Biography
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was a British and American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. She then became the world's highest-paid movie star in the 1960s, remaining a well-known public figure for the rest of her life. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her seventh on its list of the greatest female screen legends.
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Awards & recognition
- Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award · 2011
- California Hall of Fame · 2007
- Britannia Awards · 2005
- GLAAD Vanguard Award · 2000
- Marian Anderson Award · 2000
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- BAFTA Fellowship · 1999
- Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1999
- Actor Awards · 1998
- Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award · 1998
- AFI Life Achievement Award · 1993
- Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award · 1993
- Knight of the Legion of Honour · 1987
- Crystal Award · 1985
- Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award · 1984
- Theatre World Special Award · 1981
- Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year · 1977
- David di Donatello — Best Foreign Actress · 1972
- Silver Bear — Best Actress · 1972
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1967
- BAFTA Award — Best Actress in a Leading Role · 1966
- National Board of Review Award — Best Actress · 1966
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1961
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama · 1960
- Golden Globe Awards · 1960
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- Kennedy Center Honors
- Presidential Citizens Medal
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Tony Award — Best Actress in a Play · 1981 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1967 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1961 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1960 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1959 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1958 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Moonwalking: The True Story of Michael Jackson - Uncensored
A Life in Ten Pictures
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
The Nanny
The Simpsons
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Genocide
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Giant
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
North and South
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
That's Entertainment!
Little Women
Suddenly, Last Summer
A Place in the Sun
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Becket
National Velvet
Elizabeth Taylor - Rebel Superstar
Anne of the Thousand Days
Quo Vadis
That's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment, Part II
Cleopatra
Father of the Bride
What's My Line?
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
Chavela
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Poker Alice
The Taming of The Shrew
Jane Eyre
Children of 'Giant'
Ivanhoe
The Ed Sullivan Show
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
Here's Lucy
Julia Misbehaves
Life with Father
Lassie Come Home
Rhapsody
Michael Jackson: The Inside Story - What Killed the King of Pop?
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Beau Brummell