Liz was a leading child star by the age of 12 after her performance in MGM's National Velvet. It wasn't long before she was knocking critics dead as a serious adult actress with films like Giant, Raintree County and BUtterfield 8. She reigned the box office from 1958-68 as the quintessential movie star taking the breath away from viewers with her glamorous looks and those velvet eyes. Her film career floundered in the 1970s with a string of unusual and unsuccessful films. Her personal life has been a tempest of love affairs, unsuccessful marriages and multiple medical problems. Upon the death of her friend, Rock Hudson in 1985, she began her crusade on the behalf of AIDS sufferers. In the 1990s, she has also developed a successful series of scents. Her acting career has been relegated to the occasional tv-movie or TV guest appearance.



The Flintstones (1994): $2,500,000
Poker Alice (1987): $500,000
Malice in Wonderland (1985): $1,000,000
The Mirror Crack'd (1980): $250,000
Winter Kills (1979): $100,000
The Only Game in Town (1970): $1,250,000
Secret Ceremony (1968): $1,000,000
Boom (1968): $1,250,000
The Comedians (1967): $500,000
The Taming of the Shrew (1967): 50% of the net profits (Co-producer)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966): $1,100,000 + 10% of the gross
The Sandpiper (1965): $1,000,000
Elizabeth Taylor in London (1963): £ 250,000
Cleopatra (1963): $1,000,000 + 10% of the gross
BUtterfield 8 (1960): $150,000
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959): $500,000
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958): $4,750 per week
Giant (1956): $175,000
Ivanhoe (1952): $5,500/week
A Place in the Sun (1951): $1,500/week
Courage of Lassie (1946): $750/week
Lassie Come Home (1943): $100 a week
There's One Born Every Minute (1942): $200 a week.

She was bridesmaid for Jane Powell for her first marriage. Powell was bridesmaid for Taylor at her first marriage. Discharged from hospital, but later rushed back in after a suffering a brain seizure. Said to be comfortable. [26 February 1997] Has three children and nine grandchildren. Her daughter, Liza Todd Burton, with Michael Todd, is a sculptor, who has two sons, Quinn and Rhys, with her husband artist Hap Tivey Liz and Richard Burton appeared together on stage in a 1983 revival of "Private Lives." American Film Institute Life Achievement Award [1993] Her perfumes have been Passion (1987), White Diamonds (1991), Diamonds and Rubies, Diamonds and Emeralds, Diamonds and Sapphires and Black Pearls (1995). First actress to earn $1,000,000 for a movie role (in Cleopatra (1963)). Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#16). [1995] Lives in BelAir house once owned by Frank Sinatra when he was married to first wife, Nancy. Has owned some of the world's most magnificent jewelry, including the the 33-carat "Krupp Diamond", the Duchess of Windsor diamond brooch, the Grand Duchess of Russia emeralds, the "LaPeregina Pearl" (which was a Valentine present from her from Richard Burton), and the famous pear-shaped 69-carat "Burton-Cartier Diamond" Burton gave her in 1969 (subsequently renamed the "Burton-Taylor Diamond." In the early 1970s she planned to star in the movie version of the hit 1971 Broadway play "Twigs" by George Furth, in which she would have played four characters -- three sisters and their aged, cranky Bronx-Irish mother -- but the project never materialized. She is a recipient of the 2002 John F. Kennedy Center Honors. She is mentioned in the song "Lady Nina" by rock band Marillion. Measurements: 36C-21-36 (for the majority of her film career), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) She was voted the 11th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly. Ranked #7 in the American Film Insitutes list of the 50 'Greatest American Screen Legends', the top 25 male and top 25 female. Premiere Magazine ranked her as #40 on a list of the Greatest Movie Stars of All Time in their Stars in Our Constellation feature (2005). Is portrayed by Sherilyn Fenn in Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story (1995) (TV) She was (along with Marisa Berenson) co-matron of honor at Liza Minnelli's and David Gest's wedding. She and Richard Burton starred together in 11 movies: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), The V.I.P.s (1963), Under Milk Wood (1972), The Taming of the Shrew (1967), The Sandpiper (1965), Hammersmith Is Out (1972), Doctor Faustus (1967), Divorce His - Divorce Hers (1973) (TV), The Comedians (1967), Cleopatra (1963) and Boom (1968). She had an uncredited cameo in Burton's film Anne of the Thousand Days (1969). Auctioned off her diamond-and-emerald engagement ring from Richard Burton to raise money for an AIDS charity. Was named a Dame of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II on the Millenium New Year's Honours List, December 31, 1999. 1976: Won the title of "Most Memorable Eyebrows" in a magazine poll. The first runner up was Lassie. Became friends with Marlon Brando while shooting Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967). Brando agreed to pick up her Best Actress Award for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) from the New York Film Critics Circle. When Brando made his appearance at the NYFCC Award ceremony at Sardi's on January 29, 1967, he berated the critics, querying them as to why they hadn't recognized Liz before. He then flew to Dahomey, Africa, where she was shooting The Comedians (1967) with Richard Burton to personally deliver the award, a development Burton thought odd. Several years later Brando socialized with the Burtons, visiting them on their famous yacht the Kalizma, while they plied the Mediterreanean. Brando's ex-wife Anna Kashfi, in her book "Brando for Breakfast" (1979), claimed that Brando and Burton got into a fist fight aboard the yacht, probably over Liz, but nothing of the incident appears in Burton's voluminous diaries. In his diaries, Burton found Brando to be quite intelligent but believed he suffered, like Liz did, from becoming too famous too early in his life and believed their affinity for one another was based on this (both Liz and Marlon would later befriend Michael Jackson, another superstar-cum-legend who had become too famous too soon). Burton recognized Brando as a great actor, but felt he would have been more suited to silent films due to the deficiency in his voice (the famous "mumble"). As a silent film star, Burton believed Brando would have been the greatest motion picture actor ever. Cancelled her appearance at the Cannes Film Festival, prompting renewed fears about her health. The acting legend usually attends an annual charity dinner organized by the American Foundation For AIDS Research (AMFAR), which always coincides with the South of France festival. However, Taylor - who also pulled out in 2004 due to health problems - was replaced by Sharon Stone and Liza Minnelli at the gala. (May 2005) After her son Michael had renounced his American citizenship for possession of marijuana, the U.S. Congress passed a bill to block his deportation (1988). Her older brother Howard Taylor was born in 1929. Appeared on "Larry King Live" (1985) to refute claims that she had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and was close to death. (30 May 2006) Godmother of Paris Jackson. Announced her retirement from acting in 2003. Organized "A Commitment to Life", a celebrity event to benefit AIDS research after her Giant (1956) co-star Rock Hudson became ill in 1985. The event featured former First Lady Betty Ford, Burt Lancaster, Shirley MacLaine, Sammy Davis Jr., and Burt Reynolds. More than $1.3 million was raised. Did not attend The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003) (TV) due to her opposition to the Iraq war. In 1963, while the highest paid American business executive earned $650,000 and President John F. Kennedy's salary was $150,000, she received at least $2.4 million. Has had three hip replacements. Mentioned in Walter Kirn's novel "Thumbsucker". The 1963 Andy Warhol portrait of hers was sold for $ 23,7 million to an anonymous bidder at a Christie's auction in New York (14 November 2007). In 2006, she donated $500,000 to the New Orleans AIDS Task Force to purchase mobile medical unit for AIDS sufferers in New Orleans. She was made a Fellow of the British Film Institute in recognition of her outstanding contribution to film culture. Hospitalized with congestive heart failure and pneumonia in July 2008 and was briefly on a life support machine. Her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is at 6336 Hollywood Blvd. Nominated for the 1981 Tony Award (New York City) for Actress in a Musical for "Little Foxes". Was a heavy smoker until being mistakenly diagnosed with lung cancer in October 1975. First husband Conrad Hilton Jr. was physically abusive, which was partly caused by a drug problem. Former stepmother of Julie Fortensky Henderson. Met future husband Larry Fortensky while in rehab in 1988. They were later married for five years in the 1990s.