16K views · 1.6K reactions | The moment Elizabeth received her first Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role in BUtterfield 8 in 1961. After being nominated three times prior, her first win was for a film that she personally hated, and had completed to free herself from her MGM contract. She went on to win the award a second time for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? In 1967. | Elizabeth Taylor | Facebook

🎬 Butterfield 8 (1960) 💄 “Face it, mama — I was the slut of all time.” Elizabeth Taylor in her Oscar-winning role — fierce, vulnerable, and unforgettable. A story of love, identity, and self-destruction in a world that judges too easily. Glamour meets tragedy in one of Taylor’s most powerful performances. #Butterfield8 #ElizabethTaylor #ClassicCinema #1960sMovies #GoldenAgeOfHollywood #OldHollywood #Cinephile #OscarWinner #MovieQuotes #IconicScenes #TimelessClassic #HollywoodLegends #TragicRom

8.2K views · 40 reactions | Butterfield 8 ©1960 A Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. ACTORS: ELIZABETH TAYLOR LAURENCE HARVEY EDDIE FISHER DINA MERRILL MILDRED DUNNOCK DIRECTOR: DANIEL MANN | Scrambledwit | Facebook

Elizabeth Taylor with the Best Actress Oscar for her performance as Gloria Wandrous, a promiscuous socialite who enters a devastating relationship with a married man, in 1960’s ‘Butterfield 8.’ Elizabeth went on to earn another Best Actress Oscar at the 39th Academy Awards for her performance as Martha in ‘Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.’ Elizabeth also received nominations for ‘Raintree County’ (1957), ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ (1958) and ‘Suddenly, Last Summer’ (1959). In 1992, Elizabeth was aw