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Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

Acting

Biography

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond "Liz" Taylor, DBE (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a European British-American actress. From her early years as a child star with MGM, she became one of the great screen actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age. As one of the world's most famous film stars, Taylor was recognized for her acting ability and for her glamorous lifestyle, beauty and distinctive violet 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), and married her co-star Richard Burton. They appeared together in 11 films, including Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), for which Taylor won a second Academy Award. From the mid-1970s, she appeared less frequently in film, and made occasional appearances in television and theatre. Her much publicized personal life included eight marriages and several life-threatening illnesses. From the mid-1980s, Taylor championed HIV and AIDS programs; she co-founded the American Foundation for AIDS Research in 1985, and the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation in 1993. She received the Presidential Citizens Medal, the Legion of Honour, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and a Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute, who named her seventh on their list of the "Greatest American Screen Legends". Taylor died of congestive heart failure at the age of 79.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Poster for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

7.6(0.8K)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Maggie
Poster for The Flintstones
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The Flintstones

5.4(2.6K)
The Flintstones
Pearl Slaghoople
Poster for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

7.7(0.9K)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Martha
Poster for The End of a Beautiful Epoch
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The End of a Beautiful Epoch

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The End of a Beautiful Epoch
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Poster for Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
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Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Self (archive footage)
Poster for Lassie Come Home
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Lassie Come Home

6.7(0.1K)
Lassie Come Home
Priscilla
Poster for John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
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John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

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John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Self (archive footage)
Poster for Giant
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Giant

7.6(0.8K)
Giant
Leslie Lynnton Benedict
Poster for Reflections in a Golden Eye
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Reflections in a Golden Eye

6.5(0.1K)
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Leonora Penderton
Poster for Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
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Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

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Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Self - Introduction Speaker

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Elizabeth Taylor portrait
Elizabeth Taylor portrait
Elizabeth Taylor portrait
Elizabeth Taylor portrait
Elizabeth Taylor portrait
Elizabeth Taylor portrait
Elizabeth Taylor portrait
Elizabeth Taylor portrait