Elizabeth Taylor

 Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor DBE (February 27th, 1932 - March 23 2011,) was a British-American actress. Her professional career began as a child actress during the 1940s. Taylor was among the most famous actors of the classic Hollywood film in the 1950s. In the 1960s, she was the highest-paid film star in the world , and was an influential public figure throughout her entire life. The American Film Institute declared Taylor the seventh-greatest female screen icon from Classic Hollywood cinema in 1999. Taylor was born in London to famous American parents. Her move to Los Angeles with her family in 1939. After just a year, Taylor began her acting career with an unimportant part in the Universal Pictures film "There's One Born Every Minute (1942)." After a brief appearance in National Velvet (1944), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer signed her. In the 1950s, she shifted to more mature roles. Taylor was a part of the comedic Father of the Bride (1950) and was also appreciated for her performance in A Place in the Sun (1951). Taylor was determined to end her career in the 1950s despite being among MGM's most popular stars. Taylor was unhappy with MGM's control , and was disapproving of the many films she was offered. In the mid-1950s , she began to be given more roles, beginning with the dramatic drama Giant (1956). The actress continued to be successful on television and film throughout the years following. Two Tennessee Williams plays were adapted into films: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) and Suddenly, Last Summer (599); Taylor was awarded the Golden Globe as Best Actress. While she wasn't a fan of her part as an agent in BUtterfield 8 (1960), the last MGM film and her final film, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.