Elizabeth Taylor
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),
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.
Born
Feb 27, 1932
Hampstead, London, England, UK
Died
Mar 23, 2011
Known For
Acting
Movies
153 acting
1 crew
Popularity
1.3
Known For
Giant
1956
as Leslie Lynnton Benedict
The Flintstones
1994
as Pearl Slaghoople
Cleopatra
1963
as Cleopatra
Little Women
1949
as Amy
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1966
as Martha
Quo Vadis
1951
as Christian Prisoner in Arena (uncredited)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958
as Maggie Pollitt
The Taming of the Shrew
1967
as Katharina
A Place in the Sun
1951
as Angela Vickers
The Mirror Crack'd
1980
as Marina Rudd
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