Acting
Elizabeth Taylor
EN, PT, FR, DE cinema · 153 credits
Born
27 February 1932
Died
23 March 2011 (aged 79)
Birthplace
Hampstead, London, England, UK
Also known as Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor · Liz Taylor · La Liz · Kitten · Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor
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.
Known for
Filmography
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
as Self (archive footage)
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
as Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
as Self (archive footage)
Brasiliana: The Black Musical That Introduced Brazil to the World
as Herself (archive footage)
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
as Self (archive footage)
Commitment to Life
as Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman: The Restless
as Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
as Self (archive footage)
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Chavela
as Self (archive footage)
The Fabulous Allan Carr
as Self (archive footage)
Andy Warhol, Fluorescent
as (archive footage)
The End of a Beautiful Epoch
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Children of 'Giant'
as Self (archive footage)
The Battle of Amfar
as Self (archive footage)
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
as (archive footage)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
Michael Jackson: The Inside Story - What Killed the King of Pop?
as Self (archive footage)
Moonwalking: The True Story of Michael Jackson - Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
James Dean: Forever Young
as Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self (archive footage)
A Letter to True
as Self (archive footage)
Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Searching for Debra Winger
as Self (uncredited)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as (archive footage), as Self (archive footage)
Heart of the Festival
as Self (archive footage)
These Old Broads
as Beryl Mason
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Bride of Trailer Camp
2001
Bride of Trailer Camp
as (archive footage)
Memories of Giant
as Self (archive footage)
Return to 'Giant'
as Self (archive footage)
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
as Self (archive footage)
James Dean: A Portrait
as Self (Archive footage)
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
1995
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
as Self (archive footage)
The Flintstones
as Pearl Slaghoople
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marilyn: Something's Got to Give
as Self (archive footage)
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
as Self - Introduction Speaker
Sweet Bird of Youth
as Alexandra Del Lago
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Young Toscanini
as Nadina Bulichoff
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
as Self (Archive Footage)
Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star
as Self (archive footage)
Poker Alice
as Alice Moffit
There Must Be a Pony
as Marguerite Sydney
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
Malice in Wonderland
as Louella Parsons
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Between Friends
as Deborah Shapiro
Genocide
as Narrator (voice)
The Mirror Crack'd
as Marina Rudd
Winter Kills
as Lola Comante (uncredited)
A Death in Canaan
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
Return Engagement
as Dr. Emily Loomis
A Little Night Music
as Desiree Armfeldt
Victory at Entebbe
as Edra Vilnofsky
The Blue Bird
as Queen of Light/Mother/Witch/Maternal Love
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
James Dean: The First American Teenager
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Identikit
as Lise
That's Entertainment!
as Self - Host / Narrator
James Dean Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
Night Watch
as Ellen Wheeler
Ash Wednesday
as Barbara Sawyer
Under Milk Wood
as Rosie Probert
Hammersmith Is Out
as Jimmie Jean Jackson
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
Zee and Co.
as Zee Blakeley
The Only Game in Town
as Fran Walker
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Masked Courtesan (uncredited)
The Happy Ending
as Kay Banks (archive footage) (uncredited)
Secret Ceremony
as Leonora
Boom!
as Flora 'Sissy' Goforth
On Location: Where Eagles Dare
as Self (uncredited)
Reflections in a Golden Eye
as Leonora Penderton
The Taming of the Shrew
as Katharina
The Comedians
as Martha Pineda
Doctor Faustus
as Helen of Troy
The Comedians in Africa
as Self (uncredited)
The Sandpiper
as Laura Reynolds
The Big Sur
as Self
Becket
as Blonde Village Woman (uncredited)
The Caretaker
Associate Producer
Cleopatra
as Cleopatra
The V.I.P.s
as Frances Andros
Elizabeth Taylor in London
as Herself
Lykke og krone
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
BUtterfield 8
as Gloria Wandrous
Scent of Mystery
as Woman of Mystery
Suddenly, Last Summer
as Catherine Holly
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
as Maggie Pollitt
Raintree County
as Susanna Drake Shawnessy
Giant
as Leslie Lynnton Benedict
Beau Brummell
as Lady Patricia
Elephant Walk
as Ruth Wiley
The Last Time I Saw Paris
as Helen Ellswirth
Rhapsody
as Louise Durant
The Girl Who Had Everything
as Jean Latimer
Ivanhoe
as Rebecca
Love Is Better Than Ever
as Anastacia (Stacie) Macaboy
Father's Little Dividend
as Kay Dunstan
A Place in the Sun
as Angela Vickers
Quo Vadis
as Christian Prisoner in Arena (uncredited)
Callaway Went Thataway
as Elizabeth Taylor (uncredited)
Father of the Bride
as Kay Banks
The Big Hangover
as Mary Belney
Little Women
as Amy
Conspirator
as Melinda Greyton
Julia Misbehaves
as Susan Packett
A Date with Judy
as Carol Pringle
Life with Father
as Mary Skinner
Cynthia
as Cynthia Bishop
Courage of Lassie
as Kathie Eleanor Merrick
National Velvet
as Velvet Brown
The White Cliffs of Dover
as Betsy Kenney at Age 10 (uncredited)
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
Lassie Come Home
as Priscilla
Jane Eyre
as Helen Burns
There's One Born Every Minute
as Gloria Twine