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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a 1966 American drama film directed by Mike Nichols in his directorial debut. The screenplay by Ernest Lehman is an adaptation of Edward Albee's 1962 play of the same name. It stars Elizabeth Taylor as Martha, Richard Burton as George, George Segal as Nick, and Sandy Dennis as Honey. The film depicts a late ...
George is an associate professor of history, and his wife Martha is the daughter of the president of the college where George teaches. After they return home from a faculty party, Martha reveals she has invited a young married couple she met at the party over for a drink.
Dubbed "Liz and Dick" by the media, they starred in 11 films together, including The V.I.P.s (1963), The Sandpiper (1965), The Taming of the Shrew (1967), and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). Taylor received the best reviews of her career for Woolf, winning her second Academy Award and several other awards for her performance. She and ...
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, the play by Edward Albee, premiered in 1962 and shocked audiences with its frank portrayal of marriage. The story follows a long, boozy night with George and ...
'Cocktails With George and Martha' examines what it means to live as husband and wife, and how 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' kicked down staid cultural depictions of marriage.
Taylor went on to win a second Best Actress Oscar in 1967 for her performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes is available to stream now on Max. Show comments
Dennis' second film role was as Honey, the fragile, neurotic young wife of George Segal's character, in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). Directed by Mike Nichols and starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, the film was a huge critical and commercial success and Dennis won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role. [11]
In her six decades-long acting career, Taylor received five nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the films Raintree County (1957), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Suddenly, Last Summer (1959), BUtterfield 8 (1960), and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), winning for these last two features.