Portrait of an Icon: Elizabeth Taylor & Her Life in Photos
From her first screen appearance in 1942 to her final acting role in the 2001 TV movie These Old Broads, Elizabeth Taylor was never far from our eye and was always watched in rapt fascination. Here are some scenes from her life, proving Taylor was more brilliant than the diamonds she loved to wear.
Young actress Elizabeth Taylor stands with her brother Howard and their pets in a garden, circa 1938.
Elizabeth Taylor on horseback in 1945.
Taylor pictured on the deck of the Queen Mary holding her pet French poodle Teeny, September 1947.
Elizabeth Taylor on the set of the 1949 film Conspirator with Victor Saville directing.
Elizabeth Taylor and her first husband, Conrad “Nicky” Hilton of the hotelier family, on their May 6, 1950, wedding day.
Elizabeth Taylor (left) with Ava Gardner, Jack Russell and Carole Richards, posing for a group photo after their annual charity softball game in Hollywood raising money for youth welfare.
Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor share a relaxed moment on the set of the 1951 melodrama A Place in the Sun, directed by George Stevens for Paramount Pictures.
Elizabeth Taylor holding her son Michael in August 1953.
Posing in a red evening dress with her sons Michael (L) and Christopher Wilding in the mid-1950s.
Taylor with her fourth husband Eddie Fisher in 1961.
Taylor and Richard Burton chat on the set of Cleopatra, Rome, May 1962.
Richard Burton goes swimming in the sea with Elizabeth Taylor and her daughter Liza Todd during filming of The Night of the Iguana in Mexico in 1963.
Elizabeth Taylor, George Segal, Richard Burton and Sandy Dennis in Mike Nichols’ 1966 film of the Edward Albee play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor kneel in a scene from the film The Taming of the Shrew, 1967, in Italy.
Elizabeth Taylor (center) wearing a $30,000 pearl that belonged to Mary Tudor. She is with Liza Minnelli (right) and Baroness Guy de Rothschild at a 1971 show given on behalf of the United and Social Jewish Fund.
Elizabeth Taylor laughs as she remarks that she was upstaged by streaker Robert Opel before presenting the Oscar for Best Picture at the 46th Annual Academy Awards ceremony, Los Angeles, April 2, 1974.
Elizabeth Taylor and her sixth husband, the American politician John Warner, at a disco in New York in 1978.
Elizabeth Taylor and her seventh and last husband Larry Fortensky in 1994.
Known for her love of jewelry here she attends a 2007 event for House Of Taylor Jewelry.
Taylor was born on February 27, 1932 and passed away March 23, 2011 and is still a beloved icon.
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