Stars Of Yesteryear Editorial Photo

These are stars from bygone days, all have stories to tell - Hollywood`s leading lady Elizabeth Taylor was married eight times—and two of them were to Richard Burton. The two fell in love on the set of the 1963 film Cleopatra, and though both were married at the time, by March 1964 they divorced their previous spouses and married each other. Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, model, and singer. Famous for playing comic `blonde bombshell` characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and was emblematic of the era`s attitudes towards sexuality. Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE is a Bahamian-American actor, film director, author, and diplomat. In 1964, Poitier became the first Bahamian and first black actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his role in Lilies of the Field.