Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 27, 1932
Place of Birth:
Hampstead, London, England, UK
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Elizabeth Taylor
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Elizabeth Taylor - Rebel Superstar | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Superstar | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | A Life in Ten Pictures | Self (archive footage) |
| 2000 | God, the Devil and Bob | Sarah (voice) |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | |
| 1995 | High Society | Elizabeth Taylor (voice) |
| 1995 | Can't Hurry Love | Elizabeth Taylor |
| 1993 | Intimate Portrait | Self |
| 1993 | The Nanny | Herself |
| 1990 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | Mrs. Andrews |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Maggie Simpson (voice) |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Elizabeth Taylor (voice) |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown | Elizabeth Taylor |
| 1985 | North and South | Madam Conti |
| 1985 | North and South | Madame Conti |
| 1982 | Hotel | |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors | Self |
| 1973 | Divorce His, Divorce Hers | Jane Reynolds |
| 1968 | Here's Lucy | Elizabeth Taylor |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee / Presenter |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Dr. Emily Loomis |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |
| 1948 | Bambi | Self |