Elizabeth Taylor a incetat din viata astazi dimineata, la varsta de 79 ani, datorita unei complicatii la inima.
Ultimul sau film a fost in anul 1994, The Flintstones iar unul din marile filme in care Taylor a jucat a fost “Old Hollywood”. Ea si-a inceput cariera la varsta de 10 ani in filmul There’s One Born Every Minute in 1942 apoi a jucat in Lassie Come Home si National Velvet, acesta din urma fiind un hit. Odata ce a mai crescut ea a interpretat rolul lui Maggie in filmul adaptare dupa Cat on a Hot Tin Roof dar unul din cele mai faimoase roluri ale sale a fost in filmul lui Joseph Mankiewicz Cleopatra, aparut in 1963, rol care ia adus un salariu de un milion de dolari.
Taylor la cunoscut pe Richard Burton, actor; s-au casatorit, divortat si apoi s-au recasatorit.
Taylor a castigat doua premii Oscar pentru rolurile sale din filmele Butterfield 8 si Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolff? dupa inca trei nominalizari si inca o nominalizare pentru ajutor umanitar. A castigat si premiul Lifetime Achievement din partea AFI si un premiu Cecille B. Demille din partea Hollywood Foreign Press.
Elizabeth Taylor a avut patru copii, zece nepoti si patru stranepoti.
Elizabeth Taylor – 1932 – 2011
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Elizabeth Taylor has passed away from congestive heart failure early this morning at the age of 79.
Although she hasn’t appeared in a movie since 1994’s The Flintstones, Taylor was thought to be one of the last great movie stars, a classic beauty from “Old Hollywood” who started her career as a child actor at the age of 10 in There’s One Born Every Minute in 1942 followed by roles in Lassie Come Home and National Velvet, the latter being her big breakout. As an adult, she received acclaim for playing Maggie in the film version of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof but her most famous role was playing the title character in Joseph Mankiewicz’s 1963 epic Cleopatra for which she was paid the lofty sum of a million dollars. There she met actor Richard Burton, whom she married not once but twice.
Taylor won two Oscars for her performances in Butterfield 8 and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolff? after three previous nominations as well as another one for her humanitarian work. She also was the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement award from AFI and a Cecille B. Demille award from the Hollywood Foreign Press.
She is survived by four children, ten grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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