(In this work, Elizabeth recounts her transformation from ...)
In this work, Elizabeth recounts her transformation from screen goddess to overweight celebrity, discusses the courage and perseverance it took to regain her figure and self-esteem, and summarizes her personal diet and exercise system.
("Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair with Jewelry" marks the...)
"Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair with Jewelry" marks the first time her beautiful jewelry will be seen together as a collection. Lavishly produced and illustrated, the book has an introduction by the world-renowned authority on jewelry, François Curiel, of Christie's.
(In 1946, Elizabeth Taylor, then fourteen and a major star...)
In 1946, Elizabeth Taylor, then fourteen and a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, published a book about her pet chipmunk, Nibbles. With wit, charm and remarkable skill, she related the adventures and mishaps of her high-spirited friend. Recounted here are such stories, as the happiest birthday of her life, when she was given King Charles, the horse, who was called The Pi in National Velvet, because only Elizabeth could ride him.
(The original adventure of a boy and his dog is considered...)
The original adventure of a boy and his dog is considered by many as the best. Young Roddy McDowall stars as a boy, whose poor family is forced to sell their beloved collie, Lassie.
(Enchantingly beautiful Elizabeth Taylor became a movie st...)
Enchantingly beautiful Elizabeth Taylor became a movie star at age 12 after starring in this classic about a girl and her jockey pal, who transform an unruly horse into a champion.
(Montgomery Clift stars as George Eastman, a poor young ma...)
Montgomery Clift stars as George Eastman, a poor young man, determined to win a place in respectable society and the heart of a beautiful socialite (Elizabeth Taylor). Shelley Winters plays the factory girl, whose dark secret threatens Eastman's professional and romantic prospects.
(Set in tumultuous 12th century England, Saxon knights do ...)
Set in tumultuous 12th century England, Saxon knights do battle against the Norman invaders in an effort to free their kidnapped king. Starring Elizabeth Taylor and Joan Fontaine.
(An unlikely friendship between Captain Beau Brummell and ...)
An unlikely friendship between Captain Beau Brummell and the Prince of Wales leads the dandy Brummell into lofty circles, royal intrigue and into the arms of lovely Lady Patricia.
(Elizabeth strives for sweet harmony as a privileged woman...)
Elizabeth strives for sweet harmony as a privileged woman, who must choose between the two musicians she loves. As events and emotions unfold conflict arises, which man does she truly love?
(Thrilling performances by Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor a...)
Thrilling performances by Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor and Burl Ives make this adaptation of Tennessee Williams' story about a wealthy plantation owner, succumbing to cancer.
(A beautiful girl is committed to a mental institution aft...)
A beautiful girl is committed to a mental institution after witnessing the violent death of her cousin. The doctor uses a truth serum on her and confirms his suspicions, that her "hallucinations" are indeed fact. The shock causes her wealthy aunt to relapse into unreality.
(This epic classic, now with restored picture and sound, s...)
This epic classic, now with restored picture and sound, stars Elizabeth Taylor as the Egyptian queen, whose romance with a Roman (Richard Burton) may decide the fate of an empire.
(Inclement weather forces a group of wealthy passengers to...)
Inclement weather forces a group of wealthy passengers to spend the night in the V.I.P. lounge of the London airport, where they get acquainted and confront their various problems.
(Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton star in this romantic...)
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton star in this romantic drama about a schoolboy's mother, who becomes involved with the married headmaster of a Californian boarding school.
(This is a haunting, complex melodrama, based on the best-...)
This is a haunting, complex melodrama, based on the best-selling Muriel Spark's novel. Elizabeth Taylor, in one of her least-known performances, stars as a deranged, psychotic spinster, looking for a man, to whom she can give herself completely.
(Agatha Christie's Miss Marple (Angela Lansbury) investiga...)
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple (Angela Lansbury) investigates a murder on the set of a movie, filming in her previously quiet little village, and finds a castful of bickering suspects. The marvelous supporting cast includes Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, Kim Novak and Tony Curtis.
(She was once a beautiful screen idol, who fled Hollywood ...)
She was once a beautiful screen idol, who fled Hollywood after a film premiere, fearing, that she had lost her allure. He was once a local golden boy, who, through missed opportunities, found himself a cabana boy. This powerful production of Tennessee Williams' play incorporates the intense drama and steamy lust of two people, determined to use each other in order to achieve their goals.
(Mark Rappaport takes us on hilarious and provocative romp...)
Mark Rappaport takes us on hilarious and provocative romp through the hidden and not so hidden gay undercurrents of Hollywood's Golden Years. Dan Butler (Frasier) acts as tour guide as he uncovers, despite efforts to launder American cinema of even the faintest traces of gay influences, Hollywood's squeamish fascination with gay eroticism and camp.
(Four of Hollywood's legendary leading ladies of the past ...)
Four of Hollywood's legendary leading ladies of the past are persuaded to reunite for a television special only to have it threatened by old feuds, sexual rivalries and perpetual diva drama.
(For more than 60 years, Elizabeth Taylor's dazzling beaut...)
For more than 60 years, Elizabeth Taylor's dazzling beauty and scandalous life captured our fascination, provoked our envy, teased our curiosity and, at times, aroused our pity. She was American royalty and the undisputed queen of the tabloids. See her life unfold from her first film through her last marriage and hear her thoughts on being a star, marriage and being what Hollywood tried to make her.
Elizabeth Taylor, in full Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, was an American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian, noted for her portrayals of volatile and strong-willed characters. She was known internationally for her beauty, especially for her violet eyes, with which she captured audiences early on in her youth and kept the world hooked on with since.
Background
Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was born on February 27, 1932, in Hampstead Garden Suburb, London. Her parents, art dealer Francis Lenn Taylor and retired stage actress Sara Sothern (née Sara Viola Warmbrodt), were United States citizens, both originally from Arkansas City, Kansas. They moved to London in 1929, and opened an art gallery on Bond Street; their first child, a son named Howard, was born the same year.
In 1939, the Taylors decided to return to the United States due to the increasingly tense political situation in Europe. Sara and the children left first in April 1939, and moved in with Taylor's maternal grandfather in Pasadena, California. Francis stayed behind to close the London gallery, and joined them in December. In early 1940, he opened a new gallery in Los Angeles, and after briefly living in Pacific Palisades, the family settled in Beverly Hills.
Education
Elizabeth was enrolled in Byron House, a Montessori school in Highgate. Then Taylor and her brother studied at Hawthorne School in Beverly Hills.
Though her mother, a former stage actress, initially balked at allowing the young Taylor to enter the film industry, an introduction to the chairman of Universal Pictures through one of her father's clients led to a screen test. In 1942, Taylor made her first film debut, There's One Born Every Minute. Though she was soon dropped by Universal, MGM Studios signed her to a contract and cast her in Lassie Come Home (1943). That was followed by a star-making performance in National Velvet (1944) as a young woman who rescues a horse and trains it to race.
Taylor made a smooth transition from juvenile to adult roles in the films Life with Father (1947), Father of the Bride (1950), and An American Tragedy (1951). She appeared as the frivolous wife of a writer in The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) and as an East Coast woman who marries the patriarch of a disintegrating Texas ranching family (played by Rock Hudson) in Giant (1956). In Raintree County (1957), Taylor channeled a deracinated Southern belle who marries an abolitionist (Montgomery Clift). Her mature screen persona - that of a glamorous, passionate woman unafraid of expressing love and anger - was at its apogee in film adaptations of Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) and Suddenly, Last Summer (1959).
Taylor won an Academy Award for her performance as a conflicted New York call girl in Butterfield 8 (1960), though she publicly expressed her dislike of the film. A few months later, in 1961, she signed with 20th Century-Fox for $1 million for the film Cleopatra, with Richard Burton as Marc Antony.
Taylor won a second Academy Award for her performance opposite Burton as the vituperative but vulnerable Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), directed by Mike Nichols from the play by Edward Albee. She co-starred with him again in an adaptation of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (1967); the couple made five further films together. After the mid-1970s, however, Taylor appeared only intermittently in films, Broadway plays, and television films.
An active philanthropist, Taylor helped to establish the American Foundation for AIDS Research (1985), partly motivated by the death of her friend Rock Hudson from the disease. She traveled the world as a spokeswoman for the organization and in 1991 established the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation to provide direct services to those suffering from the disease. Taylor also used the allure of her public image to market lucrative perfume and costume jewelry lines.
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950's. She continued her career successfully into the 1960's and remained a well-known public figure for the rest of her life. In 1999, the American Film Institute named her the seventh-greatest female screen legend.
In her lifetime, Taylor was felicitated numerous times for her outstanding contribution to cinema. She twice won the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award and Screen Actors Guild Award, among others.
Taylor was conferred with the prestigious French Legion of Honor in 1987 and was named Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2000. In 2001, she received the Presidential Citizens Medal. Later in 2007, she was inducted in the California Hall of Fame.
(The most desirable woman in town and the easiest to find ...)
1960
Religion
Taylor was born into a Christian Scientist family. Her godfather, English statesman Victor Cazalet, was a Christian Science preacher, but it doesn't seem to be something she spoke about very much.
Her first husband (of seven), Nicky Hilton, was a devout Catholic and tried to convert her to his faith - but it didn't work out - the marriage or the conversion.
The big news, regarding Taylor's religion, came, when she announced she had converted to Judaism. The announcement came after the death of her third husband, Michael Todd (a Jew), and before her marriage to her fourth husband, Eddie Fisher (also a Jew). However, Taylor insisted, that it had nothing to do with the religion of her respective husbands. She said of her conversion: "It had absolutely nothing to do with my past marriage to Mike (Todd) or my upcoming marriage to Eddie Fisher, both of whom were Jewish. It was something I had wanted to do for a long time." Taylor remained a Jew for the rest of her life, though she wasn't the type to go to synagogue regularly. She did speak of her adherence to regular prayer: "I pray to God all the time. We have a conversational relationship and those conversations calm my fears."
Politics
Taylor was a Democrat, but was married to a Republican Senator, John Warner, for six years. And Warner admitted, that his wife was instrumental in his ability to drum up votes. But Warner had a reputation as a centrist and often went against the tides of GOP sentiment.
Taylor was a Democrat - at least during her later years. She made very few political contributions during her lifetime and it didn't start until the late 90's, when she gave $1,000 to a Democratic political action group and ended, when she donated to Hillary Clinton's presidential candidacy in 2008.
Taylor advocated for the right of Soviet Jews to emigrate to Israel, cancelled a visit to the USSR because of its condemnation of Israel due to the Six-Day War and signed a letter, protesting the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379 of 1975. In 1976, she offered herself as a replacement hostage after more than 100 Israeli civilians were taken hostage in the Entebbe skyjacking.
Views
Taylor was one of the first celebrities to participate in HIV/AIDS activism, helping to raise more than $270 million for the cause. She began her philanthropic work in 1984, after becoming frustrated with the disease being widely discussed, but very little being done about it. She later explained for Vanity Fair, that she "decided that with my name, I could open certain doors, that I was a commodity in myself – and I'm not talking as an actress. I could take the fame I'd resented and tried to get away from for so many years – but you can never get away from it – and use it to do some good. I wanted to retire, but the tabloids wouldn't let me. So, I thought: If you're going to screw me over, I'll use you."
Taylor began her philanthropic efforts by helping to organize and by hosting the first AIDS fundraiser to benefit the AIDS Project Los Angeles. In August 1985, Dr. Michael Gottlieb and she founded the National AIDS Research Foundation after her friend and former co-star Rock Hudson announced, that he was dying of the disease. The following month, the foundation merged with Dr. Mathilde Krim's AIDS foundation to form the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR). As amfAR focuses on funding research, Taylor founded the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (ETAF) in 1991 to raise awareness and to provide support services for people with HIV/AIDS, paying for its overhead costs herself. Her trust continues to do so, and 25% of her image and likeness royalties are donated to ETAF. In addition to her work for people affected by HIV/AIDS in the United States, Taylor was instrumental in expanding amfAR's operations to other countries; ETAF also operates internationally.
Taylor testified before the Senate and House for the Ryan White Care Act in 1986, 1990 and 1992. She persuaded President Ronald Reagan to acknowledge the disease for the first time in a speech in 1987, and publicly criticized presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton for lack of interest in combatting the disease. Taylor also founded the Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center to offer free HIV/AIDS testing and care at the Whitman-Walker Clinic in Washington, D.C., and the Elizabeth Taylor Endowment Fund for the UCLA Clinical AIDS Research and Education Center in Los Angeles. In 2015, Taylor's business partner Kathy Ireland claimed, that Taylor ran an illegal "underground network", that distributed medications to Americans, suffering from HIV/AIDS during the 1980's, when the Food and Drug Administration had not yet approved them. The claim was challenged by several people, including amfAR's former vice president for development and external affairs, Taylor's former publicist, and activists, who were involved in the Project Inform in the 1980's and 1990's.
Quotations:
"Big girls need big diamonds."
"I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I'm not afraid to look behind them."
"The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues."
"When people say, 'She's got everything', I've got one answer - I haven't had tomorrow."
"I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can't possess radiance, you can only admire it."
"I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive."
"I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed too - for being married so many times."
"Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses."
"I've always admitted that I'm ruled by my passions."
"It's not the having, it's the getting."
Membership
Elizabeth Taylor was made a Fellow of the British Film Institute in recognition of her outstanding contribution to film culture.
British Film Institute
Personality
While it was Elizabeth's stunningly beautiful face and magnetic appeal, that drew her to the world of showbiz, her prolific career, that spanned over six decades, was due to her great performance, exceptional talent and inherent creativity.
Taylor had a dislike for historical films as she was required to wake up earlier for the elaborate costumes and make-up. She once said she gave one of the worst performances of her career in the Regency era period film "Beau Brummell."
Elizabeth loved blood-orange juice. She was sincerely not worried about getting old. She never faced the day without perfume.
Physical Characteristics:
Taylor had to wear braces to correct her teeth for her role as Velvet Brown in the movie "National Velvet" and even had two of her baby teeth pulled out. The studio proposed to dye her hair and change the shape of her eyebrows as part of the changes to her looks in developing her into a leading actress, but her parents refused.
Elizabeth had twice the normal number of eyelashes. Was there anything more stunning than Taylor's eyes? While most women enhance their eyelash line with mascara and falsies, Taylor didn't have to. She had genetic mutation. According to Slate, this mutation, known as lymphedema-distichiassyndrome was caused by a gene, called FOXC2. Apparently, 7 percent of people with this mutation also have congenital heart disease, and Taylor did have heart troubles, that led to her death.
Quotes from others about the person
"If your husband's going to leave you for anyone, it might as well be Elizabeth Taylor." - Debbie Reynolds
"Elizabeth Taylor was the first star for whom an offscreen narrative was equally as important as an onscreen one. Her private life became as much of a driving force of her fame and success as any role she played in the movies." - William J. Mann
"Elizabeth Taylor has reinvented herself and her image time and time again. The results have often helped redefine modern fashion." - Bo Derek
"You can't write about an iconic Hollywood star of the sixties without bumping up against Elizabeth Taylor." - Taylor Jenkins Reid
"Elizabeth Taylor was an incurable romantic at heart. She never gave up on the notion that a love strong enough to last a lifetime was waiting for her around the next corner." - Teresa Medeiros
"There are no more Elizabeth Taylors. You could be fascinated by her, she lived so many lives, she lived far, she loved the jewels; she had a gaudy taste but she had extraordinary talent." - Andre Leon Talley
"Fame and stardom sat very easily on Elizabeth Taylor's shoulders." - Francesca Annis
Interests
Sport & Clubs
figure skating
Music & Bands
jazz
Connections
Throughout her adult years, Taylor's personal life, and especially her eight marriages, drew a large amount of media attention and public disapproval. MGM organized her to date football champion Glenn Davis in 1948, and the following year, she was briefly engaged to William Pawley, Jr., son of U.S. ambassador William D. Pawley. Film tycoon Howard Hughes also wanted to marry her, and offered to pay her parents a six-figure sum of money if she were to become his wife. Taylor declined the offer, but was otherwise eager to marry young, as her "rather puritanical upbringing and beliefs" made her believe that "love was synonymous with marriage". Taylor later described herself as being "emotionally immature" during this time due to her sheltered childhood and believed, that she could gain independence from her parents and MGM through marriage.
Taylor was 18, when she married Conrad "Nicky" Hilton, Jr., heir to the Hilton Hotels chain, at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills on May 6, 1950. MGM organized the large and expensive wedding, which became a major media event. In the weeks after their wedding, Taylor realized, that she had made a mistake; not only did she and Hilton have few interests in common, but he was also abusive and a heavy drinker. She was granted a divorce in January 1951, nine months after their wedding.
Taylor married her second husband, British actor Michael Wilding – a man 20 years her senior – in a low-key ceremony at Caxton Hall in London on February 21, 1952. She had first met him in 1948, while filming The Conspirator in England, and their relationship began, when she returned to film Ivanhoe in 1951. Taylor found their age gap appealing, as she wanted "the calm and quiet and security of friendship" from their relationship; he hoped, that the marriage would aid his career in Hollywood. They had two sons: Michael Howard (b. 1953) and Christopher Edward (b. 1955). As Taylor grew older and more confident in herself, she began to drift apart from Wilding, whose failing career was also a source of marital strife. When she was away, filming Giant in 1955, gossip magazine Confidential caused a scandal by claiming, that he had entertained strippers at their home. Taylor and Wilding announced their separation in July 1956, and were divorced in January 1957.
Taylor married her third husband, theater and film producer Mike Todd, in Acapulco, Mexico, on February 2, 1957. They had one daughter, Elizabeth "Liza" Frances (b. 1957). Todd, known for publicity stunts, encouraged the media attention to their marriage; for example, in June 1957, he threw a birthday party at Madison Square Garden, which was attended by 18,000 guests and broadcast on CBS. His death in a plane crash on March 22, 1958, left Taylor devastated. She was comforted by Todd's and her friend, singer Eddie Fisher, with whom she soon began an affair. As Fisher was still married to actress Debbie Reynolds, the affair resulted in a public scandal, with Taylor being branded a "homewrecker". Taylor and Fisher were married at the Temple Beth Sholom in Las Vegas on May 12, 1959; she later stated, that she married him only due to her grief.
While filming Cleopatra in Italy in 1962, Taylor began an affair with her co-star, Welsh actor Richard Burton, although Burton was also married. Rumors about the affair began to circulate in the press, and were confirmed by a paparazzi shot of them on a yacht in Ischia. According to sociologist Ellis Cashmore, the publication of the photograph was a "turning point", beginning a new era, in which it became difficult for celebrities to keep their personal lives separate from their public images. The scandal caused Taylor and Burton to be condemned for "erotic vagrancy" by the Vatican, with calls also in the U.S. Congress to bar them from re-entering the country. Taylor was granted a divorce from Fisher on March 6, 1964, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and married Burton nine days later in a private ceremony at the Ritz-Carlton Montreal. Burton subsequently adopted Liza Todd and Maria Burton (born August 1, 1961), a German orphan, whose adoption process Taylor had begun while married to Fisher.
Dubbed "Liz and Dick" by the media, Taylor and Burton starred together in 11 films, and led a jet-set lifestyle, spending millions on "furs, diamonds, paintings, designer clothes, travel, food, liquor, a yacht and a jet". They divorced for the first time in June 1974, but reconciled, and re-married in Kasane, Botswana, on October 10, 1975. The second marriage lasted less than a year, ending in divorce in July 1976. Taylor and Burton's relationship was often referred to as the "marriage of the century" by the media, and she later stated, "After Richard, the men in my life were just there to hold the coat, to open the door. All the men after Richard were really just company." Soon after her final divorce from Burton, Taylor met her sixth husband, John Warner, a Republican politician from Virginia. They were married on December 4, 1976, after which Taylor concentrated on working for his electoral campaign. Once Warner had been elected to the Senate, she started to find her life as a politician's wife in Washington, D.C., boring and lonely, becoming depressed, overweight and increasingly addicted to prescription drugs and alcohol. Taylor and Warner separated in December 1981 and divorced a year later in November 1982.
After the divorce from Warner, Taylor dated actor Anthony Geary and was engaged to Mexican lawyer Victor Luna in 1983-1984 and New York businessman Dennis Stein in 1985. She met her seventh – and last – husband, construction worker Larry Fortensky, at the Betty Ford Center in 1988. They were married at the Neverland Ranch of her long-time friend Michael Jackson on October 6, 1991. The wedding was again subject to intense media attention, with one photographer parachuting to the ranch and Taylor selling the wedding pictures to People for $1 million, which she used to start her AIDS foundation. Taylor and Fortensky divorced in October 1996.
Father:
Francis Lenn Taylor
Francis Lenn Taylor (December 28, 1897 – November 20, 1968) was an American art dealer and father of actress Elizabeth Taylor.
Mother:
Sara Sothern
Sara Sothern (August 21, 1895 – September 11, 1994) was an American stage actress.
Brother:
Howard Taylor
Howard Taylor (1929-2017), an actor, was older brother of Elizabeth Taylor.
ex-spouse:
Conrad Nicholson "Nicky" Hilton Jr.
Conrad Nicholson "Nicky" Hilton Jr. (July 6, 1926 – February 5, 1969) was an American socialite, hotel heir and businessman. He was one of the sons of Conrad Hilton (founder of Hilton Hotels).
ex-spouse:
Michael Charles Gauntlet Wilding
Michael Charles Gauntlet Wilding (23 July 1912 – 8 July 1979) was an English stage, television and film actor. He was best known for a series of films he made with Anna Neagle and for being Elizabeth Taylor's second husband.
late spouse:
Michael Todd
Michael Todd (June 22, 1909 – March 22, 1958) was an American theater and film producer, best known for his 1956 production of Around the World in 80 Days, which won an Academy Award for Best Picture. He is known as the third of Elizabeth Taylor's seven husbands, and is the only one, whom she did not divorce (he died in a private plane accident a year after their marriage). He was the driving force behind the development of the eponymous Todd-AO widescreen film format.
Eddie Fisher (August 10, 1928 – September 22, 2010) was an American singer and actor. He was the most successful pop singles artist during the first half of the 1950's, selling millions of records and hosting his own TV show.
Richard Burton was a Welsh actor. Noted for his mellifluous baritone voice, Burton established himself as a formidable Shakespearean actor in the 1950s, and he gave a memorable performance of Hamlet in 1964.
ex-spouse:
John Warner
John Warner is an American attorney and former politician, who served as the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1972 to 1974 and a five-term Republican U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1979 to 2009.
ex-spouse:
Larry Fortensky
Larry Fortensky (January 17, 1952 – July 7, 2016) was a construction worker, best known as the seventh and last husband (but eighth marriage) of actress Elizabeth Taylor. Fortensky and Taylor were married on October 6, 1991 at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch and divorced on October 31, 1996.
Daughter:
Liza Todd Burton
Liza Todd Burton, an actress, was born on August 6, 1957.
Son:
Christopher Edward Wilding
Christopher Edward Wilding, an actor, was born on February 27, 1955 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Son:
Michael Wilding Jr.
Michael Wilding Jr., an actor, was born on January 6, 1953, in London, United Kingdom.
Michael Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer.
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Liz: An Intimate Biography of Elizabeth Taylor
Based on more than a thousand interviews with stars, directors, producers, designers, friends, family, business associates, employees and others and on extensive research among previously undisclosed court, business, medical and studio documents, this work portrays Taylor's entire life and career in fascinating, revealing detail. Heymann shows his readers her very public escapades and her most private moments - frequently through the words of those, who have known her best.
1995
Elizabeth Taylor
From an acclaimed biographer of Lawrence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe comes the definitive biography of Hollywood's most glamorous living legend, the only star from Hollywood's Golden Age, who made news wherever she went and whatever she did.
1995
How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood
Acclaimed biographer William Mann follows Elizabeth Taylor publicly as she makes her ascent at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, falls into (and out of) marriages, wins Oscars, fights studio feuds and combats America's conservative values with her decidedly modern love affairs. But he also shines a light on Elizabeth's rich private life, revealing a love for her craft and a loyalty to the underdog, that fueled her lifelong battle against the studio system.
Elizabeth Taylor: Tribute to a Legend
This book of quotes explores the many sides of the one-and-only Elizabeth Taylor. In this book, she is described in the words of others, from the stars of yesterday to the celebrities of today.
Elizabeth Taylor: A Life in Pictures
This work documents the life and career of Elizabeth Taylor, beauty icon, showing many images of the woman, both in private and in public.
2008
Elizabeth Taylor: The Last Star
This work represents a biography of the successful American actress and describes her marriages and the making of her films.
1981
Elizabeth
A new portrait of the Oscar award-winning actress offers particular coverage of her struggles with drugs and alcohol in the 1960's and 1970's, her philanthropic work as an AIDS activist and her successes as a businesswoman.
2006
Elizabeth Taylor: Her Life In Style
This book brings together a collection of photographs and commentary, celebrating Elizabeth Taylor's timeless sense of style, both on-screen and off, which ran the gamut from her high glamour Hollywood gowns and jewelry to her extraordinary earthy beauty, which transcended every embellishment of fashion.
2011
Elizabeth Taylor: The Queen and I
"Elizabeth Taylor: The Queen and I" is a remarkable collection of Gianni Bozzacchi's photographs of Elizabeth Taylor, most of them previously unpublished, capturing her as a film star, a woman and a personal friend.
