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Elizabeth Taylor

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.


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Born:
Feb 27, 1932 In Hampstead Garden Suburb - London - England
Movie/TV Credits:
124
First Appeared:
In the movie There's One Born Every Minute 1942-06-26
Latest Project:
Movie AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special 2023-12-30
Known For
Poster of 30 Rock
Poster of The Flintstones
Poster of Courage of Lassie
Filmography
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