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Dame Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) was an actress, one of most beautiful women in the world according to many, and a living legend, one of the last remaining stars of the so-called [[Golden Age of Hollywood]].
She started as a child actress in the 1940s, and become famous with movies like ''[[Lassie Come Home]]'', ''[[National Velvet]]'' and ''[[Little Women]]''. She made a successful transition to adult roles in ''[[Father of the Bride]]'' and ''[[A Place In The Sun]]''. After a series of somewhat forgettable films, she appeared in ''[[Giant]]'' along with [[James Dean]], then was nominated for an [[Academy Award]] for Best Actress four consecutive times for ''[[Raintree County]]'', ''[[Cat
In 1963, she appeared in the big-budget historical epic ''[[
Taylor and Burton got married in 1964, and made several movies together. The most famous is ''[[
From the '80s, she devoted much time to AIDS-related charities, after her friend and co-star, [[Rock Hudson]] died of the disease.
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She died on 23 March, 2011 from congestive heart failure.
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* [[Beauty Mark]]: She had [http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii322/qquila89/128.jpg?t=1272143536 a mole on her right cheek] that was sometimes emphasized with make-up.
* [[The Fashionista]]: Was ''famous'' for her dresses and fashion style.
* [[Former Child Star]]: Aversion: she was famous as a child actress, but even more famous as an adult.
* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: Was 26 years older than [[Michael Jackson]].
* [[The Masochism Tango]]: Her relationship with Burton was allegedly similar to George and Martha's in ''[[
* [[May-December Romance]]: She was 22 years younger than Michael Wilding, 25 years younger than Mike Todd, and 20 years older than Larry Fortensky.
* [[Mutant]]: Taylor had two rows of eyelashes on each eyelid. According to biographer J. Randy Tarborelli, her parents were actually told by a doctor shortly after her birth that their daughter possessed a mutation.
{{quote|"Well, that sounded just awful, a mutation. But, when he explained that her eyes had double rows of eyelashes, I thought, well, now, that doesn't sound so terrible at all."
|Sara Sothern, Taylor's mother}}
* [[Name's the Same]]: Not to be confused with other these Elizabeth Taylors
** The British novelist, who was 20 years older and had the misfortune of publishing her first novel the year after the film ''[[National Velvet]]'' was released;
** The American painter and essayist who died a few weeks after this Elizabeth Taylor was born;
** The ''[[
* [[Playing Gertrude]]: In ''[[
** [[Age Lift]]: Was about ten years older than the actual [[
* [[Purple Eyes]]: One of the most famous [[Real Life]] examples. She preferred to describe them as "[[Blue Eyes]] with some touches of gold" instead. Which is, more or less, what they really were -- they were a deep blue that appeared to be purple with the right lighting and makeup, a fact which Hollywood and Taylor herself both exploited.
* [[Pretty in Mink]]: Loved to wear fur wraps and fur coats.
* [[Promoted Fanboy|Promoted Fangirl]]: A fan of ''[[General Hospital]]'', in 1981, she called the executive producer and asked for a cameo role. She got the role of Helena Cassadine.
* [[Real Life Relative]]: She and Burton in the films they made together.
* [[Romance
* [[Serial Spouse]]
* [[Special Guest]]: In ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode, "Lisa's First Word", where she had just one line, but an important one; Maggie's first (and for a long time, only) word. {{spoiler|[[Tear Jerker|"Daddy..."]].}}
* [[Stage Mom]]: Her mother was like this.
* [[What Beautiful Eyes!]]: One of her trademarks were her [[Purple Eyes|violet]] eyes. Which had [[Mutant|two rows of eyelashes each]].
* [[Yoko Oh No]]: Taylor was utterly trashed by media and fandom for "stealing" Eddie Fisher from Debbie Reynolds, until she fell [[Ill Girl|seriously ill]] and almost died.
* [[Your Cheating Heart]]: Her then-husband Mike Todd died in an accident. Todd's best friend was Edwin "Eddie" Fisher, who was married to fellow star Debbie Reynolds. Guess what happened.
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{{reflist}}
{{Academy Award Best Actress}}
{{Golden Globe Award Best Actress Drama}}
{{Cecil B. DeMille Award}}
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