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The famous Queen sets out to consolidate her power after gaining control of the Egyptian kingdom. She seduces Julius Caesar and bears him a son, but the ambitious would-be tyrant is assassinated before she can take her place at his side, paving the way for her love affair with general Mark Antony - and a war for control of the Roman empire. Historical epic, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Martin Landau, Rex Harrison, Hume Cronyn and George Cole
1963
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Epic
Historical/Period Drama
Movie/Drama
Romance
Cast & Crew
Elizabeth Taylor
(Actor)
.. Cleopatra
Richard Burton
(Actor)
.. Mark Antony
Rex Harrison
(Actor)
.. Julius Caesar
Martin Landau
(Actor)
.. Rufio
Roddy McDowall
(Actor)
.. Octavian
Hume Cronyn
(Actor)
.. Sosigenes
George Cole
(Actor)
.. Flavius
Andrew Keir
(Actor)
.. Agrippa
Cesare Danova
(Actor)
.. Apollodorus
Kenneth Haigh
(Actor)
.. Brutus
Richard O'Sullivan
(Actor)
.. Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII
Gwen Watford
(Actor)
.. Calpurnia
Douglas Wilmer
(Actor)
.. Decimus
Carroll O'Connor
(Actor)
.. Casca
Marne Maitland
(Actor)
.. Euphranor
John Hoyt
(Actor)
.. Cassius
Michael Hordern
(Actor)
.. Cicero
Michael Gwynn
(Actor)
.. Cimber
Andrew Faulds
(Actor)
.. Canidius
John Doucette
(Actor)
.. Achillas
John Cairney
(Actor)
.. Phoebus
Isabel Cooley
(Actor)
.. Charmian
Jacqueline Chan
(Actor)
.. Lotos
Joseph L Mankiewicz
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Elizabeth Taylor
(Actor)
.. Cleopatra
Born:
February 27, 1932
in
London
Best Known For:
Her torrid relationship with Richard Burton - and her six other husbands.
Early-life:
Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was born in Hampstead, London, on February 27, 1932 to an American art dealer and his stage actress wife. The family relocated to Los Angeles in 1939 to escape the Second World War. On the recommendation of a family friend, Taylor attended a screen test, and at the age of 10 secured a contract with Universal. She made her screen debut in There's One Born Every Minute. Small roles followed before she shot to fame in 1944's National Velvet.
Career:
Taylor made the transition from child star to adult success thanks to roles in such hits as Raintree County, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Suddenly Last Summer, for which she received Academy Award nominations. She later won the Best Actress Academy Award for Butterfield 8 and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? She became the first actress to be paid $1million for a film role in 1963 historical epic Cleopatra, where she met future husband Richard Burton. She received an honorary Academy Award in 1993 and was made a Dame in 2000. Symptoms related to heart failure led to her being admitted into Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles in February 2011. She remained there until her death at the age of 79 on March 23, 2011.
Quote:
'Success is a great deodorant. It takes away all your past smells.'
Trivia:
Away from acting, Taylor campaigned for humanitarian causes, most notably Aids research.
Richard Burton
(Actor)
.. Mark Antony
Rex Harrison
(Actor)
.. Julius Caesar
Martin Landau
(Actor)
.. Rufio
Roddy McDowall
(Actor)
.. Octavian
Hume Cronyn
(Actor)
.. Sosigenes
George Cole
(Actor)
.. Flavius
Born:
April 22, 1925
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing Arthur Daley in Minder.
Early-life:
George Edward Cole was born in London on April 22, 1925. His mother, whom he never met, abandoned him at 10 days old, and he was adopted by the Cole family. George left school to be a butcher's boy, but won a part in a touring musical and opted for acting instead. At 15 he and his adoptive mother moved in with Alastair Sim's family after he appeared in a film with the thespian. They helped him lose his cockney accent, and he stayed with them until his first marriage at 27.
Career:
Cole made his big-screen debut in 1941's Cottage to Let, but didn't achieve fame until he landed the part of Flash Harry in the classic St Trinian's films. He went on to have a successful career on stage, TV and in movies, often appearing opposite mentor Sim in such productions as Scrooge and The Green Man. TV credits include My Good Friend, Dad, An Independent Man, Blott on the Landscape and Minder, which ran for 15 years. In his later years, he appeared in Station Jim, Bodily Harm, Mary Reilly, A Class Apart, and Diamond Geezer. He died on August 6, 2015, after a long illness. He was 90.
Quote:
'I made my first film in 1940. I can't think much has changed apart from the equipment and cost.'
Trivia:
In 2013, Cole published his autobiography, The World Was My Lobster.
Andrew Keir
(Actor)
.. Agrippa
Cesare Danova
(Actor)
.. Apollodorus
Kenneth Haigh
(Actor)
.. Brutus
Richard O'Sullivan
(Actor)
.. Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII
Gwen Watford
(Actor)
.. Calpurnia
Douglas Wilmer
(Actor)
.. Decimus
Carroll O'Connor
(Actor)
.. Casca
Marne Maitland
(Actor)
.. Euphranor
John Hoyt
(Actor)
.. Cassius
Michael Hordern
(Actor)
.. Cicero
Michael Gwynn
(Actor)
.. Cimber
Andrew Faulds
(Actor)
.. Canidius
John Doucette
(Actor)
.. Achillas
John Cairney
(Actor)
.. Phoebus
Isabel Cooley
(Actor)
.. Charmian
Jacqueline Chan
(Actor)
.. Lotos
Joseph L Mankiewicz
(Director)
