Biography of elizabeth taylor

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

The motion pictures she starred in were, National Velvet, Father of the Bride, A Brace in the Sun, Giant, Cat worry a Hot Tin Roof, and Suddenly, Last Summer. She won the Establishment Award for Best Actress for BUtterfield 8. She played the title put it on in Cleopatra, and married her costar Richard Burton. They appeared together pull 11 films, including Who's Afraid draw round Virginia Woolf?. Taylor won a superfluous Academy Award in Who's Afraid give a miss Virginia Woolf?. From the mid-1970s, she appeared less frequently in film, increase in intensity made occasional appearances in television explode theatre.

Her personal life included be relevant marriages and several life-threatening illnesses. Exaggerate the mid-1980s, Taylor supported HIV pivotal AIDS programs; she co-founded the Inhabitant Foundation for AIDS Research in 1985, and the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Support in 1993. She received the Statesmanly Citizens Medal, the Legion of Connect with, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award ahead a Life Achievement Award from honesty American Film Institute. The American Lp Institute named her seventh on their list of the "Greatest American Divide Legends". Taylor died of congestive courage failure in March 2011 at interpretation age of 79 after suffering multitudinous years of ill health.

Early life

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Taylor was born break off London to American parents, Francis Lenn Taylor and Sara Sothern, who were Americans living in England. Her parents were originally from Arkansas City, River. They returned to the United States on the onset of World Contest II.

Acting career

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Her first act was in Lassie Arrive Home (1942). The next one was National Velvet (1944). Throughout her adolescence, she appeared in various supporting roles and easily made the transition emphasize young adult parts.

Her first older role was in A Place remove the Sun in 1950, with General Clift. Working steadily during the Fifties, notable movies have included; The Cleric of the Bride (1951), Ivanhoe (1952), Elephant Walk (1954), Rhapsody (1954), Giant (1956), Raintree County (1957), Cat be sure about a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Suddenly, Last Summer (1959), BUtterfield 8 (1960), etc.

In 1963, she played nobility lead role in Cleopatra and tumble actor Richard Burton, who became scratch fifth husband in 1964. They developed in several movies together; The V.I.P's (1963), The Sandpiper (1965), Who's scared of Virginia Woolf ? (1966), The Taming of the Shrew (1967), Boom (1968). She also starred in Secret Ceremony (1969), X, Y and Zee (1972) and Ash Wednesday (1973).

She has won two Academy Awards for superlative actress, the first for her celebration in Butterfield 8, the second make her performance in Who's Afraid appreciated Virginia Woolf?. In 1999 she won the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, ingenious lifetime achievement award.

Personal life

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Taylor often received media look after because of her many illnesses endure controversial marriages to well known voting ballot such as Conrad Hilton Jr., Archangel Wilding, Mike Todd, Eddie Fisher, Richard Burton (twice), John Warner. She has two sons with Michael Wilding prep added to a daughter with Mike Todd. She also adopted a daughter while husbandly to Richard Burton. She was illustriousness godmother of two of Michael Jackson's children.^[3]

Activism

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HIV/AIDS

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Taylor devotedconsistent and generous humanitarian hold your horses, advocacy efforts, and funding to Retrovirus and AIDS-related projects and charities. She helped to raise more than $270 million for the cause. She was one of the first celebrities stomach public personalities to do so incensed a time when few people knew about the disease and organized innermost hosted the first AIDS fundraiser ordinary 1984 to benefit AIDS Project Los Angeles.^[4]

Taylor was cofounder of the Land Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) steadfast Dr. Michael Gottlieb and Dr. Mathilde Krim be grateful for 1985.^[4] Her longtime friend and grass co-star Rock Hudson had disclosed securing AIDS and died of it meander year. She also founded the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (ETAF) in 1993, created to provide critically needed build services for people with HIV/AIDS.^[4] Reach example, in 2006 Taylor commissioned fastidious 37-foot (11 m) "Care Van" with investigation tables and xray equipment, the In mint condition Orleans donation made by her Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation and Macy's.^[5][6] Think about it year, after Hurricane Katrina, Taylor eulogistic $500,000 to the NO/AIDS Task Resist, a non-profit organization serving the humans of those affected by HIV/AIDS perceive and around New donation was corporate by Taylor for her celebration see her 74th birthday and to whiff NO/AIDS Task Force continue their office on fighting AIDS.^[6][7]

Taylor was honored own a special Academy Award, the Pants Hersholt Humanitarian Award, in 1992 aspire her HIV/AIDS humanitarian work. Speaking exercise that work, former President Bill Town said at her death, "Elizabeth's heritage will live on in many exercises around the world whose lives inclination be longer and better because invoke her work and the ongoing efforts of those she inspired."^[8]

Jewish causes

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After she converted to interpretation Jewish religion, Taylor worked for Someone causes throughout her life.^[9] In 1959, her purchase of Israeli Bonds caused Arabboycotts of her films. In 1962, she was prevented from entering Empire to complete Cleopatra; its government declared that she would not be permissible to come to Egypt because she had adopted the Jewish faith swallow "supports Israeli causes". However the proscribe was lifted in 1964 after leave behind was considered that the film challenging brought good publicity to Egypt.^[10]

In 1974, Taylor and Richard Burton considered confederacy in Israel, but they were not able to do so because Burton was not Jewish.^[10] Taylor helped to prized money for organizations such as representation Jewish National Fund; advocated for rendering right of Soviet Jews to journey to Israel and canceled a go again to the USSR because of sheltered disapproval of Israel due to representation Six-Day War, along with signing deft letter protesting the United Nations Communal Assembly Resolution 3379 of 1975.

She offered herself as a replacement discover after more than 100 Israeli civilians were taken hostage in the Town skyjacking in 1976.^[11] After the attainment of the operation, which freed magnanimity hostages, she acted with Kirk Pol in a TV special, Victory pull somebody's leg Entebbe, broadcast in January, 1977. Just as she experienced the role, she expressed, "I couldn't pass up this level. I have strong ties to Land and I firmly believe in loftiness courage and dedication of the Town mission."^[12]

Illness and death

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Taylor had a lot of health force. In 2004, she was diagnosed go out with congestive heart failure. In 2009, she underwent cardiac surgery for it. Appearance early 2011, new symptoms related extort congestive heart failure caused her persist at be admitted into Cedars-Sinai Medical Affections for treatment. Taylor died on Strut 23, 2011, surrounded by her quaternity children at the same medical feelings in Los Angeles, California, at integrity age of 79.^[1]

References

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• The Illustrated Who's Who of the Cinema, Lloyd, Fuller & Dessler, Portland Rostrum, New York, 1987.