Elizabeth Taylor has always amazed with her beauty. A situation that determined his personality from a very young age and led to his early entry into the Hollywood universe. Born in London in 1932, II. Fear of the consequences of World War II brought his family to Los Angeles; Here little Liz found her way to victory. She was not yet ten years old, and people stopped her on the street to admire her dark curls, symmetrical face and violet eyes. “They said she looked like Vivien Leigh, star of the 1939 smash hit Gone with the Wind, and that she should audition for the role of Vivien’s daughter,” says the actress. Journalist Kate Andersen Brower, author of the first authorized biography of the actressA book that draws on the translator’s own diary, unpublished letters and numerous interviews with friends and family to delve deeper into the complex life of one of the 20th century’s greatest icons.
Impulsive, capricious, intelligent, passionate, driven, and with a special sensitivity for connecting with the suffering of others. Elizabeth Taylor ‘can’t remember a time in her life when she wasn’t famous’This led to an extensive list of misfortunes. The first is the beatings of his art dealer father, who could not stand his daughter making more money than him. “I know you were drunk when you did this to me and you didn’t mean to do it.” Then they came upon him Nicky Hilton’s hits, the first of her seven husbands, who also had problems with alcohol. That incident happened on the couple’s honeymoon without knowing that she was pregnant. caused her to have an abortion. Eight months after the wedding, the divorce took place and Elizabeth Taylor faced a difficult test to find the love of her life. She was nineteen years old and had more than a dozen films behind her.
British actor Michael Wilding was her second husband, with whom she had two sons, Michael and Christopher.and who she cheated on with Frank Sinatra. Although the discussions with Wilding did not come to a conclusion, the actor felt that the age difference between them (they were twenty years apart) had led to an irreparable separation between them. The thing is that her third husband, producer Michael Todd, with whom her daughter Liza was with, was 23 years older than her. Todd’s sudden death in a plane crash in 1958 plunged Taylor into deep sorrow. He also ruined the celebration of his achievements with films like The Tree of Life, The Giant and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. “When the plane crashed, I crashed with it,” he said. While personal misfortune seemed to follow him, professional luck smiled upon him like never before.
She found solace in the arms of singer Eddie Fisher. the one who would become her fourth husband. Fisher, a close friend of Todd’s, was married to actress Debbie Reynolds, who served as a bridesmaid at the wedding between Taylor and the late producer, so the resulting romance between the two became akin to a state affair. The scandal divided the country and the world between those in favor of the new relationship and those who saw Taylor as a treacherous friend. and destroying homes (one must take into account the puritanical and sexist mentality that prevailed in Eisenhower’s America in the 1950s).
But as in blackberry spots, it is also called another green spot. Richard Burton, Taylor’s partner in the film Cleopatra, with whom she became the author of the greatest feminist demand of the film industry. She demanded one million dollars, a salary that even her male counterparts could not match at the time, and Fox agreed. He contracted meningitis and pneumonia shortly after shooting began in London. There were fears for his life, but he managed to recover from tracheostomy surgery, which left a significant scar on his neck. They were both still married when Liz’s love interest in the role of Burton was revealed. This made the couple the center of attention of all eyes.
Theirs was a tumultuous tale of love, passion, the jewels he gave her, and alcoholic self-destruction. They were married and divorced twice., fueling the media circus around them to grow to unknown levels (also because they worked together on eleven films). After the breakup, she would confess, “I love Richard with every fiber of my soul, but we can’t be together.” Elizabeth Taylor, A Marked Woman, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? He won two Oscars for his performance in the films. and she married and divorced twice more, to politician John Warner and builder Larry Fortensky, whom she met at a detox clinic.
The last years of his life were devoted to noble causes. Throughout his career, he confided in Montgomery Clift, Rock Hudson, and James Dean.Those who painfully hide their homosexuality to avoid the prying eyes of society. After Hudson’s death in 1985, the actor became steadfastly involved in the fight against AIDS and in defense of LGTBI rights. Thanks to his intense humanitarian work He managed to raise millions of dollars, making him a moneymaker Oscar honorary in 1993among other recognitions. He passed away in 2011 at the age of 79, leaving behind an unrepeatable artistic and humanitarian legacy. He knew that his own life was “an extraordinary life.” A life he lived without fear of being himself. Today, not even AI has the ability to calculate how many Instagram updates it takes to find an influencer of ‘Taylor’s’ stature.
elizabeth taylor The power and magnificence of an icon
Writer: Kate Andersen Brower
Translation: Joan Andreano Weyland
Editorial: Dome Books
Price: 22.95 Euro