Elizabeth Taylor

About

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...

Known for

The SimpsonsSeries • 1989The NannySeries • 1993HotelSeries • 1982Murphy BrownSeries • 1988OmnibusSeries • 1967Here's LucySeries • 1968Captain Planet and the PlaneteersSeries • 1990North and SouthSeries • 1985CleopatraMovie • 1963GiantMovie • 1956The FlintstonesMovie • 1994Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Movie • 1966God, the Devil and BobSeries • 2000Little WomenMovie • 1949Cat on a Hot Tin RoofMovie • 1958Quo VadisMovie • 1951BecketMovie • 1964The Mirror Crack'dMovie • 1980E! True Hollywood StorySeries • 1996A Place in the SunMovie • 1951National VelvetMovie • 1945BUtterfield 8Movie • 1960The Taming of the ShrewMovie • 1967IvanhoeMovie • 1952