Elizabeth Taylor: A Pictorial History
She was the most beautiful movie star of all time. She was the most glamorous movie star of all time. Simply put, Elizabeth Taylor is THE movie star, and what she brought to Hollywood and the world will never be duplicated. Today would have been her 83rd birthday, so let's take a pictorial trip back in time and point out some professional and personal highlights, from National Velvet to her final film, These Old Broads.
60 years in the life of an icon.
National Velvet - 1944
(Pics - Getty)
Returning to England in 1947
With Robert Stack in "A Date With Judy" - 1948
Portrait - 1948
Marrying Conrad Hilton - 1950
With Montgomery Clift in "A Place In The Sun" - 1951
Marrying Michael Wilding - 1952
With Michael Wilding Jr. - 1953
1954
Portrait - 1955
With James Dean in "Giant" - 1956
With Rock Hudson in "Giant" - 1956
With Montgomery Clift in "Raintree Country" - 1957
Marrying Mike Todd - 1957
"Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" - 1958
With Paul Newman in "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" - 1958
"Suddenly Last Summer" - 1959
With Montgomery Clift in "Suddenly Last Summer" - 1959
Marrying Eddie Fisher - 1959
In "Butterfield 8" - 1960
Winning an Oscar for "Butterfield 8" - 1961
In "Cleopatra" - 1963
With Richard Burton in "Cleopatra" - 1963
Marrying Richard Burton - 1964
In "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf" - 1966
With her Oscar for "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf" - 1967
1967
"The Taming Of The Shrew" - 1967
With Marlon Brando in "Reflections In A Golden Eye" - 1967
1968
With son Michael - 1969
With Warren Beatty in "The Only Game In Town" - 1970
1971
"Ash Wednesday" - 1973
Marrying Richard Burton again - 1975
"The Blue Bird" - 1976
With Halston - 1976
Marrying John Warner - 1976
1978
With Liza and Betty Ford at Studio 54 - 1979
With Kim Novak, Rock Hudson, and Tony Curtis in "The Mirror Crack'd" - 1980
Meeting Royalty - 1982
With Richard Burton at the curtain call for "Private Lives" on Broadway - 1983
Drama Desk Awards - 1983
With Joan Collins - 1984
1985
At the first AIDS Charity Gala at AIDS Project Los Angeles - 1985
Academy Awards - 1987
With Malcolm Forbes, introducing "Passion" perfume - 1988
Marrying Larry Fortensky at Never Land Ranch - 1991
White Diamonds press Conference - 1991
With Michael Jackson at the American Music Awards - 1993
With Elton John at the GLAAD Media Awards - 1996
With Madonna at "Elizabeth Taylor: A Celebration Of Life" - 1997
GLAAD Awards - 2000
At Michael Jackson's 30th anniversary celebration - 2001
These Old Broads - 2001