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.
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Movies (39)
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
as Self (archive footage)
2025
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
2019
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
2019
Chavela
as Self (archive footage)
2017
The End of a Beautiful Epoch
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2015
Children of 'Giant'
as Self (archive footage)
2015
The Battle of Amfar
as self
2013
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
as (archive footage)
2011
Michael Jackson: The Inside Story - What Killed the King of Pop?
as Self (archive footage)
2010
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Moonwalking: The True Story of Michael Jackson - Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self (archive footage)
2004
A Letter to True
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as (archive footage)
2002
Searching for Debra Winger
as Self (uncredited)
2002
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
2001
George Stevens and His Place In The Sun
as Self
2001
Bride of Trailer Camp
as (archive footage)
2001
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2001
These Old Broads
as Beryl Mason
2001
Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration
as Self
2000
Memories of Giant
1998
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
as Self
1997
Return to 'Giant'
as Self (archive footage)
1996
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
as Self (archive footage)
1995
James Dean: A Portrait
as Self (Archive footage)
1995
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
as Self
1995
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994
The Flintstones
as Pearl Slaghoople
1994
The Jackson Family Honors
as Self
1994
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
as Self
1993
Michael Jackson Talks... to Oprah
as Self
1993
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
as Self
1992
Marilyn: Something's Got to Give
as Self (archive footage)
1990
TV Shows (11)
Elizabeth Taylor - Rebel Superstar
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Superstar
as Self (archive footage)
2021
A Life in Ten Pictures
as Self (archive footage)
2021
God, the Devil and Bob
as Sarah (voice)
2000
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
High Society
as Elizabeth Taylor (voice)
1995
Can't Hurry Love
as Elizabeth Taylor
1995
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
The Nanny
as Herself
1993
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
as Mrs. Andrews
1990
The Simpsons
as Maggie Simpson (voice)
1989