Elizabeth Taylor
“It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance. ” — ELIZABETH TAYLOR
Elizabeth TaylorFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For other people named Elizabeth Taylor, see Elizabeth Taylor (disambiguation).Dame Elizabeth Taylor
DBE Studio publicity photo, c. 1950sBornElizabeth Rosemond Taylor
February 27, 1932
Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England, UKDiedMarch 23, 2011 (aged 79)
Los Angeles, California, USACause of deathCongestive heart failureResting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CaliforniaOther namesLiz TaylorCitizenshipBritish and AmericanOccupationActressYears active1942–2011Religion
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 1991. 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 in March 2011 at the age of 79, having suffered many years of ill health
DBE Studio publicity photo, c. 1950sBornElizabeth Rosemond Taylor
February 27, 1932
Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England, UKDiedMarch 23, 2011 (aged 79)
Los Angeles, California, USACause of deathCongestive heart failureResting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CaliforniaOther namesLiz TaylorCitizenshipBritish and AmericanOccupationActressYears active1942–2011Religion
- Christian Science (1932–59)
- Judaism (1959–2011)[1]
- Conrad Hilton, Jr.
(1950–51) - Michael Wilding
(1952–57) - Mike Todd
(1957–58; his death) - Eddie Fisher
(1959–64) - Richard Burton
(1964–74, 1975–76) - John Warner
(1976–82) - Larry Fortensky
(1991–96)
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 1991. 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 in March 2011 at the age of 79, having suffered many years of ill health
