Elizabeth Taylor

One of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema, Taylor became the world's highest-paid movie star in the 1960s.

Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was born on February 27, 1932, in London, England, to American parents who were both from Arkansas City, Kansas.^[1] She began her film career as a child and won two Academy Awards for Best Actress, for BUtterfield 8 (1960) and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966).^[2][3]

Last updated 2026-09-30 from the source article.

Quick Facts

Birth name: Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor
Born: 27 February 1932
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 23 March 2011
Place of death: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place: Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Citizenship: United Kingdom, United States
Occupation: Actress

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

Her first starring role was in National Velvet (1944), which became a box-office success.^[4][1] She won her first Academy Award for BUtterfield 8 (1960), a role she hated.^[2] Taylor received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1993 and was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2000.^[5] By the final years of the 1960s, Taylor's professional fortunes were waning, and following the mid-1970s she accepted acting assignments less frequently.^[6][7]

What the cited sources add

A 1992 Vanity Fair article quotes Taylor saying she is "AmFAR's best fund-raiser" and that in 1992 alone the organization raised $20.6 million.^[8] The same article reports that Taylor told President George Bush she did not think he was doing anything about AIDS.^[8] The British Film Institute notes that Taylor's later films put her "out of step with the movie business – and with audiences – as the 1970s wore on"^[9] A Vogue article states that Taylor helped make Halston a household name by arriving at the Oscars with him in 1976.^[10]

The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation, established in 1991, supports AIDS organizations in 33 countries.^[11] All operational costs of the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation are paid by Taylor's estate, and a quarter of the income from licensing her likeness is contributed to the foundation.^[11]

References

Wikipedia, "Elizabeth Taylor" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Walker 1990, p. 3–10 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia, "Elizabeth Taylor" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Walker 1990, p. 3–10; Walker 1990, p. 3–10; Walker 1990, p. 3–10; Walker 1990, p. 3–10; Crowther, "The Screen: Elizabeth Taylor at 'Butterfield 8':Film Based on O'Hara Novel in Premiere", The New York Times, November 17, 1960; "Butterfield 8", Variety, December 31, 1959; Walker 1990, p. 3–10 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia, "Elizabeth Taylor" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kashner Schoenberger 2010, p. 27–37; Walker 1990, p. 3–10; Kashner Schoenberger 2010, p. 27–37; Kashner Schoenberger 2010, p. 27–37; Kashner Schoenberger 2010, p. 27–37; "Review: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", Variety, December 31, 1965; Kauffman, "Screen: Funless Games at George and Martha's:Albee's 'Virginia Woolf' Becomes a Film", The New York Times, June 24, 1966; Kashner Schoenberger 2010, p. 27–37; Walker 1990, p. 3–10 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia, "Elizabeth Taylor" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Walker 1990, p. 3–10; Gussow, "Elizabeth Taylor, 1932–2011: A Lustrous Pinnacle of Hollywood Glamour", The New York Times, March 23, 2011 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia, "Elizabeth Taylor" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kashner Schoenberger 2010, p. 27–37; "1993 Elizabeth Taylor Tribute", American Film Institute; "34th Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient, 1997: Elizabeth Taylor", Screen Actors Guild; "100 BAFTA Moments – Dame Elizabeth Taylor Receives the BAFTA Fellowship", British Academy of Film and Television Arts, January 15, 2015; ; "Queen honours movie Dames", BBC News, May 16, 2000; Kashner Schoenberger 2010, p. 27–37; "Liz Taylor retires from acting", BBC News, March 24, 2003; Kashner Schoenberger 2010, p. 27–37 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia, "Elizabeth Taylor" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kashner Schoenberger 2010, p. 27–37; Walker 1990, p. 3–10; Kashner Schoenberger 2010, p. 27–37; Walker 1990, p. 3–10; Kashner Schoenberger 2010, p. 27–37; Kashner Schoenberger 2010, p. 27–37; Kashner Schoenberger 2010, p. 27–37; Kashner Schoenberger 2010, p. 27–37; McCallum, "Late Liz: 10 forgotten Elizabeth Taylor films", British Film Institute, February 27, 2015 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia, "Elizabeth Taylor" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kashner Schoenberger 2010, p. 27–37 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
Collins, "Liz's AIDS Odyssey", Vanity Fair, November 1992. facts only, no text reused. vanityfair.com
McCallum, "Late Liz: 10 forgotten Elizabeth Taylor films", British Film Institute, February 27, 2015. facts only, no text reused. bfi.org.uk
Cosgrave, "End Of An Era", Vogue, March 24, 2011. facts only, no text reused. vogue.co.uk
"A look inside The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation", UNAIDS, January 26, 2015. facts only, no text reused. unaids.org

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