Comparing Elizabeth Taylor and Lindsay Lohan

November 21, 2012 at 6:44 PM

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Lindsay:
At the tender age of 3, Lohan began her acting career in commercials. She landed dozens of spots, including one opposite Bill Cosby for Jell-O. At age 10, she played Alli Fowler on the soap opera "Another World." Then, a couple years later, she beat out thousands of girls for the lead role in the 1998 remake of "The Parent Trap." By the time she was 12, she was a household name.

Liz:
In 1942, Taylor made her screen debut in "There's One Born Every Minute" at age 10. Under her MGM contract, she began churning out movies every year, but her breakout role came two years later in "National Velvet." The drama about a girl and her horse turned the 12-year-old into a huge movie star.

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Elizabeth Taylor and Lindsay Lohan both became famous at the age of 10 as fresh-faced, young actresses. After they reached adulthood, they reached the pinnacle of Hollywood success. But success came with a dark side -- drugs, jail, toxic parents, failed romances, the scorching spotlight of fame.

It's no wonder Lohan pushed to play Taylor in Lifetime's new movie "Liz & Dick." Check out the many parallels in the two actresses' lives. — Kelly Woo, Yahoo! TV

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