Richard Burton; Dame Elizabeth Taylor

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Richard Burton; Dame Elizabeth Taylor

by Terry O'Neill
bromide fibre print, 1971
18 3/4 in. x 12 1/2 in. (478 mm x 317 mm)
Given by Terry O'Neill, 2003
Photographs Collection
NPG x126133

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  • Terry O'Neill (1938-2019), Photographer. Artist or producer of 80 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.

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Richard Burton was filming Villain (1971) when O'Neill took this photograph. Burton played top crime boss Vic Dakin in the Krays-influenced Gangster film. Burton married Taylor in 1964 after their well-publicized romance as co-stars on Cleopatra (1964). They made several films together including Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). Subsequently they divorced and later married for a second time.

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Current affairs

The United Kingdom changes to the Decimal System for currency, getting rid of shillings, and guineas and simplifying the denomination of pounds into 100 pence. This brought the British pound sterling in line with other currencies and made computer calculation easier.

Art and science

Michael Caine stars in the filmGet Carter, a British crime classic about a man who sets out to get bloody revenge on the gangsters that killed his brother.

International

The Immigration Act consolidated previous legislation in order to limit immigration, by requiring applicants to hold a work permit and introduced the concept of right of abode.
In Uganda, Idi Amin overthrows President Milton Obote and becomes dictator.

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