The 8 Most Memorable Elizabeth Taylor Cameos
The Simpsons (1993)
The youngest Simpson, Maggie, speaks her first word on The Simpsons. Providing the voice? Who else?
The Flintstones (1994)
Slightly larger than a cameo, Taylor plays Fred Flintstone's (John Goodman) mother-in law Pearl Slaghoople in this live-action adaptation of the popular animated series. In the prequel, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, Slaghoople would be portrayed by Joan Collins.
The Nanny (1996)
This cameo on The Nanny was Taylor's penultimate live-action appearance (she had a role in a 2001 made-for-television film called These Old Broads), featuring the star playing herself. It's a fairly predictable scenario (I mean, this is The Nanny), but Taylor doesn't miss the opportunity to poke fun of herself and her many marriages.
God, the Devil and Bob (2001)
Taylor's last acting stint (albeit animated) was in this short-lived James Garner-voiced series from 2000. Garner plays God -- and in this episode we learn that God used to have a girlfriend named Sarah (Taylor), whom God accidentally runs into at a restaurant. Only four episodes aired of this series on NBC before it was canceled. The episode featuring Taylor was first broadcast just this past Saturday on Adult Swim.
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Elizabeth Taylor was the most beautiful and talented movie star that I have ever seen. I grew up watching her movies and loving all of them. The "Lassie" movies and "National Velvet" were favorites of her childhood movies. As a teenager, she grew even more beautiful making the movies "Little Women" "Father of the Bride" and "Father's Little Dividend". She has always been my favorate female star, and I've seen all her movies more than once. My four favorite of her adult films are "Giant", "Raintree County", "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "The Last Time I Saw Paris". She was marvelous and wonderful, and there will never be another Elizabeth Taylor or enough words to compliment her. I've been a fan for more than fifthy years and I will miss her.
Kay Baier, Tryon, NC
Greedy, spoiled, and married eight times (divorced seven, widowed once), broke up two marriages, and with a huge retinue to cater to her every whim. Doesn't anyone remember the crap that this woman pulled, her every demand and insatiable appetites? Finally, after her movie career was over, she finally did something admirable--her AIDS charitable participation. There hopefully will never be another Elizabeth Taylor, with her star attitudes, her quest for diamonds and money; she was one of the major reasons why there is an independent cinema today,i.e., her behavior on Cleopatra. When she was doing Virginia Woolf, she set word to her boss Jack Warner that she wanted a brooch to match her diamonds; replied J.L.: I'm paying her one million dollars and ten percent of the gross. Tell her to buy her own goddamned brooch. This woman was a scumbag.
I had no idea she was on The Simpsons, and as the voice of Maggie no less.
GET OVER YOURSELF. Honest to God, how can you have so much hatred for someone you've never met and has never done any harm to you. And as for "breaking up marriages", Eddie Fisher LEFT Debbie Reynolds (who remained Liz's friend to the end despite le scandal). Richard Burton LEFT his life. Stop blaming the woman, seriously. These men had minds of their own you know!
I GREW UP LOVING LA LIZ, AND ADMIRED HER BEAUTY, SENSE OF HUMOR, AND HER WAY OF LIVING, SHE WAS THE FIRST INDEPENDENT WOMAN THAT I EVER HEARD OF, GOD BLESS HER, AND MANY THANKS FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT SHE PROVIDED FOR US, I SAW LIZ AND RICHARD BURTON IN PRIVATE LIVES ON BROADWAY AND NEVER FORGOT IT.....
There is the truth, and there are stories made up. Regardless of any of it, I did grow up watching Elizabeth Taylor in many movies. Back then, we did not have DVD's, etc. so you got to see movies on the big screen. Elizabeth Taylor was, and always will be, in my opinion, the most beautiful actress ever, and she had talent. She also was a humanitarian, and that is not a thing to scoff at. As for all her marriages, we weren't there. Her first marriage was all about being a punching bag, so I don't even count that one. Mike Todd died, so, even though she did marry him, she only moved on because he was gone. If he had lived things may have been very different. Should she have been stronger, when it came to Eddie Fisher? Probably, but who is without sin can throw the first stone. Elizabeth was one of a kind and she will be dearly missed. I also think it is strange that people would comment on her in hateful ways, but do not remember the way she was raised, how physically frail she was at times, or that she adored her family. Scumbags do not include Elizabeth Taylor.
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