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Taylor was cast in her first starring role at the age of 12, when she was chosen to play a girl who wants to compete as a jockey in the exclusively male Grand National in National Velvet. [ 1 ] : 40–47 She later called it "the most exciting film" of her career. [ 10 ]
National Velvet is a 1944 American Technicolor sports film directed by Clarence Brown and based on the 1935 novel of the same name by Enid Bagnold. It stars Mickey Rooney , Donald Crisp , Angela Lansbury , Anne Revere , Reginald Owen , and an adolescent Elizabeth Taylor .
Betsy Kenney at age 10 National Velvet: Velvet Brown 1946 Courage of Lassie: Katherine Eleanor Merrick 1947 Life with Father: Mary Skinner With William Powell and Irene Dunne: Cynthia: Cynthia Bishop aka The Rich Full Life: 1948 A Date with Judy: Carol Pringle Julia Misbehaves: Susan Packett 1949 Little Women: Amy March Conspirator: Melinda ...
After the movie was released, Taylor's contract with Universal Pictures was dropped, and she signed instead to MGM, shooting to fame as a teenage star after her 1944 performance in National Velvet ...
Tim Mendelson, Elizabeth Taylor's longtime executive assistant and pal, described how the "National Velvet" actress loved to give and receive extravagant gifts.
Taylor came up through the studio system, first breaking hearts as the 12-year-old jockey in “National Velvet,” then growing into more adult roles as wives and debutantes in films like ...
National Velvet is a novel by Enid Bagnold (1889–1981), first published in 1935. ... starring twelve-year-old Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney, ...
Elizabeth Taylor, who died today at 79, was as known for her many appetites and husbands as she was for her Hollywood film career. But along with her grand life also came string of grand residences.