Summer Movies: The Timelessness Of Elizabeth Taylor In March, Hollywood lost one of its brightest stars — Elizabeth Taylor. Murray Horwitz wraps up the 2011 Summer Movie Series with his favorite Liz Taylor films.

Summer Movies: The Timelessness Of Elizabeth Taylor

Summer Movies: The Timelessness Of Elizabeth Taylor

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Elizabeth Taylor died in March 2011 at the age of 79. Express Newspapers/Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption

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Elizabeth Taylor died in March 2011 at the age of 79.

Express Newspapers/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

In March, Hollywood lost one of its brightest stars — Elizabeth Taylor.

After her breakout role as a 12-year-old horse lover in the classic National Velvet, Taylor went on to find even greater success as an adult. She won two Oscars for Butterfield 8 and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and played everyone from Helen of Troy to Cleopatra.

For the final installment of Talk of the Nation's 2011 Summer Movie Series, Murray Horwitz offers a tribute to the girl with the violet eyes.

So tell us: What's your favorite Liz Taylor movie?