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Elizabeth Taylor & Faye Dunaway

From left: Elizabeth Taylor as pictured in Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes (2024); Assorted stills from Network (1976), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), Mommie Dearest (1981), and Suddenly, Last Summer (1959); Faye Dunaway as pictured in Faye (2024).
From left: Elizabeth Taylor as pictured in Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes (2024); Assorted stills from Network (1976), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), Mommie Dearest (1981), and Suddenly, Last Summer (1959); Faye Dunaway as pictured in Faye (2024).

If Hollywood is known for anything, it’s that it reeks with glamor, especially as personified by its more notable movie queens. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two streaming documentaries that explore the lives and careers of two such stars: Elizabeth Taylor and Faye Dunaway. They also list their choices for their favorite film performances of both.