She acted in many black and white films.
Elizabeth Taylor portrayed Cleopatra in a film that year by the same name.
Father of the Bride
You may be thinking of National Velvet.
Elizabeth Taylor wasn't in Gone with the Wind. Viven Leigh played Scarlett O'Hara, and they do look very much alike. Viven Leigh, was 26 at the time of Gone with the Wind's release, and she died at age 53 of Tuberculosis, in 1967. Elizabeth Taylor starred in "Raintree County" (1957). This film is also set during the Civil War.
The male actor who was good friends with Elizabeth Taylor and died young, leaving her devastated, was Montgomery Clift. He passed away in 1966 at the age of 45. Clift and Taylor shared a deep bond, having starred together in the film "A Place in the Sun," and his untimely death had a profound impact on her life.
Iron Horse
Elizabeth Taylor was Richard Burton's leading lady in the 1967 film "The Taming of the Shrew." The film was one of several in which the famous couple starred together.
Elizabeth Taylor portrayed Cleopatra in a film that year by the same name.
Cleopatra
Elizabeth Taylor rode the horse Pi in the film "National Velvet" released in 1944. Elizabeth Taylor played the character Velvet Brown, a young girl who trains Pi to win the Grand National steeplechase.
The American Film Institute Salute to Elizabeth Taylor - 1993 TV was released on: USA: 6 May 1993
Elizabeth Taylor
It Was A Film Set.
Father of the Bride
You may be thinking of National Velvet.
Elephant Walk (1954)
The title role of the 1963 film Cleopatra was played by Elizabeth Taylor.