Elizabeth Taylor
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond "Liz" Taylor, DBE (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) 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.
Known For
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- 2024 · Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar as
- 2024 · I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 · Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Paul Newman: The Restless as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Superstar as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · A Life in Ten Pictures as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Sword-and-Sandal as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Chavela as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · The End of a Beautiful Epoch as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2015 · Children of 'Giant' as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · The Battle of Amfar as self
- 2011 · Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored as Herself
- 2010 · Smash His Camera as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · Michael Jackson: The Inside Story - What Killed the King of Pop? as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · Moonwalking: The True Story of Michael Jackson - Uncensored as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · Judy Garland: By Myself as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · A Letter to True as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 · Edith Head: The Paramount Years as (archive footage)
- 2002 · Searching for Debra Winger as Self (uncredited)
- 2001 · Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 2001 · George Stevens and His Place In The Sun as Self
- 2001 · Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 2001 · These Old Broads as Beryl Mason
- 2000 · Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration as Self
- 2000 · God, the Devil and Bob as Sarah (voice)
- 1997 · Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life as Self
- 1996 · Return to 'Giant' as Self (archive footage)
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1995 · Roger Moore: A Matter Of Class as Self (archive footage)
- 1995 · High Society as Elizabeth Taylor (voice)
- 1995 · How to Be Absolutely Fabulous as Self
- 1994 · That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage)
- 1994 · The Flintstones as Pearl Slaghoople
- 1994 · The Jackson Family Honors as Self
- 1993 · Intimate Portrait as Self
- 1993 · The Nanny as Herself
- 1993 · Audrey Hepburn: Remembered as Self
- 1993 · Michael Jackson Talks... to Oprah as Elizabeth Taylor
- 1992 · The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert as Self
- 1990 · Marilyn: Something's Got to Give as Self (archive footage)
- 1990 · Captain Planet and the Planeteers as Mrs. Andrews
- 1990 · Star Life as Self (archive footage)
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Maggie Simpson (voice)
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Elizabeth Taylor (voice)
- 1989 · Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt as Self - Introduction Speaker
- 1989 · Sweet Bird of Youth as Alexandra Del Lago
- 1989 · John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick as Self (archive footage)
- 1988 · Murphy Brown as Elizabeth Taylor
- 1988 · Young Toscanini as Nadina Bulichoff
- 1988 · In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton as Self (Archive Footage)
- 1988 · Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC as Self (archive footage)
- 1988 · Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues as Self
- 1987 · Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star as Self (archive footage)
- 1987 · Poker Alice as Alice Moffit
- 1986 · There Must Be a Pony as Marguerite Sydney
- 1986 · The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn as Self
- 1986 · Super Duper Bloopers as Herself
- 1985 · North and South as Madam Conti
- 1985 · George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey as Self (archive footage)
- 1985 · Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers as Self (archive footage)
- 1985 · Malice in Wonderland as Louella Parsons
- 1983 · Between Friends as Deborah Shapiro
- 1983 · Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1983 · Notre Dame de la Croisette as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1982 · Hotel as
- 1982 · Genocide as Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1980 · The Mirror Crack'd as Marina Rudd
- 1979 · Winter Kills as Lola Comante (uncredited)
- 1978 · The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
- 1978 · Return Engagement as Dr. Emily Loomis
- 1978 · A Death in Canaan as Self (voice) (uncredited)
- 1977 · A Little Night Music as Desiree Armfeldt
- 1976 · Victory at Entebbe as Edra Vilnofsky
- 1976 · That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
- 1976 · The Blue Bird as Queen of Light / Mother / Witch / Maternal Love
- 1976 · TVTV Looks at the Oscars as Self
- 1975 · Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait as Self
- 1974 · That's Entertainment! as Self - Host / Narrator
- 1974 · Identikit as Lise
- 1973 · Night Watch as Ellen Wheeler
- 1973 · Ash Wednesday as Barbara Sawyer
- 1973 · Divorce His, Divorce Hers as Jane Reynolds
- 1972 · Hammersmith Is Out as Jimmie Jean Jackson
- 1972 · Under Milk Wood as Rosie Probert
- 1972 · Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
- 1971 · Zee and Co. as Zee Blakeley
- 1970 · The Only Game in Town as Fran Walker
- 1969 · Anne of the Thousand Days as Masked Courtesan (uncredited)
- 1968 · On Location: Where Eagles Dare as Self (uncredited)
- 1968 · Secret Ceremony as Leonora
- 1968 · Here's Lucy as Elizabeth Taylor
- 1968 · Around the World of Mike Todd as Self
- 1968 · Boom! as Flora 'Sissy' Goforth
- 1967 · The Comedians as Martha Pineda
- 1967 · Reflections in a Golden Eye as Leonora Penderton
- 1967 · Doctor Faustus as Helen of Troy
- 1967 · The Comedians in Africa as Self (uncredited)
- 1967 · The Taming of the Shrew as Katharina
- 1966 · Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as Martha
- 1965 · The Sandpiper as Laura Reynolds
- 1965 · The Big Sur as Self
- 1965 · A Statue for 'The Sandpiper' as Self
- 1965 · The Love Goddesses as (archive footage)
- 1964 · On the Trail of the Iguana as Self
- 1964 · Becket as Blonde Village Woman (uncredited)
- 1963 · Elizabeth Taylor in London as Herself
- 1963 · The V.I.P.s as Frances Andros
- 1963 · Cleopatra as Cleopatra
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1960 · BUtterfield 8 as Gloria Wandrous
- 1960 · Scent of Mystery as Woman of Mystery
- 1959 · Suddenly, Last Summer as Catherine Holly
- 1958 · Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Maggie
- 1957 · Raintree County as Susanna Drake Shawnessy
- 1957 · Operation Raintree as Self
- 1956 · Giant as Leslie Lynnton Benedict
- 1956 · New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant' as Self
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee / Presenter
- 1954 · The Last Time I Saw Paris as Helen Ellswirth
- 1954 · Beau Brummell as Lady Patricia
- 1954 · A Star Is Born World Premiere as Self
- 1954 · Elephant Walk as Ruth Wiley
- 1954 · Rhapsody as Louise Durant
- 1953 · The Girl Who Had Everything as Jean Latimer
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1952 · Ivanhoe as Rebecca
- 1952 · Love Is Better Than Ever as Anastacia (Stacie) Macaboy
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Dr. Emily Loomis
- 1951 · Callaway Went Thataway as Elizabeth Taylor (uncredited)
- 1951 · Quo Vadis as Christian Prisoner in Arena (uncredited)
- 1951 · A Place in the Sun as Angela Vickers
- 1951 · Father's Little Dividend as Kay Dunstan
- 1950 · The Big Hangover as Mary Belney
- 1950 · Father of the Bride as Kay Banks
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1949 · Conspirator as Melinda Greyton
- 1949 · Little Women as Amy
- 1948 · Julia Misbehaves as Susan Packett
- 1948 · A Date with Judy as Carol Pringle
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self - Guest
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self (archive footage)
- 1948 · Bambi Awards as Self
- 1947 · Life with Father as Mary Skinner
- 1947 · Cynthia as Cynthia Bishop
- 1946 · Courage of Lassie as Kathie Eleanor Merrick
- 1945 · National Velvet as Velvet Brown
- 1944 · The White Cliffs of Dover as Betsy Kenney at Age 10 (uncredited)
- 1944 · Twenty Years After as (archive footage)
- 1943 · Jane Eyre as Helen Burns
- 1943 · Lassie Come Home as Priscilla
- 1942 · There's One Born Every Minute as Gloria Twine