Elizabeth Taylor: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Taylor, Liz • Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor • Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor
Born	February 27, 1932 • London • England
Died	March 23, 2011 (aged 79) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors	Kennedy Center Honors (2002) • Academy Award (1967) • Academy Award (1961) • Academy Award (1967): Actress in a Leading Role • Academy Award (1961): Actress in a Leading Role • Cecil B. DeMille Award (1985) • Golden Globe Award (1974): World Film Favorites • Golden Globe Award (1960): Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama • Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (1993)
Notable Family Members	spouse Eddie Fisher • spouse Michael Todd • spouse Richard Burton
Married To	Richard Burton (1964–1974; 1975–1976) • Mike Todd (1957–1958 [his death]) • John Warner (1976–1982) • Larry Fortensky (1991–1996) • Eddie Fisher (1959–1964) • Michael Wilding (1952–1957) • Conrad Hilton, Jr. (1950–1951)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"Ash Wednesday" (1973) • "The Nanny" (1996) • "Lassie Come Home" (1943) • "The Comedians" (1967) • "Night Watch" (1973) • "General Hospital" (1981) • "The Only Game in Town" (1970) • "Il giovane Toscanini" (1988) • "Ivanhoe" (1952) • "BUtterfield 8" (1960) • "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958) • "The Simpsons" (1992–1993) • "Cleopatra" (1963) • "Hotel" (1984) • "Life with Father" (1947) • "Courage of Lassie" (1946) • "Rhapsody" (1954) • "The Mirror Crack'd" (1980) • "Little Women" (1949) • "Suddenly, Last Summer" (1959) • "Love Is Better Than Ever" (1952) • "Captain Planet and the Planeteers" (1992) • "The Taming of the Shrew" (1967) • "A Date with Judy" (1948) • "The Last Time I Saw Paris" (1954) • "The Blue Bird" (1976) • "Julia Misbehaves" (1948) • "Beau Brummell" (1954) • "Hammersmith Is Out" (1972) • "Cynthia" (1947) • "Can't Hurry Love" (1996) • "Doctor Faustus" (1967) • "All My Children" (1983) • "Boom" (1968) • "A Little Night Music" (1977) • "The Big Hangover" (1950) • "North and South" (1985) • "Murphy Brown" (1996) • "Giant" (1956) • "Secret Ceremony" (1968) • "God, the Devil and Bob" (2000) • "Here's Lucy" (1970) • "Father of the Bride" (1950) • "High Society" (1996) • "The V.I.P.s" (1963) • "Raintree County" (1957) • "There's One Born Every Minute" (1942) • "National Velvet" (1944) • "Reflections in a Golden Eye" (1967) • "Under Milk Wood" (1971) • "A Place in the Sun" (1951) • "The Girl Who Had Everything" (1953) • "The Sandpiper" (1965) • "The Flintstones" (1994) • "Elephant Walk" (1954) • "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966) • "Conspirator" (1949) • "Identikit" (1974) • "Father's Little Dividend" (1951) • "Zee and Co." (1972)

Top Questions

Is Elizabeth Taylor married?

Richard Burton (1964–1974; 1975–1976), John Warner (1976–1982), Larry Fortensky (1991–1996), Michael Wilding (1952–1957), Conrad Hilton, Jr. (1950–1951), Mike Todd (1957–1958 [his death]), Eddie Fisher (1959–1964)

When was Elizabeth Taylor born?

Elizabeth Taylor was born on February 27, 1932.

Where was Elizabeth Taylor born?

Elizabeth Taylor was born in Hampstead, London, England, United Kingdom.

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Portrait of American actress Elizabeth Taylor in the late 1950s, wearing a coral off-the-shoulder dress, pearl earrings, and bright lipstick, with short dark hair styled back.

Elizabeth Taylor, in a dress, kneels on the floor hugging a collie dog in a scene from Courage of Lassie (1946), with a courtroom setting in the background.

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Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor in a scene from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, with Taylor embracing Newman from behind as he stands in a blue robe holding a glass.

Actress Dame Elizabeth Taylor poses outdoors wearing a light-colored sweater and pearl earrings, with loose dark hair, on the set of the film The Sandpiper.

Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift in a dramatic scene from Suddenly, Last Summer, with Taylor seated in the foreground looking down and Clift watching her intently in the background.

Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra and Richard Burton as Mark Antony gaze at each other closely in a dramatic scene from the 1963 film Cleopatra.

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