Biography of Elizabeth Taylor

This woman once conquered many male hearts, not only on the screen, but also in life.

The biography of actress Elizabeth Taylor

The future film star was born on February 27, 1932 in the family of actors. Elizabeth Taylor's childhood was in England, although her parents were from America. The family lived in London, but with the outbreak of World War II, the Taylors moved to the United States, where young Elizabeth is trying to build her career.

The girl begins to appear in films since 1942, but the first serious role in the film "The Conspirator" was received to her only in 1949. Critics calmly treated the first works of Elizabeth Taylor on the screen without expressing special enthusiasm for her acting. However, after the release in 1951 of the film Place in the Sun, everyone unanimously recognized the actress as talented.

Elizabeth Taylor was the first movie star, whose fee for the painting was a million dollars ("Cleopatra"). The film about the Egyptian queen also brought Elizabeth world success, became the calling card of the star. She was awarded the Oscar three times (in 1961, for the painting "Butterfield 8", in 1967 for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" And in 1993 the special humanitarian award named after Gene Hersholt), but at the age of 45 Elizabeth Taylor practically ceases to act in films , focusing on theatrical roles.

The personal life of Elizabeth Taylor

No less interesting than the film career of the actress, was the personal life of Elizabeth Taylor. Officially, she was married eight times. Often, her colleagues in life were colleagues on the set. So, twice she married a partner in many of the paintings of Richard Burton. For the first time, the marriage lasted ten years, and in the second - only a year. Husbands Elizabeth Taylor were one of the most discussed aspects in the personal life of the actress. Her first husband was Conrad Hilton Jr., then Michael Wilding, after Michael Todd (he died tragically), followed by Eddie Fisher, two marriages with Richard Burton, John Warner and finally Larry Fortensky, with whom Elizabeth Taylor also divorced.

Elizabeth Taylor had four children. Two from the marriage with the second spouse Michael Wilding, one from Michael Todd, and also a jointly adopted girl with Richard Burton.

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In addition to numerous novels in the life of Elizabeth Taylor, a lot of tragic diseases also happened. She repeatedly suffered severe operations, twice undergoing treatment for cancer, and died on March 23, 2011 at the age of 79 years.