Elizabeth Taylor

 Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor DBE (February 27th, 1932 - March 23 2011,), was an American and British actress. The 1940s were when she started acting as a young actor, and was one of the most well-known actors in the world of classical 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 named 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 roles that were more mature. 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 dissatisfied with MGM's control and she was not a fan of the films they given her. 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. Despite her displeasure with her part in BUtterfield 8 (1960), the final MGM film she appeared in, Taylor won the Academy Award for Best Actress for this performance. The film featured Taylor as well as Richard Burton in an affair which led to controversy. They got married in 1964, despite the public's disapproval. They were called "Liz" as well as "Dick" in the press. They appeared together in eleven films, including The V.I.P.s (1963), The Sandpiper (65), The Taming of the Shrew(677) and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1967). (1966). Taylor was awarded the Academy Award for Woolf with her second Academy Award, as well as a host of other prizes. In 1974 Taylor and Burton separated. They reconciled quickly and got married in 1975. In 1976, the second marriage she had with Burton ended with divorce. She continued to appear in films through the 1970s. Following that she was devoted to the cause of John Warner (Republican from Virginia). She appeared on stage in her first major role, as well as in a variety of film and TV shows during the 1980s. Following Sophia Loren, Taylor was the second celeb to launch her own perfume line. Taylor was one of the first stars to be involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS. In 1985, Taylor founded the American Foundation for AIDS Research and in 1991 , the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation. Taylor devoted her entire life to charity in the early 1990s until her death. In recognition of this, she was presented with the Presidential Citizens Medal. Taylor's private life was the subject of attention from the media throughout her life. Taylor was married to seven times, was converted to Judaism and was afflicted with a variety of serious diseases. Taylor also lived an extravagant lifestyle, which included one of the most precious personal collections of jewellery in the United States. Taylor passed away at the age of 79 in 2011 of congestive heart insufficiency after several years of being in bad health.vv