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Elizabeth Taylor

1932 – 2011 · died at about 79^[1][2]

Film & Entertainment

Fun Facts About Elizabeth Taylor

• Elizabeth Taylor's famous eyes were rimmed by dark double eyelashes caused by a genetic mutation, and they were so blue they appeared violet.^[1]
• For Cleopatra, Taylor became the first movie star paid $1 million for a role. At $62 million, the film was the most expensive ever made up to that point.^[1]
• Hollywood icon Taylor was born in London to American parents and held both British and American citizenship from birth.^[1]
• Taylor was married eight times to seven men. Her last wedding was at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, and she sold the photos for $1 million to start her AIDS foundation.^[1][3][4]
• Taylor broke her back while filming National Velvet at age 12, and the fracture went undetected for several years.^[1]
• After Taylor bought $100,000 of Israeli bonds in 1959, Arab countries banned her films. She was also barred from entering Egypt to film Cleopatra until the ban was lifted two years later.^[1]
• Elizabeth Taylor was alive at the same time as Marie Curie — their lives overlapped for 2 years (1932–1934).^[1][2][5][6]
• Elizabeth Taylor and Johnny Cash were both born in 1932.^[1][2][7][8]

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 greatest female screen legends list.^[1]

Contemporaries

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79 yr overlap

B.B. King

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Fidel Castro

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Gabriel García Márquez

79 yr overlap

James Watson

79 yr overlap

Maya Angelou

79 yr overlap

Chinua Achebe

79 yr overlap

Vera Rubin

79 yr overlap

Noam Chomsky

79 yr overlap

Neil Armstrong

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Questions About Elizabeth Taylor

When was Elizabeth Taylor born?

Elizabeth Taylor was born on February 27, 1932, and died on March 23, 2011.

How old was Elizabeth Taylor at death?

Elizabeth Taylor was born on February 27, 1932, and died on March 23, 2011, at age 79.

What was Elizabeth Taylor known for?

Elizabeth Taylor was known for: Cleopatra, golden age Hollywood star. 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 greatest female screen legends list.

Who was alive at the same time as Elizabeth Taylor?

Elizabeth Taylor's closest contemporary was Nelson Mandela. Their lives overlapped for 79 years.