ELIZABETH "BEEGLE" DUQUETTE
ELIZABETH JOHNSTONE DUQUETTE WAS A TALENTED FINE ARTIST AND MURALIST WHO MET, HER SOON TO BE FAMOUS HUSBAND, WHILE BOTH WERE STUDENTS AT THE CHOINARD ART SCHOOL IN LOS ANGELES. ELIZABETH AND TONY WERE MARRIED AT 'PICKFAIR' THE HISTORIC BEVERLY HILLS HOME OF MARY PICKFORD AND CHARLES 'BUDDY' ROGERS. GUESTS AT THE WEDDING INCLUDED ELSIE DE WOLFE, GLORIA SWANSON, ROSALIND RUSSELL AND OTHER STARS OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF HOLLYWOOD AND OLD LOS ANGELES SOCIETY. ELIZABETH WAS KNOWN TO ALL OF HER FRIENDS AS 'BEEGLE', A LOVING NICKNAME GIVEN TO HER BY HER HUSBAND, TONY, BECAUSE AS HE SAID 'SHE HAD THE INDUSTRY OF THE BEE AND THE SOARING POETRY OF THE EAGLE'.
ELIZABETH WAS HONORED WITH MANY ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS AT MUSEUMS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES INCLUDING THE M.H. DE YOUNG MUSEUM IN SAN FRANCISCO, THE EL PASO ART MUSEUM OF ART, AND THE HONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART.
ELIZABETH WAS THE FAVORITE ARTIST OF FAMED MGM DIRECTOR VINCENTE MINNELLI WHO COMMISSIONED HER TO PAINT EXTENSIVE MURALS FOR HIS FILMS, 'KISMET' AND GOOD BYE CHARLIE. MINNELLI ALSO USED ELIZABETH TO CREATE THE PAINTINGS PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN PAINTED BY ELIZABETH TAYLOR WHO PLAYED AN ARTIST IN THE FILM 'THE SANDPIPER'.
ELIZABETH AND TONY WERE MARRIED FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS AND LIVED AND WORKED TOGETHER UNTIL HER DEATH IN 1994. THEIR RESPECTIVE TALENTS WERE PERFECTLY SUITED AND THIER ARTISTIC COLLABORATIONS THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES COMPLIMENTED EACH OTHER.
