Elizabeth Taylor
See also:: Elizabeth Taylor (novelist)
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (born February 27, 1932) is a American actress born in Hampstead, London, England, the daughter of Francis Lenn Taylor (1897-1968) and Sara Taylor (née Sara Viola Warmbrodt, 1896-1994). Her parents, an art dealer and a former stage actress, were American. She has an elder brother, Howard, and was named for her paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Taylor (née Elizabeth Mary Rosemond).
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Known to the tabloids as Liz Taylor, she became an actress as a child. She played in her first movie at the age of nine; her first important role was playing the lead in Clarence Brown's film National Velvet, in which a young girl, Velvet Brown, played by Taylor, trains a horse to win the Grand National.
At the age of 3 she began taking ballet lessons. Later, she attended University High School in Los Angeles, California and received her high school diploma January 26, 1950.
She was made a Dame of the British Empire on 12/31/1999.
Taylor has devoted much time and energy to AIDS-related charities.
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Most notably, Elizabeth Taylor received an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1966 for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and in 1960 for Butterfield 8.
Elizabeth Taylor has been married 8 times:
Filmography
In addition to her movies, she has also appeared in a number of TV series, including as the voice of Maggie from The Simpsons.
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Marriages and Children
