her children is endearing. she was quite a girl. she was a great girl. >> debbie, the great beauties and sex symbols of cinema are not often taken seriously as actresses, but hear was elizabeth taylor that delivered performances at certain points in her career that, especially virginia woolf, that nobody expected of her earlier in her career. >> that's right, and "cat on a hot tin roof." elizabeth began so young, then she grew up, and not every woman female star can overcome her great beauty. you know, she was so gorgeous, her eyes were mesmerizing. you could hardly -- you said you had dinner with her, you could hardly take your eyes off her, besides being funny, she was cryptic, a great character.