She was born Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor in Hampstead, London, England, the second child of Francis Lenn Taylor (December 28, 1897-November 20, 1968) and Sara Viola Warmbrodt (August 21, 1896-September
August 28, 2006 (Press Release) --
Elizabeth Taylor (born February 27, 1932) is an English born Academy Award winning actress. She was born Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor in Hampstead, London, England, the second child of Francis Lenn Taylor (December 28, 1897-November 20, 1968) and Sara Viola Warmbrodt (August 21, 1896-September 11, 1994). Her older brother is Howard Taylor (born 1929).
Her paternal grandmother was Elizabeth Taylor (née Elizabeth Mary Rosemond), the source of her famous name. Her father was an art dealer and her mother a former stage actress, whose stage name was Sara Southern when she gave up that vocation to marry. They were both American, originally from Arkansas City, Kansas.
Taylor was born with dual British and American citizenship. At the age of three, she began taking ballet lessons. She lived in England until she was seven. Because of World War II, Taylor's mother returned to the United States with the children while Mr. Taylor remained behind to wrap up matters in the art business. They settled in Los Angeles, where the Warmbrodts were then living, and Taylor's father arrived not long after.
Though some people have called her Liz, she is not fond of that name. She prefers for her given name to be pronounced Eee-lizabeth.
Taylor appeared in her first motion picture at the age of nine for Universal. They let her contract drop and she was signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Her first movie with that studio was Lassie Come Home (1943). This drew favorable attention. After a couple more movies, the second on loan-out to 20th Century Fox, she appeared in her first leading role and achieved child star status playing Velvet Brown, a young girl who trains a horse to win the Grand National in Clarence Brown's movie National Velvet (1944) with Mickey Rooney.
National Velvet was a big hit, grossing over $4,000,000 at the box-office, and she was signed to a long term contract. She attended school on the MGM lot and University High School in Los Angeles, where she received her diploma on January 26, 1950.
Taylor is famous for her beauty, violet eyes and raven hair, and is considered one of most beautiful women in the world as well as an accomplished actress.
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Her paternal grandmother was Elizabeth Taylor (née Elizabeth Mary Rosemond), the source of her famous name. Her father was an art dealer and her mother a former stage actress, whose stage name was Sara Southern when she gave up that vocation to marry. They were both American, originally from Arkansas City, Kansas.
Taylor was born with dual British and American citizenship. At the age of three, she began taking ballet lessons. She lived in England until she was seven. Because of World War II, Taylor's mother returned to the United States with the children while Mr. Taylor remained behind to wrap up matters in the art business. They settled in Los Angeles, where the Warmbrodts were then living, and Taylor's father arrived not long after.
Though some people have called her Liz, she is not fond of that name. She prefers for her given name to be pronounced Eee-lizabeth.
Taylor appeared in her first motion picture at the age of nine for Universal. They let her contract drop and she was signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Her first movie with that studio was Lassie Come Home (1943). This drew favorable attention. After a couple more movies, the second on loan-out to 20th Century Fox, she appeared in her first leading role and achieved child star status playing Velvet Brown, a young girl who trains a horse to win the Grand National in Clarence Brown's movie National Velvet (1944) with Mickey Rooney.
National Velvet was a big hit, grossing over $4,000,000 at the box-office, and she was signed to a long term contract. She attended school on the MGM lot and University High School in Los Angeles, where she received her diploma on January 26, 1950.
Taylor is famous for her beauty, violet eyes and raven hair, and is considered one of most beautiful women in the world as well as an accomplished actress.
Source: http://www.yahoo.com
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