Elizabeth Taylor Interview by Richard Bassett

Posted on 10. Oct, 2009 by baotram in Actors

Dame Elizabeth Taylor tells a rare tale of how she and Montgomery Clift met and how their extraordinary friendship, born out of mutual love and respect, developed. If these video shorts are pleasing to you, please remember to donate to the cause that Dame Elizabeth Taylor holds dear to her heart – The eradication of AIDS in our lifetime.

About Elizabeth Taylor

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932), also known as Liz Taylor, is an English-born British-American actress. Known for her acting skills and beauty, as well as her Hollywood lifestyle, including many marriages. Taylor is considered one of the great actresses of Hollywood’s golden years, as well as a larger-than-life celebrity.

The American Film Institute named Taylor seventh on its Female Legends list.

Taylor was born in Hampstead, a wealthy district of north-west London, the second child of Francis Lenn Taylor (1897–1968) and Sara Viola Warmbrodt (1895–1994), who were Americans residing in England. Taylor’s older brother, Howard Taylor, was born in 1929. Both of her American parents were originally from Arkansas City, Kansas. Her father was an art dealer and her mother a former actress whose stage name was Sara Sothern. Sara retired from the stage when she and Francis Taylor married in 1926 in New York City.