Elizabeth Taylor

Acting · Born 1932-02-27 in Hampstead, London, England, UK

Biography

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,…

Filmography

• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Maggie
• The Flintstones as Pearl Slaghoople
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as Martha
• The End of a Beautiful Epoch as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Lassie Come Home as Priscilla
• John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick as Self (archive footage)
• Giant as Leslie Lynnton Benedict
• Reflections in a Golden Eye as Leonora Penderton
• Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt as Self - Introduction Speaker
• Father of the Bride as Kay Banks