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.

Filmography

• 2021Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft
• 2016Andy Warhol, Fluorescent — (archive footage)
• 2015Destins secrets d’étoiles - Grace, Jackie, Liz, Marilyn…
• 2011Bert Stern - Original Madman
• 2011Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored — (archive footage)
• 2002Edith Head: The Paramount Years — (archive footage), Self (archive footage)
• 2001Bride of Trailer Camp — (archive footage)
• 2001These Old Broads — Beryl Mason
• God, the Devil and Bob — Sarah (voice)
• E! True Hollywood Story
• Can't Hurry Love — Elizabeth Taylor
• High Society — Elizabeth Taylor (voice)
• 1994That's Entertainment! III — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1994The Flintstones — Pearl Slaghoople
• The Nanny — Elizabeth Taylor
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers — Mrs. Andrews
• 1989Sweet Bird of Youth — Alexandra Del Lago
• The Simpsons — Maggie Simpson (voice), Elizabeth Taylor (voice)
• Murphy Brown — Elizabeth Taylor
• 1988Young Toscanini — Nadina Bulichoff
• 1987Poker Alice — Alice Moffit
• 1986An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
• 1986There Must Be a Pony — Marguerite Sydney
• 1985George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey — (archive footage)
• 1985Malice in Wonderland — Louella Parsons
• North and South — Madam Conti, Madame Conti
• 1983Between Friends — Deborah Shapiro
• 1982Genocide — Narrator (voice)
• Hotel
• 1980The Mirror Crack'd — Marina Rudd
• 1979Winter Kills — Lola Comante (uncredited)
• 1978Return Engagement — Dr. Emily Loomis
• The South Bank Show
• 1977A Little Night Music — Desiree Armfeldt
• 1976That's Entertainment, Part II — (archive footage)
• 1976The Blue Bird — Queen of Light/Mother/Witch/Maternal Love
• 1976Victory at Entebbe — Edra Vilnofsky
• 1974Identikit — Lise
• 1973Ash Wednesday — Barbara Sawyer
• 1973Divorce His - Divorce Hers — Jane Reynolds
• Divorce His, Divorce Hers — Jane Reynolds
• 1973Night Watch — Ellen Wheeler
• 1972Hammersmith Is Out — Jimmie Jean Jackson
• 1972Under Milk Wood — Rosie Probert
• 1972Zee and Co. — Zee Blakeley
• 1970The Only Game in Town — Fran Walker
• 1969Anne of the Thousand Days — Masked Courtesan (uncredited)
• 1969The Happy Ending — Kay Banks (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1968Boom! — Flora 'Sissy' Goforth
• Here's Lucy — Elizabeth Taylor
• 1968Secret Ceremony — Leonora
• 1967Doctor Faustus — Helen of Troy
• 1967Mondo Hollywood
• Omnibus
• 1967Reflections in a Golden Eye — Leonora Penderton
• 1967The Comedians — Martha Pineda
• 1967The Taming of the Shrew — Katharina
• 1966Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? — Martha
• 1965The Sandpiper — Laura Reynolds
• 1964Becket — Blonde Village Woman (uncredited)
• 1964The Caretaker — Associate Producer
• 1963Cleopatra — Cleopatra
• 1963The V.I.P.s — Frances Andros
• 1960BUtterfield 8 — Gloria Wandrous
• 1960Scent of Mystery — Woman of Mystery
• 1959Suddenly, Last Summer — Catherine Holly
• 1958Cat on a Hot Tin Roof — Maggie Pollitt
• 1957Raintree County — Susanna Drake Shawnessy
• 1956Giant — Leslie Lynnton Benedict
• 1954Beau Brummell — Lady Patricia
• 1954Elephant Walk — Ruth Wiley
• 1954Rhapsody — Louise Durant
• 1954The Last Time I Saw Paris — Helen Ellswirth
• 1953The Girl Who Had Everything — Jean Latimer
• 1952Ivanhoe — Rebecca
• 1952Love Is Better Than Ever — Anastacia (Stacie) Macaboy
• 1951A Place in the Sun — Angela Vickers
• 1951Callaway Went Thataway — Elizabeth Taylor (uncredited)
• 1951Father's Little Dividend — Kay Dunstan
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Dr. Emily Loomis
• 1951Quo Vadis — Christian Prisoner in Arena (uncredited)
• 1950Father of the Bride — Kay Banks
• 1950The Big Hangover — Mary Belney
• 1949Conspirator — Melinda Greyton
• 1949Little Women — Amy
• 1948A Date with Judy — Carol Pringle
• 1948Julia Misbehaves — Susan Packett
• 1947Cynthia — Cynthia Bishop
• 1947Life with Father — Mary Skinner
• 1946Courage of Lassie — Kathie Eleanor Merrick
• 1945National Velvet — Velvet Brown
• 1944The White Cliffs of Dover — Betsy Kenney at Age 10 (uncredited)
• 1944Twenty Years After — (archive footage)
• 1943Jane Eyre — Helen Burns
• 1943Lassie Come Home — Priscilla
• 1942There's One Born Every Minute — Gloria Twine

Appearances as themselves (87)

• 2025Richard Burton: Wild Genius — Self (archive footage)
• 2024Brasiliana: The Black Musical That Introduced Brazil to the World — Herself (archive footage)
• Elizabeth Taylor - Rebel Superstar — Self (archive footage)
• 2024Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes — Self (archive footage)
• 2024I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Commitment to Life — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Paul Newman: The Restless — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Freddie Mercury: The Final Act — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Rat Pack — Self (archive footage)
• A Life in Ten Pictures — Self (archive footage)
• Superstar — Self (archive footage)
• 2019Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast — Self - Actress (archive footage)
• 2019Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic — Self - Actress (archive footage)
• 2017Chavela — Self (archive footage)
• 2017The Fabulous Allan Carr — Self (archive footage)
• 2015Children of 'Giant' — Self (archive footage)
• 2015The End of a Beautiful Epoch — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2013The Battle of Amfar — Self (archive footage)
• 2010Michael Jackson: The Inside Story - What Killed the King of Pop? — Self (archive footage)
• 2009Moonwalking: The True Story of Michael Jackson - Uncensored — Self (archive footage)
• 2009Waking Sleeping Beauty — Self (archive footage)
• 2005James Dean: Forever Young — Self (archive footage)
• 2004A Letter to True — Self (archive footage)
• 2004Judy Garland: By Myself — Self (archive footage)
• 2003Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies — Self (archive footage)
• 2002Heart of the Festival — Self (archive footage)
• 2002Searching for Debra Winger — Self (uncredited)
• 2001AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand — self
• 2001Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• 2001George Stevens and His Place In The Sun — Self
• 2001Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration — Self
• 2000Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration — Self
• 1999Discovering Bedrock — Self
• 1998Memories of Giant — Self (archive footage)
• 1997Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life — Self
• 1996Return to 'Giant' — Self (archive footage)
• 1995How to Be Absolutely Fabulous — Self
• 1995James Dean: A Portrait — Self (Archive footage)
• 1995Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell — Self (archive footage)
• 1995Roger Moore: A Matter of Class — Self (archive footage)
• 1994The Jackson Family Honors — Self
• 1993Audrey Hepburn: Remembered — Self
• Intimate Portrait — Self
• 1993Michael Jackson Talks... to Oprah — Self
• 1992The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert — Self
• 1990Marilyn: Something's Got to Give — Self (archive footage)
• 1989Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt — Self - Introduction Speaker
• 1989Michael Jackson: Leave Me Alone — Self
• 1988Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1988In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton — Self (Archive Footage)
• 1988John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick — Self (archive footage)
• 1988Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues — Self
• 1987Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star — Self (archive footage)
• 1986Super Duper Bloopers — Self
• 1986The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn — Self
• 1985Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers — Self (archive footage)
• 1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self
• 1978A Death in Canaan — Self (voice) (uncredited)
• The Kennedy Center Honors — Self
• 1976Hooray for Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• 1976TVTV Looks at the Oscars — Self
• 1975Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait — Self
• 1975James Dean: The First American Teenager — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1974James Dean Remembered — Self (archive footage)
• 1974That's Entertainment! — Self - Host / Narrator
• 1972Hollywood: The Dream Factory — Self (archive footage)
• Film '72 — Self
• 1968Around the World of Mike Todd — Self
• 1968On Location: Where Eagles Dare — Self (uncredited)
• 1967The Comedians in Africa — Self (uncredited)
• 1965A Statue for "The Sandpiper" — Self
• 1965The Big Sur — Self
• 1964On the Trail of the Iguana — Self
• 1963Elizabeth Taylor in London — Herself
• 1962Lykke og krone — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• 1957Operation Raintree — Self
• 1956New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant' — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Nominee / Presenter
• 1954A Star Is Born World Premiere — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• What's My Line? — Self
• Bambi — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Presenter / Winner