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Eizabeth Taylor

Birth name: Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor
Birth: 27 February 1932
Died: 23 March 2011
Nationality: British
Hollywood Walk Star: Yes
Elizabeth Taylor

Career / Biography

Elizabeth Taylor was almost as well known for her private life as for her acting. She was married eight times including to Richard Burton (twice) and Eddie Fisher. She started her career as a child star in National Velvet. Even as a child she had a natural beauty and showed star quality and for her she made a smooth transition through a teenager and then as an adult. It was A Place In The Sun that firmly moved her into adult roles as she played opposite Montgomery Clift She wanted to be known as a serious actor rather than a just a beauty as she developed in Ivanhoe. Giant was an action film that moved her up into working with some top actors. Cat On Hot Tin Roof was a film that showed her as a great actress in a good literary adaptation. Although she won an Oscar for Butterfield Eight it was not a film she liked as MGM insisted she it was part of her contract. She then had a million dollar contract with Twentieth Century Fox for Cleopatra. This film had many problems but was where she fell in love with Richard Burton. This started the idea that the life of the stars was as important as the film they were making. She worked with him in the one of her best performances in Who's Afraid Of Virginia Wolf where she was the frumpy wife rather than the glamorous wife. Together they then worked in Franco Zeffirelli's European production of Taming Of The Shrew. They appeared in Under Milk Wood but then the tempestuous relationship ended. She was a major international film star in the 1950's and 1960's. She appeared in a variety of film types some of which have become significant films including the historical drama Cleopatra and the social comment of Who's Afraid Of Virginia Wolf.

Films

Flintstones (1994)
Mirror Crack'd (1980)
Ash Wednesday (1973)
The Taming Of The Shrew (1967)
Who's Afraid Of Virginia Wolf (1966)
Cleopatra (1963)
Butterfield 8 (1960)
Suddenly Last Summer (1959)
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Raintree County (1957)
Giant (1956)
The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
Elephant Walk (1953)
Ivanhoe (1952)
A Place In The Sun (1951)
Father's Little Dividend (1951)
Father Of The Bride (1950)
Life With Father (1947)
National Velvet (1944)
Lassie Come Home (1943)

Oscars

Won - Best Actress - Who's Afraid Of Virginia Wolf (1966)
Won - Best Actress - Butterfield 8 (1960)
Nomination - Best Actress - Suddenly last Summer (1959)
Nomination - Best Actress - Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Nomination - Best Actress - Raintree County (1957)

Quote

I don’t want to be a sex symbol. I would rather be a symbol of woman, a woman who makes mistakes, perhaps, but a woman who loves.
When you’re in the public eye, you need to be prepared for everything.
Hollywood is like a big candy store. Everyone can get a candy, but not everyone can get the same flavor.
Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.
The problem with the people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they’re going to have some pretty annoying virtues.
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