Elizabeth Taylor & A bit of the back story

This was a beautiful woman

no question about it

She had a passion for her charity

being as unpopular as it was back then

the girl had guts

and you have to give it her

But....

I was never a fan of hers

knowing the back story...

you see my Mom's cousin

was her

~Stand-In~

in the movies

and Elizabeth was, well...

~Elizabeth the Star~

on the screen and off

Suzanne

on the left in the early 70's

Suzanne
left our little neck of the woods

and went to Hollywood right after high school

 she wanted to be in the movies

and she was...

lots of them, too many to count

but her biggest claim to fame as far as the family knew

was that she worked for

~Elizabeth Taylor~
as her stand-in

She would come home every Christmas

 and fill us with stories of our favorite movie stars

she had these long glamorous red nails

and well I was just in awe...

I wish I had more pictures to show you of Suzanne in her younger
working years
she was just as stunning to look at as
Elizabeth

Suzanne is now retired and living in Palm Springs

so I get to spend time with her

during the winter
and go to her home

with hundreds of pictures of her with

movie stars scattered all over
a lot of
~Elvis~
 she even kissed him in a movie once

Every time we go out to lunch

people come up to us asking 

who she is, they know she must be

~someone~

Once a lady said "you look like a young Elizabeth Taylor"

Well that made our day! 

Suzanne still works out every day in the pool for 2 hours

she didn't smoke or drink heavy, or take drugs
like her boss did

so she is far healthier and  looks far younger than Elizabeth

At my home last summer

She still puts on all the make-up everyday as if she was going to work

that's not me but hey the last time we went out it was to the bank and this

little old man came up to her and said

"You look beautiful all dressed up, what a doll"

nobodies ever said that to me at a bank

or any place else come to think of it!

Well I called Suzanne when I had heard the news the other day
and she was very sad
she said all of Liz's friends have gone but
Mickey Rooney
But what a life they had..