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What film won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1960?

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As for "why" Elizabeth Taylor won two Academy Awards, simply stated, aside from being the last great star of Hollywood's Golden Era, she was also he finest screen actress of her time.She won two competitive Academy Awards or Oscars in the US for Best Actress in 1960 for Butterfield 8 and again in 1966 for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.In 1993, she was awarded the Academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, giving her three Oscars.Additionally she was nominated as best actress for: Raintree County (1957), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), and Suddenly Last Summer (1959).Including the above, here are some of the awards and nominations Elizabeth Taylor earned during her career:1958Golden Laurel Award, Female Dramatic Performance: Raintree County (1957)Academy Award Nomination, Best Actress: Raintree County (1957)1959Golden Laurel Award, Female Dramatic Performance: Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958)Academy Award Nomination, Best Actress: Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958)BAFTA Award, Best Foreign Actress: Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958)1960Academy Award Nomination, Best Actress: Suddenly Last Summer (1959)Golden Globe Award, Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama): Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)Golden Laurel Award, Female Dramatic Performance: Suddenly Last Summer (1959)1961Academy Award, Best Actress: BUtterfield 8(1960)Golden Globe Award Nomination, Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama): BUtterfield 8 (1960)1965Golden Laurel Award, Female Star1966New York City Film Critics Circle Award, Best Actress: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award, Best Actress: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)National Board of Review, Best Actress: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) (US)Golden Globe Award Nomination, Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama): Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)1967Academy Award, Best Actress: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)BAFTA Award, Best British Actress: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(1966) (UK)Golden Laurel Award, Female Dramatic Performance: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)David di Donatello Award, Best Foreign Actress for: The Taming of the Shrew (1967)1968BAFTA Award Nomination, Best British Actress: The Taming of the Shrew(1967) (UK)Bambi Awards, Bambi1972Silver Bear for Best Actress, 22nd Berlin International Film Festival: Hammersmith Is Out (Germany)David Di Donatello Award, Best Foreign Actress: Zee and Co. (Italy)1974Golden Globe Award Nomination, Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama): Ash WednesdayGolden Globe Award, Henrietta Award World Film Favorite - Female1977Hasty Pudding's Woman of the Year Award, Harvard University1985Golden Globe Award, Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime AchievementGolden Apple Award, Female Star of the YearWomen in Film Crystal Award for outstanding women who, through their endurance and the excellence of their work, have helped to expand the role of women within the entertainment industry.Commander of Arts and Letters (France)1988The Legion d'Honneur (France)1992Academy Award, Jean Hersholt Humanitarian AwardPrince of Asturias Prize, Fight against HIV/AIDS (Spain)1993American Film Institute, Lifetime Achievement Award1997Screen Actors Guild, Lifetime Achievement Award1999appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (UK)awarded Academy Fellowship, British Academy of Film and Television Arts2000Marian Anderson Award (US)[3]The Vanguard Award, GLAAD Media Awards (US)2001President's Citizens Medal (US)Maverick Award, Taos Talking Picture Festival (US)2002Kennedy Center Honoree, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts2005BAFTA Award, Britannia Award for Artistic Excellence in International Entertainment (UK)


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What awards did Elizabeth Taylor win in her lifetime?

Which award are you referring to? Below is a list of many of the awards Elizabeth Taylor earned during her career and lifetime:1958Golden Laurel Award, Female Dramatic Performance: Raintree County (1957)Academy Award Nomination, Best Actress: Raintree County (1957)1959Golden Laurel Award, Female Dramatic Performance: Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958)Academy Award Nomination, Best Actress: Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958)BAFTA Award, Best Foreign Actress: Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958)1960Academy Award Nomination, Best Actress: Suddenly Last Summer (1959)Golden Globe Award, Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama): Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)Golden Laurel Award, Female Dramatic Performance: Suddenly Last Summer (1959)1961Academy Award, Best Actress: BUtterfield 8(1960)Golden Globe Award Nomination, Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama): BUtterfield 8 (1960)1965Golden Laurel Award, Female Star1966New York City Film Critics Circle Award, Best Actress: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award, Best Actress: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)National Board of Review, Best Actress: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) (US)Golden Globe Award Nomination, Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama): Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)1967Academy Award, Best Actress: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)BAFTA Award, Best British Actress: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(1966) (UK)Golden Laurel Award, Female Dramatic Performance: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)David di Donatello Award, Best Foreign Actress for: The Taming of the Shrew (1967)1968BAFTA Award Nomination, Best British Actress: The Taming of the Shrew(1967) (UK)Bambi Awards, Bambi1972Silver Bear for Best Actress, 22nd Berlin International Film Festival: Hammersmith Is Out (Germany)[1]David Di Donatello Award, Best Foreign Actress: Zee and Co. (Italy)1974Golden Globe Award Nomination, Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama): Ash WednesdayGolden Globe Award, Henrietta Award World Film Favorite - Female1977Hasty Pudding's Woman of the Year Award, Harvard University1985Golden Globe Award, Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime AchievementGolden Apple Award, Female Star of the YearWomen in Film Crystal Award for outstanding women who, through their endurance and the excellence of their work, have helped to expand the role of women within the entertainment industry.[2]1988The Legion d'Honneur (France)1992Academy Award, Jean Hersholt Humanitarian AwardPrince of Asturias Prize, Fight against HIV/AIDS (Spain)1993American Film Institute, Lifetime Achievement Award1997Screen Actors Guild, Lifetime Achievement Award1999appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (UK)awarded Academy Fellowship, British Academy of Film and Television Arts2000Marian Anderson Award (US)[3]The Vanguard Award, GLAAD Media Awards (US)2001President's Citizens Medal (US)Maverick Award, Taos Talking Picture Festival (US)2002Kennedy Center Honoree, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts2005BAFTA Award, Britannia Award for Artistic Excellence in International Entertainment (UK)


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He has won two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor, for Spartacus (1960) and for Topkapi (1964).