Elizabeth Taylor

<html> <head> <title>Elizabeth Taylor</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/624/000023555/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0>Elizabeth Taylor<img src="elizabeth-taylor-pg.jpg" height=353 width=286 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Elizabeth Taylor">AKA Elizabeth Rosemond TaylorBorn: <a href="/lists/575/000106257/" class=proflink>27-Feb</a>-<a href="/lists/931/000105616/" class=proflink>1932</a> Birthplace: <a href="/geo/881/000069674/" class=proflink>London, England</a> Died: <a href="/lists/966/000106648/" class=proflink>23-Mar</a>-<a href="/lists/513/000264718/" class=proflink>2011</a> Location of death: <a href="/geo/582/000069375/" class=proflink>Los Angeles, CA</a> <a href="#FN1">[1]</a> Cause of death: Heart Failure Remains: Buried, <a href="/cemetery/649/000208025/" class="proflink">Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale, CA</a> Gender: Female Religion: <a href="/lists/875/000071662/" class=proflink>Jewish</a> Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: ActorNationality: United States Executive summary: CleopatraElizabeth Taylor sang a duet with "Little Rascal" <a href="/people/762/000092486/">Carl Switzer</a> in There's One Born Every Minute (1942), her first scene in her first film, a small role at age 10. That performance earned her a supporting role opposite young <a href="/people/509/000031416/">Roddy McDowall</a> in the original Lassie Come Home (1943). After that, she wanted the lead in National Velvet (1944) so much she reportedly had two teeth pulled to accommodate the braces the role required. She landed the part, became a quintessential movie star for decades, and for decades after her career faded she remained a fashion icon and a major presence in newspapers' society pages, largely due to her eight marriages to seven men. She won her first Oscar for playing a hooker in Butterfield 8 (1960), a movie she said she despised. (Mattel manufactured an Elizabeth Taylor Butterfield 8 doll in 1960, possibly the company's only prostitute product.) Cleopatra (1963) won her <a href="/people/260/000032164/">Richard Burton</a> -- they married and co-starred in eight movies and a TV mini-series (Divorce His, Divorce Hers) before divorcing, remarrying, and divorcing again. Most of the Taylor/Burton movies were duds, but she won a second Oscar for her spectacular performance opposite Burton in Who's Afraid of <a href="/people/825/000031732/">Virginia Woolf</a>?. She spoke Maggie's only word on The Simpsons, played Fred's mother-in-law in the movie adaptation of The Flintstones (1994), and became one of the first Hollywood celebrities to speak openly and honestly about AIDS, supporting charities and research into the disease while the topic was still taboo. She described <a href="/people/599/000022533/">Michael Jackson</a> as her dearest friend, and she was the godmother of his son until her death in 2011. <hr width=25% size=1 align=left><a name="FN1">[1] Cedars Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, CA. Father: Francis Lenn Taylor (art dealer, b. 1897, d. 1968) Mother: Sara Sothern ("Sara Viola Warmbrodt", stage actress) Husband: Nicholas Conrad Hilton Jr. (hotel magnate, m. 1950, div. 1951) Husband: Michael Wilding (actor, m. 1952, div. 1956) Husband: <a href="/people/167/000131771/">Michael Todd</a> (producer, m. 1957, d. 1958, one daughter) Daughter: Liza Todd Burton (b. 6-Aug-1957) Husband: <a href="/people/225/000032129/">Eddie Fisher</a> (actor-singer, m. 1959, div. 1964) Husband: <a href="/people/260/000032164/">Richard Burton</a> (actor, m. 1964, div. 1974, m. 1975, div. 1976, d. 1984) Husband: <a href="/people/306/000032210/">John Warner</a> (US Senator, m. 1976, div. 1982) Boyfriend: Victor Luna (Mexican attorney, together 1983-84, purportedly dated 2004) Husband: <a href="/people/093/000087829/">Larry Fortensky</a> (teamster, m. 1991, div. 1996) Boyfriend: Jason Winters (agent, together since 2007)     High School: <a href="/edu/073/000115725/">University High School, Los Angeles, CA</a>     <a href="/company/327/000044195/">Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer</a>     <a href="/org/637/000063448/">Alcoholics Anonymous</a>     <a href="/org/365/000164870/">amfAR</a> Founding International Chairman     <a href="/honors/512/000032416/">Oscar for Best Actress</a> 1961 for Butterfield 8     <a href="/honors/512/000032416/">Oscar for Best Actress</a> 1967 for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?     <a href="/honors/636/000044504/">Golden Globe</a> 1960 for Suddenly, Last Summer     <a href="/honors/636/000044504/">Golden Globe</a> 1974 World Film Favorite, Female     <a href="/honors/469/000032373/">American Film Institute Life Achievement Award</a> 1993     <a href="/honors/303/000051150/">Dame of the British Empire</a> 2000     <a href="/honors/109/000048962/">Kennedy Center Honor</a> 2002     <a href="/honors/312/000044180/">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> 6336 Hollywood Blvd.     Endorsement of <a href="/company/606/000122240/">Unilever</a> Lux soap (1950)     <a href="/event/450/000363358/">Visited Disneyland</a> Jan-1959     <a href="/event/931/000084679/">Converted to Judaism</a> prior to marrying Eddie Fisher     <a href="/event/426/000091153/">Tracheotomy</a> 4-Mar-1961     <a href="/event/351/000083102/">Appendectomy</a> Los Angeles, CA Dec-1957     <a href="/event/635/000363543/">Traveled to the USSR</a> 12-Jul-1961     <a href="/event/479/000159999/">Tonsillectomy</a>     <a href="/event/260/000104945/">Hysterectomy</a> London Jul-1968     <a href="/event/633/000064441/">Suicide Attempt</a> Feb-1962     <a href="/event/188/000071972/">Drug Overdose</a> Feb-1962     <a href="/event/578/000366477/">Hemorrhoid Operation</a> Desert Hospital, Palm Springs, CA (Jun-1970)     <a href="/event/974/000159497/">Intervention</a>     <a href="/detox/489/000042363/">Betty Ford Center</a> Dec-1983     <a href="/detox/489/000042363/">Betty Ford Center</a> Nov-1988     <a href="/group/620/000165125/">Wedding: Larry Fortensky and Elizabeth Taylor (1991)</a>     <a href="/group/665/000365567/">Birthday: Elizabeth Taylor (1992)</a>     <a href="/event/359/000105044/">Tubal Ligation</a> 1957     <a href="/event/307/000111971/">Hip Replacement Surgery</a> 23-Mar-1994     <a href="/group/568/000401362/">Mar-a-Lago Club</a> 1994     <a href="/event/595/000226914/">Brain Surgery</a> (Feb-1997)     <a href="/event/836/000281990/">Brain Seizure</a> (Mar-1997)     <a href="/group/608/000165113/">Wedding: David Gest and Liza Minnelli (2002)</a>     <a href="/group/653/000207032/">Funeral: Michael Jackson (2009)</a>     Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/778/000064586/">Smoking</a>, <a href="/lists/780/000064588/">Alcoholism</a>, <a href="/lists/783/000064591/">Diabetes</a>, <a href="/lists/779/000064587/">Obesity</a>, <a href="/lists/634/000070424/">Bulimia</a>, <a href="/lists/454/000159974/">Appendicitis</a>, <a href="/lists/601/000357527/">Sciatica</a>, <a href="/lists/753/000362664/">Hemorrhoids</a>     FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR     <a href="/films/212/000100909/">These Old Broads (12-Feb-2001)</a>     <a href="/films/698/000033599/">The Flintstones (27-May-1994)</a> · Pearl Slaghoople     <a href="/films/835/000088571/">Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (20-Apr-1992)</a> · Herself     <a href="/films/003/000140580/">Sweet Bird of Youth (1-Oct-1989)</a>     <a href="/films/554/000243822/">Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)</a> · Herself     <a href="/films/384/000271568/">Young Toscanini (5-Sep-1988)</a>     <a href="/films/146/000074921/">North and South (3-Nov-1985)</a>     <a href="/films/040/000270227/">Malice in Wonderland (12-May-1985)</a>     <a href="/films/434/000245696/">Between Friends (11-Sep-1983)</a>     <a href="/films/991/000235286/">Genocide (14-Mar-1982)</a> · Narrator [VOICE]     <a href="/films/252/000034150/">The Mirror Crack'd (19-Dec-1980)</a>     <a href="/films/875/000104563/">A Little Night Music (Sep-1977)</a>     <a href="/films/662/000083413/">Victory at Entebbe (13-Dec-1976)</a>     <a href="/films/107/000083855/">The Blue Bird (5-Apr-1976)</a>     <a href="/films/776/000083527/">That's Entertainment! (23-May-1974)</a> · Herself     <a href="/films/900/000254138/">The Driver's Seat (20-May-1974)</a>     <a href="/films/200/000083948/">Ash Wednesday (1-Nov-1973)</a>     <a href="/films/037/000038920/">Night Watch (10-Aug-1973)</a>     <a href="/films/923/000036815/">Hammersmith Is Out (12-May-1972)</a>     <a href="/films/874/000119517/">Under Milk Wood (27-Jan-1972)</a>     <a href="/films/862/000119505/">Zee and Co. (21-Jan-1972)</a> · Zee Blakeley     <a href="/films/192/000083940/">The Only Game in Town (21-Jan-1970)</a> · Fran Walker     <a href="/films/085/000077851/">Secret Ceremony (23-Oct-1968)</a> · Leonora     <a href="/films/427/000033328/">Boom (26-May-1968)</a> · Flora Goforth     <a href="/films/426/000033327/">The Comedians (31-Oct-1967)</a> · Martha Pineda     <a href="/films/113/000064918/">Reflections in a Golden Eye (11-Oct-1967)</a> · Leonora Penderton     <a href="/films/225/000033126/">Doctor Faustus (10-Oct-1967)</a>     <a href="/films/393/000038279/">The Taming of the Shrew (27-Feb-1967)</a> · Katharina     <a href="/films/233/000033134/">Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (21-Jun-1966)</a> · Martha     <a href="/films/824/000032728/">The Sandpiper (23-Jun-1965)</a> · Laura Reynolds     <a href="/films/223/000033124/">The V.I.P.'s (1-Sep-1963)</a> · Frances Andros     <a href="/films/827/000033728/">Cleopatra (12-Jun-1963)</a> · Cleopatra     <a href="/films/347/000033248/">Butterfield 8 (4-Nov-1960)</a> · Gloria Wandrous     <a href="/films/785/000033686/">Suddenly, Last Summer (22-Dec-1959)</a> · Catherine Holly     <a href="/films/711/000033612/">Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (18-Sep-1958)</a> · Maggie Pollitt     <a href="/films/271/000065076/">Raintree County (4-Oct-1957)</a> · Susannah Drake     <a href="/films/163/000034061/">Giant (10-Oct-1956)</a> · Leslie Benedict     <a href="/films/700/000035595/">The Last Time I Saw Paris (18-Nov-1954)</a> · Helen Ellswirth     <a href="/films/845/000034743/">Beau Brummell (1-Oct-1954)</a>     <a href="/films/017/000066816/">Elephant Walk (21-Apr-1954)</a> · Ruth Wiley     <a href="/films/746/000138332/">Rhapsody (11-Mar-1954)</a> · Louise Durant     <a href="/films/822/000222156/">The Girl Who Had Everything (27-Mar-1953)</a> · Jean Latimer     <a href="/films/979/000036871/">Ivanhoe (31-Jul-1952)</a> · Rebecca     <a href="/films/349/000208722/">Love Is Better Than Ever (23-Feb-1952)</a> · Anastacia Macaboy     <a href="/films/628/000034526/">A Place in the Sun (28-Aug-1951)</a> · Angela Vickers     <a href="/films/242/000065047/">Father's Little Dividend (12-Apr-1951)</a> · Kay Dunstan     <a href="/films/396/000061213/">Father of the Bride (16-Jun-1950)</a> · Kay Banks     <a href="/films/594/000135189/">The Big Hangover (26-May-1950)</a>     <a href="/films/210/000171694/">Conspirator (9-Dec-1949)</a> · Melinda Greyton     <a href="/films/621/000035516/">Little Women (10-Mar-1949)</a> · Amy     <a href="/films/126/000103814/">Julia Misbehaves (8-Aug-1948)</a> · Susan Packett     <a href="/films/201/000088934/">A Date with Judy (21-Jun-1948)</a>     <a href="/films/484/000208857/">Cynthia (29-Aug-1947)</a> · Cynthia Bishop     <a href="/films/588/000062402/">Life with Father (15-Aug-1947)</a> · Mary     <a href="/films/313/000039196/">Courage of Lassie (8-Nov-1946)</a> · Kathie Merrick     <a href="/films/711/000035606/">National Velvet (14-Dec-1944)</a> · Velvet Brown     <a href="/films/664/000035559/">Lassie Come Home (10-Oct-1943)</a> · Priscilla     <a href="/films/928/000270118/">There's One Born Every Minute (26-Jun-1942)</a> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;">New! <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=23555"><img src="/woman.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=23555">Elizabeth Taylor</a></td> </tr> </table> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript. 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