eyes. National Velvet  (1944) was Taylor's first success, and she starred in  Father of the Bride (1950),  A Place in the Sun  (1951),  Giant  (1956),  Cat on a Hot Tin Roof  (1958), and Suddenly, Last Summer  (1959). She won the  Academy Award for Best Actress  for BUtterfield 8  (1960), played the title role in  Cleopatra  (1963),