Editing Elizabeth Taylor (section)

===1968–1979: Career decline===
[[File:Elizabeth Taylor 1971.jpg|thumb|Taylor in 1971]]

Taylor's career was in decline by the late 1960s. She had gained weight, was in her late 30s and did not fit in with [[New Hollywood]] stars such as [[Jane Fonda]] and [[Julie Christie]].<ref name=Kashner />{{rp|135–136}}<ref name=Walker />{{rp|294–296,307–308}} After several years of nearly constant media attention, the public was tiring of Burton and her, and criticized their jet set lifestyle.<ref name=Kashner />{{rp|142, 151–152}}<ref name=Walker />{{rp|294–296,305–306}} In 1968, Taylor starred in two films directed by [[Joseph Losey]] – ''[[Boom! (1968 film)|Boom!]]'' and ''[[Secret Ceremony]]'' – both of which were critical and commercial failures.<ref name=Kashner />{{rp|238–246}} The former, based on Tennessee Williams' ''[[The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore]]'', features her as an ageing, serial-marrying millionaire, and Burton as a younger man who turns up on the Mediterranean island on which she has retired.<ref name=Kashner />{{rp|211–217}} ''Secret Ceremony'' is a psychological drama that also stars [[Mia Farrow]] and [[Robert Mitchum]].<ref name=Kashner />{{rp|242–243, 246}} Taylor's third film with George Stevens, ''[[The Only Game in Town (1970 film)|The Only Game in Town]]'' (1970), in which she played a Las Vegas showgirl who has an affair with a compulsive gambler, played by [[Warren Beatty]], was unsuccessful.<ref name=Kashner />{{rp|287}}<ref name="BFIliz">{{cite web |first=Simon |last=McCallum |title=Late Liz: 10 forgotten Elizabeth Taylor films |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/late-liz-10-forgotten-elizabeth-taylor-films |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |date=February 27, 2017 |access-date=December 1, 2018}}</ref>

The three 1972 films in which Taylor acted were somewhat more successful. ''[[X Y & Zee]]'', which portrayed [[Michael Caine]] and her as a troubled married couple, won her the [[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress]]. She appeared with Burton in the adaptation of Dylan Thomas's ''[[Under Milk Wood (1972 film)|Under Milk Wood]]''; although her role was small, the producers decided to give her top-billing to profit from her fame.<ref name=Kashner />{{rp|313–316}} Her third film role that year was playing a blonde diner waitress in [[Peter Ustinov]]'s ''Faust'' parody ''[[Hammersmith Is Out]]'', her tenth collaboration with Burton. Although it was overall not successful,<ref name=Kashner />{{rp|316}} Taylor received some good reviews, with [[Vincent Canby]] of ''The New York Times'' writing that she has "a certain vulgar, ratty charm",<ref>{{cite web |first=Vincent |last=Canby |title=Hammersmith is Out (1972)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9904E6DF1F3EE63BBC4D51DFB3668389669EDE|work=The New York Times |date=May 25, 1972 |access-date=December 1, 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307123157/https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9904E6DF1F3EE63BBC4D51DFB3668389669EDE |archive-date=March 7, 2016}}</ref> and [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' saying, "The spectacle of Elizabeth Taylor growing older and more beautiful continues to amaze the population."<ref>{{cite web |first=Roger |last=Ebert |title=Hammersmith is Out (1972) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hammersmith-is-out-1972 |work=Roger Ebert |date=May 26, 1972 |access-date=December 1, 2018}}</ref> Her performance won the [[Berlin Film Festival Award for Best Actress|Silver Bear]] for Best Actress at the [[Berlin Film Festival]].<ref name="BFIliz" />

[[File:Burton Taylor Divorce His Hers 1973.jpg|thumb|left|In ''Divorce His, Divorce Hers'' (1973), Taylor's last film with Burton]]

Taylor and Burton's last film together was the [[ITV Wales & West|Harlech Television]] film ''[[Divorce His, Divorce Hers]]'' (1973), fittingly named as they divorced the following year.<ref name=Kashner />{{rp|357}} Her other films released in 1973 were the British thriller ''[[Night Watch (1973 film)|Night Watch]]'' (1973) and the American drama ''[[Ash Wednesday (1973 film)|Ash Wednesday]]'' (1973).<ref name=Kashner />{{rp|341–349,357–358}} For the latter, in which she starred as a woman who undergoes multiple plastic surgeries in an attempt to save her marriage, she received a Golden Globe nomination.<ref name="goldenglobes">{{cite web|title=Elizabeth Taylor |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/elizabeth-taylor |publisher=[[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]] |access-date=December 1, 2018}}</ref> Her only film released in 1974, the Italian [[Muriel Spark]] adaptation ''[[The Driver's Seat (film)|The Driver's Seat]]'' (1974), was a failure.<ref name=Kashner />{{rp|371–375}}

Taylor took fewer roles after the mid-1970s, and focused on supporting the career of her sixth husband, [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] politician [[John Warner]], a US senator. In 1976, she participated in the Soviet-American fantasy film ''[[The Blue Bird (1976 film)|The Blue Bird]]'' (1976), a critical and box-office failure, and had a small role in the television film ''[[Victory at Entebbe]]'' (1976). In 1977, she sang in the critically panned film adaptation of [[Stephen Sondheim]]'s musical ''[[A Little Night Music (film)|A Little Night Music]]'' (1977).<ref name=Kashner />{{rp|388–389,403}}