Elizabeth Taylor

Born: 27 February 1932 Birthplace: London, England Best Known As: Fiery movie star Elizabeth Taylor has had three fairly distinct lives: as the child star of movies like National Velvet; as a fiery Hollywood prima donna, the acknowledged "world's most beautiful woman" and star of movies like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Cleopatra; and as an older Hollywood grande dame and tabloid favorite. Along the way she picked up seven (count 'em) husbands: hotelier Nicky Hilton (divorced), actor Michael Wilding (divorced), producer Mike Todd (died in plane crash), singer Eddie Fisher (divorced), actor Richard Burton (divorced), Burton again (divorced again), politician John Warner (divorced), and construction worker Larry Fortensky (divorced). Taylor won Best Actress Oscars for Butterfield 8 (1960) and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966). Taylor was the first actress to earn a million dollars for one film, for 1963's Cleopatra.