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Elizabeth Taylor
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Elizabeth Taylor

Actor · born February 27, 1932 · died 2011

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Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was a British and American actress. 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.

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Milestones, by age

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  1. 28Received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture DramaMarch 10, 1960
  2. 29Received the Academy Award for Best ActressApril 17, 1961
  3. ~34Received the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role1966
  4. ~52Received the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award1984
  5. 61Received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian AwardMarch 29, 1993
  6. 66Received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement AwardMarch 8, 1998

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1902–1968 · United States

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