Elizabeth Taylor

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

Other interests

Taylor has a passion for jewelry. Over the years, she has owned a number of well known pieces, two of the most talked about being the 33.19 carat (6.638 g) Krupp Diamond and the 69.42 carat (13.884 g) pear shaped Taylor-Burton Diamond, which were among many dazzling gifts from husband Richard Burton. Her enduring collection of jewelry has been eternalized with her book My Love Affair with Jewelry (2002). In 2005, she partnered with Jack and Monty Abramov of Mirabelle Luxury Concepts in Los Angeles to introduce the House of Taylor Jewelry. She has also launched two perfumes, "Passion" and "White Diamonds," that together earn an estimated $200,000,000 in annual sales.

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Jewelry - Carat - Gift - Book - 2002 - 2005

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Taylor has devoted much time and energy to AIDS-related charities and fundraising. She helped start the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) after the death of her former co-star and friend, Rock Hudson. She also created her own AIDS foundation. By 1999, she had helped to raise an estimated $50,000,000 to fight the disease.

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AIDS - Charities - Rock Hudson - 1999

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In the early 1980s, she moved to Bel-Air, California, which is her current home. The fenced and gated property is on tour maps sold at street corners and is frequently passed by tour guides.

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1980s - Bel-Air, California

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