Elizabeth Taylor
Birthday: 1932-02-27 | Place of Birth: Hampstead, London, England, UKDame Elizabeth Rosemond "Liz" Taylor, DBE (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Self (archive footage)
as Beryl Mason
as Pearl Slaghoople
as Marguerite Sydney
as Marina Rudd
as Queen of Light / Mother / Witch / Maternal Love
as Barbara Sawyer
as Ellen Wheeler
as Rosie Probert
as Zee Blakeley
as Fran Walker
as Flora 'Sissy' Goforth
as Leonora
as Helen of Troy
as Katharina
as Leonora Penderton
as Martha Pineda
as Laura Reynolds
as Cleopatra
as Frances Andros
as Herself
as Gloria Wandrous
as Woman of Mystery
as Catherine Holly
as Maggie
as Susanna Drake Shawnessy
as Leslie Lynnton Benedict
