| She was born on February 27, 1932 and by the age | | | | Dozens of books have been published detailing the |
| of 12 she was an international star. By her 16th | | | | life of Elizabeth Taylor though she hasn't read any of |
| birthday, she was being called The Most Beautiful | | | | them. She refuses to write an autobiography as she |
| Woman in the World. The fact that she was called a | | | | believes that she is still living the chapters of her life. |
| woman was more exciting to her than the meaning | | | | Despite the public fascination with her, Elizabeth |
| of the statement itself. The camera was definitely | | | | Taylor is a very private person. There are aspects of |
| her first lover. She had a certain quiet energy when | | | | her life that will follow her to the grave. She has |
| she was on screen and was capable of evoking | | | | always known what her personal priorities were and |
| emotions with a slight tilt of the head, or the subtle | | | | never sold out. Those who know and love her claim |
| movement of an eyebrow. | | | | that she is a generous and supportive friend. Those |
| Her close ups were her best feature. You could not | | | | who know and love her have been loyal to her for a |
| look away from her when she appeared on screen. | | | | lifetime. |
| In the life of a child star, there is usually a period of | | | | As she lived through the passages of her life, she |
| adolescent awkwardness as puberty settles in and it | | | | started to question her life's' purpose. She has stated, |
| doesn't always photograph very well. Elizabeth never | | | | " If not to make the world a better place, then what |
| had such a period. She transitioned from a stunning | | | | is money for?" Her commitment to AIDS came from |
| teen to a mature sensual woman by the age of 16. | | | | passion and anger at the injustice that she was |
| Her first adult film role was at age 16, playing the | | | | seeing all around her regarding this deadly demon. |
| wife of a military man. Her first passionate screen | | | | Seeing people discriminated against, and turned away |
| kiss came years before her real life romances. | | | | from society was a sin and she refused to look the |
| Elizabeth Taylor was never conceited about her | | | | other way. |
| appearance. She always wanted to know what the | | | | From a thriving acting career, she switched gears and |
| big fuss was all about. As she matured, she simply | | | | became one of the most powerful and influential |
| became more beautiful. Jet black hair, violet eyes | | | | philanthropist of our time. Not only did she raise |
| with a double row of eyelashes created an on screen | | | | money for AIDS, she also took to heart actual AIDS |
| sensation. She has proclaimed never to have had an | | | | patients and comforted them when they were so |
| acting lesson. Her method of acting is instinctual. | | | | close to the end. She revealed to Larry King that she |
| She is, at all times, always aware of the camera and | | | | purposely used her fame and clout to bring public |
| is able to emote within the tiny little window that a | | | | attention to AIDS. She felt it was the only way to |
| close up provides. This separates her from any other | | | | display fame. Elizabeth has been all over the globe |
| actor. This two time Oscar winner has been titled | | | | promoting AIDS awareness and raising money. |
| one of the greatest actresses of all time. It was a | | | | She has been honored by royalty throughout Europe |
| combination of her on screen presence, her beauty | | | | for her humanitarian efforts and at 77, she shows no |
| and her private life that kept her constantly under | | | | sign of slowing down or abandoning her plight. In this |
| the public eye. | | | | day and age, AIDS is thought to be a manageable |
| But, unlike the stars who were ruled by studios to | | | | disease with people living twenty or thirty years |
| conduct their lives according to a set of standard | | | | opposed to living for six months a quarter of a |
| rules and regulations, Elizabeth had her own rules and | | | | century ago. But even this isn't good enough for |
| never felt the need to explain anything to anyone. | | | | Elizabeth Taylor. She refuses to rest until a cure is |
| Her staple statement, "I answer to myself and only | | | | found for only then will the plague be wiped off the |
| to those I love" has sustained her for over seven | | | | face of the Earth. This is her never ending goal. In |
| decades. Great joyous and great tragic events were | | | | 2000, she was given the title Dame by Queen |
| played out in front of the public as millions of people | | | | Elizabeth of England. Now, our Dame Elizabeth Taylor |
| watched with baited breath. What would happen to | | | | lives a quiet life with family and friends...but ever the |
| her next? Her life was called a modern day soap | | | | selfless activist. |
| opera, but she didn't see it that way. | | | | |