Elizabeth Taylor
Acting
Born February 27, 1932 · Hampstead, London, England, UK
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond "Liz" Taylor, DBE (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a European 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.
Films (140)
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
2025
Brasiliana: The Black Musical That Introduced Brazil to the World
2024
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
2024
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
2024
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
2023
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
2022
Rat Pack
2022
Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft
2021
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
2019
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019
Chavela
2017
The End of a Beautiful Epoch
2015
Children of 'Giant'
2015
The Battle of Amfar
2013
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011
Michael Jackson: The Inside Story - What Killed the King of Pop?
2010
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
Moonwalking: The True Story of Michael Jackson - Uncensored
2009
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
A Letter to True
2004
Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies
2003
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
Heart of the Festival
2002
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
2001
George Stevens and His Place In The Sun
2001
Bride of Trailer Camp
2001
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
These Old Broads
2001
Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration
2000
Discovering Bedrock
1999
Memories of Giant
1998
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997
Return to 'Giant'
1996
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
1995
James Dean: A Portrait
1995
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995
That's Entertainment! III
1994
The Flintstones
1994
The Jackson Family Honors
1994
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
Michael Jackson Talks... to Oprah
1993
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
1992
Marilyn: Something's Got to Give
1990
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
1989
Sweet Bird of Youth
1989
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988
Young Toscanini
1988
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
1988
Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star
1987
Poker Alice
1987
There Must Be a Pony
1986
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
Super Duper Bloopers
1986
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
Malice in Wonderland
1985
Between Friends
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Notre Dame de la Croisette
1983
Genocide
1982
Night of 100 Stars
1982
The Mirror Crack'd
1980
Winter Kills
1979
Return Engagement
1978
A Death in Canaan
1978
A Little Night Music
1977
Victory at Entebbe
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
The Blue Bird
1976
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait
1975
That's Entertainment!
1974
Identikit
1974
Night Watch
1973
Ash Wednesday
1973
Hammersmith Is Out
1972
Under Milk Wood
1972
Zee and Co.
1972
X, Y & Zee
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
The Only Game in Town
1970
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
On Location: Where Eagles Dare
1968
Secret Ceremony
1968
Around the World of Mike Todd
1968
Boom!
1968
The Comedians
1967
Reflections in a Golden Eye
1967
Doctor Faustus
1967
The Comedians in Africa
1967
Mondo Hollywood
1967
The Taming of the Shrew
1967
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1966
The Sandpiper
1965
The Big Sur
1965
A Statue for 'The Sandpiper'
1965
On the Trail of the Iguana
1964
Becket
1964
Elizabeth Taylor in London
1963
The V.I.P.s
1963
Cleopatra
1963
Lykke og krone
1962
BUtterfield 8
1960
Scent of Mystery
1960
Suddenly, Last Summer
1959
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958
Raintree County
1957
Operation Raintree
1957
Giant
1956
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
1956
The Last Time I Saw Paris
1954
Beau Brummell
1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
Elephant Walk
1954
Rhapsody
1954
The Girl Who Had Everything
1953
Ivanhoe
1952
Love Is Better Than Ever
1952
Callaway Went Thataway
1951
Quo Vadis
1951
A Place in the Sun
1951
Father's Little Dividend
1951
The Big Hangover
1950
Father of the Bride
1950
Conspirator
1949
Little Women
1949
Julia Misbehaves
1948
A Date with Judy
1948
Life with Father
1947
Cynthia
1947
Courage of Lassie
1946
National Velvet
1945
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944
Twenty Years After
1944
Jane Eyre
1943
Lassie Come Home
1943
There's One Born Every Minute
1942