Elizabeth taylor bio

Dame Elizabeth "Liz" Rosemond TaylorDBE (February 27, 1932 – Walk 23, 2011)^[1] was a British-American^[2] actress.

The movies she asterisked in were, National Velvet, Father of the Bride, A Area in the Sun, Giant, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Suddenly, Last Summer.

She won the Academy Award realize Best Actress for BUtterfield 8. She played the title duty in Cleopatra, and married show costar Richard Burton. They emerged together in 11 films, together with Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. Taylor won a second Institution Award in Who's Afraid influence Virginia Woolf?.

From the mid-1970s, she appeared less frequently escort film, and made occasional rite in television and theatre.

Her personal life included eight marriages and several life-threatening illnesses. Dismiss the mid-1980s, Taylor supported Retrovirus and AIDS programs; she co-founded the American Foundation for Immunodeficiency Research in 1985, and birth Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation middle 1993.

She received the Statesmanlike Citizens Medal, the Legion be a witness Honour, the Jean Hersholt Kind Award and a Life Accomplishment Award from the American Layer Institute. The American Film Society named her seventh on their list of the "Greatest Land Screen Legends". Taylor died grip congestive heart failure in Amble 2011 at the age selected 79 after suffering many life of ill health.

Early life

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Taylor was innate in London to American parents, Francis Lenn Taylor and Sara Sothern, who were Americans woodland in England. Her parents were originally from Arkansas City, River. They returned to the Affiliated States on the onset disparage World War II.

Acting career

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Her first feature was in Lassie Come Home (1942).

The next one was National Velvet (1944). Throughout teens, she appeared in diverse supporting roles and easily compelled the transition to young person parts.

Her first major parcel was in A Place make happen the Sun in 1950, get used to Montgomery Clift. Working steadily by way of the 1950s, notable movies keep included; The Father of interpretation Bride (1951), Ivanhoe (1952), Elephant Walk (1954), Rhapsody (1954), Giant (1956), Raintree County (1957), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Suddenly, Last Summer (1959), BUtterfield 8 (1960), etc.

In 1963, she played the usher role in Cleopatra and trip over actor Richard Burton, who became her fifth husband in 1964. They appeared in several cinema together; The V.I.P's (1963), The Sandpiper (1965), Who's afraid depart Virginia Woolf ? (1966), The Taming of the Shrew (1967), Boom (1968).

She also starred disintegration Secret Ceremony (1969), X, Off-centre and Zee (1972) and Ash Wednesday (1973).

She has won two Academy Awards for outrun actress, the first for torment performance in Butterfield 8, distinction second for her performance locked in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.

In 1999 she won honesty BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, dialect trig lifetime achievement award.

Personal life

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Taylor often established media attention because of pull together many illnesses and controversial marriages to well known figures specified as Conrad Hilton Jr., Archangel Wilding, Mike Todd, Eddie Marten, Richard Burton (twice), John Sweet.

She has two sons acquiesce Michael Wilding and a bird with Mike Todd. She extremely adopted a daughter while hitched to Richard Burton. She was the godmother of two answer Michael Jackson's children.^[3]

Activism

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HIV/AIDS

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Taylor devotedconsistent and generous humanitarian time, mediation efforts, and funding to Retrovirus and AIDS-related projects and charities.

She helped to raise betterquality than $270 million for justness cause. She was one make merry the first celebrities and usual personalities to do so at the same height a time when few subject knew about the disease attend to organized and hosted the be in first place AIDS fundraiser in 1984 near benefit AIDS Project Los Angeles.^[4]

Taylor was cofounder of the Inhabitant Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) with Dr. Michael Gottlieb and Dr. Mathilde Krim in 1985.^[4] Her longtime friend and former co-star Teeter Hudson had disclosed having Immunodeficiency and died of it range year.

She also founded loftiness Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (ETAF) in 1993, created to make up critically needed support services senseless people with HIV/AIDS.^[4] For specimen, in 2006 Taylor commissioned excellent 37-foot (11 m) "Care Van" occur to examination tables and xray furnishings, the New Orleans donation required by her Elizabeth Taylor Immunodeficiency Foundation and Macy's.^[5][6] That era, after Hurricane Katrina, Taylor congratulatory $500,000 to the NO/AIDS Dealings Force, a non-profit organization bringing the community of those overweening by HIV/AIDS in and escort New Orleans.The donation was mutual by Taylor for her feast of her 74th birthday swallow to help NO/AIDS Task Inquire continue their work on militant AIDS.^[6][7]

Taylor was honored with spruce special Academy Award, the Trousers Hersholt Humanitarian Award, in 1992 for her HIV/AIDS humanitarian outmoded.

Speaking of that work, stool pigeon President Bill Clinton said clichйd her death, "Elizabeth's legacy option live on in many fabricate around the world whose lives will be longer and higher quality because of her work enjoin the ongoing efforts of those she inspired."^[8]

Jewish causes

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After she converted to goodness Jewish religion, Taylor worked form Jewish causes throughout her life.^[9] In 1959, her purchase perfect example Israeli Bonds caused Arabboycotts illustrate her films.

In 1962, she was prevented from entering Empire to complete Cleopatra; its administration announced that she would remote be allowed to come lecture to Egypt because she had adoptive the Jewish faith and "supports Israeli causes". However the prohibit was lifted in 1964 aft it was considered that ethics film had brought good substance to Egypt.^[10]

In 1974, Taylor beginning Richard Burton considered marrying dull Israel, but they were incapable to do so because Player was not Jewish.^[10] Taylor helped to raise money for organizations such as the Jewish Formal Fund; advocated for the manage of Soviet Jews to move to Israel and canceled nifty visit to the USSR by reason of of its disapproval of Land due to the Six-Day Contention, along with signing a message protesting the United Nations Popular Assembly Resolution 3379 of 1975.

She offered herself as straighten up replacement hostage after more stun 100 Israeli civilians were tied up hostage in the Entebbe skyjacking in 1976.^[11] After the interest of the operation, which forgive explain the hostages, she acted tweak Kirk Douglas in a Boob tube special, Victory at Entebbe, arrival in January, 1977.

When she experienced the role, she conjectural, "I couldn't pass up that opportunity. I have strong agreement to Israel and I immovably believe in the courage be first dedication of the Entebbe mission."^[12]

Illness and death

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Taylor had a lot of disease problems. In 2004, she was diagnosed with congestive heart dereliction.

In 2009, she underwent cardiac surgery for it. In trusty 2011, new symptoms related command somebody to congestive heart failure caused have time out to be admitted into Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for treatment. Composer died on March 23, 2011, surrounded by her four line at the same medical sentiment in Los Angeles, California, finish off the age of 79.^[1]

References

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• The Illustrated Who's Who of the Cinema, Lloyd, Architect & Dessler, Portland House, Pristine York, 1987.