Dame Elizabeth Rosemond "Liz" Taylor, DBE (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a European British-American actress. From her early years as a child star with MGM, she became one of the great screen actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age. As one of the world's most famous film stars, Taylor was recognized for her acting ability and for her glamorous lifestyle, beauty and distinctive violet eyes.
National Velvet (1944) was Taylor's first success, and she starred in Father of the Bride (1950), A Place in the Sun (1951), Giant (1956), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), and Suddenly, Last Summer (1959). She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for BUtterfield 8 (1960), played the title role in Cleopatra (1963), and married her co-star Richard Burton. They appeared together in 11 films, including Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), for which Taylor won a second Academy Award. From the mid-1970s, she appeared less frequently in film, and made occasional appearances in television and theatre.
Her much publicized personal life included eight marriages and several life-threatening illnesses. From the mid-1980s, Taylor championed HIV and AIDS programs; she co-founded the American Foundation for AIDS Research in 1985, and the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation in 1993. She received the Presidential Citizens Medal, the Legion of Honour, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and a Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute, who named her seventh on their list of the "Greatest American Screen Legends". Taylor died of congestive heart failure at the age of 79.
Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes (2024) | Self (archive footage) | 9 |
| 2 | Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (2023) | Self (archive footage) | 7.5 |
| 3 | Freddie Mercury: The Final Act (2022) | Self (archive footage) | - |
| 4 | Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast (2019) | Self - Actress (archive footage) | - |
| 5 | Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009) | Self (archive footage) | 7.8 |
| 6 | Judy Garland: By Myself (2004) | Self (archive footage) | - |
| 7 | Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001) | Self (archive footage) | - |
| 8 | These Old Broads (2001) | Beryl Mason | - |
| 9 | Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (2001) | Self | 5 |
| 10 | That's Entertainment! III (1994) | (archive footage) | 6 |
| 11 | The Flintstones (1994) | Pearl Slaghoople | 4.9 |
| 12 | The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (1992) | Self | 10 |
| 13 | Sweet Bird of Youth (1989) | Alexandra Del Lago | - |
| 14 | Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989) | Self - Introduction Speaker | 7 |
| 15 | There Must Be a Pony (1986) | Marguerite Sydney | - |
| 16 | Genocide (1982) | Narrator (voice) | 5 |
| 17 | The Mirror Crack'd (1980) | Marina Rudd | 7.5 |
| 18 | Winter Kills (1979) | Lola Comante (uncredited) | - |
| 19 | A Little Night Music (1977) | Desiree Armfeldt | - |
| 20 | Identikit (1974) | Lise | - |
| 21 | That's Entertainment! (1974) | Self - Host / Narrator | - |
| 22 | Ash Wednesday (1973) | Barbara Sawyer | - |
| 23 | Night Watch (1973) | Ellen Wheeler | - |
| 24 | Under Milk Wood (1972) | Rosie Probert | - |
| 25 | Zee and Co. (1972) | Zee Blakeley | - |
| 26 | Hammersmith Is Out (1972) | Jimmie Jean Jackson | - |
| 27 | Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) | Masked Courtesan (uncredited) | 7 |
| 28 | Boom! (1968) | Flora 'Sissy' Goforth | - |
| 29 | Secret Ceremony (1968) | Leonora | - |
| 30 | Doctor Faustus (1967) | Helen of Troy | - |
| 31 | The Taming of the Shrew (1967) | Katharina | - |
| 32 | The Comedians (1967) | Martha Pineda | - |
| 33 | The Comedians in Africa (1967) | Self (uncredited) | - |
| 34 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) | Martha | 8.3 |
| 35 | The Sandpiper (1965) | Laura Reynolds | - |
| 36 | Becket (1964) | Blonde Village Woman (uncredited) | 10 |
| 37 | The V.I.P.s (1963) | Frances Andros | 7 |
| 38 | Cleopatra (1963) | Cleopatra | 7.8 |
| 39 | BUtterfield 8 (1960) | Gloria Wandrous | 7 |
| 40 | Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) | Catherine Holly | 8 |
| 41 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) | Maggie | 8.3 |
| 42 | Giant (1956) | Leslie Lynnton Benedict | 6.4 |
| 43 | A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954) | Self | - |
| 44 | Rhapsody (1954) | Louise Durant | - |
| 45 | Elephant Walk (1954) | Ruth Wiley | - |
| 46 | Ivanhoe (1952) | Rebecca | 7.5 |
| 47 | Love Is Better Than Ever (1952) | Anastacia (Stacie) Macaboy | - |
| 48 | Quo Vadis (1951) | Christian Prisoner in Arena (uncredited) | 4 |
| 49 | A Place in the Sun (1951) | Angela Vickers | 5 |
| 50 | Father of the Bride (1950) | Kay Banks | 8 |
| 51 | Little Women (1949) | Amy | 6 |
| 52 | Life with Father (1947) | Mary Skinner | 5.5 |
| 53 | Cynthia (1947) | Cynthia Bishop | - |
| 54 | Courage of Lassie (1946) | Kathie Eleanor Merrick | 6 |
| 55 | National Velvet (1945) | Velvet Brown | 4 |
| 56 | Jane Eyre (1943) | Helen Burns | 6.5 |
| 57 | Lassie Come Home (1943) | Priscilla | 4 |
