Not Quite Black Or White: Actors Who’ve Played Race-Bending Roles

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Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra

In the 1963 film Cleopatra, Elizabeth Taylor plays the prominent role of Egyptian queen, but as a Caucasian woman, Taylor’s race-bending required that she wear dark makeup and, of course, all of the accoutrement of ancient Egypt.

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