Elizabeth Taylor: Short Biography, Net Worth & Career Highlights

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English-American actress Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was born on the 27th February 1932, in Hampstead, London, England, regarded by some as one of the greatest actresses of all time, She is probably best recognized for starring in the role of Catherine Holly in “Suddenly, Last Summer” in 1959, playing Gloria Wandrous in “Butterfield 8” in 1960, and as Martha in “Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?” in 1966. Her career was active from 1942 to 2007. She passed away in 2011.

So, have you ever wondered how rich Elizabeth Taylor was? According to celebrity dot money, it was estimated that Elizabeth’s net worth at the impressive amount of 600 million dollars at the time of her death, accumulated largely through her successful career as an actress. Other sources of her wealth came from the sales of her two best-selling perfumes – “Passion” and “White Diamonds”, and her own fashion company called House of Taylor. Additionally, one suspects that divorce settlements from her eight marriages may have contributed too.

Elizabeth Taylor was the daughter of Francis Lenn Taylor, an art dealer, and Sara Sothern, a stage actress; as her parents were Americans, she received dual citizenship at birth. She attended Byron House, a Montessori school, but when the family returned to Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, , she continued her education at Hawthorne School. Soon, under the influence of her mother, she began to pursue a career initially as a child actress, as her eyes were blue, almost violet sometimes, which drew audiences attention.

Elizabeth was spotted by John Cheever Cowdin, so auditioned at both Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Universal Pictures, which offered her a contract in 1941, so making her debut appearance in “There’s One Born Every Minute” the following year, which marked the beginning of her net worth. Later, she signed a contract with MGM, and was cast as Priscilla in “Lassie Come Home” in 1943, and as “Jane Eyre” in the same year, which was followed the next year by appearances in such other film titles “National Velvet”, and “Father Of The Bride” (1950).

Her popularity started expanding enormously when she was chosen for one of the leading roles in George Stevens’ film “A Place In The Sun” (1951), which became a commercial success. In the following year, Elizabeth starred in the role of Anastacia Macaboy in the romantic comedy “Love Is Better Than Ever”, after which she was cast in “Ivanhoe” in the same year. In 1956 she was played Leslie Lynnton Benedict in the film “Giant”, for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Special Achievement. From then, she lined up success after success, playing Susanna Drake in “Raintree County” in 1957, and as Maggie 'The Cat' Pollit in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” in 1958, both earning her a Laurel Award for Top Female Dramatic Performance. In the next year, she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama for her performance as Catherine Holly in the film “Suddenly, Last Summer”, and in 1960, an Academy Award for Best Actress for starring in the role of Gloria Wandrous in “Butterfield 8”. All of these roles added a considerable amount to her net worth.

Elizabeth’s next big role came in 1963, when she appeared in the title role in the film “Cleopatra”, alongside her future husband Richard Burton, and three years later they appeared together in leading roles in “Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?”, which marked her whole acting career, as she won numerous awards, including a second Academy Award for Best Actress, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Laurel Award for Top Female Dramatic Performance, etc.

During the 1970s and 1980s, Elizabeth appeared in several prominent roles, including as Jimmie Rosie Probert in “Under Milk Wood”, portraying Barbara Sawyer in Larry Peerce’s film “Ash Wednesday”, and as Desiree Armfeldt in “A Little Night Music”. In 1981, she made her debut guest-appearance in the TV series “General Hospital”, as Helena Cassadine, and four years later starred in the role of Louella Parsons in the TV film “Malice In Wonderland”, and was selected to portray Madam Conti in the TV mini-series “North And South”. All of these roles increased her net worth by a large margin.

To speak further about her acting career, in the next decade, Elizabeth continued with guest-starring roles in such TV series as “Captain Planet and The Planeteers”, “The Nanny” and “Can’t Hurry Love”, among others, steadily increasing her net worth. Moreover, she landed a role in the 2001 film “These Old Broads”, and also did voice-overs in several titles, including “The Simpsons” from 1992 to 1993, “High Society” in 1996, and “God, The Devil And Bob” in 2001. Her last performance was on the stage, when she appeared in the play “Love Letters” in 2007.