By Frank Worth

Elizabeth Taylor wearing a sun top and trousers on the set of 'Giant' in1955.

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor DBE (born February 27, 1932) is an iconic British-American actress twice winning Academy Awards.

Her trademark violet eyes are framed by a double row of eyelashes. Known for her acting skills and beauty, she is considered one of the great actresses of Hollywood’s golden years, as well as a larger-than-life celebrity. The American Film Institute named her seventh among the Greatest Female Stars of All Time.

Elizabeth Taylor was one of the few child actors who went on to achieve success in adult roles. She began her acting career with Universal at the age of 9 but her first movie with Metro Goldwyn Mayer was in Lassie Come Home (1943). Her first leading role, achieving child star status, was playing Velvet Brown, a young girl who trained a horse to win the Grand National in National Velvet (1944). with Mickey Rooney.

Elizabeth Taylor won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performances in Butterfield 8 (1960), which co-starred her then husband Eddie Fisher, and again for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film) (1966), which co-starred then-husband Richard Burton.

In 1963, she became the highest paid movie star up until that time when she accepted US$1 million to play the title role in the lavish production of Cleopatra for 20th Century Fox.

Elizabeth Taylor has been married eight times to seven husbands:
Conrad ‘Nicky’ Hilton (May 6, 1950 - January 29, 1951) (divorced)
Michael Wilding (February 21, 1952 - January 26, 1957) (divorced)
Michael Todd (February 2, 1957 - March 22, 1958) (widowed)
Eddie Fisher (May 12, 1959 - March 6, 1964) (divorced)
Richard Burton (March 15, 1964 - June 26, 1974) (divorced)
Richard Burton (again) (October 10, 1975 - July 29, 1976) (divorced)
John Warner (December 4, 1976 - November 7, 1982) (divorced)
Larry Fortensky (October 6, 1991 - October 31, 1996) (divorced)