Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor

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Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor Wiki Biography

English actress Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was born on the 27th February 1932, in Hampstead, London, England, regarded by some as one of the greatest actresses of all time, probably best recognized for starring in the role of Catherine Holly in “Suddenly, Last Summer” (1959), playing Gloria Wandrous in “Butterfield 8” (1960), and as Martha in “Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?” (1966). Her career was active from 1942 to 2007. She passed away in 2011.

So, have you ever wondered how rich Elizabeth Taylor was? According to authoritative sources, it was estimated that Elizabeth’s net worth at the impressive amount of $600 million at the time of her death, accumulated largely through her successful career as an actress. Other sources of her wealth came from the sales of her two best-selling perfumes – “Passion” and “White Diamonds”, and her own fashion company called House of Taylor. Additionally, one suspects that divorce settlements from her eight marriages may have contributed too.

Elizabeth Taylor was the daughter of Francis Lenn Taylor, an art dealer, and Sara Sothern, a stage actress; as her parents were Americans, she received dual citizenship at birth. She attended Byron House, a Montessori school, but when the family returned to Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, , she continued her education at Hawthorne School. Soon, under the influence of her mother, she began to pursue a career initially as a child actress, as her eyes were blue, almost violet sometimes, which drew audiences attention.

Elizabeth was spotted by John Cheever Cowdin, so auditioned at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Universal Pictures, which offered her a contract in 1941, so making her debut appearance in “There’s One Born Every Minute” the following year, which marked the beginning of her net worth. Later, she signed a contract with MGM, and was cast as Priscilla in “Lassie Come Home” in 1943, and as “Jane Eyre” in the same year, which was followed the next year by appearances in such other film titles “National Velvet”, and “Father Of The Bride” (1950), among others.

Her popularity started expanding enormously when she was chosen for one of the leading roles in George Stevens’ film “A Place In The Sun” (1951), which became a commercial success. In the following year, Elizabeth starred in the role of Anastacia Macaboy in the romantic comedy “Love Is Better Than Ever”, after which she was cast in “Ivanhoe” in the same year. In 1956 she was cast as Leslie Lynnton Benedict in the film “Giant”, for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Special Achievement. From then, she lined up success after success, playing Susanna Drake in “Raintree County” in 1957, and as Maggie ‘The Cat’ Pollit in “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof” in 1958, both earning her a Laurel Award for Top Female Dramatic Performance. In the next year, she won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama for her performance as Catherine Holly in the film “Suddenly, Last Summer”, and in 1960, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for starring in the role of Gloria Wandrous in “Butterfield 8”. All of these roles added a considerable amount to her net worth.

Elizabeth’s next big role came in 1963, when she appeared in the title role in the film “Cleopatra”, alongside her future husband Richard Burton, and three years later they appeared together in leading roles in “Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?”, which marked her whole acting career, as she won numerous awards, including the second Academy Award for Best Actress, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Laurel Award for Top Female Dramatic Performance, etc.

During the 1970s and 1980s, Elizabeth appeared in several prominent roles, including as Jimmie Rosie Probert in “Under Milk Wood”, portraying Barbara Sawyer in Larry Peerce’s film “Ash Wednesday”, and as Desiree Armfeldt in “A Little Night Music”. In 1981, she made her debut guest-appearance in the TV series “General Hospital”, as Helena Cassadine, and four years later, she starred in the role of Louella Parsons in the TV film “Malice In Wonderland”, and was selected to portray Madam Conti in the TV mini-series “North And South”. All of these roles increased her net worth by a large margin.

To speak further about her acting career, in the next decade, Elizabeth continued with guest-starring roles in such TV series as “Captain Planet And The Planeteers”, “The Nanny” and “Can’t Hurry Love” (1996), among others, increasing her net worth. Moreover, she landed a role in the 2001 film “These Old Broads”, and also did a voice-overs in several titles, including “The Simpsons” from 1992 to 1993, “High Society” in 1996, and “God, The Devil And Bob” in 2001. Her last performance was on the stage, when she appeared in the play “Love Letters” in 2007.

Thanks to her accomplishments in the film industry, Elizabeth Taylor was named seventh on the list of the Greatest American Screen Legends by the American Film Institute in 1999. She also received a Life Achievement Award.

Regarding her personal life, it was as expansive as her acting career. Elizabeth Taylor was married eight times to seven husbands; she married twice actor Richard Burton, firstly from 1964 to 1974, and later from 1975 to 1976. Her other husbands were Conrad Hilton, Jr. (1950-1951); Michael Wilding (1952-1957) with whom she had two children; Michael Todd (1957-1958) with whom she had one child; Eddie Fisher (1959-1964); John Warner (1976-1982); and Larry Fortensky (1991-1996).

Apart from her acting career, Elizabeth was also recognized as a philanthropist, and one of the first celebrities who established the American Foundation for AIDS Research in 1985, for which she was made a Knight of the French Legion of Honour two years later. She continued to help people with this problem and in 1993 launched the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation, and in the same year won the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her efforts.

Elizabeth Taylor passed away from congestive heart failure at the age of 79, on the 23rd March 2011 in Los Angeles, California USA.

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Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor Quick Info

Full Name Elizabeth Taylor
Net Worth $600 Million
Date Of Birth February 27, 1932
Died March 23, 2011, Los Angeles, California, US
Place Of Birth Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, UK
Height 1.57 m
Profession Actress, author, businesswoman, humanitarian
Education University High School
Nationality British, American
Spouse Conrad Hilton Jr.(m. 1950-1951), Michael Wilding(m. 1952-1957), Mike Todd (m. 1957-1958), Eddie Fisher(m. 1959-1964), Richard Burton( m. 1964-1976), John Warner(m. 1976-1982), Larry Fortensky(m. 1991-1996)
Children Michael Wilding Jr., Christopher Wilding, Liza Todd, Maria Burton
Parents Francis Lenn Taylor, Sara Sothern
Siblings Howard Taylor
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Awards Academy Award for Best Actress, David di Donatello Golden Plate Award, Laurel Award for Top Female Dramatic Performance, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Golden Globe Award for Special Achievement, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Nominations Bambi Award for Best International Actress, David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actress, Silver Bear for Best Actress, Cable ACE Award for Best Actress in a Dramatic or Theatrical Program
Movies National Velvet (1944), Gone with the Wind (1939), Conspirator (1949), A Place in the Sun (1951), Giant (1956), Suddenly, Last Summer (1959), Butterfield 8 (1960), Cleopatra (1963), Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (1966), Between Friends (1983)
TV Shows Around the World of Mike Todd (1968), Hallmark Hall of Fame (1978), General Hospital (1981), North and South (1985), The Simpsons (1992-1993), The Flintstones (1994)

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor Trademarks

  1. Her love affair with beautiful jewelry
  2. Her multiple marriages and divorces, with only one marriage ending in widowhood.
  3. Dark hair, violet eyes and suntanned skin
  4. Frequent weight fluctuations

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor Quotes

  • The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they’re going to have some pretty annoying virtues.
  • [on Larry Fortensky] Larry sees through the world of bullshit I live in. He’s very protective.
  • [after divorcing Richard Burton for the second time] I love Richard Burton with every fiber of my soul, but we can’t be together. We’re too mutually self-destructive.
  • I’ve only slept with men I’ve been married to. How many women can make that claim?
  • [before her final wedding in 1991] I’ve been single for eleven years, and I have thought long and hard about ever marrying again. I mean, this is it, forever.
  • If someone’s dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a picture, I’m certainly not dumb enough to turn it down.
  • Straight sex, gay sex, bisexual sex, use a condom whoever you are.
  • [on BUtterfield 8 (1960)] A piece of shit.
  • [on Cleopatra (1963)] They had cut out the heart, the essence, the motivations, the very core, and tacked on all those battle scenes. It should have been about three large people, but it lacked reality and passion. I found it vulgar.
  • I hate being called “Liz”, because it can sound like such a hiss.
  • [on Michael Jackson] He is one of the most normal people I know.
  • I’ve come through things that would have felled an ox. That fills me with optimism, not just for myself but for our particular species.
  • The ups and downs, the problems and stress, along with all the happiness, have given me optimism and hope because I am living proof of survival.
  • I have the emotions of a child in the body of a woman. I was rushed into womanhood for the movies. It caused me long moments of unhappiness and doubt.
  • I don’t entirely approve of some of the things I have done, or am, or have been. But I’m me. God knows, I’m me.
  • [on her conversion to Judaism] It had absolutely nothing to do with my past marriage to Mike [Todd] or my upcoming marriage to Eddie Fisher, both of whom were Jewish. It was something I had wanted to do for a long time.
  • Richard came on the set and sort of sidled over to me and said: “Has anybody ever told you that you’re a very pretty girl?” ‘I thought, Oy gevalt, the great lover, the great wit, the great Welsh intellectual, and he comes out with a corny line like that! But then I noticed his hands were shaking as if he had Saturday night palsy. He had the worst hangover I’d ever seen. And he was obviously terrified of me. I just took pity on him. I realized he really was human. That was the beginning of our affair.
  • [on the death of Michael Jackson] I just don’t believe that Michael would want me to share my grief with millions of others. How I feel is between us. Not a public event.
  • I will love Michael Jackson forever. (On Michael Jackson’s death)
  • [on Marilyn Monroe] She seemed to have a kind of unconscious glow about her physical self that was innocent, like a child. When she posed nude, it was ‘Gee, I am kind of, you know, sort of dishy,’ like she enjoyed it without being egotistical.
  • [on Montgomery Clift] Monty was the most emotional actor I have ever worked with. And it is contagious.
  • [on Clark Gable] He was the epitome of the movie star — so romantic, such bearing, such friendliness.
  • [on John Wayne] He is as tough as an old nut and as soft as a yellow ribbon.
  • [on Michael Wilding] I’m afraid in those last few years I gave him a rather rough time. Sort of henpecked him and probably wasn’t mature enough for him. It wasn’t that we had anything to fight over. We just weren’t happy.
  • [on Michael Jackson] He is part of my heart. We would do anything for each other.
  • I, along with the critics, have never taken myself very seriously.
  • I believe in mind over matter and doing anything you set your mind on.
  • If someone’s dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a picture, I’m certainly not dumb enough to turn it down.
  • [on John Wayne] His image had as much impact in the world as many of our presidents have had, but Duke was a great actor, a great humanitarian, but always himself. To be a friend was a lifetime thing.
  • [on Michael Jackson] What is a genius? What is a living legend? What is a mega star? Michael Jackson – that’s all. And when you think you know him, he gives you more . . . I think he is one of the finest people to hit this planet, and, in my estimation, he is the true King of Pop, Rock and Soul.
  • [2005] There’s still so much more to do. I can’t sit back and be complacent, and none of us should be. I get around now in a wheelchair, but I get around.
  • [2005] Acting is, to me now, artificial. Seeing people suffer is real. It couldn’t be more real. Some people don’t like to look at it in the face because it’s painful. But if nobody does, then nothing gets done.
  • [on Eddie Fisher] I’m not taking anything away from Debbie [Debbie Reynolds] because she never really had it.
  • You find out who your real friends are when you’re involved in a scandal.
  • [About Montgomery Clift] The most gorgeous thing in the world and easily one of the best actors.
  • One problem with people who have no vices is that they’re pretty sure to have some annoying virtues.
  • I don’t remember much about Cleopatra (1963). There were a lot of other things going on.
  • Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.
  • Success is a great deodorant. It takes away all your past smells.
  • [on her weight fluctuations] When you’re fat, the world is divided into two groups – people who bug you and people who leave you alone. The funny thing is, supporters and saboteurs exist in either camp.
  • [Cannes, May 2001] If not to make the world better, what is money for?
  • I don’t pretend to be an ordinary housewife.
  • My mother says I didn’t open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw was an engagement ring. I was hooked.
  • I had a hollow leg. I could drink everyone under the table and not get drunk. My capacity was terrifying.
  • [on turning 53 years old] I think I’m finally growing up – and about time.

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor Important Facts

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  • Was considered for the role of Alexis on Dynasty (1981).
  • Elizabeth’s ex-husband Larry Fortensky passed away in July 2016 at age 64, having been in a coma since May. The news was confirmed on Facebook and Twitter by relatives, but there has been no media coverage or even an obituary in the local newspaper.
  • Taylor underwent more than 40 major operations during her lifetime and was hospitalized at least 100 times. She reportedly told doctors in 2010 that she didn’t want any more life-saving surgeries despite being in daily pain.
  • Became a great-grandmother in 1998.
  • Very close friend of Carole Bayer Sager.
  • She had over 35 sibling-in-laws, since several of her husbands came from very large families.
  • Daughter Elizabeth “Liza” Frances was born six weeks early in 1957 she weighed 4 lbs 14 oz at birth.
  • Appeared on the cover of Life magazine a record 14 times (more than any other movie star), starting when she was just 15 years old.
  • Has appeared in over 1,000 magazine covers around the world.
  • Taylor was a major supporter of the state of Israel.
  • She had a great and loyal friendship with 1950s actor James Dean, who co-starred with her in Giant (1956). Dean suddenly died in a car accident in Cholame, California in the early fall of 1955, just before the filming of Giant was wrapping up production. It was reported that Taylor felt so distressed and devastated upon hearing the news of her good friend’s tragic death that she had to be admitted to a psychiatric hospital for a few days.
  • Michael Jackson’s music video “Leave Me Alone” (from his 1987 album Bad) was created as tribute for Elizabeth Taylor, taking several footage of Taylor from her most famous movies, mixing it using the CGI technology that existed in that time.
  • Taylor and her husband, Michael Todd, had planned for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) to be her final film, as she intended to retire from the screen. Todd had made a verbal agreement about this with MGM, but after his death, MGM forced Taylor to make BUtterfield 8 (1960) in order to fulfill the terms of her studio contract. As a result, Taylor refused to speak to the director for the entire production, and hated the film.
  • Former neighbor of Julie London.
  • Disliked it when people referred to her by the nickname “Liz”.
  • She was the visual inspiration for the original illustrations of Carol Ferris (created in 1959). Ferris was created as Green Lantern/Hal Jordan’s love interest, and eventually she turned into super-heroine Star Sapphire. Taylor was 27 years old at the point of her creation.
  • Credited Montgomery Clift with making her take acting seriously. Taylor was so impressed by Clift’s incredible preparation and concentration to play a role that she actively began to seek better parts and give more dynamic performances.
  • Was the 53rd actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for BUtterfield 8 (1960) at The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961) on April 17, 1961.
  • Is one of 14 Best Actress Oscar winners to have not accepted their Academy Award in person, Taylor’s being for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). The others are Katharine Hepburn, Claudette Colbert, Joan Crawford, Judy Holliday, Vivien Leigh, Anna Magnani, Ingrid Bergman, Sophia Loren, Anne Bancroft, Patricia Neal, Maggie Smith, Glenda Jackson and Ellen Burstyn.
  • Despite playing their mother on Giant (1956), Taylor was just 2 years older than Fran Bennett, 4 years older than Dennis Hopper and 9 months younger than Carroll Baker.
  • A casting agent said of her as a 19 year old: “The kid has nothing. Her eyes are too old.”.
  • On March 1, 2013, her fifth (and sixth) husband, Richard Burton, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was placed next to Elizabeth’s star at 6336 Hollywood Boulevard.
  • Launched 12 perfumes and colognes – Passion 1988, Passion for Men 1989, White Diamonds 1991, Diamonds and Emeralds 1993, Diamonds and Rubies 1993, Diamonds and Sapphires 1993, Black Pearls 1996, Sparkling White Diamonds 1999, Brilliant White Diamonds 2001, Forever Elizabeth 2002, Gardenia 2003 and Violet Eyes 2010.
  • Her biological grandchildren are Leila (b. 1971), Naomi (b. 1975) and Tarquin (b. 1989), via her son Michael Wilding Jr., Andrew (b. 1984) and Lowell (b. 1992), via her son Christopher Edward Wilding, and Quinn (b. 1986) and Rhys (b. 1991), via her daughter Liza Todd. Her adoptive grandchildren are Eliza (b. 1982) and Richard (b. 2001), via her adoptive daughter Maria Burton, and Caleb (b. 1983) via Christopher.
  • Delivered all three of her biological children via Caesarean section.
  • Had a tubal ligation at age 25 and a hysterectomy when she was 36.
  • Her obituary published in The New York Times was written by theater critic and cultural reporter Mel Gussow, who had died in 2005. The newspaper’s obituary editor said the piece was “too good to throw away”.
  • Although Taylor was raised as a Christian Scientist, in 1959, at the age of 27, she converted to Judaism. She denied that her conversion was motivated by her marriages to Mike Todd or Eddie Fisher (both of whom were Jewish), saying that she had always been drawn to Judaism. Her conversion took place at Temple Israel of Hollywood, where she had studied Torah and Jewish history and traditions under Rabbi Max Nussbaum. It is traditional for converts to receive a Hebrew equivalent to their names upon conversion (since they wouldn’t have received one shortly after birth, as those born into Judaism would have); Taylor’s was Elisheba Rachel, Elisheba being the Hebrew for “Elizabeth,” and Rachel being the name of Jacob’s second wife in the Torah.
  • On Monday evening, November 8, 2010, Andy Warhol’s “Men in Her Life”, a 1962 painting based on an image of Elizabeth Taylor between husbands, was auctioned at Phillips de Pury & Company’s new salesroom on Park Avenue in New York City. An unidentified bidder bought it for $63.3 million.
  • Was at one point going to star in The Public Eye (1972) with Richard Burton. See the trivia page for the film for more information.
  • Ex-husband Larry Fortensky underwent five hours of brain surgery and was in a coma for six weeks after falling off a balcony on January 28, 1999. Taylor immediately notified the hospital she would personally guarantee all Fortensky’s medical expenses.
  • Fourth husband Eddie Fisher was a close friend of her late husband Michael Todd. Fisher left his wife Debbie Reynolds to be with Taylor.
  • First husband Conrad Hilton Jr. was physically abusive, which was partly caused by a drug problem.
  • Returned to work seven months after giving birth to her daughter Liza Todd in order to begin filming Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958).
  • Was a heavy smoker from ages 18 to 58. She finally quit at her doctor’s recommendation following a severe bout with pneumonia in 1990.
  • Underwent heart surgery in October 2009 to repair a leaky valve.
  • Nominated for the 1981 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for “The Little Foxes” as well as winning a Special Theatre World Award for the same.
  • Has a street named after her in Iowa City, Iowa.
  • Actively sought the role of Eliza Dolittle in My Fair Lady (1964), but Audrey Hepburn was cast instead.
  • Hospitalized with congestive heart failure and pneumonia in July 2008 and was briefly on a life support machine.
  • Her first Oscar nomination for Raintree County (1957) marks her first of 4 consecutive nominations, a feat she shares with Jennifer Jones (1943-1946), Thelma Ritter (1950-1953), Marlon Brando (1951-1954) and Al Pacino (1972-1975).
  • She was made a Fellow of the British Film Institute in recognition of her outstanding contribution to film culture.
  • Taylor and Shirley Jones are the only actresses to win Oscars for playing prostitutes in the same year: Taylor for BUtterfield 8 (1960) (Best Actress) and Jones for Elmer Gantry (1960) (Best Supporting Actress).
  • In 2006, she donated $500,000 to the New Orleans AIDS Task Force to purchase mobile medical unit for AIDS sufferers in New Orleans.
  • After the death of husband Mike Todd, she and Todd’s son sued the company Ayer Lease Plan, Inc. for $5,000,000 charging negligence. They were awarded only $40,000, of which $13,000 went to attorney’s fees. The remaining $27,000 went to their daughter, Frances.
  • The 1963 Andy Warhol portrait of hers was sold for $ 23,7 million to an anonymous bidder at a Christie’s auction in New York (14 November 2007).
  • Inducted into the California Hall of Fame in Sacramento (5 December 2007).
  • Mentioned in Walter Kirn’s novel “Thumbsucker”.
  • Received $500,000 divorce settlement from Conrad Hilton Jr., 1951.
  • Has had three hip replacements.
  • In a 2007 interview with Entertainment Tonight (1981)’s Mary Hart, Taylor said she had recently telephoned ex-husband Eddie Fisher and spoke to him for the first time in nearly 40 years.
  • In 1963, while the highest paid American business executive earned $650,000 and President John F. Kennedy’s salary was $150,000, she received at least $2.4 million.
  • Did not attend The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003) due to her opposition to the Iraq war.
  • Her AIDS organization AMFAR raised $83 million in the twelve years following its creation in 1985.
  • Organized “A Commitment to Life”, a celebrity event to benefit AIDS research after her Giant (1956) co-star Rock Hudson became ill in 1985. The event featured former First Lady Betty Ford, Burt Lancaster, Shirley MacLaine, Sammy Davis Jr., and Burt Reynolds. More than $1.3 million was raised.
  • In Italy, she was exclusively dubbed until the mid-1950s by Germana Calderini. As she matured, she was dubbed by Fiorella Betti. For two of her most celebrated roles–Leslie Lynnton Benedict in Giant (1956) and Catherine Holly in Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)–Taylor was dubbed respectively by Micaela Giustiniani and Lidia Simoneschi, the only time either actress lent their voice to her.
  • Announced her retirement from acting in 2003.
  • Godmother of Prince Michael.
  • Godmother of Paris-Michael K. Jackson.
  • Former stepmother of Carrie Fisher, Todd Fisher, Kate Burton, Jessica Burton, Virginia Warner, John Warner Jr., Mary Warner and Julie Fortensky Henderson.
  • Appeared on Larry King Live (1985) to refute claims that she had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and was close to death. (30 May 2006)
  • Was a frequent guest at the infamous “Studio 54”
  • Her older brother Howard Taylor was born in 1929.
  • Her beloved dog, a Maltese named Sugar, died in 2005. Some months later, she purchased Daisy, one of Sugar’s descendants.
  • After her son Michael had renounced his American citizenship for possession of marijuana, the U.S. Congress passed a bill to block his deportation (1988).
  • Underwent radiation therapy in 2002 for basal cell carcinoma, a form of skin cancer.
  • Cancelled her appearance at the Cannes Film Festival, prompting renewed fears about her health. The acting legend usually attends an annual charity dinner organized by the American Foundation For AIDS Research (AMFAR), which always coincides with the South of France festival. However, Taylor – who also pulled out in 2004 due to health problems – was replaced by Sharon Stone and Liza Minnelli at the gala. (May 2005)
  • In 2006, she introduced a line of diamond and precious stone jewelry called “House of Taylor”. The designs are said to be inspired by certain favorite pieces in her own collection. She actually wrote a book on jewelry and is considered to be an authority on the subject.
  • Became friends with Marlon Brando while shooting Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967). Brando agreed to pick up her Best Actress Award for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) from the New York Film Critics Circle. When Brando made his appearance at the NYFCC Award ceremony at Sardi’s on January 29, 1967, he berated the critics, querying them as to why they hadn’t recognized Liz before. He then flew to Dahomey, Africa, where she was shooting The Comedians (1967) with Richard Burton to personally deliver the award, a development Burton thought odd. Several years later Brando socialized with the Burtons, visiting them on their famous yacht the Kalizma, while they plied the Mediterreanean. Brando’s ex-wife Anna Kashfi, in her book “Brando for Breakfast” (1979), claimed that Brando and Burton got into a fist fight aboard the yacht, probably over Liz, but nothing of the incident appears in Burton’s voluminous diaries. In his diaries, Burton found Brando to be quite intelligent but believed he suffered, like Liz did, from becoming too famous too early in his life and believed their affinity for one another was based on this (both Liz and Marlon would later befriend Michael Jackson, another superstar-cum-legend who had become too famous too soon). Burton recognized Brando as a great actor, but felt he would have been more suited to silent films due to the deficiency in his voice (the famous “mumble”). As a silent film star, Burton believed Brando would have been the greatest motion picture actor ever.
  • Was unable to attend the civil partnership ceremony of her friend Sir Elton John in England due to her illness. (December 2005)
  • 1976: Won the title of “Most Memorable Eyebrows” in a magazine poll. The first runner up was Lassie.
  • Writer Charles Bukowski, in his newspaper column (and later book) “Notes of a Dirty Old Man”, revealed that he loathed Taylor as an absurd icon of the celebrity-mad, media-besotted American culture that he despised.
  • She was awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II at the 2000 New Year’s Honours List for her services to drama.
  • Her third husband Michael Todd gave her a 29-carat diamond ring during their marriage, a feat topped by fifth husband Richard Burton when he gave her the 69-carat “Burton-Cartier” (later renamed “Burton-Taylor”) diamond. Fourth-husband Eddie Fisher said that a $50,000 diamond could keep Taylor happy for approximately four days.
  • Auctioned off her diamond-and-emerald engagement ring from Richard Burton to raise money for an AIDS charity.
  • In 1969, Richard Burton bought her one of the world’s largest and most beautiful diamonds from the jeweler Cartier after losing an auction for the 69-carat, pear-shaped stone to the jeweler, who won with a $1-million bid. The rough diamond that would yield the prized stone weighed 244 carats and was found in 1966 at South Africa’s Premier mine. Harry Winston cut and polished the diamond, which was put up for auction in 1969. Burton purchased the diamond from Cartier the next day for $1,069,000 to give to Taylor. The small premium was the result of the publicity Cartier garnered from selling the stone, then called the “Burton-Cartier Diamond,” to the then “world’s most famous couple.” Ten years later, the twice-divorced-from-Burton Taylor herself auctioned off the “Burton-Taylor Diamond” to fund a hospital in Botswana. The last recorded sale of the Taylor-Burton was in 1979 for nearly $3,000,000 to an anonymous buyer in Saudi Arabia. The ring was the center of the classic Here’s Lucy (1968) episode “Lucy Meets the Burtons,” in which Lucy Carter, played by Lucille Ball, gets the famous ring stuck on her finger. The actual ring was used and the episode was the highest rated episode of the very popular series.
  • She and Richard Burton starred together in 11 movies: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), The V.I.P.s (1963), Under Milk Wood (1972), The Taming of the Shrew (1967), The Sandpiper (1965), Hammersmith Is Out (1972), Doctor Faustus (1967), Divorce His – Divorce Hers (1973), The Comedians (1967), Cleopatra (1963) and Boom! (1968). She had an uncredited cameo in Burton’s film Anne of the Thousand Days (1969).
  • Along with Mark Hamill and Joe Mantegna, she was one of only three actors to play both themselves and a fictional character in The Simpsons (1989). She supplied the voice of Maggie Simpson in the Season Four episode “Lisa’s First Word” and portrayed herself in the Season Four episode “Krusty Gets Kancelled”.
  • She was (along with Marisa Berenson) co-matron of honor at Liza Minnelli’s and David Gest’s wedding.
  • Was unable to give evidence at Michael Jackson’s trial due to illness.
  • Is portrayed by Sherilyn Fenn in Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story (1995).
  • Announced in November 2004 she has been diagnosed with congestive heart failure, but vowed to continue raising funds for AIDS charities and to build a Richard Burton Memorial Theatre in Cardiff, Wales.
  • Premiere Magazine ranked her as #40 on a list of the Greatest Movie Stars of All Time in their Stars in Our Constellation feature (2005).
  • Although born in England, her parents were actually Americans, who were just working in England. Her ancestry included English (with many colonial American roots going back to the 1600s), as well as Swiss-German (from an immigrant maternal great-grandfather), Northern Irish (Scots-Irish), French, and more distant Dutch, Welsh, and Danish.
  • Ranked #7 in the American Film Insitutes list of the 50 ‘Greatest American Screen Legends’, the top 25 male and top 25 female.
  • Has four children. Two sons with Michael Wilding: Michael Howard (born January 6, 1953) and Christopher Edward (born February 27, 1955). Her daughter with Michael Todd, Elizabeth Frances Todd, called “Liza”, was born August 6, 1957. Her daughter, Maria Burton, (adopted 1962 with Eddie Fisher; re-adopted 1964 with Richard Burton) was born August 1, 1961.
  • She was voted the 11th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly.
  • The premiere of her film Father of the Bride (1950) took place two days after her real-life marriage to Conrad Hilton Jr.. The publicity surrounding the event is credited with helping to make the film so successful. The marriage lasted as long as the 3 month European honeymoon. Irreconcilable differences were cited in the divorce court.
  • The stories of her Oscar win for BUtterfield 8 (1960) have grown legendary. It is generally accepted as truth that she won Oscar voters by a vote of sympathy, because of the recent death of her husband, Michael Todd, and her near-fatal illness and emergency tracheotomy to save her life (her scar was very visible on Oscar night). Wisecracker and Rat Pack member Shirley MacLaine, who was favored to win for her role in The Apartment (1960), said afterwards that “I lost out to a tracheotomy.”
  • She is mentioned in the lyrics of several songs, including some versions of the Frank Sinatra standard “Nancy (with the Laughing Face)”, the Allan Sherman song “Oh Boy” (wherein Sherman giggled “oh boy” in reference to “her men”), “My Baby Just Cares for Me” (written by Gus Kahn and Walter Donaldson, performed by the likes of Eddie Cantor and Nina Simone) and “Lady Nina” by the rock band Marillion.
  • Admitted in an interview with Barbara Walters in the late 1990s that she would still like to act but, because of her medical problems, no movie company will insure her. In addition to many other medical problems, including a benign brain tumor she had removed, she has broken her back four times. This causes her severe pain when walking or standing for long amounts of time.
  • She was a recipient of the 2002 John F. Kennedy Center Honors.
  • Stepmother of the late Michael Todd Jr., who was actually her senior by three years.
  • In the early 1970s, she planned to star in the movie version of the hit 1971 Broadway play “Twigs” by George Furth, in which she would have played four characters — three sisters and their aged, cranky Bronx-Irish mother — but the project never materialized.
  • Considered Michael Jackson among her closest friends.
  • Has owned some of the world’s most magnificent jewelry, including the 33-carat “Krupp Diamond”, the Duchess of Windsor diamond brooch, the Grand Duchess of Russia emeralds, the “LaPeregina Pearl” (which was a Valentine present to her from Richard Burton), and the famous pear-shaped 69-carat “Burton-Cartier Diamond” Burton gave her in 1969 (subsequently renamed the “Burton-Taylor Diamond.”).
  • Born at 2:15 AM GMT
  • Lives in BelAir house once owned by Frank Sinatra when he was married to first wife, Nancy.
  • Mother-in-law of Brooke Palance.
  • Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#16). [1995]
  • Along with Julie Andrews, she was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II on New Year’s Eve, 1999.
  • First actress to earn $1,000,000 for a movie role (in Cleopatra (1963)).
  • At one point during her life-threatening illness while filming BUtterfield 8 (1960), she was actually pronounced dead.
  • Her perfumes have been Passion (1987), White Diamonds (1991), Diamonds and Rubies, Diamonds and Emeralds, Diamonds and Sapphires and Black Pearls (1995).
  • Liz was a close friend of Montgomery Clift until his death in 1966. They met for the first time when Paramount decided that she had to accompany him to the premiere of The Heiress (1949) because they were both to star in the upcoming A Place in the Sun (1951). They liked each other right away. Clift used to call her “Bessie Mae”. When he had a car accident a few years later that disfigured him, he had just left a party at Liz’s house. It was she who found him first, got into the wreck and removed some teeth from his throat that threatened to choke him.
  • American Film Institute Life Achievement Award. [1993]
  • Her episode of Biography (1987) was the highest-rated episode of that series on Arts & Entertainment (thru the end of 1995).
  • Liz and Richard Burton appeared together on stage in a 1983 revival of “Private Lives.”
  • Has appeared solo on the cover of PEOPLE magazine 14 times, second only to Princess Diana (as of 1996).
  • Her daughter, Liza Todd, with Michael Todd, is a sculptor, who has two sons, Quinn and Rhys, with her husband artist Hap Tivey.
  • Mother of Christopher Edward Wilding and Michael Wilding Jr.
  • Has four children and nine grandchildren.
  • Underwent successful surgery to remove the benign brain tumor. [February 1997]
  • Discharged from hospital, but later rushed back in after a suffering a brain seizure. Said to be comfortable. [February 1997]
  • Ranked #72 in Empire (UK) magazine’s “The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time” list. [October 1997]
  • She was bridesmaid for Jane Powell for her first marriage. Powell was bridesmaid for Taylor at her first marriage.

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
Elton John: Original Sin 2002 Video short Actress
These Old Broads 2001 TV Movie Beryl Mason Actress
God, the Devil and Bob 2000 TV Series Sarah Actress
Can’t Hurry Love 1996 TV Series Elizabeth Taylor Actress
High Society 1996 TV Series Elizabeth Taylor Actress
Murphy Brown 1996 TV Series Elizabeth Taylor Actress
The Nanny 1996 TV Series Elizabeth Taylor Actress
The Flintstones 1994 Pearl Slaghoople Actress
The Simpsons 1992-1993 TV Series Elizabeth Taylor
Maggie Simpson
Actress
Captain Planet and the Planeteers 1992 TV Series Mrs. Andrews Actress
Sweet Bird of Youth 1989 TV Movie Princess Kosmonopolis Actress
Il giovane Toscanini 1988 Nadina Actress
Poker Alice 1987 TV Movie Alice Moffit Actress
There Must Be a Pony 1986 TV Movie Marguerite Sydney Actress
North and South 1985 TV Mini-Series Madam Conti Actress
Malice in Wonderland 1985 TV Movie Louella Parsons Actress
Hotel 1984 TV Series Katherine Cole Actress
Between Friends 1983 TV Movie Deborah Shapiro Actress
All My Children 1983 TV Series Actress
General Hospital 1981 TV Series Helena Cassadine Actress
The Mirror Crack’d 1980 Marina Rudd Actress
Winter Kills 1979 Lola Comante (uncredited) Actress
Return Engagement 1978 TV Movie Dr. Emily Loomis Actress
A Little Night Music 1977 Desiree Armfeldt Actress
Victory at Entebbe 1976 TV Movie Edra Vilnofsky Actress
The Blue Bird 1976 Mother / Witch / Light / … Actress
The Driver’s Seat 1974 Lise Actress
Ash Wednesday 1973 Barbara Sawyer Actress
Night Watch 1973 Ellen Wheeler Actress
Divorce His – Divorce Hers 1973 TV Movie Jane Reynolds Actress
Hammersmith Is Out 1972 Jimmie Jean Jackson Actress
Under Milk Wood 1972 Rosie Probert Actress
X, Y and Zee 1972 Zee Blakeley Actress
Here’s Lucy 1970 TV Series Elizabeth Taylor Actress
The Only Game in Town 1970 Fran Walker Actress
Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 Masked Courtesan (uncredited) Actress
Secret Ceremony 1968 Leonora Actress
Boom! 1968 Flora ‘Sissy’ Goforth Actress
The Comedians 1967 Martha Pineda Actress
Reflections in a Golden Eye 1967 Leonora Penderton Actress
Doctor Faustus 1967 Helen Actress
The Taming of the Shrew 1967 Katharina Actress
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1966 Martha Actress
The Sandpiper 1965 Laura Reynolds Actress
Cleopatra 1963 Cleopatra Actress
The V.I.P.s 1963 Frances Andros Actress
BUtterfield 8 1960 Gloria Wandrous Actress
Scent of Mystery 1960 The Woman of Mystery (uncredited) Actress
Suddenly, Last Summer 1959 Catherine Holly Actress
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1958 Maggie Pollitt Actress
Raintree County 1957 Susanna Drake Shawnessy Actress
Giant 1956 Leslie Benedict Actress
The Last Time I Saw Paris 1954 Helen Ellswirth Actress
Beau Brummell 1954 Lady Patricia Actress
Elephant Walk 1954 Ruth Wiley Actress
Rhapsody 1954 Louise Durant Actress
The Girl Who Had Everything 1953 Jean Latimer Actress
Ivanhoe 1952 Rebecca Actress
Love Is Better Than Ever 1952 Anastacia (Stacie) Macaboy Actress
Callaway Went Thataway 1951 Elizabeth Taylor (uncredited) Actress
Quo Vadis 1951 Christian Prisoner in Arena (uncredited) Actress
A Place in the Sun 1951 Angela Vickers Actress
Father’s Little Dividend 1951 Kay Dunstan Actress
The Big Hangover 1950 Mary Belney Actress
Father of the Bride 1950 Kay Banks Actress
Conspirator 1949 Melinda Greyton Actress
Little Women 1949 Amy Actress
Julia Misbehaves 1948 Susan Packett Actress
A Date with Judy 1948 Carol Pringle Actress
Cynthia 1947 Cynthia Bishop Actress
Life with Father 1947 Mary Actress
Courage of Lassie 1946 Kathie Merrick Actress
National Velvet 1944 Velvet Brown Actress
The White Cliffs of Dover 1944 Betsy Kenney at Age 10 (uncredited) Actress
Jane Eyre 1943 Helen Burns (uncredited) Actress
Lassie Come Home 1943 Priscilla Actress
There’s One Born Every Minute 1942 Gloria Twine Actress
A Little Night Music 1977 performer: “You Must Meet My Wife”, “Send in the Clowns”, “Finale” Soundtrack
That’s Entertainment! 1974 Documentary performer: “Melody of Spring” 1904, “It’s a Most Unusual Day” 1948 – uncredited Soundtrack
Little Women 1949 performer: “Merry Christmastime Is Here”, “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” 1850 – uncredited Soundtrack
A Date with Judy 1948 performer: “Its a Most Unusual Day” Reprise #1, “Its a Most Unusual Day” Reprise #2 – Finale Soundtrack
The Taming of the Shrew 1967 producer – uncredited Producer
Oz: The Tin Woodman’s Dream 1967 Short executive producer Producer
The Guest 1963 associate producer – uncredited Producer
Under the Bridge 2011 in memory of Thanks
The Simpsons 2011 TV Series dedicated to the memory of – 1 episode Thanks
Before Breakfast 2010/I Short special thanks Thanks
The Opening 2009 Short grateful acknowledgment Thanks
Evocator 2009 Short grateful acknowledgment Thanks
Good 2008 the producers wish to thank Thanks
AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Passions: America’s Greatest Love Stories 2002 TV Special documentary thanks Thanks
Discovering Bedrock 1999 Video documentary short special thanks Thanks
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt 1989 Documentary special thanks Thanks
George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey 1984 Documentary thanks Thanks
A Private Little Party for a Few Chums 1957 TV Movie documentary Herself – Hos Self
Playhouse 90 1957 TV Series Herself Self
Person to Person 1957 TV Series documentary Herself – Guest Self
The 29th Annual Academy Awards 1957 TV Special documentary Herself – Presenter: Costume Design Awards Self
Operation Raintree 1957 Documentary short Herself (uncredited) Self
‘Giant’ Stars Are Off to Texas 1955 Documentary short Herself (uncredited) Self
Warner Pathé News Issue # 87 1955 Documentary short Herself Self
The Ed Sullivan Show 1954 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
What’s My Line? 1954 TV Series Herself – Mystery Guest Self
A Star Is Born World Premiere 1954 TV Short Herself Self
The 26th Annual Academy Awards 1954 TV Special Herself – Presenter: Best Documentary Short and Best Documentary Feature Self
The 25th Annual Academy Awards 1953 TV Special Herself – Audience Member Self
Elizabeth Taylor: American Diamond 2012 Video documentary short Self
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Mike Nichols 2010 TV Movie Herself Self
Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger 2010 Documentary Herself Self
Access Hollywood 2009 TV Series Herself Self
Michael Jackson: Life of a Superstar 2009 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
Entertainment Tonight 2006-2008 TV Series Herself / Herself – Guest Self
ITV Lunchtime News 2007 TV Series Herself Self
Canada A.M. 2007 TV Series Herself Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 2006 TV Series Herself – Interviewee Self
Larry King Live 1993-2006 TV Series Herself – Guest / Herself Self
Corazón de… 2005 TV Series Herself Self
2005 BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards 2005 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
Biography 2003 TV Series documentary Herself Self
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts 2002 TV Movie Herself – Honoree Self
Intimate Portrait 2002 TV Series documentary Herself Self
20/20 1997-2002 TV Series documentary Herself Self
E! True Hollywood Story 1999-2002 TV Series documentary Herself Self
E! Goes to Cannes! 2002 TV Series Herself Self
Fashion Police 2002 TV Series Herself Self
Leute heute 2002 TV Series documentary Herself Self
Searching for Debra Winger 2002 Documentary Herself (uncredited) Self
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration 2001 TV Special documentary Herself (uncredited) Self
The Rosie O’Donnell Show 2001 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
Hollywood Legends: Elizabeth Taylor and Shirley Temple 2001 Video documentary Herself Self
George Stevens and His Place in the Sun 2001 Video short Herself Self
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand 2001 TV Special documentary Herself Self
Gran premio internazionale della TV 2001 TV Series Herself – Winner Self
The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2001 TV Special Herself – Presenter: Best Motion Picture Drama Self
Cannes: Through the Eyes of the Hunter 2001 Documentary short Herself Self
Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration 2000 TV Movie Herself Self
Omnibus 2000 TV Series documentary Herself / Various Self
Stars and Bras 2000 TV Movie documentary Herself – Host Self
Good Morning America 1977-2000 TV Series Herself – Guest / Herself Self
Michael Jackson and Friends: A Concert for Kosovo’s Children 1999 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Stars: America’s Greatest Screen Legends 1999 TV Special documentary Herself Self
A Celebration: 100 Years of Great Women 1999 TV Special documentary Herself Self
The 51st British Academy Film Awards 1999 TV Special Herself Self
The Barbara Walters Summer Special 1977-1999 TV Series Herself / Herself – Guest Self
Discovering Bedrock 1999 Video documentary short Herself Self
Get Bruce 1999 Documentary Herself (uncredited) Self
Hollywood Aids 1998 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
Town Meeting with Diane Sawyer: Celebrities vs. the Press 1997 TV Special documentary Herself Self
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life 1997 TV Special Herself Self
20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years 1997 TV Movie documentary Cleopatra Self
James Dean: A Portrait 1996 TV Movie documentary Herself (1955 behind the scenes footage) (uncredited) Self
Jet 7 1996 TV Series Herself (1997) Self
Late Show with David Letterman 1996 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
Elizabeth Taylor 1996 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
Primetime 1995 TV Series documentary Herself Self
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous 1995 TV Short documentary Herself Self
The Johnny Carson Collection, His Favorite Moments from ‘The Tonight Show’: 1962-1992 1994 Video Herself Self
The Jackson Family Honors 1994 TV Special documentary Herself Self
The American Music Awards 20th Anniversary Special 1993 TV Special Herself Self
Audrey Hepburn Remembered 1993 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor 1993 TV Special documentary Herself – Guest of Honor Self
The 65th Annual Academy Awards 1993 TV Special Herself – Winner: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Self
TNT Extra: A Very Special Conversation with Elizabeth Taylor 1993 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
Michael Jackson Talks to… Oprah Live 1993 TV Special Herself (uncredited) Self
The Whoopi Goldberg Show 1992 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
In a New Light: A Call to Action in the War Against AIDS 1992 TV Movie documentary Herself – Introducer Self
The Arsenio Hall Show 1992 TV Series Herself Self
The Freddie Mercury Tribute: Concert for AIDS Awareness 1992 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1992 TV Series Herself – Guest / Herself Self
The 64th Annual Academy Awards 1992 TV Special Herself – Co-Presenter: Best Picture Self
The Oprah Winfrey Show 1988-1992 TV Series Herself Self
The 21th Annual Friends of Tel Hashomer Gala 1992 TV Movie Herself – Presenter Self
A Closer Look: Elizabeth Taylor 1991 TV Short documentary Herself Self
A Closer Look 1991 TV Series documentary Herself Self
7th Annual American Cinema Awards 1990 TV Special Herself – Presenter Self
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt 1989 Documentary Herself – Introduction Speaker Self
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues 1989 Video documentary Herself Self
The 3rd Annual Soul Train Music Awards 1989 TV Special Herself – Presenter Self
America’s All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor 1989 TV Special documentary Herself – Guest of Honor Self
AIDS: The Global Explosion 1989 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
Who Gets the Friends? 1988 TV Movie Herself (uncredited) Self
Donahue 1988 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
Aspel & Company 1988 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
Today 1980-1988 TV Series Herself – Guest / Herself Self
Hour Magazine 1987 TV Series Herself Self
The 59th Annual Academy Awards 1987 TV Special Herself – Presenter: Best Director Self
Men, Women, Sex & AIDS 1987 TV Movie Herself (1986 footage TV commercial PSA amfAR) (uncredited) Self
One Voice 1986 TV Special documentary Herself – Audience Member (uncredited) Self
Liberty Weekend 1986 TV Special documentary Herself Self
Bob Hope’s High-Flying Birthday 1986 TV Movie Herself Self
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn 1986 TV Special documentary Herself Self
The 13th Annual American Music Awards 1986 TV Special Herself Self
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. 1986 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
The 1st Annual Commitment to Life Awards 1985 TV Special Herself – Host Self
Bob Hope’s Comedy Salute to the Soaps 1985 TV Movie Herself Self
The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards 1985 TV Special Herself – Winner: Cecil B. DeMille Award Self
50th Presidential Inaugural Gala 1985 TV Special Herself Self
Bob Hope’s Unrehearsed Antics of the Stars 1984 Documentary Herself Self
Star-Studded Spoof of the New TV Season, G-Rated, with Glamour, Glitter and Gags 1982 TV Special Herself Self
Genocide 1982 Documentary Narrator (voice) Self
Night of 100 Stars 1982 TV Special Herself Self
Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny 1982 TV Movie Herself Self
Stand Up and Cheer for the National Football League’s Sixtieth Year 1981 TV Special Herself Self
The 35th Annual Tony Awards 1981 TV Special Herself – Nominee & Presenter Self
All-Star Comedy Birthday Party from West Point 1981 TV Special Herself Self
NBC White Paper 1981 TV Series documentary Herself Self
The South Bank Show 1981 TV Series documentary Herself – Guest Self
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt 1981 TV Series Herself Self
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts 1979 TV Special Herself – Honoree Self
General Electric’s All-Star Anniversary 1978 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
Happy Birthday, Bob 1978 TV Special Herself Self
A Death in Canaan 1978 TV Movie Herself (voice, uncredited) Self
The National Tribute to Hubert H. Humphrey 1977 TV Movie Herself Self
An All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor 1977 TV Movie documentary Herself – Host Self
The Stars Salute America’s Greatest Movies 1977 TV Special Herself – Presenter Self
Dinah! 1977 TV Series Herself / Herself – Guest Self
The 48th Annual Academy Awards 1976 TV Special Herself – Performer Self
ABC Late Night 1974 TV Series Herself Self
The 46th Annual Academy Awards 1974 TV Special Herself – Presenter: Best Picture Self
That’s Entertainment! 1974 Documentary Herself – Co-Host / Narrator / Clip from ‘Cynthia’ Self
Just One More Time 1974 Short Herself (uncredited) Self
Bitte umblättern 1972 TV Series Herself Self
The David Frost Show 1970-1972 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
Blood, Sweat and Tears 1971 TV Movie documentary Herself – Narrator (as Liz Taylor) Self
The 42nd Annual Academy Awards 1970 TV Special Herself – Presenter: Best Picture Self
60 Minutes 1970 TV Series documentary Herself Self
Anne Boleyn’s England 1969 Documentary short Herself Self
On Location: Where Eagles Dare 1968 Documentary short Herself (uncredited) Self
Paris aktuell 1968 TV Series documentary Herself Self
Gala de l’Unicef 1967 TV Series Herself Self
The Comedians in Africa 1967 Documentary short Herself (uncredited) Self
Around the World of Mike Todd 1967 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
The Life and Times of John Huston, Esq. 1967 TV Movie Herself Self
The Heart of Show Business 1967 TV Movie Herself – Performer Self
The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show 1966 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
A Statue for ‘The Sandpiper’ 1965 Documentary short Herself Self
The Big Sur 1965 Documentary short Herself Self
The Jack Paar Program 1964 TV Series Herself (on film) Self
Freedom Spectacular 1964 TV Movie Herself Self
The 18th Annual Tony Awards 1964 TV Special Herself – Audience Member Self
Hollywood and the Stars 1964 TV Series Herself Self
On the Trail of the Iguana 1964 Short documentary Herself Self
Elizabeth Taylor in London 1963 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
The 33rd Annual Academy Awards 1961 TV Special Herself – Winner Self
The 32nd Annual Academy Awards 1960 TV Special Herself – Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role Self
Sunday Showcase 1959 TV Series Herself Self
Premier Khrushchev in the USA 1959 Documentary Herself Self
The 31st Annual Academy Awards 1959 TV Special Herself – Presenter: Writing Awards Self
The Fabulous Allan Carr 2017 Documentary Herself Archive Footage
National Endowment for the Arts: United States of Arts 2017 TV Series documentary short Herself Archive Footage
Entertainment Tonight 2005-2017 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
Food: Fact or Fiction? 2016 TV Series documentary Archive Footage
Eamonn and Ruth: How the Other Half Lives 2016 TV Mini-Series documentary Herself Archive Footage
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds 2016 TV Movie documentary Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage
La otra sala: Clásicos 2016 TV Series documentary Archive Footage
Tellement Gay! Homosexualité et pop culture 2015 TV Mini-Series documentary Maggie / Herself Archive Footage
The End of a Great Era 2015 Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage
Pinewood: 80 Years of Movie Magic 2015 TV Movie documentary Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage
Children of Giant 2015 Documentary Herself Archive Footage
Welcome to the Basement 2012-2015 TV Series Martha / Herself Archive Footage
Ochéntame… otra vez 2015 TV Series documentary Herself Archive Footage
Le Fossoyeur de Films 2015 TV Mini-Series documentary Archive Footage
Colpo di scena 2014 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
Barbara Walters: Her Story 2014 TV Movie Herself Archive Footage
And the Oscar Goes To… 2014 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
The ’80s: The Decade That Made Us 2013 TV Mini-Series documentary Herself Archive Footage
The Battle of Amfar 2013 Documentary short Herself – Actor Archive Footage
Arena 2012 TV Series documentary Archive Footage
Kulturzeit 2012 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
Elizabeth Taylor: Auction of a Lifetime 2012 TV Movie Herself Archive Footage
The 84th Annual Academy Awards 2012 TV Special Herself – Memorial Tribute Archive Footage
The Orange British Academy Film Awards 2012 TV Special Herself – Memorial Tribute Archive Footage
18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2012 TV Special Herself – In Memoriam Archive Footage
The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards 2011 TV Special Herself – In Memoriam Archive Footage
The 65th Annual Tony Awards 2011 TV Special Herself – Memorial Tribute Archive Footage
Elizabeth Taylor: A Tribute 2011 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
Cinema 3 2011 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
Días de cine 2011 TV Series Archive Footage
Breakfast 2011 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
Gomorron 2011 TV Series Om hennes liv Archive Footage
Leute heute 2011 TV Series documentary Herself Archive Footage
Piers Morgan Tonight 2011 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
ReelzChannel Specials 2011 TV Series documentary Herself Archive Footage
These Hammers Don’t Hurt Us 2011 Short Archive Footage
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood 2010 TV Mini-Series documentary Martha Archive Footage
Wishful Drinking 2010 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
Uncle Bob 2010 Documentary Herself Archive Footage
Gilles Jacob: CIitizen Cannes 2010 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
Smash His Camera 2010 Documentary Herself Archive Footage
50 años de 2009 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
Michael Jackson 2009 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
Moonwalking: The True Story of Michael Jackson – Uncensored 2009 Video documentary Herself Archive Footage
Qwerty 2008 TV Series Maggie the Cat Archive Footage
Duelle 2008 TV Series documentary Herself Archive Footage
Dr. Drew’s Celebrity Addiction Special 2008 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
20 to 1 2007-2008 TV Series documentary Herself Archive Footage
Waiting for Hockney 2008 Documentary Herself Archive Footage
Tough Baby: Torch Song 2008 Video documentary short Herself Archive Footage
Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo 2008 TV Movie documentary Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage
Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity 2007 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia 2007 TV Short documentary Herself Archive Footage
Cannes, 60 ans d’histoires 2007 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal 2007 Documentary Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage
La imagen de tu vida 2006 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
Private Screenings 2006 TV Series Leslie Benedict Archive Footage
Infrarouge 2006 TV Series documentary Herself Archive Footage
Ciclo Agatha Christie 2006 TV Series documentary Herself Archive Footage
50 y más 2005 TV Movie Archive Footage
Favouritism 2005 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
James Dean: Forever Young 2005 Documentary Herself Archive Footage
American Masters 2004-2005 TV Series documentary Herself / Actress ‘Giant’ Archive Footage
Tage und Nächte in Paris 2004 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven’s Gate 2004 Documentary Cleopatra Archive Footage
A Letter to True 2004 Documentary Herself Archive Footage
Return to ‘Giant’ 2003 Video documentary Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage
Get Up, Stand Up 2003 TV Series documentary Herself Archive Footage
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second 2003 Video documentary Herself Archive Footage
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment 2003 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
E! True Hollywood Story 1998-2003 TV Series documentary Herself Archive Footage
60 Minutes 2003 TV Series documentary Herself – Actress Archive Footage
Michael Jackson’s Private Home Movies 2003 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
Hollywood’s Greatest Weddings 2002 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
Sendung ohne Namen 2002 TV Series documentary Herself Archive Footage
Biography 1993-2002 TV Series documentary Herself / Leslie Benedict / Maggie Pollitt / … Archive Footage
Headliners & Legends: Elizabeth Taylor 2002 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
The Simpsons 2002 TV Series Maggie Simpson Archive Footage
8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2002 TV Special Herself Archive Footage
The Nightclub Years 2001 TV Special documentary Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage
Reputations 2001 TV Series documentary Herself Archive Footage
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days 2001 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood 2001 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
Chop Suey 2001 Documentary Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton 2001 TV Short documentary Herself Archive Footage
Hollywood Remembers Lee Marvin 2000 TV Movie documentary Herself / Susanna Drake Archive Footage
I Love 1970’s 2000 TV Series documentary Herself Archive Footage
Omnibus 2000 TV Series documentary Herself Archive Footage
Legenden 2000 TV Series documentary Herself Archive Footage
Hollywood Couples 2000 TV Series documentary Herself Archive Footage
ABC 2000: The Millennium 1999 TV Special documentary Archive Footage
Best of British 1999 TV Series Cleopatra Archive Footage
Nancherrow 1999 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
Memories of ‘Giant’ 1998 Video documentary Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage
Bob Hope: Celebrity Bloopers 1997 Video documentary Herself Archive Footage
The Fifties 1997 TV Mini-Series documentary Herself (marries) (uncredited) Archive Footage
Great Romances of the 20th Century: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton 1997 TV Short documentary Herself Archive Footage
Judy Garland’s Hollywood 1997 Video documentary Herself Archive Footage
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender 1997 Documentary Herself Archive Footage
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen’s 1997 Documentary Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage
The Nanny 1996 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
Legends of Entertainment Video 1995 Video documentary Herself Archive Footage
The Queen Phenomenon 1995 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
Weddings of a Lifetime 1995 TV Movie Herself Archive Footage
The Hollywood Fashion Machine 1995 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
Luke and Laura Vol. 2: Greatest Love of All 1995 Video Helena Cassadine Archive Footage
100 Years at the Movies 1994 TV Short documentary Himself Archive Footage
Super 8½ 1994 Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage
That’s Entertainment! III 1994 Documentary Kay Banks (uncredited) Archive Footage
The Our Gang Story 1994 Video documentary Herself / Carol Pringle Archive Footage
One on One: Classic Television Interviews 1993 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame 1993 TV Special Herself Archive Footage
And the Band Played On 1993 TV Movie Herself (epilogue sequence) (uncredited) Archive Footage
Edward R. Murrow: The Best of ‘Person to Person’ 1993 Video Herself Archive Footage
Fame in the Twentieth Century 1993 TV Series documentary Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage
Oscar’s Greatest Moments 1992 Video documentary Herself Archive Footage
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1981-1992 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
MGM: When the Lion Roars 1992 TV Mini-Series documentary Herself Archive Footage
Here’s Looking at You, Warner Bros. 1991 TV Movie documentary Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage
Memories of 1970-1991 1991 TV Series documentary Herself Archive Footage
Hollywood on Parade 1990 Video documentary Herself Archive Footage
Marilyn: Something’s Got to Give 1990 TV Movie documentary Cleopatra Archive Footage
Hollywood Sex Symbols 1988 Video documentary short Archive Footage
The 1950’s: Music, Memories & Milestones 1988 Video documentary Herself Archive Footage
Moonwalker 1988 Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage
Great Performances 1988 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC 1988 TV Special Herself Archive Footage
La hora bruja 1985 Cleopatra (uncredited) Archive Footage
Bob Dylan: Emotionally Yours 1985 Video short Angela Vickers Archive Footage
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Years 1985 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey 1984 Documentary Herself Archive Footage
TV’s Funniest Game Show Moments 1984 TV Special Herself Archive Footage
Montgomery Clift 1983 Documentary Herself (documentary footage) Archive Footage
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage 1983 Documentary Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage
Notre Dame de la Croisette 1981 Documentary Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage
Sixty Years of Seduction 1981 TV Movie documentary Archive Footage
Hollywood Hookers 1979 Documentary Archive Footage
Ken Murray Shooting Stars 1979 Documentary Herself Archive Footage
Good Old Days Part II 1978 TV Special Herself Archive Footage
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda 1978 TV Special documentary Actress ‘Ash Wednesday’ (uncredited) Archive Footage
America at the Movies 1976 Documentary Martha Archive Footage
That’s Entertainment, Part II 1976 Documentary Rebecca Archive Footage
Hooray for Hollywood 1975 Documentary Herself Archive Footage
James Dean: The First American Teenager 1975 TV Movie documentary Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage
Elizabeth Taylor – An Intimate Portrait 1975 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
Hollywood Babylon 1972 Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage
The Dick Cavett Show 1971 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
Lionpower from MGM 1967 Short uncredited Archive Footage
Mondo Hollywood 1967 Documentary Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage
Hollywood My Home Town 1965 Documentary Herself Archive Footage
The Love Goddesses 1965 Documentary Herself Archive Footage
CBS: The Stars’ Address 1963 TV Movie Herself Archive Footage
Hollywood: The Great Stars 1963 TV Movie documentary Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage
Lykke og krone 1962 Documentary Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage
The Ed Sullivan Show 1956 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood, City of Stars 1956 Documentary short Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story 1951 Documentary Archive Footage
Twenty Years After 1944 Short Archive Footage

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
2011 Acting and Activism Award Women Film Critics Circle Awards Won
2011 Humanitarian Award Women in Film Crystal Awards Won
2005 Britannia Award BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards Artistic Excellence in International Entertainment Won
2001 Maverick Award Taos Talking Picture Festival Won
2000 BFI Fellowship British Film Institute Awards Won
2000 Vanguard Award GLAAD Media Awards Won
1999 Academy Fellowship BAFTA Awards Won
1998 Life Achievement Award Screen Actors Guild Awards Won
1993 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Academy Awards, USA Won
1993 Life Achievement Award American Film Institute, USA Won
1986 Gala Tribute Film Society of Lincoln Center Won
1985 Golden Apple Golden Apple Awards Female Star of the Year Won
1985 Crystal Award Women in Film Crystal Awards Won
1985 Cecil B. DeMille Award Golden Globes, USA Won
1977 Woman of the Year Hasty Pudding Theatricals, USA Won
1974 Henrietta Award Golden Globes, USA World Film Favorite – Female Won
1972 Silver Berlin Bear Berlin International Film Festival Best Actress Hammersmith Is Out (1972) Won
1972 David David di Donatello Awards Best Foreign Actress (Migliore Attrice Straniera) Zee and Co. (1972) Won
1967 David David di Donatello Awards Best Foreign Actress (Migliore Attrice Straniera) The Taming of the Shrew (1967) Won
1966 Golden Laurel Laurel Awards Female Star Won
1965 Golden Laurel Laurel Awards Female Star Won
1961 Oscar Academy Awards, USA Best Actress in a Leading Role BUtterfield 8 (1960) Won
1960 Golden Plate David di Donatello Awards Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) Won
1960 Golden Laurel Laurel Awards Top Female Dramatic Performance Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) Won
1960 Star on the Walk of Fame Walk of Fame Motion Picture On 8 February 1960. At 6336 Hollywood Blvd. Won
1960 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Motion Picture Actress – Drama Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) Won
1959 Golden Laurel Laurel Awards Top Female Dramatic Performance Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) Won
1958 Golden Laurel Laurel Awards Top Female Dramatic Performance Raintree County (1957) Won
1957 Special Award Golden Globes, USA For consistent performance. Won
2011 Acting and Activism Award Women Film Critics Circle Awards Nominated
2011 Humanitarian Award Women in Film Crystal Awards Nominated
2005 Britannia Award BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards Artistic Excellence in International Entertainment Nominated
2001 Maverick Award Taos Talking Picture Festival Nominated
2000 BFI Fellowship British Film Institute Awards Nominated
2000 Vanguard Award GLAAD Media Awards Nominated
1999 Academy Fellowship BAFTA Awards Nominated
1998 Life Achievement Award Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominated
1993 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Academy Awards, USA Nominated
1993 Life Achievement Award American Film Institute, USA Nominated
1986 Gala Tribute Film Society of Lincoln Center Nominated
1985 Golden Apple Golden Apple Awards Female Star of the Year Nominated
1985 Crystal Award Women in Film Crystal Awards Nominated
1985 Cecil B. DeMille Award Golden Globes, USA Nominated
1977 Woman of the Year Hasty Pudding Theatricals, USA Nominated
1974 Henrietta Award Golden Globes, USA World Film Favorite – Female Nominated
1972 Silver Berlin Bear Berlin International Film Festival Best Actress Hammersmith Is Out (1972) Nominated
1972 David David di Donatello Awards Best Foreign Actress (Migliore Attrice Straniera) Zee and Co. (1972) Nominated
1967 David David di Donatello Awards Best Foreign Actress (Migliore Attrice Straniera) The Taming of the Shrew (1967) Nominated
1966 Golden Laurel Laurel Awards Female Star Nominated
1965 Golden Laurel Laurel Awards Female Star Nominated
1961 Oscar Academy Awards, USA Best Actress in a Leading Role BUtterfield 8 (1960) Nominated
1960 Golden Plate David di Donatello Awards Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) Nominated
1960 Golden Laurel Laurel Awards Top Female Dramatic Performance Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) Nominated
1960 Star on the Walk of Fame Walk of Fame Motion Picture On 8 February 1960. At 6336 Hollywood Blvd. Nominated
1960 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Motion Picture Actress – Drama Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) Nominated
1959 Golden Laurel Laurel Awards Top Female Dramatic Performance Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) Nominated
1958 Golden Laurel Laurel Awards Top Female Dramatic Performance Raintree County (1957) Nominated
1957 Special Award Golden Globes, USA For consistent performance. Nominated