Elizabeth Taylor

Dame Elizabeth Taylor, DBE, (born February 27, 1932) is a British Academy Award winning actress.

Mature career and marriages

Elizabeth Taylor won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performances in BUtterfield 8 (1960), which co-starred then husband Eddie Fisher, and then again for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), which co-starred then husband Richard Burton and the Supporting Actress Oscar-winner, Sandy Dennis.

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Academy Award - Best Actress in a Leading Role - BUtterfield 8 - 1960 - Eddie Fisher - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - 1966 - Richard Burton - Sandy Dennis

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Taylor was nominated for Raintree County (1957) opposite Montgomery Clift, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) opposite Paul Newman, and Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) with Katharine Hepburn and Mercedes McCambridge.

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Raintree County - 1957 - Montgomery Clift - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - 1958 - Paul Newman - Suddenly, Last Summer - 1959 - Katharine Hepburn - Mercedes McCambridge

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In 1963, she became the highest paid movie star up until that time when she accepted $1,000,000 to play the title role in the lavish production of Cleopatra for 20th Century Fox. And it was during the filming of that movie that she worked for the first time with future husband, Richard Burton, who played Mark Antony.

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1963 - Movie star - Cleopatra - 20th Century Fox - Richard Burton - Mark Antony

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She has been married eight times to seven husbands:

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• Hotel heir Nicky Hilton (married May 6, 1950-divorced January 29, 1951)
• Actor Michael Wilding (married February 21, 1952-divorced January 26, 1957)
• Producer Mike Todd (married February 2, 1957-his death March 22, 1958)
• Singer Eddie Fisher (married May 12, 1959-divorced March 6, 1964)
• Actor Richard Burton (married March 15, 1964-divorced June 26, 1974)
• Actor Richard Burton (2nd Marriage) (married October 10, 1975-divorced July 29, 1976)
• Senator John Warner (married December 4, 1976-divorced November 7, 1982)
• Teamster construction-equipment operator Larry Fortensky (married October 6, 1991-divorced October 31, 1996)

Taylor and Wilding had two sons, Michael Howard Wilding (born January 6, 1953) and Christopher Edward Wilding (born February 27, 1955). She and Todd had one daughter, Elizabeth Frances Todd, called "Liza," (born August 6, 1957). And in 1964, she and Fisher started adoption proceedings for a daughter, whom Burton later adopted, Maria Burton (born August 1, 1961). During her marriage to Fisher, Taylor converted to Judaism (having been born into the Christian Science faith). She remains Jewish to this day, referring to herself as such several times.

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January 6 - 1953 - February 27 - 1955 - August 6 - 1957 - 1964 - August 1 - 1961 - Judaism - Christian Science - Jewish

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She has also appeared a number of times on television, including the 1973 made-for-TV movie with then husband, Richard Burton, titled Divorce His - Divorce Hers. In 1985, she played movie gossip columnist Louella Parsons in Malice in Wonderland opposite Jane Alexander, who played Hedda Hopper, and also appeared in the mini-series North and South. In 2001, she played an agent in These Old Broads. She has also appeared on a number of other TV shows, including the soap operas General Hospital and All My Children and the animated The Simpsons (as the voice of Maggie).

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Television - 1973 - Richard Burton - Divorce His - Divorce Hers - 1985 - Gossip columnist - Louella Parsons - Malice in Wonderland - Jane Alexander - Hedda Hopper - North and South - 2001 - These Old Broads - Soap opera - General Hospital - All My Children - The Simpsons - Maggie

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Taylor has also acted on stage, making her Broadway and West End debuts in 1982 with a revival of Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes. She was then in a production of Noel Coward's Private Lives (1983), in which she starred with her former husband, Richard Burton.

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Stage - Broadway - West End - 1982 - Lillian Hellman - The Little Foxes - Noel Coward - Private Lives - 1983 - Richard Burton

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After marrying Richard Burton, Taylor relinquished her American citizenship, and is now a "permanent resident" of the U.S. After marrying Republican Senator John Warner, of Virginia, she received a "green card" and keeps her British passport.

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John Warner - Virginia

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