Elizabeth Taylor became famous not only for her acting talent, piercing eyes and beauty, which made her one of the sex symbols of her time. The winner of two Oscars, who have been remembered by the audience as seductive Cleopatra, attracted attention with her performances on the screen, but also with her tumultuous love life.
Although her parents were Americans, they lived in London, where they traded in art. Elizabeth was also born there on February 27, 1932. She probably inherited her acting talent from her mother, who devoted herself to acting until she got married. But little Liz first preferred ballet, she attended classes regularly from the age of three and made it a long way off, even to the royal court. She performed before with a ballet number Queen Elizabeth II. and her sister Margaretwho were still little princesses at the time.
A movie star at the age of nine
Soon after the outbreak of World War II, the family moved to California. Nine-year-old Liz, with curly dark hair, long lashes, and piercing eyes, looked so magical she didn’t escape the filmmakers’ attention. It was first chosen by the Hollywood giant Universal Studios and concluded a seven-year contract with it even without camera rehearsals. She also made her first film, There’s One Born Every Minute, under his banner.
Unfortunately, she did not meet the ideas of the studio that wanted to have a second one Shirley Temple, and so the cooperation ended after a year. But she was immediately chosen by another large studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, followed by another film, Lassie Returns. The groundbreaking role came in 1944, when the film National Velvet was released, which turned 12-year-old Liz into a real Hollywood star and predicted a bright future for her.
In the glare of Hollywood spotlights, the young actress showed not only that she can move in the world of celebrities without any problems, but also that she can handle more mature and difficult roles. At that time, she no longer went to school, but studied during filming, which was not easy for her at all. She even considered giving up her acting career and studying. In the end, however, she took her mother’s advice and stayed in the movie.
Elizabeth in 1946
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Elizabeth in 1946
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She shone on the movie screen, divorcing in private
There is no doubt that her appearance has helped her in her film career as well. At the age of 18, she was able to play alongside first-class star Spencer Tracy in The Father of the Bride. And other big movies and roles followed. While she shone in the film, it was worse in her love life. She has married eight times in total. For the first time in 18 years he was the heir to the hotel empire Conrad ‘Nicky’ Hilton. One of her friends said of the marriage: “Elizabeth’s mother did not prepare for a marriage with a rich faction who acted in his own way – it was not in the script.”
And Liz herself commented, “I really thought a white cottage and a fluffy apron were enough for a marriage.” Wildinga. During their marriage, which lasted five years, they had two sons.
While her private life was full of international headlines, Taylor continued to shine as an actress. She performed a thrilling performance in the drama Place in the Sun and in 1956 she starred alongside James Dean in the western Gigant. Two years later, she appeared on the big screen in the film adaptation of Cats on a Hot Tin Roof alongside Paul Newman. And in 1960, she won her first Oscar for her role as a former prostitute in Butterfield 8.
Her husband’s death resulted in a Hollywood scandal
In 1958, her life was marked by tragedy when her third husband, film producer Mike Todd, with whom she had a daughter, Elizabeth Frances, died in a plane crash. She recovered from his death for a long time and tried to overcome grief by working on the film Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Unfortunately, in an effort to overcome her grief, she also became involved in one of Hollywood’s biggest love scandals of the time, when she began an affair with Todd’s close friend, Eddie Fisher, who was married at the time. Because of Taylor’s divorce, their marriage also did not last. Taylor fell in love during filming feature film Cleopatra to his acting colleague Richard Burton. Their relationship was denied by tabloid journalists not only because they were both commissioned, but also at the instigation of the 20th Century Fox film studio, which wanted to increase interest in the film. Both eventually divorced and married two years after the film was completed. Meanwhile, Taylor managed to adopt the disabled girl Maria.
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She married Richard Burton twice
Taylor and Burton’s love was fatal and passionate. They appeared together on screen in 1963 in the film Influential People and two years later as an aging couple full of hatred in Who’s Afraid of Virgie Woolf, which won the actress its second Oscar. They made a total of 11 films together, but in private it creaked. Heavy workload and alcohol contributed greatly to this. Burton was said to be able to drink three bottles of distillate a day, and because he couldn’t stay on his feet, many movie scenes had to be made sitting or lying down with him. The couple divorced in 1974, but remarried the following year because neither of them wanted to be alone. Unfortunately, their marriage didn’t work out for the second time either, and after less than a year, they broke up again.
The eighth marriage as the biggest fiasco
Even after six unsuccessful marriages, Taylor did not stop believing in true love. In 1976, she married future Senator John Warner, with whom she lasted five years. The eighth and last husband was construction worker Larry Fortensky, whom she met at an anti-alcohol hospital in 1989. While the actress had many years of experience with addiction treatment, whether on alcohol or pills, Larry was 20 years younger at the hospital. newcomer. When a grand wedding took place at the Michael Jackson Ranch in 1991, which cost 47.5 million crowns, everyone thought Taylor was crazy. Not only because she married an ordinary worker who was not worthy of Cleopatra, but also because of his violent nature, which later manifested itself fully and for which the actress divorced him five years later.
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Fashion icon and owner of an extensive collection of jewelry
Elisabeth Taylor was not only a great actress and sex symbol, but also a lover of luxury, luxury clothes, diamonds and perfumes. Her extensive collection of dresses has traveled the world and appeared in the largest auction halls in New York or Moscow. During her life, she also amassed a large collection of unique jewelry and precious stones. But they had an emotional rather than a financial value to her, even though they included the Krupp diamond, Cartier’s collection of Burmese rubies and diamonds, and the Bvlgari set of emeralds and diamonds. She also became the first celebrity to launch her own fragrances. Her White Diamonds perfume is the best-selling fragrance of celebrities of all time.
She suffered from back pain, diseased lungs and heart
The actress’ health problems plagued her from a relatively early age. From birth, she had a genetic disorder, which perhaps cannot be called a disorder because it only benefited her. She had two rows of lashes and thanks to that that very bewitching look. More serious was scoliosis, which was exacerbated by a fall from a horse during the filming of The Grand Prix. Taylor then suffered from severe pain, which was not resolved until the operation in 1956. Her life was complicated by lung problems and anemia, which, for example, delayed the filming of Cleopatra. Four years after her first marriage to Burton, she also underwent gynecological surgery. have children. She often dealt with persistent health problems with alcohol and medication, and eventually ended up in a hospital. She also struggled with overweight for most of her life and smoked a lot. The fact that she was not well on her own probably led her to help others. She was one of the first personalities to take an active part in the fight against AIDS at a time when there were many prejudices around the disease. In 1991, she founded the American AIDS Research Foundation to offer more support to the sick, as well as to fund research for more advanced treatment.
“I realized that my name would allow me to open certain doors. I could take my glory, which I always hated, and for years I tried to escape it, and use it for something good. I wanted to retire, but the boulevard didn’t leave me alone. So I thought, ‘If you keep fucking like this, I’ll take advantage of you,’ “she said in an interview with Vanity Fair. In the end, she managed to raise over $ 270 million
In the last years of her life, she only moved in a wheelchair and also suffered from heart problems. She underwent surgery, but her sick heart eventually became fatal. She died on March 23, 2011 at the age of 79 of his failure.
Source: Biography.com, Vanity Fair, Wikipedia
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