Legendary actress, Elizabeth Taylor is considered the last and the brightest star of Hollywood’s golden era- - the period when masterpieces are produced one after another featuring great artists with outstanding performances.

The Agence France Presse claimed that the death of the movie icon could mean the beginning of the end of Hollywood’s golden era since no one like Taylor - - except Marilyn Monroe - - could have made such an impact on American cinema.

The head of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has asserted that Taylor’s contribution in the motion picture is ‘immeasurable’.

"In a career spanning more than 70 years and 50 films, her talent endured the test of time and transcended generations of moviegoers," MPAA head, Chris Dodd was quoted as saying by the Agence France Presse.

Taylor is a three-time Oscar winner after garnering awards for her appearance on “Butterfield 8” (1960) and “Who’s Afraid of Viriginia Woolf?” (1966).

Dodd maintained that the impact made by Taylor, who is the first actress to command $1 million for her appearance in "Cleopatra" (1963) is beyond the big screen.

Other stars as Taylor’s contemporary include Olivia de Havilland, the oldest at 94 and who lives in Paris. Equally famous and legendary, Lauren Bacall has been given an honorary Oscar in 2009.

The AFP noted that Taylor’s contemporary who worked in Hollywood from the 1940s to the 1960s have increasingly decrease in number.

Other stars in the golden era, particularly in the classic musical comedy era, include actresses Doris Day, 88; Debbie Reynolds, 78; and Leslie Caron, 79.

But there was no one like Taylor, asserted movie experts.

The director of “The Taming of the Shrew’ (1967) Franco Zeffirelli, echoed Dodd. Zeffirelli claimed that Taylor had "a winning combination of rare qualities.

"She was beautiful, intelligent... People like Liz don't exist anymore... because fairy tales no longer exist," Zeffirelli was quoted telling the ANSA news agency.

William Mann, the author of “How to be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood” also shared the views of Dodd and Zeffirelli and told CNN that Taylor ‘invented fame’ .

"She created the whole business of fame, the way we know it today," Mann said in an interview with CNN, said AFP.

Mann added, "The template that she laid down in the 1950s and 1960s everyone continues to try to follow, with varying degrees of success. But she's the one that invented it".

Stars have continued to express their love and respect for the late actress, they call The Dame and whom they consider a great influence in their own lives.

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