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British-American actress (1932-2011)
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor DBE was a British-American actress. 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.Wikipedia
| Born | February 27, 1932 |
| Hometown | London, England |
| Net worth | $600 million |
| Height | 5'2" (1.57m) |
| Spouse | Larry Fortensky (m 1991 - 1996) , John Warner (m 1976 - 1982) , Richard Burton (m 1975 - 1976) , Richard Burton (m 1964 - 1974) , Eddie Fisher (m 1959 - 1964) , Mike Todd (m 1957 - 1958) , Michael Wilding (m 1952 - 1957) , Conrad Hilton Jr. (m 1950 - 1951) |
| Children | Christopher Wilding , Maria Burton , Liza Todd Burton , Michael Wilding Jr. |
| Parents | Francis Lenn Taylor , Sara Sothern |
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Elizabeth Taylor snuck into the hospital to see Rock Hudson on his deathbed
- Elizabeth Taylor snuck into the hospital to see Rock Hudson on his deathbed and went on to become the "most prominent" voice in Hollywood during the AIDS crisis.
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Photographer Lord Snowdon dies aged 86
Lord Snowdon, the photographer, film-maker and former husband of the late Princess Margaret, has died aged 86. A Buckingham Palace spokesman said he passed away peacefully at his home. Snowdon, born Antony Armstrong-Jones, photographed dozens of famous faces including Diana, Princess of Wales, Jack Nicholson, Elizabeth Taylor and David Bowie during his career. He married Margaret in 1960 but the couple split amid a blaze of publicity and finally divorced in 1978, the first such royal split since the days of Henry VIII.
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AWARDS
| Year | Associations | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Golden Globe | Best Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | Ash Wednesday | Nominated |
| 1968 | British Academy of Film & Television Arts | British Actress | The Taming of The Shrew | Nominated |
| 1967 | British Academy of Film & Television Arts | British Actress | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Winner |
| 1967 | Academy Award | Actress | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Winner |
| 1967 | Golden Globe | Best Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Nominated |