Elizabeth Taylor’s 20 best performances – ranked!
20. Ash Wednesday (1973)
Liz tries to rescue her failing marriage by getting cosmetic surgery at a Swiss clinic before testing her restored fabulousness on Helmut Berger in a Eurotrash hotel. This facelift infomercial is the opposite of feminism, but the turbans and fur-trimmed outfits (hello, Edith Head!) save the day.
19. Night Watch (1973)
The nearest Taylor came to hagsploitation was as a neurotic wife who keeps seeing dead people, in this British psychothriller. Is she being gaslit? With Liz matronly but magnificent in her Valentino muu-muus, this really needed an Italian giallo director to punch up the mise-en-scène. But the ending is peachy.
18. Cleopatra (1963)
As Queen of the Nile, Taylor smashed records with 65 costume changes and a million-dollar payday.
