So, when she decided to re-launch her career, Billie took some acting lessons in the US - and her career on TV began.

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But he insisted lessons about acting on intelligence reports had been learned.

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She never found acting hard, had no lessons, simply tried to become the other person, grateful to inhabit an alternative to herself.

ECONOMIST: Dame Elizabeth Taylor, actress, died on March 23rd, aged 79