In memory of Elizabeth Taylor

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

World cinema in mourning. The legendary Hollywood diva Elizabeth Taylor passed away in the United States the day before. The reason is acute heart failure. The star was 79 years old.

Elizabeth Rosemund Taylor was born on February 27, 1932 in the family of an English dealer in paintings and sculptures in London. With the outbreak of World War II, Elizabeth's parents, who have Jewish roots, moved to the United States.

The future star made her film debut in 1942 - at the age of nine, she starred in the film "A Man Is Born Every Minute." After that, the young actress signed a multi-year contract with the Metro Goldwyn Meyer film studio. In 1944, the touching film National Velvet was released, which actually made Liz a star. After the movie was released, Taylor received many offers.

There was everything in her life: work, millions of contracts, scandals and tragedies, several marriages, alcoholism and drug addiction, endless clinics and a terrible diagnosis - a brain tumor.

Once the actress was asked who she prefers to dress for. “First of all, I try to impress the opposite sex,” Taylor replied coquettishly. - Then for myself, and last but not least I try for women. You know, it is very difficult to please women. They are terribly critical of each other. And if you're famous, too … Wow!"

During her career, Taylor won two Best Supporting Actress Oscars for her roles in Butterfield 8 (1960) and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). In addition, Taylor received the Gene Hersholt Honorary Award in 1992.

Not only Taylor's career, but also her personal life has often been in the spotlight of the media. The actress was married eight times and became the mother of two sons and two daughters.

For the first time, the actress married the owner of a hotel chain, Conrad Hilton. A few months later, after quarrels and quarrels, the young people filed for divorce. The next chosen one of the actress was her colleague Michael Winding, with whom she had been married for 5 years. The third husband of the star is film producer Mike Todd, who crashed on the plane "Happy Liz". In order to connect her fate with him, Taylor even converted to Judaism. The fourth husband of Elizabeth turned out to be a friend of the late Todd, singer Eddie Fisher. For the sake of marriage with Taylor, he went to a high-profile divorce with film actress Debbie Reynolds.

With her fifth husband, actor Richard Burton, the star met on the set of the legendary film "Cleopatra". Moreover, the actors went to the crown twice.

After a final break with Burton in 1976, Taylor remarried. This time Senator Jack Warner becomes the diva's choice. After her divorce from the politician in 1991, the actress finds a new love in the person of the former truck driver Larry Fortenski, whose marriage also did not last long.

The diva's career ended in 1997, after the actress was diagnosed with a brain tumor. It seemed that Taylor would not survive, but the will to win took over. In 2006, information appeared in the media that the famous actress suffers from Alzheimer's disease, but Taylor categorically denied this information.

Over the past twenty-five years, the star of the movie "Cleopatra" has undergone about 100 medical operations. At the same time, Elizabeth Taylor retained not only composure, but also a sense of humor. “I go to hospitals as often as others get in a taxi,” the celebrity quipped.

In mid-February 2011, Taylor was hospitalized for heart failure. The actress was at the Cedar-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. In mid-March 2011, some media reported that Taylor's fortune allowed her to receive friends in the ward. In addition, this year her birthday coincided with the date of the Oscars. The actress celebrated the holiday by watching the telecast of the Academy Awards.