Elizabeth Taylor

Born:

February 27, 1932

Born as:

Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor

What do you expect me to do? Sleep alone?

Biography:

Liz was born in London, England with dual British and American citizenship. In 1939 after England entered World War II, her parents decided to return to the United States to avoid hostilities.

Little Elizabeth soon attracted the attention of movie scouts and in 1942 she made her screen debut in There's one born every minute. She won her her first "adult" role in Conspirator (1949) but with the major roles onscreen, came worldwide attention off-screen, most notably due to a succession of famous or rich husbands and a series of health crises throughout her life.

In 1956 she appeared in the hit Giant with James Dean and in 1958 in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Paul Newman. She was again in the headlines with Cleopatra (1962), which provided the background to her well-publicized romance with actor Richard Burton and by the time Mike Nichols directed them in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) they had become filmdom's most famous co-stars.

In 1981, Taylor made her Broadway debut in The Little Foxes. In 1985 she co-founded the American Foundation for AIDS Research after the death of her former co-star Rock Hudson.

Elizabeth became a dame (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1999 and in 2003 she announced her retirement.

Academy awards:

1993 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
1967 Won Best Actress for: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
1961 Won Best Actress for: BUtterfield 8 (1960)
1960 Nominated Best Actress for: Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
1959 Nominated Best Actress for: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
1958 Nominated Best Actress for: Raintree County (1957)

Selected Movies:

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
Giant (1956)
National Velvet (1944)

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News

-March 19, 2010
Taylor, originally Protestant, was converted to Judaism this week in 1959. The ceremony took place in a Hollywood synagogue. But according to the state of Israel she would not be considered a Jew, as she converted through a reform conversion.

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Trivia

When Liz arrived in Rome to shoot Cleopatra (1963) she was not alone. She took with her: Eddie Fisher, her husband. Three children. Five dogs. Two cats. Various secretaries. Dozens of servants.
She installed herself in a 14-room mansion.

Liz has got a star on Hollywood Boulevard.
It’s located between Vine Street and Cahuenga bld.

Elizabeth’s marriages:
Conrad Hilton Jr. (May 6, 1950 - February 1, 1951)
Michael Wilding (February 21, 1952 - January 30, 1957)
Michael Todd (February 2, 1957 - March 22, 1958)
Eddie Fisher (May 12, 1959 - March 6, 1964)
Richard Burton (March 15, 1964 - June 26, 1974)
Richard Burton (October 10, 1975 - August 1, 1976)
John W. Warner (December 4, 1976 - November 7, 1982)
Larry Fortensky (October 6, 1991 - October 31, 1996)

Elizabeth is sometimes referred to as “Liz” but she is not fond of that name. She prefers her given name to be pronounced Élizabeth. When a man bought her a $5.000 pendant which spelt out LIZ in diamonds, she send the necklace back and had the remaining letters in her proper name added.
--Source: Sexy Bodies: The Strange Carnalities of Feminism, Page 163

In 1963, Taylor became the highest paid movie star up until that time when she was paid $1,000,000 + 10 percent of the profits to play the title role in Cleopatra.
--Source: The Making of the Wizard of Oz: Movie Magic and Studio Power in the Prime of MGM, Page 116

Liz has her handprints set in cement on Hollywood Boulevard (Hollywood, USA, in the forecourt of Grauman’s Chinese Theater).
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