- Born
- 27 February 1932, London, United Kingdom
- First work
- 1942: There's One Born Every Minute
- Peak
- 1956 to 1966 (estimated)
- Last work
- 2001: These Old Broads
- Died
- 23 March 2011, Los Angeles, United States; aged 79; illness
Elizabeth Taylor
Film: actress, United Kingdom
Dame Elizabeth Taylor was a British-American actress whose screen presence and dramatic command made her one of cinema's enduring legends. Born in London to American parents, she achieved child stardom with National Velvet in 1944 before maturing into powerhouse dramatic roles in A Place in the Sun, Giant, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Taylor won Academy Awards for BUtterfield 8 in 1960 and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 1966, the latter alongside her frequent co-star Richard Burton. In later years, she devoted her considerable profile to pioneering HIV/AIDS philanthropy. She died of heart failure in Los Angeles in March 2011 at age seventy-nine.
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Signature works
- National Velvet film1944
- Father of the Bride film1950
- A Place in the Sun film1951
- Giant film1956
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof film1958
- BUtterfield 8 film1960
- Cleopatra film1963
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? film1966
Honours
- Academy Award for Best Actress, 1960
- Academy Award for Best Actress, 1966
- BAFTA Award for Best British Actress, 1966
Groups: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.