Elizabeth Taylor
Acting • Born 1932-02-27 – Died 2011-03-23
Biography
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.
Filmography
164 credits
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Movie • 1958
Maggie
The Flintstones
Movie • 1994
Pearl Slaghoople
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Movie • 1966
Martha
The End of a Beautiful Epoch
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Movie • 1985
Self (archive footage)
Lassie Come Home
Movie • 1943
Priscilla
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Movie • 1988
Self (archive footage)
Giant
Movie • 1956
Leslie Lynnton Benedict
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Movie • 1967
Leonora Penderton
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Movie • 1989
Self - Introduction Speaker
Father of the Bride
Movie • 1950
Kay Banks
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
Movie • 2011
(archive footage)
Victory at Entebbe
Movie • 1976
Edra Vilnofsky
Father's Little Dividend
Movie • 1951
Kay Dunstan
The Mirror Crack'd
Movie • 1980
Marina Rudd
Cleopatra
Movie • 1963
Cleopatra
BUtterfield 8
Movie • 1960
Gloria Wandrous
Return to 'Giant'
Movie • 1996
Self (archive footage)
The Taming of the Shrew
Movie • 1967
Katharina
A Place in the Sun
Movie • 1951
Angela Vickers
Ivanhoe
Movie • 1952
Rebecca
Night Watch
Movie • 1973
Ellen Wheeler
Life with Father
Movie • 1947
Mary Skinner
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
Movie • 1976
Self
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Movie • 1997
Self
Suddenly, Last Summer
Movie • 1959
Catherine Holly
Beau Brummell
Movie • 1954
Lady Patricia
Elephant Walk
Movie • 1954
Ruth Wiley
Love Is Better Than Ever
Movie • 1952
Anastacia (Stacie) Macaboy
Little Women
Movie • 1949
Amy
The V.I.P.s
Movie • 1963
Frances Andros
Under Milk Wood
Movie • 1972
Rosie Probert
Courage of Lassie
Movie • 1946
Kathie Eleanor Merrick
Children of 'Giant'
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
Raintree County
Movie • 1957
Susanna Drake Shawnessy
National Velvet
Movie • 1945
Velvet Brown
Secret Ceremony
Movie • 1968
Leonora
Julia Misbehaves
Movie • 1948
Susan Packett
The Girl Who Had Everything
Movie • 1953
Jean Latimer
Sweet Bird of Youth
Movie • 1989
Alexandra Del Lago
Conspirator
Movie • 1949
Melinda Greyton
The Only Game in Town
Movie • 1970
Fran Walker
The Last Time I Saw Paris
Movie • 1954
Helen Ellswirth
Chavela
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
Identikit
Movie • 1974
Lise
Boom!
Movie • 1968
Flora 'Sissy' Goforth
Hammersmith Is Out
Movie • 1972
Jimmie Jean Jackson
A Little Night Music
Movie • 1977
Desiree Armfeldt
The Comedians
Movie • 1967
Martha Pineda
These Old Broads
Movie • 2001
Beryl Mason
A Date with Judy
Movie • 1948
Carol Pringle
Doctor Faustus
Movie • 1967
Helen of Troy
The Sandpiper
Movie • 1965
Laura Reynolds
The Blue Bird
Movie • 1976
Queen of Light/Mother/Witch/Maternal Love
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie • 1972
Self (archive footage)
Rhapsody
Movie • 1954
Louise Durant
Zee and Co.
Movie • 1972
Zee Blakeley
Searching for Debra Winger
Movie • 2002
Self (uncredited)
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Movie • 2001
Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Movie • 1988
Self (archive footage)
Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star
Movie • 1987
Self (archive footage)
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
There Must Be a Pony
Movie • 1986
Marguerite Sydney
Cynthia
Movie • 1947
Cynthia Bishop
Poker Alice
Movie • 1987
Alice Moffit
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie • 1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Between Friends
Movie • 1983
Deborah Shapiro
Malice in Wonderland
Movie • 1985
Louella Parsons
The Big Hangover
Movie • 1950
Mary Belney
Young Toscanini
Movie • 1988
Nadina Bulichoff
There's One Born Every Minute
Movie • 1942
Gloria Twine
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
Movie • 1995
Self
Super Duper Bloopers
Movie • 1986
Self
Notre Dame de la Croisette
Movie • 1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Elizabeth Taylor in London
Movie • 1963
Herself
A Death in Canaan
Movie • 1978
Self (voice) (uncredited)
Marilyn: Something's Got to Give
Movie • 1990
Self (archive footage)
Ash Wednesday
Movie • 1973
Barbara Sawyer
Rat Pack
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Movie • 2002
(archive footage)
Quo Vadis
Movie • 1951
Christian Prisoner in Arena (uncredited)
The Jackson Family Honors
Movie • 1994
Self
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
Movie • 1988
Self
Winter Kills
Movie • 1979
Lola Comante (uncredited)
That's Entertainment!
Movie • 1974
Self - Host / Narrator
Callaway Went Thataway
Movie • 1951
Elizabeth Taylor (uncredited)
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Movie • 1995
Self (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Movie • 1993
Self
Jane Eyre
Movie • 1943
Helen Burns
Becket
Movie • 1964
Blonde Village Woman (uncredited)
Anne of the Thousand Days
Movie • 1969
Masked Courtesan (uncredited)
Return Engagement
Movie • 1978
Dr. Emily Loomis
That's Entertainment! III
Movie • 1994
(archive footage)
Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait
Movie • 1975
Self
The White Cliffs of Dover
Movie • 1944
Betsy Kenney at Age 10 (uncredited)
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
Movie • 1992
Self
The Big Sur
Movie • 1965
Self
The Comedians in Africa
Movie • 1967
Self (uncredited)
On the Trail of the Iguana
Movie • 1964
Self
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
Movie • 1956
Self
Operation Raintree
Movie • 1957
Self
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Movie • 1954
Self
A Statue for 'The Sandpiper'
Movie • 1965
Self
Judy Garland: By Myself
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie • 1976
(archive footage)
Twenty Years After
Movie • 1944
(archive footage)
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Movie • 1986
Self
Scent of Mystery
Movie • 1960
Woman of Mystery
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
Movie • 2019
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Around the World of Mike Todd
Movie • 1968
Self
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
Movie • 2001
Self
Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration
Movie • 2000
Self
On Location: Where Eagles Dare
Movie • 1968
Self (uncredited)
George Stevens and His Place In The Sun
Movie • 2001
Self
A Letter to True
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Movie • 1988
Self (Archive Footage)
Genocide
Movie • 1982
Narrator (voice)
Michael Jackson: The Inside Story - What Killed the King of Pop?
Movie • 2010
Self (archive footage)
Moonwalking: The True Story of Michael Jackson - Uncensored
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars
Movie • 1982
Self
Michael Jackson Talks... to Oprah
Movie • 1993
Self
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
The Battle of Amfar
Movie • 2013
self
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Movie • 2019
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
Movie • 1976
Self (archive footage)
Bride of Trailer Camp
Movie • 2001
(archive footage)
James Dean: A Portrait
Movie • 1995
Self (Archive footage)
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Memories of Giant
Movie • 1998
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Lykke og krone
Movie • 1962
Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft
Movie • 2021
Mondo Hollywood
Movie • 1967
Heart of the Festival
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
Brasiliana: The Black Musical That Introduced Brazil to the World
Movie • 2024
Herself (archive footage)
Discovering Bedrock
Movie • 1999
Self
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Maggie Simpson (voice)
Here's Lucy
TV • 1968
Elizabeth Taylor
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Hotel
TV • 1982
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Dr. Emily Loomis
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV • 1978
Self
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Elizabeth Taylor (voice)
Superstar
TV • 2021
Self (archive footage)
North and South
TV • 1985
Madam Conti
Murphy Brown
TV • 1988
Elizabeth Taylor
A Life in Ten Pictures
TV • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Nanny
TV • 1993
Herself
Bambi
TV • 1948
Self
God, the Devil and Bob
TV • 2000
Sarah (voice)
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Mystery Guest
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
TV • 1973
Jane Reynolds
High Society
TV • 1995
Elizabeth Taylor (voice)
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
TV • 1990
Mrs. Andrews
Elizabeth Taylor - Rebel Superstar
TV • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Can't Hurry Love
TV • 1995
Elizabeth Taylor
North and South
TV • 1985
Madame Conti