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Elizabeth Taylor Biography (1932-)
Full name, Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor; born February 27, 1932, in Hampstead, London, England; daughter of Francis (an American art dealer and historian) and Sara (an American actress; maiden name, Sothern) Taylor; married Conrad Nicholas Hilton Jr., May 6, 1950 (divorced, 1951); married Michael Wilding (an actor), 1952 (divorced, 1957); married Michael Todd (a producer), February 2,1957 (died March 22, 1958); married Eddie Fisher (a singer and actor), May 12, 1959 (divorced March 6, 1964); married Richard Burton (an actor), March 15,1964 (divorced June 26, 1974); remarried Richard Burton, October 10, 1975 (divorced August 1, 1976); married William John Warner (a politician), 1976 (divorced, 1982); married Lawrence Lee "Larry" Fortensky (a construction worker), October 6, 1991 (divorced November, 1996); children: (second marriage) Michael, Jr., Christopher (a photographer and film editor); (third marriage) Elizabeth Frances (also known as Liza Todd Tivey); (with Burton) Maria Burton Carson. Addresses: Agent: Lantz Office, 200 West 57th St., Suite 503, NewYork, NY 10019.; Publicist: Warren Cowan, Warren Cowan and Associates PublicRelations, 8899 Beverly Blvd., Suite 919, Los Angeles, CA 90048.
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Actress, producer, writer
- Birth Details
- February 27, 1932
- London, United Kingdom
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Appearances
- (Film debut) Gloria Twine, There's One Born Every Minute, Universal, 1942
- Priscilla, Lassie, Come Home, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1943
- (Uncredited) Helen Burns, Jane Eyre, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1944
- Velvet Brown, National Velvet, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1944
- (Uncredited) Betsy at age ten, The White Cliffs of Dover, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1944
- Kathie Merrick, Courage of Lassie (also known as Blue Sierra), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1946
- Cynthia Bishop, Cynthia (also known as Cynthia: The Rich, FullLife and The Rich, Full Life), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1947
- Mary Skinner, Life with Father, Warner Bros., 1947
- Carol Pringle, A Date with Judy, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1948
- Susan Packett, Julia Misbehaves, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1948
- Melinda Greyton, Conspirator, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949
- Amy March, Little Women, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949
- Mary Belney, The Big Hangover, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1950
- Kay Banks, Father of the Bride, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1950
- Kay Banks Dunstan, Father's Little Dividend, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,1951
- Herself, Callaway Went Thataway (also known as The Star Said No), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1951
- (Uncredited) Woman in crowd, Quo Vadis?, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1951
- Angela Vickers, A Place in the Sun, Paramount, 1951
- Rebecca, Ivanhoe, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1952
- Anastasia Macaboy, Love Is Better Than Ever (also known as TheLight Fantastic), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1952
- Jean Latimer, The Girl Who Had Everything, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1953
- Lady Patricia, Beau Brummell, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1954
- Ruth Wiley, Elephant Walk, Paramount, 1954
- Helen Ellswirth, The Last Time I Saw Paris, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1954
- Louise Durant, Rhapsody, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1954
- Leslie Lynnton Benedict, Giant, Warner Bros., 1956
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Screen Snapshots: Hollywood, City of Stars, 1956
- Susanna Drake, Raintree County, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1957
- (Uncredited) Operation Raintree, 1957
- Maggie "the Cat" Pollitt, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1958
- Catherine Holly, Suddenly, Last Summer, Columbia, 1959
- Gloria Wandrous, Butterfield 8, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1960
- (Uncredited) Sally Kennedy, Scent of Mystery (also known as Holiday in Spain), Michael Todd Jr., 1960
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Lykke og krone, 1962
- Title role, Cleopatra, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1963
- Frances Andros, The V.I.P.s (also known as International Hotel), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1963
- (Uncredited) On the Trail of the Iguana, 1964
- Laura Reynolds, The Sandpiper, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965
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The Love Goddesses (also known as The Love Goddesses: A Historyof Sex in the Cinema), 1965
- (Uncredited) The Big Sur, 1965
- Martha, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Warner Bros., 1966
- Martha Pineda, The Comedians (also known as Les comediens),Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967
- Helen of Troy, Doctor Faustus (also known as Il Dottor Faustus), Columbia, 1967
- Leonora Penderton, Reflections in a Golden Eye, Warner Bros., 1967
- Katharina, The Taming of the Shrew (also known as La bisbeticadomata), Columbia, 1967
- (Uncredited) The Comedians in Africa, 1967
- Flora "Sissy" Goforth, Boom!, Universal, 1968
- Leonora, Secret Ceremony, Universal, 1968
- (Uncredited) On Location: "Where Eagles Dare," 1968
- (Uncredited) Masked courtesan, Anne of the Thousand Days (also known as Anne of a Thousand Days), Universal, 1969
- Fran Walker, The Only Game in Town, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1970
- Jimmie Jean Jackson, Hammersmith Is Out, Cinerama, 1972
- Zee Blakeley, X, Y, and Zee (also known as Zee & Co.),Columbia, 1972
- Ellen Wheeler, Night Watch, Avco-Embassy, 1973
- Rosie Probert, Under Milkwood, Altura Films International, 1973
- Host and narrator, That's Entertainment!, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1974
- Barbara Sawyer, Ash Wednesday, Paramount, 1974
- Lise, The Driver's Seat (also known as Identikit and Psychotic), Avco-Embassy, 1975
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It's Showtime (documentary), United Artists, 1975
- Mother, Queen of Light, Witch, and Maternal Love, The Blue Bird (also known as Sinyaya ptitsa), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
- Herself (in archive footage), That's Entertainment, Part II, 1976
- Desiree Armfeldt, A Little Night Music (also known as Das Laecheln einer Sommernacht), New World Cinema, 1977
- (Uncredited) Lola Comante, Winter Kills, Avco-Embassy, 1979
- Marina Rudd, The Mirror Crack'd, Associated Film Distribution, 1980
- Narrator, Genocide (documentary), Simon Wiesenthal Center, 1981
- Herself (in archive footage), Montgomery Clift, 1983
- Herself, George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (documentary), Castle Hill, 1984
- Nadia Bulichoff, Il giovane Toscanini (also known as Toscanini and Young Toscanini), Italian International/Union Generale Cinematographique/Carthago, 1988
- Pearl Slaghoople, The Flintstones, Universal, 1994
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The Visit, 1999
- Also appeared in the film Get Bruce!
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Film Work
- Executive producer, Number 13 (also known as Fragments of a Fate Forgotten,
The Magic Mushroom People of Oz,
Oz, and The Tin Woodman's Dream), 1962
- (With Richard Burton and Franco Zeffirelli) Producer, The Taming of the Shrew (also known as La bisbetica domata), Columbia, 1967
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Television Appearances
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Miniseries
- Madame Conti, North and South, ABC, 1985
- Herself (in archive footage; uncredited), The Fifties, 1997
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Movies
- Jane Reynolds, Divorce His/Divorce Hers, ABC, 1973
- Edra Vilnofsky, Victory at Entebbe, ABC, 1976
- Deborah Shapiro, Between Friends (also known as Nobody Makes MeCry), HBO, 1983
- Louella Parsons, Malice in Wonderland (also known as The RumorMill), CBS, 1985
- Marguerite Sydney, There Must Be a Pony, ABC, 1986
- Alice Moffett (title role), Poker Alice, CBS, 1987
- Alexandra Del Lago, Tennessee Williams's "Sweet Bird of Youth" (also known as Sweet Bird of Youth), NBC, 1989
- Beryl Mason, These Old Broads, ABC, 2001
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Specials
- Host, Elizabeth Taylor in London, CBS, 1963
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The Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 1977
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An All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor, CBS, 1977
- Dr. Emily Loomis, "Return Engagement," The Hallmark Hall of Fame,NBC, 1978
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Death in Canaan, 1978
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General Electric's All-Star Anniversary, ABC, 1978
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Happy Birthday, Bob, NBC, 1978
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Bob Hope's Stand Up and Cheer for the National Football League's 60thYear, NBC, 1981
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Bob Hope's Women I Love--Beautiful but Funny, NBC, 1982
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Bob Hope's Star-Studded Spoof of the New TV Season--G-Rated--With Glamour, Glitter, and Gags, NBC, 1982
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The 50th Presidential Inaugural Gala, ABC, 1985
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An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr., NBC, 1986
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Bob Hope's High-Flying Birthday, NBC, 1986
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Liberty Weekend, ABC, 1986
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The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn, PBS, 1986
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The Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 1987
- "Natalie Wood," Crazy about the Movies, Cinemax, 1987
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AIDS: The Global Explosion, syndicated, 1988
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Michael Jackson, 1988
- "Richard Burton: In from the Cold," Great Performances, PBS, 1989
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America's All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (also known as The 2nd Annual America's Hope Award), ABC, 1989
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Miss Hollywood Talent Search, syndicated, 1989
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Entertainers '91: The Top 20 of the Year, 1991
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Valentino Special Celebration, [Italy], 1991
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In a New Light, ABC, 1992
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Michael Jackson ... The Legend Continues, CBS, 1992
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In a New Light '93, ABC, 1993
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Larry King TNT Extra, TNT, 1993
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Michael Jackson Talks ... to Oprah--90 Primetime Minutes with the Kingof Pop (also known as Live and Dangerous and Oprah Live with Michael Jackson--90 Minutes with the King of Pop), ABC, 1993
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The 21st American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Elizabeth Taylor (also known as A Salute to Elizabeth Taylor), ABC,1993
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The Jackson Family Honors, NBC, 1994
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How to Be Absolutely Fabulous, Comedy Central, 1995
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Happy Birthday Elizabeth--A Celebration of Life, ABC, 1997
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Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration, 2000
- Herself (in archive footage; uncredited), Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood, 2001
- Herself (in archive footage), Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days, American Movie Classics, 2001
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Episodic
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What's My Line?, CBS, 1954
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Person to Person, CBS, 1957
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The Sammy Davis Jr. Show, NBC, 1966
- "Lucy Meets the Burtons," Here's Lucy, CBS, 1970
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The Lucy Show, CBS, 1971
- Helena Cassadine, General Hospital, ABC, 1981
- Chairwoman Trannell, All My Children (also known as All My Children: The Summer of Seduction), ABC, 1983
- Katherine Cole, "Intimate Strangers," Hotel, ABC, 1984
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Fame, Fortune, and Romance, 1986
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Hour Magazine, syndicated, 1986
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Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, syndicated, 1988
- Voice, The New Adventures of Captain Planet (also known as Captain Planet and the Planeteers), TBS, 1990
- Voice of baby Margaret "Maggie" Simpson, "Itchy and Scratchy: The Movie,"The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 1992
- Voice of baby Margaret "Maggie" Simpson, "Lisa's First Word," The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 1992
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The Whoopi Goldberg Show, syndicated, 1992
- "Elizabeth Taylor," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1993
- Herself, "Krusty Gets Kancelled," The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 1993
- Herself, "The Elizabeth Taylor Episode," Can't Hurry Love, CBS, 1995
- Herself, "Trick or Retreat," Murphy Brown, CBS, 1996
- Herself, "Where's the Pearls?," The Nanny, CBS, 1996
- Herself, "The Family Jewels," High Society, CBS, 1996
- Herself, Roseanne, ABC, 1996
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Omnibus, BBC (England), 2000
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Larry King Live, Cable News Network, 2001
- Appeared on episodes of The David Frost Show, syndicated; Hollywood and the Stars, NBC; and 20/20, ABC.
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Awards Presentations
- Presenter, The 42nd Annual Academy Awards, 1970
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The 59th Annual Academy Awards Presentation, 1987
- Presenter, The 64th Annual Academy Awards Presentation, 1992
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The 65th Annual Academy Awards Presentation, 1993
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The American Music Awards, 1993
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Other
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Around the World of Mike Todd, 1968
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On Top All over the World (pilot), syndicated, 1985
- (Uncredited) Who Gets the Friends?, 1988
- Herself (in archive footage; uncredited), And the Band Played On,1993
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Stage Appearances
- Regina Giddens, The Little Foxes, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1981, then (Broadway debut) Martin Beck Theatre, 1981, later London, 1982
- Amanda Prynne, Private Lives, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York City, 1983
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Stage Work
- (With Zev Bufman) Producer, Private Lives, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre,New York City, 1983
- (With Bufman) Producer, The Corn Is Green, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre,1983
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Radio Appearances
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Command Performance, Armed Forces Radio Service, 1945
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Cent's Campaign with the U.S.'s First Lady, Bess Truman, 1946
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RECORDINGS
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Videos
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Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues, 1988
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The 1950's: Music, Memories, & Milestones, 1988
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Oscar's Greatest Moments: 1971 to 1991, 1992
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Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (also known as A Concert for Life: A Tribute to Freddie Mercury), 1992
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Edward R. Murrow: The Best of "Person to Person," 1993
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Legends of Entertainment Video, 1995
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The Garth Brooks Video Collection, Capitol Home Video, 1996
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Judy Garland's Hollywood, Laserlight Video, 1997
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Hollywood Hookers, Steeplechase Entertainment, 1997
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Hollywood vs. the Paparazzi, Steeplechase Entertainment, 1998
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The Fabulous 60's, Volume 2: 1961, MPI Home Video, 2000
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Hollywood on Parade, Sutton Entertainment Group, 2000
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WRITINGS
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Books
- (Author and illustrator) Nibbles and Me, Duell, Sloan & Pearce(New York City), 1946
- (With Richard Burton) World Enough and Time (poetry), 1964
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Elizabeth Taylor--Her Own Story (autobiography), 1965
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Elizabeth Taylor Takes Off: On Weight Gain, Weight Loss, Self-Esteem,and Self-Image, Putnam Publishing Group (New York City), 1988
- (Author and photographer) Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair with Jewelry, Simon & Schuster (New York City), 2002
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Other Writings
- Contributor to periodicals, including Calling All Girls.
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Books
- Adler, Bill, Elizabeth Taylor: Triumphs and Tragedies, Ace Books (New York City), 1982
- Allan, John B., Elizabeth Taylor: A Fascinating Story of America's Most Talented Actress and the World's Most Beautiful Woman, Monarch (Derby,CT), 1961
- D'Arcy, Susan, The Films of Elizabeth Taylor, BCW Publishing (Bembridge, England), 1977
- Heymann, C. David, Liz: An Intimate Biography of Elizabeth Taylor,Carol Publishing Group (New York City), 1995
- Kelley, Kitty, Elizabeth Taylor: The Last Star, Simon & Schuster (New York City), 1981
- Latham, Caroline, and Jeannie Sakol, All about Elizabeth Taylor: Elizabeth Taylor, Public and Private, Onyx (New York City), 1991
- Nickens, Christopher, Elizabeth Taylor: A Biography in Photos, Doubleday (Garden City, NY), 1984
- Robin-Tani, Marianne, The New Elizabeth, St. Martin's Press (New York City), 1988
- Sheppard, Dick, Elizabeth: The Life and Career of Elizabeth Taylor, Doubleday, 1974
- Spoto, Donald, A Passion for Life: The Biography of Elizabeth Taylor, HarperCollins (New York City), 1995
- Vermilye, Jerry, and Mark Ricci, The Films of Elizabeth Taylor, Carol Publishing Group, 1989
- Walker, Alexander, Elizabeth: The Life of Elizabeth Taylor, G. Weidenfeld (New York City), 1991
Periodicals
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Advocate, October 15, 1996
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Choices for Retirement Living, June, 1995, p. 26
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Entertainment Weekly, December 3, 1999, p. 112
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Good Housekeeping, March, 1995, pp. 96-98
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Newsweek, June 28, 1999, pp. 54-55
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People Weekly, March 4, 1996, p. 70
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TV Guide, June 4, 1994, p. 8
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Vanity Fair, May, 1995, p. 90
Other
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Elizabeth Taylor: Hollywood's Child (television documentary), 1975
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Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story (television movie), NBC, 1995
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