Biography
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond "Liz" Taylor, DBE 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.
Filmography
all 168
Movies 142
self 89
TV Shows 26
Voice 2
Producer 1
Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar (2024)
TV
Self (archive footage)
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story (2024)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes (2024)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (2023)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman: The Restless (2023)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack (2022)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Superstar (2021)
TV
Self (archive footage)
A Life in Ten Pictures (2021)
TV
Self (archive footage)
Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity (2020)
Movie
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic (2019)
Movie
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast (2019)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Chavela (2017)
Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The End of a Beautiful Epoch (2015)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Children of 'Giant' (2015)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Movie
(archive footage)
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored (2011)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
These Hammers Don't Hurt Us (2010)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Smash His Camera (2010)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Michael Jackson: The Inside Story - What Killed the King of Pop? (2010)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Moonwalking: The True Story of Michael Jackson - Uncensored (2009)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself (2004)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
A Letter to True (2004)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies (2003)
Movie
(archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002)
Movie
Self (uncredited)
Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001)
Movie
Beryl Mason
These Old Broads (2001)
Movie
Sarah (voice)
God, the Devil and Bob (2000)
TV
5
Maggie Pollitt
Tennessee Williams: Wounded Genius (1998)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Return to 'Giant' (1996)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class (1995)
Movie
Elizabeth Taylor (voice)
High Society (1995)
TV
Elizabeth Taylor
Can't Hurry Love (1995)
TV
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
Movie
Pearl Slaghoople
The Flintstones (1994)
Movie
5.5
Herself
The Nanny (1993)
TV
6.18
Self (archive footage)
Marilyn: Something's Got to Give (1990)
Movie
Mrs. Andrews
Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990)
TV
5.83
Self (archive footage)
Star Life (1990)
TV
Maggie Simpson (voice) / Elizabeth Taylor (voice)
The Simpsons (1989)
TV
6.68
Self - Introduction Speaker
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)
Movie
4
Alexandra Del Lago
Sweet Bird of Youth (1989)
Movie
Elizabeth Taylor
Murphy Brown (1988)
TV
6
Self (archive footage)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988)
Movie
Nadina Bulichoff
Young Toscanini (1988)
Movie
Self (Archive Footage)
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton (1988)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star (1987)
Movie
Alice Moffit
Poker Alice (1987)
Movie
Marguerite Sydney
There Must Be a Pony (1986)
Movie
Madam Conti
North and South (1985)
TV
3.5
Self (archive footage)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1985)
Movie
Louella Parsons
Malice in Wonderland (1985)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985)
Movie
Deborah Shapiro
Between Friends (1983)
Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Notre Dame de la Croisette (1983)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
Genocide (1982)
Movie
Marina Rudd
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
Movie
Lola Comante (uncredited)
Winter Kills (1979)
Movie
Dr. Emily Loomis
Return Engagement (1978)
Movie
Self (voice) (uncredited)
A Death in Canaan (1978)
Movie
Desiree Armfeldt
A Little Night Music (1977)
Movie
Edra Vilnofsky
Victory at Entebbe (1976)
Movie
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
Movie
Queen of Light/Mother/Witch/Maternal Love
The Blue Bird (1976)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood (1976)
Movie
Self - Host / Narrator
That's Entertainment! (1974)
Movie
Ellen Wheeler
Night Watch (1973)
Movie
Barbara Sawyer
Ash Wednesday (1973)
Movie
Jane Reynolds
Divorce His, Divorce Hers (1973)
TV
Jimmie Jean Jackson
Hammersmith Is Out (1972)
Movie
Rosie Probert
Under Milk Wood (1972)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
Movie
Zee Blakeley
Zee and Co. (1971)
Movie
Fran Walker
The Only Game in Town (1970)
Movie
Masked Courtesan (uncredited)
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Movie
6
Self (uncredited)
On Location: Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Movie
Leonora
Secret Ceremony (1968)
Movie
Elizabeth Taylor
Here's Lucy (1968)
TV
8
Flora 'Sissy' Goforth
Boom! (1968)
Movie
Martha Pineda
The Comedians (1967)
Movie
Leonora Penderton
Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
Movie
Helen of Troy
Doctor Faustus (1967)
Movie
Self (uncredited)
The Comedians in Africa (1967)
Movie
Katharina
The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
Movie
Laura Reynolds
The Sandpiper (1965)
Movie
Blonde Village Woman (uncredited)
Becket (1964)
Movie
Associate Producer
The Caretaker (1964)
Movie
s Andros
The V.I.P.s (1963)
Movie
Cleopatra
Cleopatra (1963)
Movie
6
Gloria Wandrous
BUtterfield 8 (1960)
Movie
Woman of Mystery
Scent of Mystery (1960)
Movie
Catherine Holly
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
Movie
Susanna Drake Shawnessy
Raintree County (1957)
Movie
Leslie Lynnton Benedict
Giant (1956)
Movie
5.86
Self - Nominee / Presenter
Tony Awards (1956)
TV
1
Helen Ellswirth
The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
Movie
Lady Patricia
Beau Brummell (1954)
Movie
Ruth Wiley
Elephant Walk (1954)
Movie
Louise Durant
Rhapsody (1954)
Movie
Jean Latimer
The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)
Movie
Self
The Oscars (1953)
TV
Rebecca
Ivanhoe (1952)
Movie
Anastacia (Stacie) Macaboy
Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)
Movie
Dr. Emily Loomis
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV
8.33
Elizabeth Taylor (uncredited)
Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
Movie
Christian Prisoner in Arena (uncredited)
Quo Vadis (1951)
Movie
6
Angela Vickers
A Place in the Sun (1951)
Movie
5.67
Kay Dunstan
Father's Little Dividend (1951)
Movie
Mary Belney
The Big Hangover (1950)
Movie
Kay Banks
Father of the Bride (1950)
Movie
8
Self - Mystery Guest
What's My Line? (1950)
TV
Melinda Greyton
Conspirator (1949)
Movie
Susan Packett
Julia Misbehaves (1948)
Movie
Carol Pringle
A Date with Judy (1948)
Movie
Mary Skinner
Life with Father (1947)
Movie
Cynthia Bishop
Cynthia (1947)
Movie
Kathie Eleanor Merrick
Courage of Lassie (1946)
Movie
Velvet Brown
National Velvet (1945)
Movie
Betsy Kenney at Age 10 (uncredited)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Movie
6
(archive footage)
Twenty Years After (1944)
Movie
Helen Burns
Jane Eyre (1943)
Movie
Priscilla
Lassie Come Home (1943)
Movie
Gloria Twine
There's One Born Every Minute (1942)
Movie
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Information
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1932-02-27
Deathday
2011-03-23 (79 years old)
Birth Name
Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor
Birth Place
Hampstead Garden Suburb, United Kingdom
Religion
Judaism
Height
160-centimeter
Relationships
Eddie Fisher (1959 - 1964), Richard Burton (1975 - 1976), Larry Fortensky (1991 - 1996), Michael Wilding (1952 - 1957), Mike Todd (1957 - 1958), Conrad Hilton, Jr. (1950 - 1951), John Warner (1976 - 1982)
Children
Christopher Wilding, Liza Todd Burton, Michael Wilding Jr.
Father
Francis Lenn Taylor
Mother
Sara Sothern
Relatives
Carrie Fisher, Kate Burton, Jessica Burton, Maria Burton, Virginia Warner, John William Warner IV, Mary Warner, Mike Todd, Jr., Todd Fisher
Citizenships
United Kingdom, United States
Also Known As
Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, Liz Taylor, La Liz, 엘리자베스 테일러, Kitten, エリザベス・テイラー, 伊丽莎白·泰勒
Awards
Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award, Crystal Award, Theatre World Special Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year, Marian Anderson Award, GLAAD Vanguard Award, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, California Hall of Fame, David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress, Kennedy Center Honors, Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, Presidential Citizens Medal, National Board of Review Award for Best Actress, Britannia Awards, Academy Fellowship Award, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama, Silver Bear for Best Actress, AFI Life Achievement Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, Academy Award for Best Actress
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