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English
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"No celebrity rivals Elizabeth Taylor's glamour and guts or her level of fame. She was the last major star to come out of the old Hollywood studio system and she is a legend known for her beauty and her magnetic screen presence in a career that spanned most of the twentieth century and nearly sixty films. But her private life was even more compelling than her Oscar-winning on-screen performances. During her seventy-nine years of rapid-fire love and...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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This story of the decades-long relationship between Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift chronicles her devotion to the troubled star through a near fatal car crash and the descent into alcoholism and addiction that effectively ended his Hollywood career.
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"This book of quotes explores the many sides of the one-and-only Elizabeth Taylor. In her time, she was perceived as a celebrity, an actress, and a champion for causes. She became a popular and prominent female figure in the twentieth century, and her legacy continues to thrive today. In this book she is described in the words of others, from the stars of yesterday to the celebrities of today. Illustrated with over thirty rare photographs, this book...
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Language
English
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An award-winning author presents the history and impact of both the theatrical and cinematic versions of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and how it forced audiences to confront deeply-held concepts about relationships, sex and family.
Author
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
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Born in England to socially ambitious parents, Elizabeth Taylor was catapulted into child stardom and molded by MGM into the great violet-eyed beauty of postwar America. Along the way, without training or counsel, she became an award-winning actress, dazzling audiences everywhere with spectacular performances.
Spoto explores the gripping story of her brutalizing six-month marriage to compulsive gambler and hotel heir Nicky Hilton, her romances
...10) The most beautiful woman in the world: the obsessions, passions, and courage of Elizabeth Taylor
Author
Publisher
Cliff Street Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Ellis Amburn's magnificent biography of the Academy Award®-winning actress and legendary beauty captures the unparalleled Elizabeth in all her tragedy and splendor-her tumultuous loves, her doomed affections, her shocking excesses, her courage, and her inimitable style. Filled with stunning revelations about the men in her life-Burton, Clift, Hilton, Dean, Fisher-it is a glorious celebration of the turbulent life of a brilliant star that none in...
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
c1981
Language
English
Description
Before she became a teenager, Elizabeth Taylor was already a star, appearing in such films as Lassie Come Home and National Velvet. One of the few child actors to transition to a successful film career as an adult, Taylor starred in such classics as Father of the Bride, A Place in the Sun, and Who' s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? In addition to receiving two Academy Awards, Taylor led a tumultuous personal life that kept her in the headlines for decades....
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Publisher
G. Weidenfeld
Pub. Date
1990
Language
English
Description
A serious and in-depth look at one of the great legends of Hollywood by the London film critic and author of Audrey: Her Real Story. Elizabeth Taylor was perhaps the most "public" of the great stars: an Oscar-winning actress who lived her entire life in the glare of the spotlights. Much has been written about her, but now-with the readability, sensitivity, and thoroughness that have made his previous biographies bestsellers-Alexander Walker explores...
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"ON ELIZABETH TAYLOR: AN OPINIONATED GUIDE is a complete review of the career of a singular actress and film star of the twentieth century. Each of her 67 film appearances is recapped with background on their sources, production, release, and critical and financial reception. Also included are her television films, select TV guest spots, and live theater. Included is an introduction to the phenomenon of Elizabeth Taylor, with an emphasis on her film...
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Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Movie stars build their roles into brands--and the Taylor brand is startlingly feminist. In her breakout film, "National Velvet" (1944), Taylor challenged gender discrimination, playing a jockey who had to pose as a male to race. Her next landmark, "A Place in the Sun" (1951), tackles abortion rights. In "Butterfield 8" (1960), she is censured not because she's a prostitute, but because she controls her own sexuality. And the classic "Who's Afraid...
18) Liz & Dick
Publisher
Entertainment One
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
For nearly a quarter of a century, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were Hollywood royalty and their fiery romance, often called the marriage of the century, was the most notorious, publicized and celebrated love affair of its day. Swarmed by paparazzi worldwide, their love affair was played out entirely in front of the media from the time they met on the set of the major motion picture Cleopatra, left their respective spouses, married and divorced,...
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Publisher
National Geographic Partners
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"Smart, sassy, and unapologetically feminine, this elegantly illustrated book is an ode to the bold and charismatic women of modern history. Best-selling author Karen Karbo (The Gospel According to Coco Chanel) spotlights the spirited rule breakers who charted their way with little regard for expectations: Amelia Earhart, Helen Gurley Brown, Edie Sedgwick, Hillary Clinton, Amy Poehler, and Shonda Rhimes, among others. Their lives--imperfect, elegant,...
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