Elizabeth Taylor profile
Actor profile

Elizabeth Taylor

27th February 1932 Hampstead, London, England, UK Acting

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.

144 Movies 27 TV Shows 171 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Rat Pack poster
Rat Pack 11th January 2022 as Self (archive footage)
Chavela poster
Chavela 16th June 2017 as Self (archive footage)
Genocide poster
Genocide 14th March 1982 as Narrator (voice)
The Blue Bird poster
The Blue Bird 30th April 1976 as Queen of Light/Mother/Witch/Maternal Love
Boom! poster
Boom! 26th May 1968 as Flora 'Sissy' Goforth
Becket poster
Becket 11th March 1964 as Blonde Village Woman (uncredited)
Giant poster
Giant 8th November 1956 as Leslie Lynnton Benedict
Quo Vadis poster
Quo Vadis 8th November 1951 as Christian Prisoner in Arena (uncredited)
Cynthia poster
Cynthia 29th August 1947 as Cynthia Bishop
Superstar poster
Superstar 11th August 2021 as Self (archive footage)
Bambi poster
Bambi 1st January 1948 as Self