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Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (born February 27,
1932) is a American actress born in Hampstead, London, England, the
daughter of Francis Lenn Taylor (1897-1968) and Sara Taylor (née Sara
Viola Warmbrodt, 1896-1994). Her parents, an art dealer and a former
stage actress, were American. She has an elder brother, Howard, and was
named for her paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Taylor (née Elizabeth
Mary Rosemond).
Known to the tabloids as Liz Taylor, she
became an actress as a child. She played in her first movie at the age
of nine; her first important role was playing the lead in Clarence
Brown's film National Velvet, in which a young girl, Velvet Brown,
played by Taylor, trains a horse to win the Grand National.
At
the age of 3 she began taking ballet lessons. Later, she attended
University High School in Los Angeles, California and received her high
school diploma January 26, 1950.
She was made a Dame of the British Empire on 12/31/1999.
Taylor has devoted much time and energy to AIDS-related charities. |
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