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Beauty Icon Elizabeth Taylor's Best Looks Ever

Joanna Douglas

·Senior Editor

Updated February 28, 2015 at 8:00 AM

Elizabeth Taylor in 1955

Elizabeth Taylor in 1963’s “Cleopatra”

Revlon’s Cleopatra-themed makeup

Elizabeth Taylor White Diamonds perfume

Elizabeth Taylor on the cover of People magazine in May, 1975

Elizabeth Taylor and Nicky Hilton in 1950

Elizabeth Taylor in 1967

Elizabeth Taylor in 1939

Elizabeth Taylor in the mid-1960s.

Elizabeth Taylor in 1948

Elizabeth Taylor in 1950

Elizabeth Taylor in the mid-1960s.

<span>Elizabeth Taylor on the cover of Life magazine in 1947</span>

Elizabeth Taylor in 1973

Elizabeth Taylor marrying Richard Burton in 1964

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in 1966

Elizabeth Taylor in 1988

Elizabeth Taylor in 1940

Elizabeth Taylor on the cover of Vanity Fair in 2010

Elizabeth Taylor in February, 2011

Elizabeth Taylor on the cover of Vogue Paris in 1965

Elizabeth Taylor in 1961

February 27 marks what would have been Elizabeth Taylor’s 83rd birthday. Four years after her death, her dazzling violet eyes, megawatt smile, bold brows, and glamorous lifestyle, are greatly missed. Thankfully, she left behind an unforgettable body of work, from “Cleopatra” to “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” to “Who’s Afraid of Virgina Woolf?,” an eternal cat-eye liner obsession, and let’s not forget her signature White Diamonds fragrance empire. Here are 21 reminders of why Taylor remains a beauty icon.