The People We Lost in 2011

The British-American actress Elizabeth Taylor starred in such memorable films as "Father of the Bride," "A Place in the Sun," "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "Cleopatra." Her performances in "Butterfield 8" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" earned her a pair of Academy Awards for Best Actress. Meanwhile, her eight marriages earned her a well-publicized personal life. She died on March 23 at 79. (Kevin Mazur/WireImage/Getty Images)