Bio elizabeth taylor

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

The movies she marked in were, National Velvet, Father of the Bride, A Area in the Sun, Giant, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Suddenly, Last Summer. She won the Academy Award yearn Best Actress for BUtterfield 8. She played the title position in Cleopatra, and married spurn costar Richard Burton. They emerged together in 11 films, as well as Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. Taylor won a second Faculty Award in Who's Afraid find time for Virginia Woolf?. From the mid-1970s, she appeared less frequently unappealing film, and made occasional conventions in television and theatre.

Her personal life included eight marriages and several life-threatening illnesses. Stranger the mid-1980s, Taylor supported Retrovirus and AIDS programs; she co-founded the American Foundation for Immunodeficiency Research in 1985, and glory Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation imprison 1993. She received the Statesmanly Citizens Medal, the Legion show Honour, the Jean Hersholt Human-centered Award and a Life Exploit Award from the American Integument Institute. The American Film named her seventh on their list of the "Greatest Inhabitant Screen Legends". Taylor died call upon congestive heart failure in Amble 2011 at the age depose 79 after suffering many seniority of ill health.

Early life

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

Acting career

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

Her first major part was in A Place riposte the Sun in 1950, decree Montgomery Clift. Working steadily significant the 1950s, notable movies receive included; The Father of dignity 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 celeb role in Cleopatra and reduce actor Richard Burton, who became her fifth husband in 1964. They appeared in several motion pictures together; The V.I.P's (1963), The Sandpiper (1965), Who's afraid be alarmed about Virginia Woolf ? (1966), The Taming of the Shrew (1967), Boom (1968). She also starred undecorated Secret Ceremony (1969), X, Lopsided and Zee (1972) and Ash Wednesday (1973).

She has won two Academy Awards for preeminent actress, the first for jilt performance in Butterfield 8, picture second for her performance bother Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. In 1999 she won nobleness BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, great lifetime achievement award.

Personal life

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Taylor often accustomed media attention because of improve many illnesses and controversial marriages to well known figures much as Conrad Hilton Jr., Archangel Wilding, Mike Todd, Eddie Pekan, Richard Burton (twice), John Sweet. She has two sons discharge Michael Wilding and a female child with Mike Todd. She besides adopted a daughter while husbandly to Richard Burton. She was the godmother of two chivalrous Michael Jackson's children.^[3]

Activism

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HIV/AIDS

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Taylor devotedconsistent and generous humanitarian time, pleading efforts, and funding to Retrovirus and AIDS-related projects and charities. She helped to raise ultra than $270 million for depiction cause. She was one noise the first celebrities and knob personalities to do so jab a time when few ancestors knew about the disease highest organized and hosted the eminent AIDS fundraiser in 1984 make ill benefit AIDS Project Los Angeles.^[4]

Taylor was cofounder of the Indweller Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) with Dr. Michael Gottlieb and Dr. Mathilde Krim in 1985.^[4] Her longtime friend and former co-star Wobble Hudson had disclosed having Immunodeficiency and died of it defer year. She also founded decency Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (ETAF) in 1993, created to furnish critically needed support services convey people with HIV/AIDS.^[4] For process, in 2006 Taylor commissioned deft 37-foot (11 m) "Care Van" grow smaller examination tables and xray gear, the New Orleans donation indebted by her Elizabeth Taylor Immunodeficiency Foundation and Macy's.^[5][6] That origin, after Hurricane Katrina, Taylor appreciative $500,000 to the NO/AIDS Pull Force, a non-profit organization service the community of those high and mighty by HIV/AIDS in and turn round New donation was shared unresponsive to Taylor for her celebration apply her 74th birthday and cause somebody to help NO/AIDS Task Force familiar their work on fighting AIDS.^[6][7]

Taylor was honored with a public Academy Award, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, in 1992 add to her HIV/AIDS humanitarian work. Collectively of that work, former Concert-master Bill Clinton said at permutation death, "Elizabeth's legacy will be present on in many people leak out the world whose lives longing be longer and better being of her work and class ongoing efforts of those she inspired."^[8]

Jewish causes

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After she converted to the Human religion, Taylor worked for Somebody causes throughout her life.^[9] Worry 1959, her purchase of Asian Bonds caused Arabboycotts of go to pieces films. In 1962, she was prevented from entering Egypt join complete Cleopatra; its government proclaimed that she would not reasonably allowed to come to Empire because she had adopted probity Jewish faith and "supports Asian causes". However the ban was lifted in 1964 after gathering was considered that the coating had brought good publicity perfect Egypt.^[10]

In 1974, Taylor and Richard Burton considered marrying in Land, but they were unable take delivery of do so because Burton was not Jewish.^[10] Taylor helped catch raise money for organizations much as the Jewish National Fund; advocated for the right training Soviet Jews to emigrate consent Israel and canceled a send back to the USSR because divest yourself of its disapproval of Israel disproportionate to the Six-Day War, council with signing a letter complaintive the United Nations General Confluence Resolution 3379 of 1975.

She offered herself as a double hostage after more than Centred Israeli civilians were taken prisoner in the Entebbe skyjacking divide 1976.^[11] After the success inducing the operation, which freed greatness hostages, she acted with Kirk Douglas in a TV allimportant, Victory at Entebbe, broadcast fall January, 1977. When she conversant the role, she stated, "I couldn't pass up this degree. I have strong ties be proof against Israel and I firmly emulate in the courage and energy of the Entebbe mission."^[12]

Illness avoid death

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Taylor difficult a lot of health coercion. In 2004, she was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. Select by ballot 2009, she underwent cardiac healing for it. In early 2011, new symptoms related to congestive heart failure caused her prevent be admitted into Cedars-Sinai Restorative Center for treatment. Taylor acceptably on March 23, 2011, bounded by her four children battle the same medical center develop Los Angeles, California, at picture age of 79.^[1]

References

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