Elizabeth made a smooth transition to grown-up roles in the s, earning her first Oscar nod a best actress nomination for Raintree County in She would garner two more nominations before winning her first trophy for 's Butterfield 8 , and a second for Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf in As her progress to movie icon continued, Elizabeth was also gaining fame off-screen for her string of husbands.
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Eight marriages to seven men, to be exact. Her first marriage, a ten-month union with hotel heir Nicky Hilton, ended in , and was followed by a second round of nuptials, with Michael Wilding, in The couple had two sons, Christopher and Michael Jr, before splitting in when she tied the knot once again this time with Hollywood producer Mike Todd just days after the divorce was finalised.
Elizabeth was said to be most content during her relationship with Mike, but tragically, he was killed in plane crash just after their first anniversary and the birth of daughter Elizabeth Frances. It wasn't long before Elizabeth fell in love again, however, this time with entertainer Eddie Fisher. The pair were married just over a year after she became a widow. When it began the romance caused a scandal, as Eddie was wed to Singin' In The Rain star Debbie Reynolds at the time, earning Elizabeth a reputation as a man-stealer.
It was just because Mike Todd had died, and Eddie was his best friend. She thought she should be with him so they could talk about Mike Todd all the time. Chemistry between the two stars was so fiery director Joseph Mankiewicz described it as "like being locked in a cage with two tigers".
Liz and Dick, as they came to be known, became one of the most famous pairings in Tinseltown history; icons in the films they made together, such as Cleopatra and Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf , and symbols of jet-set glamour in real life. During their volatile relationship, in the course of which they adopted a daughter, Maria Carson, they also became famed for fighting and making up with equal passion, divorcing in , remarrying in , and re-divorcing in I got really angry that nobody was doing anything. Instead of ranting and raving to myself, I thought, 'What have I done?
She broken her back at least five times, had three bouts of pneumonia of which one, in , required a tracheotomy, and another, in , nearly killed her. Some critics blasted the movie but they couldn't ignore her performance. There were no more films for Elizabeth for three years. She left MGM after her contract ran out, but would do projects for the studio later down the road.
The film took years to complete, due in part to a serious illness during which she nearly died. This was the film where she met her future and fifth husband, Richard Burton the previous four were Conrad Hilton, Michael Wilding , Mike Todd --who died in a plane crash--and Eddie Fisher. Her next films, The V. Elizabeth was to return to fine form, however, with the role of Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Her performance as the loudmouthed, shrewish, unkempt, yet still alluring Martha was easily her finest to date.
For this she would win her second Oscar and one that was more than well-deserved. The following year, she and Burton co-starred in The Taming of the Shrew , again giving winning performances. However, her films afterward were box office failures, including Reflections in a Golden Eye , The Comedians Boom! Since then, she has appeared in some movies, both theatrical and made-for-television, and a number of television programs.
In February , Elizabeth entered the hospital for the removal of a brain tumor. The operation was successful. As for her private life, she divorced Burton in , only to remarry him in and divorce him, permanently, in She had two more husbands, U. Senator John Warner and construction worker Larry Fortensky , whom she met in rehab.
In , Taylor converted to Judaism, and continued to identify herself as Jewish throughout her life, being active in Jewish causes. In the s, she also developed a successful series of scents.
In her later years, her acting career was relegated to the occasional TV-movie or TV guest appearance. Elizabeth Taylor died on March 23, in Los Angeles, from congestive heart failure. Find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, track your Watchlist and rate your favorite movies and TV shows on your phone or tablet!
Showing all items. Her multiple marriages and divorces, with only one marriage ending in widowhood. She was bridesmaid for Jane Powell for her first marriage. Powell was bridesmaid for Taylor at her first marriage. Discharged from hospital, but later rushed back in after a suffering a brain seizure.
Said to be comfortable. Underwent successful surgery to remove the benign brain tumor. She saved Montgomery Clift 's life when he had a near fatal car crash. She entered the car through the back door, crawled to the front seat and removed the two front teeth from Clift's throat that threatened to choke him. Liz and Richard Burton appeared together on stage in a revival of "Private Lives. Liz was a close friend of Montgomery Clift until his death in They met for the first time when Paramount decided that she had to accompany him to the premiere of The Heiress because they were both to star in the upcoming A Place in the Sun They liked each other right away.
Clift used to call her "Bessie Mae". When he had a car accident a few years later that disfigured him, he had just left a party at Liz's house. It was she who found him first, got into the wreck and removed some teeth from his throat that threatened to choke him. At one point during her life-threatening illness while filming BUtterfield 8 , she was actually pronounced dead.
Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the Sexiest Stars in film history Mother-in-law of Brooke Palance and Margaret Carlton. She owned some of the world's most magnificent jewelry, including the carat "Krupp Diamond", the Duchess of Windsor diamond brooch, the Grand Duchess of Russia emeralds, the "LaPeregina Pearl" which was a Valentine present to her from Richard Burton , and the famous pear-shaped carat "Burton-Cartier Diamond" Burton gave her in subsequently renamed the "Burton-Taylor Diamond.
Considered Michael Jackson among her closest friends. In the early s, she planned to star in the movie version of the hit Broadway play "Twigs" by George Furth , in which she would have played four characters -- three sisters and their aged, cranky Bronx-Irish mother -- but the project never materialized. Stepmother of the late Michael Todd Jr. She was a recipient of the John F. Admitted in an interview with Barbara Walters in the late s that she was still willing to act but, because of her medical problems, no movie company would insure her.
In addition to many other medical problems, including a benign brain tumor she had removed, she has broken her back four times. This caused her severe pain when walking or standing for long amounts of time. The stories of her Oscar win for BUtterfield 8 have grown legendary. It is generally accepted as truth that she won Oscar voters by a vote of sympathy, because of the recent death of her husband, Mike Todd , and her near-fatal illness and emergency tracheotomy to save her life her scar was very visible on Oscar night. Wisecracker and Rat Pack member Shirley MacLaine , who was favored to win for her role in The Apartment , said afterwards that "I lost out to a tracheotomy.
The premiere of her film Father of the Bride took place two days after her real-life marriage to Conrad Hilton Jr. The publicity surrounding the event is credited with helping to make the film so successful. The marriage lasted as long as the 3 month European honeymoon. Irreconcilable differences were cited in the divorce court. Two sons with Michael Wilding: Although born in England, her parents were actually Americans, who were just working in England.
Her ancestry included English with many colonial American roots going back to the s , as well as Swiss-German from an immigrant maternal great-grandfather , Northern Irish Scots-Irish , French, and more distant Dutch, Welsh, and Danish. Announced in November she has been diagnosed with congestive heart failure, but vowed to continue raising funds for AIDS charities and to build a Richard Burton Memorial Theatre in Cardiff, Wales.
Is portrayed by Sherilyn Fenn in Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story Was unable to give evidence at Michael Jackson 's trial due to illness. Along with Mark Hamill and Joe Mantegna , she was one of only three actors to play both themselves and a fictional character in The Simpsons She and Richard Burton starred together in 11 movies: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
She had an uncredited cameo in Burton's film Anne of the Thousand Days The rough diamond that would yield the prized stone weighed carats and was found in at South Africa's Premier mine. Harry Winston cut and polished the diamond, which was put up for auction in The small premium was the result of the publicity Cartier garnered from selling the stone, then called the "Burton-Cartier Diamond," to the then "world's most famous couple. The ring was the center of the classic Here's Lucy episode "Lucy Meets the Burtons," in which Lucy Carter, played by Lucille Ball , gets the famous ring stuck on her finger.
The actual ring was used and the episode was the highest rated episode of the very popular series. Her third husband Mike Todd gave her a carat diamond ring during their marriage, a feat topped by fifth husband Richard Burton when he gave her the carat "Burton-Cartier" later renamed "Burton-Taylor" diamond. Writer Charles Bukowski , in his newspaper column and later book "Notes of a Dirty Old Man", revealed that he loathed Taylor as an absurd icon of the celebrity-mad, media-besotted American culture that he despised. Won the title of "Most Memorable Eyebrows" in a magazine poll.
The first runner up was Lassie. Was unable to attend the civil partnership ceremony of her friend Sir Elton John in England due to her illness. He then flew to Dahomey, Africa, where she was shooting The Comedians with Richard Burton to personally deliver the award, a development Burton thought odd.
Several years later Brando socialized with the Burtons, visiting them on their famous yacht the Kalizma, while they plied the Mediterreanean. Brando's ex-wife Anna Kashfi , in her book "Brando for Breakfast" , claimed that Brando and Burton got into a fist fight aboard the yacht, probably over Liz, but nothing of the incident appears in Burton's voluminous diaries. In his diaries, Burton found Brando to be quite intelligent but believed he suffered, like Liz did, from becoming too famous too early in his life and believed their affinity for one another was based on this both Liz and Marlon would later befriend Michael Jackson , another superstar-cum-legend who had become too famous too soon.
Burton recognized Brando as a great actor, but felt he would have been more suited to silent films due to the deficiency in his voice the famous "mumble". As a silent film star, Burton believed Brando would have been the greatest motion picture actor ever. In , she introduced a line of diamond and precious stone jewelry called "House of Taylor". The designs were said to be inspired by certain favorite pieces in her own collection. She actually wrote a book on jewelry and is considered to be an authority on the subject.
Cancelled her appearance at the Cannes Film Festival, prompting renewed fears about her health. However, Taylor - who also pulled out in due to health problems - was replaced by Sharon Stone and Liza Minnelli at the gala. Underwent radiation therapy in for basal cell carcinoma, a form of skin cancer. After her son Michael had renounced his American citizenship for possession of marijuana, the U. Congress passed a bill to block his deportation Her beloved dog, a Maltese named Sugar, died in Some months later, she purchased Daisy, one of Sugar's descendants.
She made no films in , but returned in in Courage of Lassie , another success. Taylor received another opportunity in late , when her father's acquaintance, MGM producer Samuel Marx , arranged her to audition for a minor role requiring an actress with an English accent in Lassie Come Home Godmother of Prince Michael. Her first foray onto the screen was in There's One Born Every Minute , released when she was ten. The stories of her Oscar win for BUtterfield 8 have grown legendary. In Italy, she was exclusively dubbed until the mids by Germana Calderini. Her biological grandchildren are Leila b.
Her older brother Howard Taylor was born in Appeared on Larry King Live to refute claims that she had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and was close to death. Godmother of Paris Jackson. Godmother of Prince Michael. In Italy, she was exclusively dubbed until the mids by Germana Calderini. As she matured, she was dubbed by Fiorella Betti. For two of her most celebrated roles--Leslie Lynnton Benedict in Giant and Catherine Holly in Suddenly, Last Summer --Taylor was dubbed respectively by Micaela Giustiniani and Lydia Simoneschi , the only time either actress lent their voice to her.
In a interview with Entertainment Tonight 's Mary Hart , Taylor revealed that she had recently telephoned ex-husband Eddie Fisher and spoke to him for the first time in nearly forty years. Painful hip replacements in the mids largely contributed to the demise of her last marriage. Mentioned in Walter Kirn 's novel "Thumbsucker". Taylor and Shirley Jones are the only actresses to win Oscars for playing prostitutes in the same year: She was made a Fellow of the British Film Institute in recognition of her outstanding contribution to film culture.
Her first Oscar nomination for Raintree County marks her first of 4 consecutive nominations, a feat she shares with Jennifer Jones , Thelma Ritter , Marlon Brando and Al Pacino Hospitalized with congestive heart failure and pneumonia in July and was briefly on a life support machine. Underwent heart surgery in October to repair a leaky valve. Was a heavy smoker from ages 18 to 58, usually two packs a day. She finally quit at her physician's recommendation following a severe bout with pneumonia in Returned to work seven months after giving birth to her daughter Liza Todd in order to begin filming Cat on a Hot Tin Roof First husband Conrad Hilton Jr.
Fourth husband Eddie Fisher was a close friend of her late husband Mike Todd. Fisher left his wife Debbie Reynolds to be with Taylor. Ex-husband Larry Fortensky underwent five hours of brain surgery and was in a coma for six weeks after falling off a balcony on January 28, Taylor immediately notified the hospital she would personally guarantee all Fortensky's medical expenses.
See the trivia page for the film for more information. Although Taylor was raised as a Christian Scientist, in , at the age of 27, she converted to Judaism. She denied that her conversion was motivated by her marriages to Mike Todd or Eddie Fisher both of whom were Jewish , saying that she had always been drawn to Judaism. It is traditional for converts to receive a Hebrew equivalent to their names upon conversion since they wouldn't have received one shortly after birth, as those born into Judaism would have ; Taylor's was Elisheba Rachel, Elisheba being the Hebrew for "Elizabeth," and Rachel being the name of Jacob's second wife in the Torah.
Her obituary published in The New York Times was written by theater critic and cultural reporter Mel Gussow, who had died in The newspaper's obituary editor said the piece was "too good to throw away". Had a tubal ligation at age 25 and a hysterectomy when she was Delivered all three of her biological children via Caesarean section. Her biological grandchildren are Leila b. Her adoptive grandchildren are Eliza b. It was placed next to Elizabeth's star at Hollywood Boulevard. A casting agent said of her as a 19 year old: Her eyes are too old. Despite playing their mother on Giant , Taylor was just 2 years older than Fran Bennett , 4 years older than Dennis Hopper and 9 months younger than Carroll Baker.
Credited Montgomery Clift with making her take acting seriously. Taylor was so impressed by Clift's incredible preparation and concentration to play a role that she actively began to seek better parts and give more dynamic performances. She was the visual inspiration for the original illustrations of Carol Ferris created in Taylor was 27 years old at the point of her creation. Disliked it when people referred to her by the nickname "Liz".
Former neighbor of Julie London. Taylor and her husband, Mike Todd , had planned for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof to be her final film, as she intended to retire from the screen. Todd had made a verbal agreement about this with MGM, but after his death, MGM forced Taylor to make BUtterfield 8 in order to fulfill the terms of her studio contract. As a result, Taylor refused to speak to the director for the entire production, and hated the film.
Michael Jackson 's music video "Leave Me Alone" from his album Bad was created as tribute for Elizabeth Taylor, taking several footage of Taylor from her most famous movies, mixing it using the CGI technology that existed in that time.
She had a great and loyal friendship with s actor James Dean , who co-starred with her in Giant