Dame 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.
Movie | AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special | Self (archive footage) | 2023-12-30 |
Movie | Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) | 2022-01-11 |
Movie | Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity | Self (archive footage) | 2020-11-29 |
Movie | Sword-and-Sandal | Self (archive footage) | 2019-04-14 |
Movie | Chavela | Herself (archive footage) | 2017-06-16 |
Movie | Children of 'Giant' | Self (archive footage) | 2015-04-17 |
Movie | The End of a Beautiful Epoch | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2015-06-07 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Movie | Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored | Herself | 2011-01-01 |
Movie | Michael Jackson: The Inside Story - What Killed the King of Pop? | Self (archive footage) | 2010-01-26 |
Movie | Smash His Camera | Self (archive footage) | 2010-07-30 |
Movie | Moonwalking: The True Story of Michael Jackson - Uncensored | Self (archive footage) | 2009-07-27 |
Movie | Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity | Self (archive footage) | 2009-11-29 |
Movie | Waking Sleeping Beauty | Self (archive footage) | 2009-09-05 |
Series | 30 Rock | Unknown | 2006-10-11 |
Movie | James Dean: Forever Young | Herself (archive footage) | 2005-05-20 |
Movie | Judy Garland: By Myself | Self (archive footage) | 2004-02-25 |
Movie | Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies | Self (archive footage) | 2003-04-24 |
Movie | Searching for Debra Winger | Self (uncredited) | 2002-07-13 |
Movie | These Old Broads | Beryl Mason | 2001-02-12 |
Movie | Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration | Self | 2001-11-13 |
Movie | Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 2001-04-03 |
Movie | Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration | Self | 2000-05-26 |
Movie | The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender | Self (archive footage) | 1997-11-01 |
Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
Movie | The Flintstones | Pearl Slaghoople | 1994-05-26 |
Movie | That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) | 1994-07-01 |
Movie | The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert | Self | 1992-04-22 |
Movie | Marilyn: Something's Got to Give | Self (archive footage) | 1990-12-13 |
Series | Star Life | Elle-même | 1990-08-04 |
Movie | Legends in Love | Self (archive footage) | 1989-01-01 |
Movie | John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Self (archive footage) | 1989-01-01 |
Movie | Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt | Self - Introduction Speaker | 1989-12-01 |
Movie | Frankenstein's Grandson Moses - Version Changes | o. A. | 1989-06-22 |
Movie | Sweet Bird of Youth | Alexandra Del Lago | 1989-10-01 |
Movie | Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues | Self | 1988-01-02 |
Movie | Young Toscanini | Nadina Bulichoff | 1988-10-07 |
Movie | Poker Alice | Alice Moffit | 1987-05-21 |
Movie | The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn | Self | 1986-03-09 |
Movie | Super Duper Bloopers | Herself | 1986-01-01 |
Movie | There Must Be a Pony | Marguerite Sydney | 1986-10-05 |
Movie | Malice in Wonderland | Louella Parsons | 1985-01-01 |
Movie | George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | 1985-03-03 | |
Movie | The Witching Hour | Cleopatra (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1985-11-04 |
Series | North and South | Madam Conti | 1985-11-03 |
Movie | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-25 |
Movie | Between Friends | Deborah Shapiro | 1983-09-11 |
Movie | Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
Series | Hotel | Unknown | 1982-08-21 |
Movie | Genocide | Narrator (voice) | 1982-03-14 |
Movie | The Mirror Crack'd | Marina Rudd | 1980-09-19 |
Movie | Winter Kills | Lola Comante (uncredited) | 1979-05-11 |
Movie | A Death in Canaan | Self (voice) (uncredited) | 1978-03-01 |
Movie | Return Engagement | Dr. Emily Loomis | 1978-11-17 |
Series | The Kennedy Center Honors | Unknown | 1978-12-28 |
Movie | A Little Night Music | Desiree Armfeldt | 1977-09-30 |
Movie | TVTV Looks at the Oscars | Self | 1976-03-30 |
Movie | Victory at Entebbe | Edra Vilnofsky | 1976-12-13 |
Movie | The Blue Bird | Queen of Light / Mother / Witch / Maternal Love | 1976-04-05 |
Movie | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976-05-16 |
Movie | Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait | Self | 1975-02-27 |
Movie | Identikit | Lise | 1974-05-20 |
Movie | That's Entertainment! | Self - Host / Narrator | 1974-06-21 |
Movie | Night Watch | Ellen Wheeler | 1973-11-08 |
Movie | Ash Wednesday | Barbara Sawyer | 1973-11-01 |
Movie | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) | 1972-01-10 |
Movie | Hammersmith Is Out | Jimmie Jean Jackson | 1972-05-12 |
Movie | Under Milk Wood | Rosie Probert | 1972-01-27 |
Movie | Zee and Co. | Zee Blakeley | 1971-07-01 |
Movie | The Only Game in Town | Fran Walker | 1970-01-21 |
Movie | Anne of the Thousand Days | Masked Courtesan (uncredited) | 1969-12-18 |
Movie | Boom! | Flora 'Sissy' Goforth | 1968-05-26 |
Series | Here's Lucy | Unknown | 1968-09-23 |
Movie | Secret Ceremony | Leonora | 1968-10-23 |
Movie | Doctor Faustus | Helen of Troy | 1967-10-10 |
Movie | The Taming of the Shrew | Katharina | 1967-03-08 |
Movie | The Comedians in Africa | Self (uncredited) | 1967-08-31 |
Movie | The Comedians | Martha Pineda | 1967-10-31 |
Movie | Reflections in a Golden Eye | Leonora Penderton | 1967-10-13 |
Movie | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Martha | 1966-06-22 |
Movie | The Love Goddesses | (archive footage) | 1965-03-03 |
Movie | The Sandpiper | Laura Reynolds | 1965-06-23 |
Movie | Hollywood My Home Town | Self (archive footage) | 1965-12-31 |
Movie | Becket | Blonde Village Woman (uncredited) | 1964-03-11 |
Movie | On the Trail of the Iguana | Self | 1964-04-30 |
Movie | The V.I.P.s | Frances Andros | 1963-09-01 |
Movie | Cleopatra | Cleopatra | 1963-06-12 |
Movie | Elizabeth Taylor in London | Herself | 1963-10-06 |
Movie | Scent of Mystery | Woman of Mystery | 1960-01-12 |
Movie | BUtterfield 8 | Gloria Wandrous | 1960-11-04 |
Movie | Suddenly, Last Summer | Catherine Holly | 1959-12-22 |
Movie | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Maggie | 1958-08-29 |
Series | Tony Awards | Unknown | 1956-04-01 |
Movie | Giant | Leslie Lynnton Benedict | 1956-11-08 |
Movie | Rhapsody | Louise Durant | 1954-04-16 |
Movie | Elephant Walk | Ruth Wiley | 1954-04-21 |
Movie | Beau Brummell | Lady Patricia Belham | 1954-11-16 |
Movie | The Last Time I Saw Paris | Helen Ellswirth | 1954-11-18 |
Movie | A Star Is Born World Premiere | Self | 1954-09-28 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
Movie | The Girl Who Had Everything | Jean Latimer | 1953-03-27 |
Movie | Love Is Better Than Ever | Anastacia (Stacie) Macaboy | 1952-02-23 |
Movie | Ivanhoe | Rebecca | 1952-07-31 |
Movie | Father's Little Dividend | Kay Dunstan | 1951-04-05 |
Movie | A Place in the Sun | Angela Vickers | 1951-06-12 |
Movie | Callaway Went Thataway | Elizabeth Taylor (uncredited) | 1951-11-15 |
Movie | Quo Vadis | Christian Prisoner in Arena (uncredited) | 1951-11-08 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
Movie | Father of the Bride | Kay Banks | 1950-05-18 |
Movie | The Big Hangover | Mary Belney | 1950-05-26 |
Movie | Conspirator | Melinda Greyton | 1949-07-28 |
Movie | Little Women | Amy | 1949-03-10 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
Movie | Julia Misbehaves | Susan Packett | 1948-08-08 |
Movie | A Date with Judy | Carol Pringle | 1948-07-29 |
Movie | Cynthia | Cynthia Bishop | 1947-08-29 |
Movie | Life with Father | Mary Skinner | 1947-09-13 |
Movie | Courage of Lassie | Kathie Eleanor Merrick | 1946-11-08 |
Movie | National Velvet | Velvet Brown | 1945-01-26 |
Movie | Twenty Years After | (archive footage) | 1944-01-01 |
Movie | The White Cliffs of Dover | Betsy Kenney at Age 10 (uncredited) | 1944-05-11 |
Movie | Jane Eyre | Helen Burns | 1943-12-24 |
Movie | Lassie Come Home | Priscilla | 1943-12-01 |
Movie | There's One Born Every Minute | Gloria Twine | 1942-06-26 |