Taylor, Elizabeth (1932-2011), was an American motion-picture actress. She became as famous for her beauty and turbulent personal life as for her film work.
Taylor appeared in about 50 films. She made her film debut in There’s One Born Every Minute (1942) and became a child star in Lassie Come Home (1943). Taylor won Academy Awards for best actress in BUtterfield 8 (1960) and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). Her other notable films included National Velvet (1944), Father of the Bride (1950), A Place in the Sun (1951), Giant (1956), Raintree County (1957), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Suddenly Last Summer (1959), Cleopatra (1963), and Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967).
Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was born in London to American parents on Feb. 27, 1932. Taylor was married eight times, including two marriages to the British actor Richard Burton. Her other husbands included the American film producer Michael Todd and the American singer Eddie Fisher. Taylor was active in charity work. Beginning in the mid-1980’s, she campaigned to raise funds for AIDS research. In 2000, Queen Elizabeth II made Taylor a Dame Commander in the Order of the British Empire. Taylor died on March 23, 2011.
See also Burton, Richard .
