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Elizabeth Taylor
“I don’t entirely approve of some of the things I have done, or am, or have been. But I’m me. God knows, I’m me.” –Elizabeth Taylor
While there are many actresses of the screen that have charmed audiences for generations, one violet-eyed brunette, in particular, cemented her legacy as a Hollywood icon from a young age. Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor initiated her career as a child actress and quickly rose to popularity as a teenage star. Soon enough, she would transition smoothly into adult roles, receiving high praise and much critical acclaim for her skills as an actress. Along the way, she became an accomplished businesswoman and deeply passionate humanitarian, remaining a celebrity until the end of her life.
Born to socially affluent parents in London, Elizabeth received dual British-American citizenship. Her father, Francis Lenn Taylor, was an art dealer, while her mother, Sara Sothern, was a retired stage actress. Both of her parents were originally from Arkansas City, Kansas, but moved to London to open an art gallery in 1929. Their first child, Howard Taylor, was born that year. Elizabeth’s birth followed on February 27, 1932.
Elizabeth attended Byron House, a Montessori school in Highgate, and was a raised as a Christian Scientist. She and her family lived at Heathwood, the family home on 8 Wildwood Road, in Hampstead Garden Suburb, London. Given the fact that her parents owned an art gallery, she would cross paths with notable artists and politicians throughout her childhood.
As the tensions of World War II approached, the Taylor family returned to the United States. In April of 1939, Sara took the two Taylor children to Pasadena, California, so that they could live with their maternal grandmother. Francis closed his London gallery and joined his family a few months after their departure, opening a new gallery in Los Angeles the following year. The family moved to the Pacific Palisades, San Ga Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was considered one of the last, if not the last, major star to have come out of the old Hollywood studio system. She was known internationally for her beauty, especially for her violet eyes, with which she captured audiences early in her youth and kept the world hooked with ever after. Call Number: e-book ISBN: 9780300192315 Publication Date: 2012-10-11 The irresistible, candid diaries of Richard Burton, published in their entirety for the first time Irresistibly magnetic on stage, mesmerizing in movies, seven times an Academy Award nominee, Richard Burton rose from humble beginnings in Wales to become Hollywood's most highly paid actor and one of England's most admired Shakespearean performers. His epic romance with Elizabeth Taylor, his legendary drinking and story-telling, his dazzling purchases (enormous diamonds, a jet, homes on several continents), and his enormous talent kept him constantly in the public eye. Yet the man behind the celebrity façade carried a surprising burden of insecurity and struggled with the peculiar challenges of a life lived largely in the spotlight. This volume publishes Burton's extensive personal diaries in their entirety for the first time. His writings encompass many years--from 1939, when he was still a teenager, to 1983, the year before his death--and they reveal him in his most private moments, pondering his triumphs and demons, his loves and his heartbreaks. The diary entries appear in their original sequence, with annotations to clarify people, places, books, and events Burton mentions. From these hand-written pages emerges a multi-dimensional man, no mere flashy celebrity. While Burton touched shoulders with shining lights--among them Olivia de Havilland, John Gielgud, Claire Bloom, Laurence Olivier, John Huston, Dylan Thomas, and Edward Albee--he also played the real-life roles of supportive family man, father, husband, and highly intelligent observer. His diaries offer a rare and fresh perspective on his own life and career, and on the glamorous decades of the mid-twentieth century. .
Taylor was born on February 27, 1932 in London, England. Although she was born an English subject, her parents, Sara Taylor (née Sara Viola Warmbrodt) and Francis Taylor, were Americans, art dealers from St. Louis, Missouri. Her father had moved to London to set up a gallery prior to Elizabeth's birth. Her mother had been an actress on the stage, but gave up that vocation when she married. Elizabeth lived in London until the age of seven, when the family left for the US when the clouds of war began brewing in Europe in 1939. They sailed without her father, who stayed behind to wrap up the loose ends of the art business.
The family relocated to Los Angeles, where Mrs. Taylor's own family had moved. Mr. Taylor followed not long afterward. A family friend noticed the strikingly beautiful little Elizabeth and suggested that she be taken for a screen test. Her test impressed executives at Universal Pictures enough to sign her to a contract. Her first foray onto the screen was in There's One Born Every Minute (1942), released when she was ten. Universal dropped her contract after that one film, but Elizabeth was soon picked up by MGM.
The first production she made with that studio was Lassie Come Home (1943), and on the strength of that one film, MGM signed her for a full year. She had minuscule parts in her next two films, The White Cliffs of Dover (1944) and Jane Eyre (1943) (the former made while she was on loan to 20th Century-Fox). Then came the picture that made Elizabeth a star: MGM's National Velvet (1944). She played Velvet Brown opposite Mickey Rooney. The film was a smash hit, grossing over $4 million. Elizabeth now had a long-te Elizabeth Taylor