Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1932-02-27
Day of Death
2011-03-23
Place of Birth
Hampstead, London, England, UK
Elizabeth Taylor
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.
Filmography (144)
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
2025
Brasiliana: The Black Musical That Introduced Brazil to the World
2024
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
2024
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
2024
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
2023
Commitment to Life
2023
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
2022
Rat Pack
2022
Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft
2021
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
2019
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019
Chavela
2017
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
Destins secrets d’étoiles - Grace, Jackie, Liz, Marilyn…
2015
