Elizabeth Taylor
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Flintstones (1994)
as Pearl Slaghoople
Cleopatra (1963)
as Cleopatra
Giant (1956)
as Leslie Lynnton Benedict
Little Women (1949)
as Amy
A Place in the Sun (1951)
as Angela Vickers
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
as Martha
The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
as Katharina
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
as Maggie Pollitt
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
as Marina Rudd
Quo Vadis (1951)
as Christian Prisoner in Arena (uncredited)
Father of the Bride (1950)
as Kay Banks
Father's Little Dividend (1951)
as Kay Dunstan
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
as Masked Courtesan (uncredited)
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
as Catherine Holly
Jane Eyre (1943)
as Helen Burns
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (1992)
as Self
The Sandpiper (1965)
as Laura Reynolds
The V.I.P.s (1963)
as Frances Andros
Ivanhoe (1952)
as Rebecca
The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
as Helen Ellswirth
National Velvet (1945)
as Velvet Brown
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
The Blue Bird (1976)
as Queen of Light/Mother/Witch/Maternal Love
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (2001)
as Self
Lassie Come Home (1943)
as Priscilla
That's Entertainment! (1974)
as Self - Host / Narrator
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. (1986)
Actor
Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
as Leonora Penderton
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Conspirator (1949)
as Melinda Greyton
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
Becket (1964)
as Blonde Village Woman (uncredited)
BUtterfield 8 (1960)
as Gloria Wandrous
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
These Old Broads (2001)
as Beryl Mason
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Winter Kills (1979)
as Lola Comante (uncredited)
Night Watch (1973)
as Ellen Wheeler
Richard Burton: Wild Genius (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast (2019)
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Courage of Lassie (1946)
as Kathie Eleanor Merrick
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic (2019)
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Life with Father (1947)
as Mary Skinner
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Dean: Forever Young (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
James Dean: The First American Teenager (1975)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
Raintree County (1957)
as Susanna Drake Shawnessy
Bert Stern - Original Madman (2011)
Actor
Beau Brummell (1954)
as Lady Patricia
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
as Betsy Kenney at Age 10 (uncredited)
Sweet Bird of Youth (1989)
as Alexandra Del Lago
Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration (2000)
as Self
Paul Newman: The Restless (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand (2001)
as self
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored (2011)
as (archive footage)
Secret Ceremony (1968)
as Leonora
Divorce His - Divorce Hers (1973)
as Jane Reynolds
Victory at Entebbe (1976)
as Edra Vilnofsky
The Happy Ending (1969)
as Kay Banks (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michael Jackson Talks... to Oprah (1993)
as Self
A Little Night Music (1977)
as Desiree Armfeldt
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues (1988)
as Self
A Date with Judy (1948)
as Carol Pringle
Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
Elephant Walk (1954)
as Ruth Wiley
The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Heart of the Festival (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
The Comedians in Africa (1967)
as Self (uncredited)
Operation Raintree (1957)
as Self
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1985)
as (archive footage)
Rat Pack (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
On the Trail of the Iguana (1964)
as Self
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)
as Self - Introduction Speaker
The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)
as Jean Latimer
Boom! (1968)
as Flora 'Sissy' Goforth
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered (1993)
as Self
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985)
as Self (archive footage)
Commitment to Life (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002)
as (archive footage)
Zee and Co. (1972)
as Zee Blakeley
A Death in Canaan (1978)
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
The Comedians (1967)
as Martha Pineda
Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft (2021)
Actor
Michael Jackson: The Inside Story - What Killed the King of Pop? (2010)
as Self (archive footage)
Discovering Bedrock (1999)
as Self
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986)
as Self
The Battle of Amfar (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
Identikit (1974)
as Lise
There Must Be a Pony (1986)
as Marguerite Sydney
Twenty Years After (1944)
as (archive footage)
Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)
as Anastacia (Stacie) Macaboy
TVTV Looks at the Oscars (1976)
as Self
Poker Alice (1987)
as Alice Moffit
Marilyn: Something's Got to Give (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
Rhapsody (1954)
as Louise Durant
There's One Born Every Minute (1942)
as Gloria Twine
Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
as Elizabeth Taylor (uncredited)
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life (1997)
as Self
A Letter to True (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
George Stevens and His Place In The Sun (2001)
as Self
Chavela (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Andy Warhol, Fluorescent (2016)
as (archive footage)
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton (1988)
as Self (Archive Footage)
Moonwalking: The True Story of Michael Jackson - Uncensored (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954)
as Self
Judy Garland: By Myself (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous (1995)
as Self
James Dean: A Portrait (1995)
as Self (Archive footage)
Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
as Self (uncredited)
On Location: Where Eagles Dare (1968)
as Self (uncredited)
Malice in Wonderland (1985)
as Louella Parsons
Hammersmith Is Out (1972)
as Jimmie Jean Jackson
Lykke og krone (1962)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The End of a Beautiful Epoch (2015)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
Around the World of Mike Todd (1968)
as Self
Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait (1975)
as Self
Destins secrets d’étoiles - Grace, Jackie, Liz, Marilyn… (2015)
Actor
The Only Game in Town (1970)
as Fran Walker
Julia Misbehaves (1948)
as Susan Packett
The Jackson Family Honors (1994)
as Self
Bride of Trailer Camp (2001)
as (archive footage)
Under Milk Wood (1972)
as Rosie Probert
Young Toscanini (1988)
as Nadina Bulichoff
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant' (1956)
as Self
Ash Wednesday (1973)
as Barbara Sawyer
Elizabeth Taylor in London (1963)
as Herself
Mondo Hollywood (1967)
Actor
Doctor Faustus (1967)
as Helen of Troy
Genocide (1982)
as Narrator (voice)
Brasiliana: The Black Musical That Introduced Brazil to the World (2024)
as Herself (archive footage)
James Dean Remembered (1974)
as Self (archive footage)
A Statue for "The Sandpiper" (1965)
as Self
The Big Hangover (1950)
as Mary Belney
Between Friends (1983)
as Deborah Shapiro
Children of 'Giant' (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
The Big Sur (1965)
as Self
Cynthia (1947)
as Cynthia Bishop
Return to 'Giant' (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
Super Duper Bloopers (1986)
as Self
Memories of Giant (1998)
as Self (archive footage)
Scent of Mystery (1960)
as Woman of Mystery
Return Engagement (1978)
as Dr. Emily Loomis
Michael Jackson: Leave Me Alone (1989)
as Self