Acting · Hampstead, London, England, UK · Born February 27, 1932
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.
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TVElizabeth Taylor - Rebel Superstar
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MovieI Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
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MovieElizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
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MovieRock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
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MoviePaul Newman: The Restless
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MovieCommitment to Life
2023
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MovieFreddie Mercury: The Final Act
2022
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MovieRat Pack
2022
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TVSuperstar
2021
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TVA Life in Ten Pictures
2021
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MovieSword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
2019
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MovieNice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019
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MovieChavela
2017
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MovieThe Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
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2017
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2015
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2015
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MovieChildren of 'Giant'
2015
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2013
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MovieHollywood Invasion
2011
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MovieClassic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011
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2010
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2009
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MovieMoonwalking: The True Story of Michael Jackson - Uncensored
2009
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MovieJudy Garland: By Myself
2004
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MovieA Letter to True
2004
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MovieMichael Jackson's Private Home Movies
2003
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MovieEdith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
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MovieSearching for Debra Winger
2002
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MovieHeart of the Festival
2002
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MovieMichael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
2001
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MovieGeorge Stevens and His Place In The Sun
2001
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Bride of Trailer Camp
2001
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MovieAFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
2001
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MovieCleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
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MovieThese Old Broads
2001
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2000
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TVGod, the Devil and Bob
2000
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1999
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1998
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Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997
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MovieReturn to 'Giant'
1996
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TVE! True Hollywood Story
1996
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1995
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TVHigh Society
1995
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1995
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TVCan't Hurry Love
1995
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Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
1995
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1995
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1994
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1994
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1994
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1993
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1993
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1993
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1993
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1992
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1990
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TVCaptain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
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1989
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1989
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1989
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TVMurphy Brown
1988
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1988
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1988
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1988
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MovieHappy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
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1988
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MovieMontgomery Clift: The Hidden Star
1987
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MoviePoker Alice
1987
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1986
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MovieThe Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
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1986
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TVNorth and South
1985
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1985
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1985
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MovieBetween Friends
1983
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1983
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TVHotel
1982
MovieGenocide
1982
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MovieNight of 100 Stars
1982
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MovieThe Mirror Crack'd
1980
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MovieWinter Kills
1979
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TVThe Kennedy Center Honors
1978
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MovieReturn Engagement
1978
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MovieA Death in Canaan
1978
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1977
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1976
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MovieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976
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MovieThe Blue Bird
1976
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1976
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MovieHooray for Hollywood
1976
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MovieElizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait
1975
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1974
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1974
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1973
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1973
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1973
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1972
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1972
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1972
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1972
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1971
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1970
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MovieAnne of the Thousand Days
1969
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1968
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1968
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TVHere's Lucy
1968
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1968
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1968
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1967
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1967
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1967
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1967
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1967
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1967
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1967
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1966
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1965
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1965
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1965
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1964
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MovieBecket
1964
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1963
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1963
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1963
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TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
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1962
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1960
as Gloria Wandrous
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1960
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1959
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1958
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1957
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1957
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1956
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1956
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TVTony Awards
1956
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1954
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1954
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1954
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1954
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1954
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1953
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1953
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1952
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MovieLove Is Better Than Ever
1952
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TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
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1951
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1951
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1951
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1951
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1950
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1950
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TVWhat's My Line?
1950
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1949
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1949
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1948
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1948
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1948
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1948
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1947
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1947
as Cynthia Bishop
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1946
as Kathie Eleanor Merrick
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1945
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1944
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TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
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MovieTwenty Years After
1944
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1943
as Helen Burns
MovieLassie Come Home
1943
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MovieThere's One Born Every Minute
1942
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Gloss and Grit: The Man Who Made Art Pop
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