Which actress was named the seventh-greatest female screen legend by the American Film Institute and said "art lives on forever" at an AIDS benefit?
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Art of the AIDS Crisis A common ideology in AIDS activist organizations was that art may be able to deliver a message, but could never save lives as science could. Art of the AIDS crisis typically sought to: make a sociopolitical statement, stress the medical impact of the disease, or express feelings of longing and loss. These ideologies were present in conceptions of art in the 1980s, but are pertinent to reception of art today as well. More specifically, Elizabeth Taylor spoke at a benefit for AIDS involving artwork, emphasizing its importance to activism in that, "art lives on forever." This comment articulates the ability of artwork from this time to teach and impact contemporary audiences, post-crisis. This page examines the efforts of artists, art collectives, and art movements to make sense of such an urgent pandemic in American society.
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Elizabeth Taylor Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a British-American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s, and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. She continued her career successfully into the 1960s, and remained a well known public figure for the rest of her life. In 1999, the American Film Institute named her the seventh-greatest female screen legend.
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Whitney Houston Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer, actress, producer, and model. In 2009, "Guinness World Records" cited her as the most awarded female act of all-time. Houston is one of the best-selling music artists of all-time, with 200 million records sold worldwide. She released seven studio albums and two soundtrack albums, all of which have diamond, multi-platinum, platinum, or gold certification. Houston's crossover appeal on the popular music charts, as well as her prominence on MTV, starting with her video for "How Will I Know", influenced several African American women artists who follow in her footsteps.
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June Fairchild June Edna Fairchild (September 3, 1946 – February 17, 2015) was an American actress and dancer. Fairchild starred or co-starred in more than a dozen major notable film roles before her addictions to drugs and alcohol effectively ended her professional acting career.
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Esther Ralston Esther Ralston "(née" Esther Louise Worth; 17 September 1902 Bar Harbor, Maine – 14 January 1994 Ventura, California) was an American film actress who was popular in the silent era.
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Anna Malle Anna Malle (born Anna Marie Stout/Hotop-Stout, September 14, 1967 – January 25, 2006) was the stage name of an American pornographic actress and posthumous inductee into the AVN Hall of Fame.
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Frances Dade Frances Dade, also known early in her career as Lorelei Lee, (February 14, 1910 – January 21, 1968) was an American film and stage actress of the late 1920s and 1930s.
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María Félix María de los Ángeles Félix Güereña (] (8 April 1913 – 8 April 2002) was a Mexican film actress and singer. She was considered one of the most important female figures of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She was also considered one of the most beautiful film actresses of her time, and one of the greatest erotic myths of the Spanish-language cinema. Along with Pedro Armendáriz and Dolores del Río, she was one of the most successful figures of the Latin American cinema in the 1940s and 1950s.
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Ginny Tyler Ginny Tyler (born Merrie Virginia Erlandson; August 8, 1925 – July 13, 2012) was an American voice actress who performed on dozens of cartoons and animated films from 1957 to 1993. In 2006, she was inducted into the Disney Legends program.
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Mae Laborde Mae Laborde (May 13, 1909 – January 9, 2012) was an American television and film actress, who began her career at the age of 93 and who was active until her death at age 102. She was best known for her appearances on "Talkshow with Spike Feresten" as well as portraying Gladys on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia".
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Gloria Fonda Gloria Fonda (1896 "-" January 20, 1978) was a U.S. actress of the silent film era. She was from St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Gloria Talbott Gloria Talbott (February 7, 1931 – September 19, 2000) was an American film and television actress.
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Anna Marcet Haldeman Marcet Haldeman-Julius ("née" Anna Marcet Haldeman; June 18, 1887 – February 13, 1941) was an American feminist, actress, playwright, civil rights advocate, editor, author, and bank president.
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Glesca Marshall Glesca Catherine Marshall (September 19, 1906 – August 21, 1987) was an actress and theatrical benefactor who was known primarily as the most enduring lover of Alla Nazimova, silent screen actress and a legend of her time. Glesca met Nazimova when both were cast in a production at the Civic Repertory Theater.
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The Legend of Marilyn Monroe The Legend of Marilyn Monroe is a 1966 American documentary film chronicling the life and career of actress Marilyn Monroe. Directed by Terry Sanders, and narrated by John Huston, the film was also released under the title The Marilyn Monroe Story in the UK.
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Marilyn Lovell Matz Marilyn Lovell Matz (August 27, 1931 – April 13, 2012) was an American actress, singer, AIDS activist and therapist. She was also the widow of composer, Peter Matz.
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Carroll McComas Carroll McComas (June 27, 1886 – November 9, 1962) was an American stage, film, and television actress.
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Gloria Holden Gloria Anna Holden (September 5, 1903 – March 22, 1991) was an English-born American film actress, best known for her role as "Dracula's Daughter".
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Jeanne Moreau Jeanne Moreau (] ; 23 January 1928 – 31 July 2017) was a French actress, singer, screenwriter and director. She won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for "Seven Days... Seven Nights" (1960), the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress for "Viva Maria!" (1965), and the César Award for Best Actress for "The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea" (1992). She was also the recipient of several lifetime awards, including a BAFTA Fellowship in 1996.
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Swe Zin Htaik Swe Zin Htaik (Burmese: ဆွေဇင်ထိုက် ] ; born 13 June 1953; also spelt Swe Zin Htike and Grace) is a Myanmar Academy Award-winning actress, acting in over 200 movies throughout her film career, debuting in 1971. She retired from filming in 1991. She currently works with Population Services International, an international NGO in Burma, focusing on sex and HIV education. Swe Zin Htaik graduated from State High School No. 2 Sanchaung (now BEHS 2 Sanchaung) and subsequently attended the Rangoon Institute of Economics, graduating in 1977 with a bachelor's degree in commerce.
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Lina Basquette Lina Basquette (born Lena Copeland Baskette; April 19, 1907 – September 30, 1994), was an American actress noted for her 75-year career in entertainment, which began during the silent film era. Talented as a dancer, she was paid as a girl for performing and gained her first film contract at age nine. In her acting career, Basquette may have been best known for her role as Judith in "The Godless Girl" (1929) The film was based on the life of Queen Silver, known as a 20th-century child prodigy, and feminist and Socialist activist.
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Loretta Young Loretta Young (January 6, 1913 – August 12, 2000) was an American actress and singer. Starting as a child actress, she had a long and varied career in film from 1917 to 1953. She won the 1948 Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the 1947 film "The Farmer's Daughter" and received an Oscar nomination for her role in "Come to the Stable" in 1949. Young moved to the relatively new medium of television, where she had a dramatic anthology series, "The Loretta Young Show", from 1953 to 1961. The series earned three Emmy Awards and was rerun successfully on daytime TV and later in syndication. In the 1980s, Young returned to the small screen and won a Golden Globe for her role in "Christmas Dove" in 1986. Young, a devout Roman Catholic, worked with various Catholic charities after her acting career.