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Elizabeth Taylorová

1932 – 2011

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Wikipedia Summary

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was a British and American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. She then became the world's highest-paid movie star in the 1960s, remaining a well-known public figure for the rest of her life. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her seventh on its list of the greatest female screen legends.

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth
February 27, 1932
Hampstead Garden Suburb
Date of death
March 23, 2011
Los Angeles
Citizenship

United Kingdom · United States · United States

Occupations & fields
philanthropistautobiographerstage actortelevision actorwriterfilm actor
Awards & honours
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎Dame Commander of the Order of the British EmpirePresidential Citizens MedalMarian Anderson AwardJean Hersholt Humanitarian AwardBAFTA Fellowship
Field and occupation
britsko-americká herečka
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