Elizabeth Taylor
Born February 27, 1932 (Age: 94)
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Hampstead, London, England, UK
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.
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.
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Filmography
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
2019
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as Self - Actress (archive footage)
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Age: 87
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 77
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Bride of Trailer Camp
2001
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 69
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Discovering Bedrock
1999
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as Self
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Age: 66
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Memories of Giant
1998
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as
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Age: 66
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Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997
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as Self
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Age: 64
James Dean: A Portrait
1995
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as Self (Archive footage)
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Age: 63
That's Entertainment! III
1994
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 62
The Flintstones
1994
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as Pearl Slaghoople
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Age: 62
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The Jackson Family Honors
1994
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as Self
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Age: 61
Michael Jackson Talks... to Oprah
1993
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as Self
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Age: 60
Marilyn: Something's Got to Give
1990
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 58
Super Duper Bloopers
1986
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as Self
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Age: 53
The Mirror Crack'd
1980
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as Marina Rudd
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Age: 47
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 44
The Blue Bird
1976
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as Queen of Light/Mother/Witch/Maternal Love
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Age: 44
That's Entertainment!
1974
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as Self - Host / Narrator
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Age: 42
On Location: Where Eagles Dare
1968
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as Self (uncredited)
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Age: 36
Around the World of Mike Todd
1968
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as Self
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Age: 36
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1966
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as Martha
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Age: 34
The Sandpiper
1965
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as Laura Reynolds
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Age: 33
Becket
1964
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as Blonde Village Woman (uncredited)
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Age: 32
Cleopatra
1963
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as Cleopatra
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Age: 31
Lykke og krone
1962
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as
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Age: 30
Suddenly, Last Summer
1959
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as Catherine Holly
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Age: 27
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958
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as Maggie
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Age: 26
Giant
1956
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as Leslie Lynnton Benedict
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Age: 24
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
1956
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as Self
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Age: 24
The Last Time I Saw Paris
1954
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as Helen Ellswirth
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Age: 22
The Big Hangover
1950
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as Mary Belney
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Age: 18
National Velvet
1945
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as Velvet Brown
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Age: 12
There's One Born Every Minute
1942
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as Gloria Twine
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Age: 10