Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor
Taylor in Giant (1956)
Born
Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor
27 February 1932 (1932-02-27)
Hampstead, London, England
Other
name(s)
Liz Taylor
Occupation Actress
Years
active
1942–2003
Spouse(s)
Conrad Hilton Jr. (1950–1951)
Michael Wilding (1952–1957)
Mike Todd (1957–1958)
Eddie Fisher (1959–1964)
Richard Burton (1964–1974;
1975–1976)
John Warner (1976–1982)
Larry Fortensky (1991–1996)
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE
(born 27 February 1932), also known as Liz
Taylor, is an English-born American actress.
Known for her acting skills and beauty, as
well as her Hollywood lifestyle, including
many marriages, Taylor is considered one of
the great actresses of Hollywood’s golden
years, as well as a larger-than-life celebrity.
The American Film Institute named Taylor
seventh among the Greatest Female Stars of
All Time.
Early years: 1932–1942
Taylor was born in Hampstead, a wealthy dis-
trict of north-west London, the second child
of Francis Lenn Taylor (1897–1968) and Sara
Viola Warmbrodt (1895–1994), who were
Americans residing in England. Taylor’s older
brother, Howard Taylor, was born in 1929.
Both of her American parents were originally
from Arkansas City, Kansas. Her father was
an art dealer and her mother a former act-
ress whose stage name was Sara Sothern.
Sara retired from the stage when she and
Francis Taylor married in 1926 in New York
City.
Taylor’s two first names are in honor of
her paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Mary
(Rosemond) Taylor. Taylor was born both a
British subject and an American citizen, the
former by being born on British soil under
the principle of
jus soli, and the latter
through her parents under the principle of
jus sanguinis.
At the age of three, Taylor began taking
ballet lessons with Vaccani. Shortly after the
beginning of World War II, her parents de-
cided to return to the United States to avoid
hostilities. Her mother took the children first,
while her father remained in London to wrap
up matters in the art business. They settled
in Los Angeles, Califo