Elisabeth Taylor is one of my favorite actresses. She was born in Hampstead, London, England on February 27 (like my best friend) 1932 and that makes her 76 in 2008. She had won 2 Academy Awards for Butterfield 8 (1960) and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf (1966)

Her first appearance in a movie was in Lassie Come Home (1943), at age nine.

Love Life

Elisabeth is also known for her many marriages. Her first marriage was at age 18 with Conrad Nicky Hilton, grandfather of Paris Hilton. The marriage lasted only a year.

Then she married again but with Michael Wilding. This time the marriage lasted for 5 years.

Soon after divorcing Michael she married another one named Michael Todd. This marriage lasted a year. Amazing!

After a year of bachelor Elisabeth married Eddie Fisher who was her husband for 5 long years. In 1963 she met Richard Burton, her partner in Cleopatra to whom she cheated on Eddie. She was even accused by a Vatican newspaper of having descended into “erotic vagrancy. The two divorced and soon after Elisabeth married Richard. He was Liz’s hubby for 10 long years. In 1974 the two got divorced so they would marry again in 1975, a marriage that lasted only a year. No doubt they loved each other but could not stay married.

Then Liz met John Warner to whom she was married for 6 years. Her last marriage was with Larry Fortensky, from 1991 to 1996.

Nowadays Elisabeth Taylor may have lost her looks but she’s still one classy woman. Unfortunately, she’s got diabetes and that’s really a torture.  Perhaps her lifestyle got to her eventually

Quotations

“Big girls need big diamonds.” speaking about her passion for jewlery

“I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can’t possess radiance, you can only admire it.”

“I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed too - for being married so many times.” - she got that right

“I don’t think President Bush is doing anything at all about Aids. In fact, I’m not sure he even knows how to spell Aids.” - speaking about politics and health care

“I really don’t remember much about Cleopatra. There were a lot of other things going on.” - well, she obviously was busy with Richard Burton

Photos

Photo from BigPicturesPhoto.com and the Daily Mail