Elizabeth Taylor

Acting

Born Feb 27, 1932

From Hampstead, London, England, UK

Died Mar 23, 2011

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.

Elizabeth Taylor

Known For

Cleopatra

The Flintstones

Giant

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Quo Vadis

Little Women

Searching for Debra Winger

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Ivanhoe

Night Watch

Filmography — Acting

Cleopatra

The Flintstones

Giant

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Quo Vadis

Little Women

Searching for Debra Winger

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Ivanhoe

Night Watch

The Taming of the Shrew

Jane Eyre

A Place in the Sun

Night of 100 Stars

Becket

Anne of the Thousand Days

The Mirror Crack'd

Suddenly, Last Summer

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Lassie Come Home

The End of a Beautiful Epoch

Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration

National Velvet

BUtterfield 8

Father of the Bride

Julia Misbehaves

Winter Kills

The Last Time I Saw Paris

Victory at Entebbe

Father's Little Dividend

The V.I.P.s

Courage of Lassie

Identikit

The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert

That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment!

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Rat Pack

Life with Father

Boom!

The White Cliffs of Dover

Sweet Bird of Youth

Elephant Walk

Freddie Mercury: The Final Act

These Old Broads

Judy Garland: By Myself

Rhapsody

Reflections in a Golden Eye

Mondo Hollywood

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

The Blue Bird

Richard Burton: Wild Genius

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

Raintree County

A Star Is Born World Premiere

The Sandpiper

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Beau Brummell

Malice in Wonderland

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

TVTV Looks at the Oscars

Chavela

Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues

There Must Be a Pony

A Little Night Music

Under Milk Wood