Elizabeth Taylor
Acting
- Born:
- 1932-02-27
- Died:
- 2011-03-23
- Place of birth:
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
Brasiliana: The Black Musical That Introduced Brazil to the World
Elizabeth Taylor - Rebel Superstar
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
Paul Newman: The Restless
Commitment to Life
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
Rat Pack
Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft
Superstar
A Life in Ten Pictures
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Chavela
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Andy Warhol, Fluorescent
Destins secrets d’étoiles - Grace, Jackie, Liz, Marilyn…
The End of a Beautiful Epoch
Children of 'Giant'
The Battle of Amfar
Bert Stern - Original Madman
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Michael Jackson: The Inside Story - What Killed the King of Pop?
Moonwalking: The True Story of Michael Jackson - Uncensored
James Dean: Forever Young
Judy Garland: By Myself
A Letter to True
Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Searching for Debra Winger
Heart of the Festival
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
George Stevens and His Place In The Sun
Bride of Trailer Camp
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
These Old Broads
Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration
God, the Devil and Bob
Discovering Bedrock
Memories of Giant
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Return to 'Giant'
E! True Hollywood Story
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
High Society
James Dean: A Portrait
Can't Hurry Love
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
That's Entertainment! III
The Flintstones
The Jackson Family Honors
Intimate Portrait
The Nanny
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Michael Jackson Talks... to Oprah
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
Marilyn: Something's Got to Give
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
The Simpsons
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Sweet Bird of Youth
Murphy Brown
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Young Toscanini
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star
Poker Alice
There Must Be a Pony
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
Super Duper Bloopers
North and South
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Malice in Wonderland
Between Friends
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Hotel
Genocide
Night of 100 Stars
The Mirror Crack'd
Winter Kills
The Kennedy Center Honors
Return Engagement
A Death in Canaan
The South Bank Show
A Little Night Music
Victory at Entebbe
That's Entertainment, Part II
The Blue Bird
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
Hooray for Hollywood
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait
That's Entertainment!
Identikit
James Dean Remembered
Night Watch
Ash Wednesday
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
Hammersmith Is Out
Under Milk Wood
Zee and Co.
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Film '72
The Only Game in Town
The Happy Ending
Anne of the Thousand Days
On Location: Where Eagles Dare
Secret Ceremony
Here's Lucy
Around the World of Mike Todd
Boom!
The Comedians
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Omnibus
Doctor Faustus
The Comedians in Africa
Mondo Hollywood
The Taming of the Shrew
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
The Sandpiper
The Big Sur
A Statue for "The Sandpiper"
On the Trail of the Iguana
Becket
Elizabeth Taylor in London
The V.I.P.s
Cleopatra
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Lykke og krone
BUtterfield 8
Scent of Mystery
Suddenly, Last Summer
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Raintree County
Operation Raintree
Giant
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
Tony Awards
The Last Time I Saw Paris
Beau Brummell
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Elephant Walk
Rhapsody
The Girl Who Had Everything
The Oscars
Ivanhoe
Love Is Better Than Ever
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Callaway Went Thataway
Quo Vadis
A Place in the Sun
Father's Little Dividend
The Big Hangover
Father of the Bride
What's My Line?
Conspirator
Little Women
Julia Misbehaves
A Date with Judy
The Ed Sullivan Show
Bambi
Life with Father
Cynthia
Courage of Lassie
National Velvet
The White Cliffs of Dover
Golden Globe Awards
Twenty Years After
Jane Eyre
Lassie Come Home
There's One Born Every Minute