Elizabeth Taylor
Known for: Acting
Born: February 27, 1932
Died: March 23, 2011
Place of birth: Hampstead, London, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
154 movies · 27 TV shows, newest first
7.5
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
2025
NR
Brasiliana: The Black Musical That Introduced Brazil to the World
2024
7.1
Elizabeth Taylor - Rebel Superstar
2024
NR
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
2024
6.9
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
2024
5.7
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
2023
7.5
Paul Newman: The Restless
2023
NR
Commitment to Life
2023
6.7
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
2022
9.0
Rat Pack
2022
7.5
Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft
2021
5.7
Superstar
2021
8.3
A Life in Ten Pictures
2021
7.0
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
2019
5.3
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019
6.9
Chavela
2017
5.0
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
7.5
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
2017
5.0
Andy Warhol, Fluorescent
2016
8.0
Destins secrets d’étoiles - Grace, Jackie, Liz, Marilyn…
2015
6.5
The End of a Beautiful Epoch
2015
6.8
Children of 'Giant'
2015
4.4
The Battle of Amfar
2013
7.6
Bert Stern - Original Madman
2011
6.0
Hollywood Invasion
2011
2.0
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011
6.5
Michael Jackson: The Inside Story - What Killed the King of Pop?
2010
7.2
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
10.0
Moonwalking: The True Story of Michael Jackson - Uncensored
2009
8.3
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
6.0
A Letter to True
2004
8.9
Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies
2003
7.7
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
6.4
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
6.7
Heart of the Festival
2002
8.0
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
2001
7.0
George Stevens and His Place In The Sun
2001NR
Bride of Trailer Camp
2001
9.0
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
2001
7.3
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
6.3
These Old Broads
2001
7.7
Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration
2000
7.4
God, the Devil and Bob
2000
7.0
Discovering Bedrock
1999
NR
Memories of Giant
19987.3
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997
6.7
Return to 'Giant'
1996
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
7.7
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
1995
8.0
High Society
1995
7.0
James Dean: A Portrait
1995
6.5
Can't Hurry Love
19952.0
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
1995
7.0
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995
7.1
That's Entertainment! III
1994
5.4
The Flintstones
19948.0
The Jackson Family Honors
1994
4.5
Intimate Portrait
1993
8.1
The Nanny
1993
7.6
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
7.5
Michael Jackson Talks... to Oprah
1993
8.5
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
1992
5.0
Marilyn: Something's Got to Give
1990
6.9
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
8.0
The Simpsons
1989
6.9
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
1989
5.5
Sweet Bird of Youth
1989
6.5
Murphy Brown
1988
6.0
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988
6.7
Young Toscanini
1988
6.0
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988
6.0
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
7.6
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
1988
10.0
Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star
1987
6.9
Poker Alice
1987
6.8
There Must Be a Pony
1986
8.3
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986NR
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
1986
4.0
Super Duper Bloopers
1986
7.5
North and South
1985
5.8
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
2.0
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
7.6
Malice in Wonderland
1985
6.6
Between Friends
1983
7.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
6.8
Hotel
1982
7.5
Genocide
1982
5.8
Night of 100 Stars
1982
6.1
The Mirror Crack'd
1980
5.7
Winter Kills
1979
7.4
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
7.3
Return Engagement
1978
5.3
A Death in Canaan
1978
6.1
A Little Night Music
1977
5.1
Victory at Entebbe
1976
7.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
5.5
The Blue Bird
1976
6.3
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976
8.0
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
5.7
Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait
1975
7.4
That's Entertainment!
1974
6.4
Identikit
1974
6.3
Night Watch
1973
5.5
Ash Wednesday
1973
6.7
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
1973
NR
Divorce His - Divorce Hers
1973
5.9
Hammersmith Is Out
1972
6.1
Under Milk Wood
1972
5.7
Zee and Co.
1972
7.2
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
19725.1
Film '72
1971
5.7
The Only Game in Town
1970
6.1
The Happy Ending
1969
7.1
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
6.0
On Location: Where Eagles Dare
1968
6.1
Secret Ceremony
1968
6.7
Here's Lucy
1968
6.3
Around the World of Mike Todd
1968
5.9
Boom!
1968
6.1
The Comedians
1967
6.5
Reflections in a Golden Eye
1967
7.2
Omnibus
1967
5.3
Doctor Faustus
1967
5.8
The Comedians in Africa
1967
6.7
Mondo Hollywood
1967
6.9
The Taming of the Shrew
1967
7.7
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1966
6.4
The Sandpiper
1965
7.3
The Big Sur
1965
7.3
A Statue for "The Sandpiper"
1965
6.5
On the Trail of the Iguana
1964
7.2
Becket
1964
7.4
The Caretaker
1964
8.0
Elizabeth Taylor in London
1963
6.1
The V.I.P.s
1963
7.1
Cleopatra
1963
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
9.0
Lykke og krone
1962
6.3
BUtterfield 8
1960
6.0
Scent of Mystery
1960
7.3
Suddenly, Last Summer
1959
7.6
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958
6.4
Raintree County
1957
6.5
Operation Raintree
1957
7.6
Giant
1956
6.0
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
1956
NR
Tony Awards
1956
6.1
The Last Time I Saw Paris
1954
6.5
Beau Brummell
1954
8.0
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
5.9
Elephant Walk
1954
6.6
Rhapsody
1954
6.2
The Girl Who Had Everything
1953
7.0
The Oscars
1953
6.8
Ivanhoe
1952
6.6
Love Is Better Than Ever
1952
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
5.6
Callaway Went Thataway
1951
7.1
Quo Vadis
1951
7.3
A Place in the Sun
1951
6.5
Father's Little Dividend
1951
6.4
The Big Hangover
1950
7.0
Father of the Bride
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
5.8
Conspirator
1949
7.4
Little Women
1949
6.7
Julia Misbehaves
1948
6.1
A Date with Judy
1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
9.0
Bambi
1948
6.7
Life with Father
1947
6.2
Cynthia
1947
5.9
Courage of Lassie
1946
7.2
National Velvet
1945
6.7
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
8.0
Twenty Years After
1944
6.9
Jane Eyre
1943
6.7
Lassie Come Home
1943
7.9
There's One Born Every Minute
1942NR
Gloss and Grit: The Man Who Made Art Pop
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