ELIZABETH TAYLOR - WikiVidi Documentary

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond "Liz" Taylor, was a British-American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian. 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 continued her career successfully into the 1960s, and remained a well-known public figure for the rest of her life. In 1999, the American Film Institute named her the seventh-greatest female screen legend. Born in London to wealthy, socially prominent American parents, Taylor moved with her family to Los Angeles in 1939, and she soon was given a film contract by Universal Pictures. She made her screen debut in a minor role in There's One Born Every Minute ,, but Universal terminated her contract after a year. Taylor was then signed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and had her breakthrough role in National Velvet , becoming one of the studio's most popular teenaged stars. She made the transition to adult roles in the early 1950s, when she starred i...

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00:04:10: Early life
00:05:54: Early roles and teenage stardom (1941–1949)
00:11:21: Transition to adult roles (1950–1951)
00:13:44: Continued success at MGM (1952–1955)
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