Elizabeth Taylor.Photo:Silver Screen Collection/Getty
Silver Screen Collection/Getty
Silver screen legendElizabeth Taylorwas many things: An actress, a philanthropist, a Hollywood legend and arguably one of the most beautiful women in the world.
“Elizabeth is bigger than life,” her friend, songwriter Carol Bayer Sager, once told PEOPLE. “She’s the closest thing we have in America to royalty.”
Taylor all but grew up onscreen. She appeared in her first movie,There’s One Born Every Minutein 1942, when she was only 9. Throughout her decades-long career, she earned Academy Award nominations in the best actress category five times and won the honor twice — in 1961 for her performance in the dramaBUtterfield 8and in 1967 for her work inWho’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Her personal life was just as memorable as her career. Taylormarried eight timesthroughout her life to seven different men, andstruggled with addiction.
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The first-ever authorized biography of Elizabeth Taylor is the definitive guide to the silver screen siren. The author draws from Taylor’s unpublished letters, diary entries off-the-record interview transcripts, as well as interviews with 250 of her friends and family to tell a story that’s about as complete as it gets.
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If anyone knew how to do it, Elizabeth Taylor did. This biography charts her rise to stardom, her clashes with studios and the conservative values that embodied American society through much of her career and so much more. A must-read for true Taylor fans.
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‘Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair with Jewelry’.
She was known as much for her style as any else, so this book that guides readers through Taylor’s jewels and gems is a must-read for fashionistas who like a little sparkle. As the star says in the book,“Here, in my own words and as I remember them, are my cherished stories about a lifetime of fun and love and laughter…I’ve never thought of my jewelry as trophies. I’m here to take care of it and to love it, for we are only temporary custodians of beauty.”
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Step into the world of Elizabeth Taylor through the lens of renowned photographer Catherine Opie, in this “indirect portrait” of Taylor through her home and possessions. The images are not universally glamorous — culled from photos Opie took over the course of six months, both on the grounds of and inside Taylor’s home — they include shelves of chotchkes alongside priceless art.
source: people.com
