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Elizabeth Taylor

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1932-02-27

Deathday: 2011-03-23 (79 years old)

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.

Filmography

all 162

Movies 139

self 82

TV Shows 23

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Elizabeth Taylor

Biography

Filmography

all 162

Movies 139

self 82

TV Shows 23

Voice 1

Narrator 1

Producer 1

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes (2024)

AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special (2023)

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (2023)

Paul Newman: The Restless (2023)

Commitment to Life (2023)

Rat Pack (2022)

Superstar (2021)

A Life in Ten Pictures (2021)

Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity (2020)

Sword-and-Sandal (2019)

Chavela (2017)

The End of a Beautiful Epoch (2015)

Children of 'Giant' (2015)

And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)

Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored (2011)

Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking (2010)

These Hammers Don't Hurt Us (2010)

Smash His Camera (2010)

Michael Jackson: The Inside Story - What Killed the King of Pop? (2010)

Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)

Moonwalking: The True Story of Michael Jackson - Uncensored (2009)

Edward R. Murrow - The Best Of Person To Person (2006)

Judy Garland: By Myself (2004)

A Letter to True (2004)

Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies (2003)

Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002)

Searching for Debra Winger (2002)

Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (2001)

George Stevens and His Place In The Sun (2001)

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand (2001)

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001)

These Old Broads (2001)

Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration (2000)

God, the Devil and Bob (2000)

Tennessee Williams: Wounded Genius (1998)

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life (1997)

Return to 'Giant' (1996)

E! True Hollywood Story (1996)

Roger Moore: A Matter Of Class (1995)

How to Be Absolutely Fabulous (1995)

That's Entertainment! III (1994)

The Flintstones (1994)

The Jackson Family Honors (1994)

Intimate Portrait (1993)

The Nanny (1993)

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered (1993)

The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (1992)

Marilyn: Something's Got to Give (1990)

Star Life (1990)

The Simpsons (1989)

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)

Sweet Bird of Youth (1989)

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1989)

Murphy Brown (1988)

Young Toscanini (1988)

In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton (1988)

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)

Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues (1988)

Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star (1987)

Poker Alice (1987)

There Must Be a Pony (1986)

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986)

Super Duper Bloopers (1986)

North and South (1985)

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1985)

Malice in Wonderland (1985)

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985)

Between Friends (1983)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)

Notre Dame de la Croisette (1983)