Elizabeth Taylor
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor DBE (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was an English-American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian. 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 continued her career successfully into the 1960s and remained a well-known public figure for the rest of her life. In 1999, the American Film Institute named her the seventh-greatest female screen legend of all time.
| Full name at birth | Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor
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| Claim to fame | National Velvet
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| Date of birth | 27 February 1932
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| Place of birth | Hampstead, London, England, UK
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| Date of death | 23 March 2011
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| Age | 79 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Los Angeles, California, USA
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| Cause of death | Congestive Heart Failure
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| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, US
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| Occupation | Actress, Model, Producer
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| Height | 5' 3" (160 cm)
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| Weight | 142 lbs (64 kg)
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| Shoe size | 8
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| High school | University High School, Los Angeles, CA
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- Organized "A Commitment to Life", a celebrity event to benefit AIDS research after her Giant (1956) co-star Rock Hudson became ill in 1985. The event featured former First Lady Betty Ford, Burt Lancaster, Shirley MacLaine, Sammy Davis Jr., and Burt Reynolds. More than $1.3 million was raised.
- Mother-in-law of Brooke Palance.
- Mother of Christopher Edward Wilding and Michael Wilding Jr.
- Mentioned in Walter Kirn`s novel "Thumbsucker".
- Measurements: 36C-21-36 (for the majority of her film career), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
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