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FREE ELIZABETH TAYLOR: A LIFE IN PICTURES PDF Yann-Brice Dherbier | 192 pages | 01 Nov 2008 | PAVILION BOOKS | 9781862058323 | English | London, United Kingdom Elizabeth Taylor: A life in pictures | Film | The Guardian Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Elizabeth Taylor: A Life in Pictures See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us Elizabeth Taylor: A Life in Pictures the problem. Return to Book Page. Alexander Thiltges. Pierre-Henri Verlhac Editor. Accomplished in her field Elizabeth Taylor: A Life in Pictures revered for her beauty, Liz's career firmly placed her in the limelight from an early age. Elizabeth's off-screen life was as eventful as her on-screen one: the press's fascination with her many marriages created the kind of celebrity obsession we see today. Her involvement with charity work, especially her own AIDS charity, has shown another side to this award-winning actress. A detailed biography accompanies the images. Get A Copy. Hardcoverpages. More Details Original Title. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Elizabeth Taylorplease sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Apr 20, Alice marked it as to-read. Having finished the one for Grace I am even more excited about this one for Elizabeth! 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Readers also enjoyed. About Pierre-Henri Verlhac. Pierre-Henri Verlhac. Books by Pierre-Henri Verlhac. Related Articles. If you haven't heard of record-smashing singer and songwriter Mariah Carey, is there any hope for you? Read more Trivia About Elizabeth Taylor No trivia or quizzes yet. Welcome back. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Elizabeth Taylor - Wikipedia She was born in the Hampstead Garden neighborhood, outside of London. Her parents, originally from Kansas, expatriated to London, where they opened up an art gallery. A young Elizabeth grew up going to Montessori school, surrounded by some of the most famous British politicians, artists, actors and actresses in England, all clients of her father. That year, the Taylors relocated to Los Angeles, where an uncle had already settled. Immediately, Francis Taylor reopened the art gallery. He settled his family into the upscale neighborhood of Beverly Hills, establishing himself within the social elite of Los Angeles. A path opened before young Elizabeth. A beautiful child, she had Elizabeth Taylor: A Life in Pictures genetic mutation that made her eyelashes double-length. Her eyes, infinitely blue, were described as being violet. Through the help of some of his influential clients, Francis Taylor secured his daughter auditions at Universal and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studios. After auditioning for both studios, she received offers from both of them, choosing to work for MGM. But her movie contract was terminated after only one year. Thanks to another family connection, Elizabeth won a minor role in Lassie Come Home. Her knack for impersonating a British accent then landed additional work that also required one. Her first starring role was in National Velvet; she was just twelve years old. Filming was pushed back several months so that she Elizabeth Taylor: A Life in Pictures grow and brush up on her horse-riding skills. When the film released during Christmasit was a box office hit and breakout role for Taylor. As an adult, she said that it was the most Elizabeth Taylor: A Life in Pictures role that she ever played. Throughout her childhood, Taylor was groomed for success by MGM studio executives. As a teenager, she starred in another five films between tooften playing the part of a teenage rebel or love-interest. Little did she realize an era was ending. Elizabeth Taylor was the last great Hollywood star who grew up in the movie studios. Like the scene from The Godfather where movie executive Jack Woltz describes losing his star actress, MGM had spent Elizabeth Taylor: A Life in Pictures on creating and sculpting the image of the young Elizabeth Taylor, often going to the extreme to achieve perfection. In between films, they straightened her teeth, in addition to pulling two of them. They had her hairline plucked, and eyebrows reshaped. There was yet another aspect of control: boys. When she was still an adolescent, the studios encouraged romantic relationships, first Elizabeth Taylor: A Life in Pictures Taylor and football star Glen Davis. Elizabeth Taylor and Conrad Hilton Jr. The eldest son of hotel magnate Conrad Hilton Sr. Yet after a two-week honeymoon in Europe, already it became clear to Taylor that the marriage would not last. Even her parents were completely appalled by Hilton. They filed for divorce; the marriage ended just eight months after their wedding. For the first time, she played more complex character roles. Critics remarked that the depth of emotion that she could tap into on screen was far beyond her young years. She had harmed her public image, which in turn cost the studio money. Soon she began receiving inadequate roles that she largely did not want to do. She could reorient herself at last. Elizabeth Taylor had remarked that her puritanical childhood greatly influenced the way she approached love and marriage. It would be a constant theme in her relationships that she would need to contend with, as though her passion in front of the camera overflowed into her everyday life. Just one year Elizabeth Taylor: A Life in Pictures divorcing Hilton, she married British actor Michael Wilding. Ironically, Taylor became more dependent than ever on MGM studios. Everything seemed to be coming up roses. The latter helped Elizabeth Taylor to solidify herself as one of the best actresses in Hollywood by Elizabeth Taylor: A Life in Pictures an Academy Award nomination for her performance. Her busy career took a toll on her marriage, which ended in divorce in Shortly after her split with Wilding, she married for a third time, to movie executive, Mike Todd. Sadly, this too was not to last: Todd was tragically killed in a plane crash just months after their wedding. In spite of the trauma, Taylor was barely even able to grieve. Just weeks later, she was forced to return to work. Between andElizabeth Taylor worked at a feverish pace, no matter the details of her personal Elizabeth Taylor: A Life in Pictures. She completed three movies in that time, pairing twice with Montgomery Clift, and having the opportunity to act alongside such Hollywood heavyweights as Katharine Hepburn and leading man Paul Newman. She poured her grief into her performance in the film version of the Tennessee Williams play Cat on a Hot Tin Roofand critics took notice. But at this time, the constantly scrutinized actress faced publicity of another kind: scandalizing gossip. The press was hungry to sink its teeth in. To complicate matters further, his best friend had been Mike Todd, her recently deceased husband. His divorce from wife Debbie Reynolds, and his marriage to Taylor, were immensely unpopular. Nonetheless, Elizabeth Taylor was determined to continue showing her prowess as an actress. Despite her incredible performance in Cat on a Hot Tin Roofthe Academy snubbed her, as though punishing her personal life. With her tracheotomy scar visible, clutching Eddie Fisher as she ascended the stage, she won the Best Actress Oscar in for BUtterfield 8a film whose script mirrored the plot of her scandalized personal life. She was now on top of her game. What was next? At the height of her fame and in the midst of her busy acting schedule, Taylor turned her attention to something more personal: her spirituality. Although raised a Christian Scientist, she said that she had felt Jewish all her life. Despite the fact that two of her husbands were Jewish, she said her decision to become Jewish, converting inwas entirely hers.