Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a British and American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s.
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Quick Fact
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor |
| Date of birth | February 27, 1932 |
| Place of birth | Hampstead, London, England |
| Ancestry | English, American (Parents were U.S. citizens) |
Family
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Father | Francis Lenn Taylor, art dealer |
| Mother | Sara Sothern (née Sara Viola Warmbrodt), actress |
| Siblings | Howard Taylor (older brother) |
| Spouses | Conrad Hilton Jr. Michael Wilding Mike Todd Eddie Fisher Richard Burton John Warner Larry Fortensky |
| Children | Michael Wilding Jr., Christopher Wilding, Liza Todd, Maria Burton |
| Grandparents | American and English descent |
| Notable Relatives | Connected to artistic and cultural heritage through her parents |
Personal Life Milestones
| Year | Milestone |
|---|---|
| 1942 | Made her screen debut in There's One Born Every Minute |
| 1944 | Achieved fame in National Velvet |
| 1958 | Won her first Academy Award nomination for Raintree County |
| 1960 | Won her first Academy Award for Butterfield 8 |
| 1963 | Starred in Cleopatra, one of the most expensive films of the time |
| 1966 | Won her second Academy Award for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| 1985 | Co-founded amfAR (The Foundation for AIDS Research) |
| 2000 | Named a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) |
References
- National Portrait Gallery: Elizabeth Taylor Biography
- Academy Awards Archives
- amfAR Founding History