BornElizabeth Rosemond Taylor
(1932-02-27)February 27, 1932
Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, EnglandDiedMarch 23, 2011(2011-03-23) (aged 79)
Los Angeles, California, United StatesCause of deathCongestive heart failureResting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CaliforniaNationalityBritish-AmericanOther namesLiz TaylorOccupationActress, social activistYears active1942–2003ReligionChristian Science (1932–59)Judaism (1959–2011)[1]SpouseConrad Hilton, Jr. (1950–51; divorced)Michael Wilding (1952–57; divorced)Mike Todd (1957–58; widow)Eddie Fisher (1959–64; divorced)Richard Burton (1964–74, 1975–76; married and divorced twice)John Warner (1976–82; divorced)Larry Fortensky (1991–96; divorced)ChildrenMichael Howard WildingChristopher Edward WildingElizabeth Frances "Liza" Todd BurtonMaria BurtonParentsFrancis Lenn Taylor (deceased)Sara Sothern (deceased)RelativesHoward Taylor (older brother)AwardsListDame Elizabeth Rosemond "Liz" Taylor, DBE (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a British-born 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 in March 2011 at the age of 79, having suffered many years of ill health.