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Elizabeth Taylor
Actor, Producer
Born February 27, 1932Died March 23, 2011 (79 years)
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond "Liz" Taylor, DBE (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a 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.
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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| 2020 | Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation · as Maggie |
| 2019 | Leaving Neverland: Take Two · as Cast |
| 2016 | Becoming Mike Nichols · as Martha |
| 2011 | Come Fly with Me: The Story of Pan Am · as Cast |
| 2011 | Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored · as (archive Footage) |
| 2004 | Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate · as Cleopatra |
| 2002 | Edith Head: The Paramount Years · as (archive Footage) |
| 2001 | These Old Broads · as Beryl Mason |
| 2000 | God, The Devil and Bob (TV Series) · as Sarah (voice) |
| 1999 | ABC 2000: The Millennium · as Cast |
| 1997 | Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years · as Cleopatra |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) |
| 1995 | High Society (TV Series) · as Elizabeth Taylor (voice) |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III · as (archive Footage) |
| 1994 | The Flintstones · as Pearl Slaghoople |
| 1990 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers (TV Series) · as Mrs. Andrews |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Elizabeth Taylor (voice) |
| 1989 | Sweet Bird of Youth · as Alexandra Del Lago |
| 1988 | Moonwalker · as Maggie Pollitt |
| 1988 | Young Toscanini · as Nadina Bulichoff |
| 1987 | Poker Alice · as Alice Moffit |
| 1986 | There Must Be a Pony · as Marguerite Sydney |
| 1985 | North and South (TV Series) · as Madam Conti |
| 1985 | Malice in Wonderland · as Louella Parsons |
| 1983 | Hotel (TV Series) |
| 1983 | Between Friends · as Deborah Shapiro |
| 1982 | Genocide · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1981 | Sixty Years of Seduction · as Cast |
| 1980 | The Mirror Crack'd · as Marina Rudd |
| 1979 | Winter Kills · as Lola Comante (uncredited) |
| 1978 | Return Engagement · as Dr. Emily Loomis |
| 1977 | A Little Night Music · as Desiree Armfeldt |
| 1976 | Victory at Entebbe · as Edra Vilnofsky |
| 1976 | America at the Movies · as Martha |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II · as (archive Footage) |
| 1976 | The Blue Bird · as Queen Of Light/mother/witch/maternal Love |
| 1974 | The Driver's Seat · as Lise |
| 1973 | Night Watch · as Ellen Wheeler |
| 1973 | Ash Wednesday · as Barbara Sawyer |
| 1973 | Divorce His - Divorce Hers · as Jane Reynolds |
| 1973 | Divorce His, Divorce Hers (TV Series) · as Jane Reynolds |
| 1972 | Hammersmith Is Out · as Jimmie Jean Jackson |
| 1972 | X, Y & Zee · as Zee Blakeley |
| 1971 | Under Milk Wood · as Rosie Probert |
| 1970 | The Only Game in Town · as Fran Walker |
| 1970 | All My Children (TV Series) · as Cleaning Woman At The Chateau Restaurant |
| 1969 | The Happy Ending · as Kay Banks |
| 1969 | Anne of the Thousand Days · as Masked Courtesan (uncredited) |
| 1968 | Secret Ceremony · as Leonora |
| 1968 | Boom! · as Flora 'sissy' Goforth |
| 1967 | The Comedians · as Martha Pineda |
| 1967 | Doctor Faustus · as Helen Of Troy |
| 1967 | Reflections in a Golden Eye · as Leonora Penderton |
| 1967 | The Taming of The Shrew · as Katharina |
| 1966 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? · as Martha |
| 1965 | The Sandpiper · as Laura Reynolds |
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| 1963 | The V.I.P.s · as Frances Andros |
| 1963 | Cleopatra · as Cleopatra |
| 1963 | General Hospital (TV Series) · as Helena Cassadine |
| 1960 | BUtterfield 8 · as Gloria Wandrous |
| 1960 | Scent of Mystery · as Woman Of Mystery |
| 1959 | Suddenly, Last Summer · as Catherine Holly |
| 1958 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof · as Maggie |
| 1957 | Raintree County · as Susanna Drake Shawnessy |
| 1956 | Giant · as Leslie Lynnton Benedict |
| 1954 | The Last Time I Saw Paris · as Helen Ellswirth |
| 1954 | Beau Brummell · as Lady Patricia |
| 1954 | Elephant Walk · as Ruth Wiley |
| 1954 | Rhapsody · as Louise Durant |
| 1953 | The Girl Who Had Everything · as Jean Latimer |
| 1952 | Ivanhoe · as Rebecca |
| 1952 | Love Is Better Than Ever · as Anastacia (stacie) Macaboy |
| 1951 | Quo Vadis · as Christian Prisoner In Arena (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Dr. Emily Loomis |
| 1951 | Callaway Went Thataway · as Elizabeth Taylor (uncredited) |
| 1951 | A Place in the Sun · as Angela Vickers |
| 1951 | Father's Little Dividend · as Kay Dunstan |
| 1951 | The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story · as Cast |
| 1950 | Father of the Bride · as Kay Banks |
| 1950 | The Big Hangover · as Mary Belney |
| 1949 | Conspirator · as Melinda Greyton |
| 1949 | Little Women · as Amy |
| 1948 | Julia Misbehaves · as Susan Packett |
| 1948 | A Date with Judy · as Carol Pringle |
| 1947 | Life with Father · as Mary Skinner |
| 1947 | Cynthia · as Cynthia Bishop |
| 1946 | Courage of Lassie · as Kathie Eleanor Merrick |
| 1944 | National Velvet · as Velvet Brown |
| 1944 | The White Cliffs of Dover · as Betsy Kenney At Age 10 (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Jane Eyre · as Helen Burns |
| 1943 | Lassie Come Home · as Priscilla |
| 1942 | There's One Born Every Minute · as Gloria Twine |