
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.
Series | 30 Rock | Unknown | 2006-10-11 |
Movie | James Dean: Forever Young | Herself (archive footage) | 2005-05-20 |
Movie | Judy Garland: By Myself | Herself | 2004-02-25 |
Movie | Searching for Debra Winger | Herself | 2002-07-13 |
Movie | Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood | Herself (archive footage) | 2001-01-01 |
Movie | These Old Broads | Beryl Mason | 2001-02-12 |
Movie | The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender | (archive footage) | 1997-11-01 |
Movie | The Flintstones | Pearl Slaghoople | 1994-05-26 |
Movie | That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) | 1994-07-01 |
Movie | The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert | Herself | 1992-04-22 |
Movie | Sweet Bird of Youth | Alexandra Del Lago | 1989-10-01 |
Series | The Simpsons | Unknown | 1989-12-17 |
Movie | Young Toscanini | Nadina Bulichoff | 1988-10-07 |
Movie | Poker Alice | Alice Moffit | 1987-05-21 |
Movie | The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn | 1986-03-09 | |
Movie | There Must Be a Pony | Marguerite Sydney | 1986-10-05 |
Movie | Malice in Wonderland | Louella Parsons | 1985-01-01 |
Series | North and South | 1985-11-03 | |
Movie | Between Friends | Deborah Shapiro | 1983-09-10 |
Movie | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Herself (archive footage) | 1983-02-25 |
Series | Hotel | Unknown | 1982-08-21 |
Movie | The Mirror Crack'd | Marina Rudd | 1980-09-19 |
Movie | Winter Kills | Lola Comante (uncredited) | 1979-05-11 |
Series | The Kennedy Center Honors | Unknown | 1978-12-28 |
Movie | A Death in Canaan | Herself (voice) (uncredited) | 1978-03-01 |
Movie | Return Engagement | Dr. Emily Loomis | 1978-11-17 |
Movie | A Little Night Music | Desiree Armfeldt | 1977-12-01 |
Movie | The Blue Bird | Queen of Light / Mother / Witch / Maternal Love | 1976-04-05 |
Movie | Victory at Entebbe | Edra Vilnofsky | 1976-12-13 |
Movie | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976-05-17 |
Movie | Identikit | Lise | 1974-05-20 |
Movie | That's Entertainment! | Herself - Co-Host / Narrator / Clip from 'Cynthia' | 1974-06-21 |
Movie | Divorce His - Divorce Hers | Jane Reynolds | 1973-02-06 |
Movie | Ash Wednesday | Barbara Sawyer | 1973-11-01 |
Movie | Night Watch | Ellen Wheeler | 1973-11-08 |
Movie | Zee and Co. | Zee Blakeley | 1972-01-21 |
Movie | Under Milk Wood | Rosie Probert | 1972-01-27 |
Movie | Hammersmith Is Out | Jimmie Jean Jackson | 1972-05-12 |
Movie | The Only Game in Town | Fran Walker | 1970-01-21 |
Movie | Anne of the Thousand Days | Masked Courtesan | 1969-12-18 |
Movie | Secret Ceremony | Leonora | 1968-10-23 |
Movie | Boom! | Flora 'Sissy' Goforth | 1968-05-26 |
Series | Here's Lucy | Unknown | 1968-09-23 |
Movie | Doctor Faustus | Helen of Troy | 1967-10-10 |
Movie | The Taming of the Shrew | Katharina | 1967-03-07 |
Movie | Reflections in a Golden Eye | Leonora | 1967-10-10 |
Movie | The Comedians | Martha Pineda | 1967-10-31 |
Movie | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Martha | 1966-06-21 |
Movie | The Sandpiper | Laura Reynolds | 1965-06-23 |
Movie | The Love Goddesses | Herself (archive footage) | 1965-03-03 |
Movie | Hollywood My Home Town | 1965-12-31 | |
Movie | The V.I.P.s | Frances Andros | 1963-05-01 |
Movie | Cleopatra | Cleopatra | 1963-06-12 |
Movie | Scent of Mystery | The Woman of Mystery | 1960-01-12 |
Movie | BUtterfield 8 | Gloria Wandrous | 1960-11-04 |
Movie | Suddenly, Last Summer | Catherine Holly | 1959-12-22 |
Movie | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Maggie | 1958-02-17 |
Movie | Raintree County | Susanna Drake Shawnessy | 1957-12-20 |
Movie | Giant | Leslie Lynnton Benedict | 1956-10-10 |
Movie | Rhapsody | Louise Durant | 1954-04-16 |
Movie | The Last Time I Saw Paris | Helen Ellswirth | 1954-01-01 |
Movie | A Star Is Born World Premiere | Herself | 1954-09-28 |
Movie | Elephant Walk | Ruth Wiley | 1954-04-21 |
Movie | Beau Brummell | Lady Patricia Belham | 1954-11-16 |
Series | The Academy Awards | Unknown | 1953-03-18 |
Movie | The Girl Who Had Everything | Jean Latimer | 1953-03-27 |
Movie | Ivanhoe | Rebecca | 1952-01-01 |
Movie | Love Is Better Than Ever | Anastacia (Stacie) Macaboy | 1952-02-23 |
Movie | A Place in the Sun | Angela Vickers | 1951-06-12 |
Movie | Quo Vadis | Christian Prisoner in Arena (uncredited) | 1951-11-08 |
Movie | Father's Little Dividend | Kay Dunstan | 1951-04-12 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
Movie | Callaway Went Thataway | Elizabeth Taylor (uncredited) | 1951-11-15 |
Movie | The Big Hangover | Mary Belney | 1950-05-26 |
Movie | Father of the Bride | Kathryn 'Kay' Banks | 1950-06-16 |
Movie | Little Women | Amy | 1949-04-01 |
Movie | Conspirator | Melinda Greyton | 1949-07-28 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
Movie | A Date with Judy | Carol Pringle | 1948-07-29 |
Movie | Julia Misbehaves | Susan Packett | 1948-08-08 |
Series | Tony Awards | Unknown | 1947-04-06 |
Movie | Cynthia | Cynthia Bishop | 1947-08-27 |
Movie | Life with Father | Mary Skinner | 1947-09-13 |
Movie | Courage of Lassie | Kathie Eleanor Merrick | 1946-11-08 |
Movie | Twenty Years After | 1944-01-01 | |
Movie | National Velvet | Velvet Brown | 1944-12-21 |
Movie | The White Cliffs of Dover | Betsy Kenney at Age 10 (uncredited) | 1944-05-11 |
Movie | Lassie Come Home | Priscilla | 1943-10-07 |
Movie | Jane Eyre | Helen Burns (uncredited) | 1943-12-24 |
Movie | There's One Born Every Minute | Gloria Twine | 1942-06-26 |