Helen Mirren: Elizabeth Taylor dead at 79

Actress Elizabeth Taylor Poses In An Old Film Still. Taylor Is An Award Winning Actress Who Has Appeared In Such Films As "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? And "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof."

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Actress Elizabeth Taylor Poses In An Old Film Still, circa 1950. Taylor Is An Award Winning Actress Who Has Appeared In Such Films As "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? And "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof."

This Sept. 1946 file photo shows Elizabeth Taylor. Publicist Sally Morrison says the actress died Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure at age 79.

Actress Elizabeth Taylor Poses In USA. A Childhood Star After Her Appearance In "National Velvet" At Twelve, Taylor Would Later Win Best Actress Oscars For "Butterfield 8" And "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?"

In this 1957 file photo, Elizabeth Taylor poses with Montgomery Clift for the film "Raintree County." Publicist Sally Morrison says Taylor died Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure at age 79

Actress Elizabeth Taylor Poses In USA, mid-1960s. A Childhood Star After Her Appearance In "National Velvet" At Twelve, Taylor Would Later Win Best Actress Oscars For "Butterfield 8" And "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?"

In this Sept. 25, 1953 file photo, actress Elizabeth Taylor stands on the balcony of the Grand Hotel in Stockholm, Sweden. Publicist Sally Morrison says the actress died Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure at age 79.

Actress Elizabeth Taylor Poses In An Old Film Still. Taylor Is An Award Winning Actress Who Has Appeared In Such Films As "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? And "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof."

Actress Elizabeth Taylor Poses In An Old Film Still. Taylor Is An Award Winning Actress Who Has Appeared In Such Films As "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? And "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof."

Actress Elizabeth Taylor Poses In An Old Film Still. Taylor Is An Award Winning Actress Who Has Appeared In Such Films As "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? And "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof."

A Jan. 6, 1953 file photo shows one of the first pictures of Elizabeth Taylor with son Michael Howard Wilding, son of Taylor and English actor Michael Wilding. Publicist Sally Morrison says the actress died Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure at age 79.

This 1961 file photo shows actress Elizabeth Taylor in the film "Butterfield 8" in 1961. Publicist Sally Morrison says the actress died Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure at age 79.

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In a Sept. 22, 1951 file photo, Elizabeth Taylor is shown at the premiere of "The Lady with the Lamp" at the Warner Theater in London. Publicist Sally Morrison says the actress died Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure at age 79.

Elizabeth Taylor poster for Cat On a Hot Tin Roof

Actor Van Johnson (left) and actress Elizabeth Taylor.

Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra in 1963

Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra in 1963

Actress Elizabeth Taylor poses as Queen Cleopatra in this photo from Joseph L. Mankiewiez' 1963 film, "Cleopatra".

In a March 7, 1956 photo provided by the Las Vegas News Bureau, Elizabeth Taylor shops in Las Vegas. Publicist Sally Morrison says Taylor died Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure at age 79. Ê

In this 1957 file photo, actress Elizabeth Taylor is shown with her husband Mike Todd. Publicist Sally Morrison says Taylor died Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure at age 79.

Elizabeth Taylor (from left), Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds attend the opening show starring Fisher on June 19, 1958, at the Tropicana in Las Vegas.

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In this 1959 file photo, actress Elizabeth Taylor is seen with singer Eddie Fisher before their marriage.

Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor in " A Place In The Sun" (1951)

Elizabeth Taylor, left, in the role of Martha, and Richard Burton, in the role of George, are shown in a scene from the 1966 movie "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" in which George is about the strike Martha. Both were nominated for an Oscar.

Elizabeth Taylor, shown in this 1992 file photo, pitched her new perfume with punchlines for the 1,000-plus fans that showed up at the department store where she was appearing Wednesday, April 24, 1996. When asked by a fan, "Liz, will black pearls help me get a man," the actress shot back, "Honey, I think you and I will find out at the same time."

Elizabeth Taylor poses with her seventh husband Larry Fortensky in New York, on June 14, 1995. The New York Post reported Thursday, Aug. 31, 1995, that Taylor and Fortensky have agreed to a "trial separation". Taylor married the construction worker-truck driver on Oct. 6, 1991, in an elaborate ceremony at Michael Jackson's 2,700-acre Neverland ranch.

n this Nov. 10, 2005 file photo, Dame Elizabeth Taylor poses at the British Film and Television Academy/Los Angeles Cunard Britannia Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Actress Dame Elizabeth Taylor attends the 27th annual Macy's Passport benefit at the Barker Hangar on September 24, 2009 in Santa Monica, California.

Elizabeth Taylor arrives with her friend Michael Jackson at the Pantages Theater in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles Sunday, Feb. 16, 1997.

In this handout photo provided by Harrison Funk/The Jackson Family, Actress Elizabeth Taylor attends Michael Jackson's funeral service held at Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Sept. 3, 2009 in Glendale, Calif.