Cast

Elizabeth Taylor

1932 – 2011

Active years (films on this site)

1950–1968

Genres

DramaRomanceThrillerComedyWestern

Schools and movements

Classical HollywoodBritish CinemaNew Hollywood

Directors worked with

George Stevens2 filmsJoseph L. Mankiewicz2 filmsVincente Minnelli1 filmEdward Dmytryk1 filmMike Nichols1 filmJoseph Losey1 film

Biography

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was a British and American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. She then became the world's highest-paid movie star in the 1960s, remaining a well-known public figure for the rest of her life. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her seventh on its list of the greatest female screen legends.

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Awards and honours

International

• Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama 1960
• Academy Award for Best Actress 1961
• BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role 1966
• Academy Award for Best Actress 1967
• David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress 1972
• Silver Bear for Best Actress 1972
• Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year 1977
• Theatre World Special Award 1981
• Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award 1984
• Crystal Award 1985
• Knight of the Legion of Honour 1987
• BAFTA Fellowship 1999
• Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1999
• Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award 2011
• Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎

National / local

• National Board of Review Award for Best Actress 1966
• AFI Life Achievement Award 1993
• Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award 1993
• SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award 1998
• GLAAD Vanguard Award 2000
• Marian Anderson Award 2000
• Britannia Awards 2005
• California Hall of Fame 2007
• Kennedy Center Honors
• Presidential Citizens Medal
• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

8 films on this site

1. Father of the Bride 1950 · Vincente Minnelli · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
2. A Place in the Sun 1951 · George Stevens · IMDb 7.7 · Cast
3. Giant 1956 · George Stevens · IMDb 7.6 · Cast
4. Raintree County 1957 · Edward Dmytryk · IMDb 6.3 · Cast
5. Suddenly, Last Summer 1959 · Joseph L. Mankiewicz · IMDb 7.4 · Cast
6. Cleopatra 1963 · Joseph L. Mankiewicz · IMDb 7.0 · Cast
7. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1966 · Mike Nichols · IMDb 8.0 · Cast
8. Secret Ceremony 1968 · Joseph Losey · IMDb 6.2 · Cast