Elizabeth Taylor to be honored with memorial tribute April 10 on TCM


Published: March 23, 2011 by Melissa Hayer Comment on this article Leave a comment

Elizabeth Taylor - Photo Provided by TCM
Elizabeth Taylor - Photo Provided by TCM

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has scheduled a 24-hour memorial tribute in honor of  Elizabeth Taylor beginning at 5 a.m. April 10.

The two-time Academy Award-winning actress and humanitarian died today at the age of 79.

The tribute will include both of Taylor’s Oscar-winning performances, with “Butterfield 8″ airing at 7 p.m. and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” airing at 9 p.m., according to a news release.

The complete Elizabeth Taylor memorial tribute schedule, provided by TCM, is as follows:

5 a.m. – Lassie Come Home (1943), with Roddy McDowall and Edmund Gwenn; directed by Fred M. Wilcox.

6:30 a.m. – National Velvet (1944), with Mickey Rooney, Anne Revere and Angela Lansbury; directed by Clarence Brown.

9 a.m. – Conspirator (1952), with Robert Taylor and Robert Flemyng; directed by Victor Saville.

10:30 a.m. – Father of the Bride (1950), with Spencer Tracy, Billie Burke, Joan Bennett and Don Taylor; directed by Vincente Minnelli.

12:15 p.m. – Father’s Little Dividend (1951), with Spencer Tracy, Billie Burke, Joan Bennett and Don Taylor; directed by Vincente Minnelli.

1:45 p.m. – Raintree County (1957), with Montgomery Clift, Eva Marie Saint, Lee Marvin, Rod Taylor and Agnes Moorehead; directed by Edward Dmytryk.

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by Melissa Hayer
News Research Assistant Editor

Melissa Hayer is a Moore native and has been an assistant editor/news researcher at The Oklahoman for more than 25 years. Her lifetime love of TV has led to her contributions to television coverage in the newspaper and to being the primary...

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