8 Liz Taylor's weddings in pictures

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-18 00:05

In the mid-fifties, aspiring actress Elizabeth Taylor was interviewed again. The conversation began with plans to marry some man, whom Liz never married. She tweeted that she was tired of her Cadillac and needed another. What the mink stole wants. She told me that she was generally obsessed with new things: last winter in Paris I went shopping and at some point discovered that there was no more money in the bank account. Elizabeth Taylor has always been able to take everything from life. She had a lot of love, fame and diamonds. And, of course, her many weddings were one more luxurious than the other.

Husband # 1. Golden Boy Conrad "Nicky" Hilton

Account of your official marriages Elizabeth Taylor opened in 1950. She was 18 when she responded favorably to the proposal of the "golden boy", heir to the Hilton super hotel chain Nicky Hilton. The relationship began like a fairy tale: a shy and rich prince leads America's most beautiful girl, a doll with purple eyes, down the aisle. Young Elizabeth Taylor appeared before the altar in a wedding dress worth three and a half thousand dollars (a fabulous sum for those times), laying the foundation for a collection of her wedding dresses, each subsequent one of which was more expensive and more luxurious than the previous one.

For the wedding, Liz received a $ 50,000 engagement ring from her husband as a gift, several unique mink coats, a personal Cadillac and a stake in the hotel business.

On their honeymoon, the couple went to Europe, and there it immediately became clear that this marriage … a mistake. The millionaire turned out to be an alcoholic, moreover, narcissistic and not at all inclined to adore his wife. The relationship lasted five months. Subsequently Elizabeth Taylor will call her first marriage "a huge failure."

Husband # 2. Father of her children Michael Wilding

But the film star was not left alone for long. In 1952, twenty days after her divorce from Nick (and the divorce lasted a long time), she remarried. And again - for love (Elizabeth Taylor married only for romantic reasons). This time, the happy chosen one turned out to be "an absolute gentleman", the English actor Michael Wilding, whom she beat off from his legal wife. The wedding was celebrated at the famous Los Angeles Bel-Air hotel. And then everyday life began and perhaps the most calm and fruitful period of Taylor's life, which lasted for five whole years, until 1957 inclusive.

She plunged into work, starred a lot, gave birth to two sons to Michael in the intervals between films and outwardly seemed to be quite a happy married woman.

But, alas, this relationship did not stand the test of routine. "Everyday impressions" - what makes Elizabeth Taylor apathy, coldness and a stubborn desire to run away from peace to meet stormy passions and difficult relationships came. The breakup was catalyzed by a meeting with Michael Todd.

Husband # 3. Second in her personal rating Michael Todd

Elizabeth Taylor loves to remember her husbands and does not hesitate to tell spicy details about them. About Michael Todd, she says: "He was one of my two real men" (the other - Richard Burton). Michael Todd, both in character and in type, reminded Liz of his father - a successful Hollywood producer, a bright and original person, known for breadth of soul and extravagance. However, Liz preferred to call his wildness (he used to beat her) "crazy quirks." And the "roller coaster" of passions that they indulged in was "intense relationships."

Michael spoiled his Liz like a little girl. She knew nothing about refusal: her husband gave her a collection of paintings by Degas, a 30-carat diamond and a Rolls-Royce. He arranged banquets in her honor, for which he ordered elephants from India and Africa.

He gave her the plane "Happy Liz" … And on it, by a terrible irony of fate, crashed in 1958. After Todd's death, the image of "la femme fatal" - a femme fatale, bringing misfortune to her, was forever stuck to her reputation as a bitch who mercilessly beat off men from her rivals. From the marriage with Michael, the daughter Liz was left, another condition and the deepest depression.

Husband # 4. Henpecked Eddie Fisher

It seemed Elizabeth Taylor lost interest even in fame, made friends with alcohol and was ready to slide down. She was brought out of this state by Eddie Fisher, a young singer who became her fourth husband in 1959. Eddie fell in love selflessly, left his wife (the famous actress Debbie Reynolds) and became Elizabeth's shadow. He was an intelligent, shy young man, not too strong-willed. He accompanied his famous wife everywhere, gave either a limousine or a unique emerald, wore heavy mink coats behind her, endured her eccentricity, and soon became the main object of ridicule in the Hollywood crowd.

In 1961, filming of the Oscar-winning "Cleopatra" began. Secular gossips have been gossiping for a long time what the relationship is Elizabeth Taylor with her husband, whom she "appointed" to one of the roles in the film, director Joseph Mankiewicz (Liz got him to shoot the picture) and the performer of the role of Mark Antony, Richard Burton. It was the latter that caused Eddie and Elizabeth to break up. She first became Barton's mistress, and in 1964 his wife.

Husband # 5. Fatal Richard Burton

The contrast between the melancholic Fischer and the animal-obsessed Barton was striking. Liz finally felt alive again. Furious Barton suited his emotional lover like no other. He had a bad reputation as a hot-tempered and aggressive guy, a bitter drunkard and an "animal in sex", but these alpha males have always admired Elizabeth Taylor … In addition, Barton was very talented, was considered the main performer in the Shakespeare theater in London, he was called the only heir to the famous Laurence Olivier. When the two met, an enchanting performance took place in front of the astonished audience. The performers of the roles of Cleopatra and Mark Antony have forgotten about their spouses, discarded all conventions, and just decency. They could not and did not consider it necessary to hide. Rumors about their romance even reached the Pope, and he called Elizabeth loose.

Two years after the meeting, having finally filed for divorces, they got married in Toronto, at the Ritz-Carlton in the presence of eleven closest friends. Especially for a wedding Elizabeth Taylor ordered an exact copy of the dress in which she starred in the very first scene of "Cleopatra". The bride's hair was decorated with white hyacinths, and graceful diamond earrings sparkled in her ears - another gift from Richard.

"Liz went off the beaten track," they talked about their honeymoon. It was the most sensual marriage of the decade. And the most shamelessly dear. The couple wasted money left and right: they bought a snow-white yacht, a jet plane. Burton was reliable: he gave her the famous pearl "Pregrina" (belonged to Maria Tudor), the Krupp diamond, 3 carats, a necklace with the Taj Mahal diamond … However, as a rule, he gave her jewelry in an attempt to make peace after another scandal.

Who should Liz live happily ever after?

	With Nicky Hilton
	With Michael Wilding
	With Michael Todd
	With Eddie Fisher
	With Richard Burton
	With John Warner
	With Larry Fortensky

With Richard, Liz became very addicted to strong drinks, drugs and mastered the science of love-hate. Both were jealous of each other for fame, both demanded unconditional obedience … The marriage lasted 10 years - from 1964 to 1974. Divorce was inevitable.

Husband # 6. Richard Burton again

But less than a year later, in 1975, Liz and Richard got married again. A magnificent celebration in Botswana, again a honeymoon … And the same scenario of relationships: outbursts of adoration, followed by outbursts of anger. This time, the couple did not last long - a little more than two months, they divorced completely in 1976. And in August 84, Burton, who was "burnt out" in the fire, was buried. Liz's career did not survive this death. Either it coincided, or at the time of Richard's death, she lost all interest in creativity.

Husband # 7. Respectable John Warner

Taylor at this time had long been the wife of Republican Senator John Warner, an impeccable gentleman who gave Liz several years of a quiet life. They quietly married at Warner's estate, no photos from the wedding were leaked to the press. We must pay tribute to her: the star tried very hard to be a respectable wife, went to boring diplomatic receptions, listened to long political speeches.

And she felt unbearable loneliness. The husband was so tired of his important work that in the evening it was even difficult to persuade him to watch one of her films together.

As John confesses, when they met, he saw one or two Taylor films. In 1982, all of America came to the ball in honor of Elizabeth. Liz appeared in another luxurious dress from Valentino, as always brilliant. No one knew that this was her last joint publication with her husband. They divorced, however, later, quietly and decorously.

Husband # 8. Charming Larry Fortenski

but Elizabeth Taylor and did not think to give up. Her amazing zest for life once again prevailed over time and disease. In a drug treatment clinic where she was treated for addictions and "nerves", the restless Liz meets her last husband, a handsome construction worker Larry Fortensky. Their wedding was mind-blowing. It was organized by her close friend Michael Jackson. It all took place in California, on Jackson's ranch, in 1991. Among the guests were Eddie Murphy, Liza Minnelli and other stars.

Valentino gave her a wedding dress worth 25 thousand dollars, wedding rings cost 10 thousand, and the banquet cost 500 thousand dollars. In total, according to rumors, Jackson paid $ 1.5 million for the celebration.

The bride was sixty, and the groom was forty. This misalliance lasted five years. When the elderly diva broke her hip neck and mastered a wheelchair, Fortenski did not want to be a nurse for his famous wife. In 1996, the couple filed for divorce.

Now Elizabeth Taylor 77 years old, and she never stops spinning novels. In 2006, she had a relationship with the artist Firuz Zeidhi. In 2007, a black gentleman named Jason Winters walked behind her as a shadow, he courted Liz when she had arthritis worsening or had a heart attack. Liz's body has been confined to a wheelchair for many years. And the soul, it seems, is still seventeen years old, it still hovers in the clouds and chirps carelessly.