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Dame Elizabeth Taylor

(1932-2011), Actor

Sitter in 21 portraits
Born in London to American parents living in Britain, she made her film debut in 1942. Her career moved with increasing acclaim from roles as a child in films such as National Velvet (1944) and Little Women (1948) to parts in Tennessee Williams' adaptations like Suddenly Last Summer (1959). Taylor fell in love with Richard Burton on the set of Cleopatra (1962) and married him in 1964. They appeared together in several films including Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) for which she won a second Academy Award and The Taming of the Shrew (1967). Latterly she devoted her energies to raising fund for AIDS research. She was created a Dame in 1999.

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Dame Elizabeth Taylor, by Andy Warhol - NPG 6051

Dame Elizabeth Taylor

by Andy Warhol
offset lithograph, 1967
NPG 6051

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