer Fred Astaire clad in top hat, tails and spats, holding cane as he does a climatic jump in ‘Puttin on the Ritz’ number for the movie “Blue Skies”. 1945
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