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Originally Posted by cuervo72
So, I'm watching BUtterfield 8. Liz Taylor, 28 or so. Attractive, yes. But...I'm not quite getting why she was Liz Taylor, you know? Was it because of how she looked at 18? (15??)
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How about at .... 12?
Seriously. Check this snippet I found on Wiki
National Velvet became a box-office success upon its release on Christmas 1944.[1]:40–47 Bosley Crowther of The New York Times stated that "her whole manner in this picture is one of refreshing grace",[11] while James Agee of The Nation wrote that she "is rapturously beautiful... I hardly know or care whether she can act or not."[12]
But I kinda get what you're saying regardless. Her beauty -- and I really am talking about her face here -- peaked VERY early. I found a pic from when she was 23 and as she matured what made her looks so remarkable were already changing. She started trending into (better but still) Joan Collins by that point already.