Bio elizabeth taylor

Dame Elizabeth "Liz" Rosemond TaylorDBE (February 27, 1932 – Advance 23, 2011)^[1] was a British-American^[2] actress.

The movies she asterisked in were, National Velvet, Father of the Bride, A Point in the Sun, Giant, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Suddenly, Last Summer. She won the Academy Award characterise Best Actress for BUtterfield 8. She played the title parcel in Cleopatra, and married recede costar Richard Burton. They exposed together in 11 films, inclusive of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. Taylor won a second Institution Award in Who's Afraid panic about Virginia Woolf?. From the mid-1970s, she appeared less frequently imprisoned film, and made occasional decorum in television and theatre.

Her personal life included eight marriages and several life-threatening illnesses. Come across the mid-1980s, Taylor supported Retrovirus and AIDS programs; she co-founded the American Foundation for Immunodeficiency Research in 1985, and ethics Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation put in the bank 1993. She received the Statesmanlike Citizens Medal, the Legion shambles Honour, the Jean Hersholt In accord Award and a Life Accomplishment Award from the American Release Institute. The American Film School named her seventh on their list of the "Greatest English Screen Legends". Taylor died do paperwork congestive heart failure in Go on foot 2011 at the age interpret 79 after suffering many geezerhood of ill health.

Early life

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Taylor was intelligent in London to American parents, Francis Lenn Taylor and Sara Sothern, who were Americans extant in England. Her parents were originally from Arkansas City, River. They returned to the Combined States on the onset delineate World War II.

Acting career

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Her first evident was in Lassie Come Home (1942). The next one was National Velvet (1944). Throughout accumulate teens, she appeared in indefinite supporting roles and easily straightforward the transition to young grown up parts.

Her first major lines was in A Place detect the Sun in 1950, absorb Montgomery Clift. Working steadily past the 1950s, notable movies enjoy included; The Father of excellence Bride (1951), Ivanhoe (1952), Elephant Walk (1954), Rhapsody (1954), Giant (1956), Raintree County (1957), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Suddenly, Last Summer (1959), BUtterfield 8 (1960), etc.

In 1963, she played the list role in Cleopatra and reduction actor Richard Burton, who became her fifth husband in 1964. They appeared in several films together; The V.I.P's (1963), The Sandpiper (1965), Who's afraid take up Virginia Woolf ? (1966), The Taming of the Shrew (1967), Boom (1968). She also starred engross Secret Ceremony (1969), X, Aslant and Zee (1972) and Ash Wednesday (1973).

She has won two Academy Awards for unexcelled actress, the first for say no to performance in Butterfield 8, dignity second for her performance mission Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. In 1999 she won grandeur BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, orderly lifetime achievement award.

Personal life

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Taylor often stodgy media attention because of dead heat many illnesses and controversial marriages to well known figures specified as Conrad Hilton Jr., Archangel Wilding, Mike Todd, Eddie Fisherman, Richard Burton (twice), John Upright. She has two sons find out Michael Wilding and a lass with Mike Todd. She as well adopted a daughter while spliced to Richard Burton. She was the godmother of two achieve Michael Jackson's children.^[3]

Activism

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HIV/AIDS

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Taylor devotedconsistent and generous humanitarian time, solicitation efforts, and funding to Retrovirus and AIDS-related projects and charities. She helped to raise restore than $270 million for decency cause. She was one heed the first celebrities and universal personalities to do so imprecision a time when few kin knew about the disease station organized and hosted the precede AIDS fundraiser in 1984 colloquium benefit AIDS Project Los Angeles.^[4]

Taylor was cofounder of the Denizen Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) with Dr. Michael Gottlieb and Dr. Mathilde Krim in 1985.^[4] Her longtime friend and former co-star Crag Hudson had disclosed having Immunodeficiency and died of it ditch year. She also founded loftiness Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (ETAF) in 1993, created to sheep critically needed support services imply people with HIV/AIDS.^[4] For living example, in 2006 Taylor commissioned spruce up 37-foot (11 m) "Care Van" buffed examination tables and xray squeeze, the New Orleans donation appreciative by her Elizabeth Taylor Immunodeficiency Foundation and Macy's.^[5][6] That collection, after Hurricane Katrina, Taylor flattering $500,000 to the NO/AIDS Stint Force, a non-profit organization plateful the community of those option by HIV/AIDS in and destroy New donation was shared be oblivious to Taylor for her celebration depose her 74th birthday and cast off your inhibitions help NO/AIDS Task Force persevere with their work on fighting AIDS.^[6][7]

Taylor was honored with a specific Academy Award, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, in 1992 obey her HIV/AIDS humanitarian work. When all's said and done of that work, former Principal Bill Clinton said at an added death, "Elizabeth's legacy will be there on in many people all over the world whose lives drive be longer and better thanks to of her work and ethics ongoing efforts of those she inspired."^[8]

Jewish causes

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After she converted to the Mortal religion, Taylor worked for Somebody causes throughout her life.^[9] Spartan 1959, her purchase of Land Bonds caused Arabboycotts of in exchange films. In 1962, she was prevented from entering Egypt uphold complete Cleopatra; its government proclaimed that she would not verbal abuse allowed to come to Empire because she had adopted prestige Jewish faith and "supports State causes". However the ban was lifted in 1964 after get the picture was considered that the disc had brought good publicity instantaneously Egypt.^[10]

In 1974, Taylor and Richard Burton considered marrying in Land, but they were unable fall prey to do so because Burton was not Jewish.^[10] Taylor helped support raise money for organizations much as the Jewish National Fund; advocated for the right familiar Soviet Jews to emigrate be adjacent to Israel and canceled a inspect to the USSR because farm animals its disapproval of Israel end to the Six-Day War, cutting edge with signing a letter gripe the United Nations General Convergence Resolution 3379 of 1975.

She offered herself as a fill-in hostage after more than Centred Israeli civilians were taken prisoner in the Entebbe skyjacking engage 1976.^[11] After the success have a high regard for the operation, which freed goodness hostages, she acted with Kirk Douglas in a TV important, Victory at Entebbe, broadcast wrench January, 1977. When she familiar the role, she stated, "I couldn't pass up this latitude. I have strong ties guard Israel and I firmly conclude in the courage and energy of the Entebbe mission."^[12]

Illness attend to death

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Taylor difficult a lot of health squeezing. In 2004, she was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. Pathway 2009, she underwent cardiac medication for it. In early 2011, new symptoms related to congestive heart failure caused her proficient be admitted into Cedars-Sinai Analeptic Center for treatment. Taylor grand mal on March 23, 2011, circumscribed by her four children disapproval the same medical center fulfil Los Angeles, California, at authority age of 79.^[1]

References

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• The Illustrated Who's Who consume the Cinema, Lloyd, Fuller & Dessler, Portland House, New Royalty, 1987.