Elizabeth Taylor went down in the history as the most scandalous actress in Hollywood! A large number of love affairs, eight marriages, scandals on the set, alcohol and drug use – this is what made the actress so much popular among society pages. But despite all she was one of the most outstanding actresses of all time.

Elizabeth Taylor was born on February 27, 1932 in a family of American actors.

Early life

She began filming in 1942. Her first role was in the classic movie “National Velvet“.

Taylor had a chance to play the role of Cleopatra in the historical film for unprecedented at that time fee of one million dollars.

She received two Oscars for the roles in movie “BUtterfield 8” and in the psychological drama “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”.

In 1999, the American Film Institute placed Elizabeth Taylor in seventh position in the list of the greatest movie stars.

Health problems

Elizabeth Taylor had many serious health problems.Taylor was hospitalized more than 70 times. In 1997 she had a brain tumor removed. Taylor admitted to the hospital with lung disease, cardiac dysrhythmia and this is not a full list of problems the actress had.

Death

From February 13th, 2011, Elizabeth was under permanent clinical supervision of doctors. Despite the doctors’ efforts to save her life, “Queen of Hollywood” died of congestive heart failure. The actress was 79 years old.