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My lame finds.
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.
(see more photos here)

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.

(see more photos here)