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"The first authorized biography of the Hollywood icon draws on unpublished letters, diary entries, and off-the-record interview transcripts as well as interviews with Taylor's closest friends and family to tell the story of her remarkable life and career, from her rise to fame at age twelve, through her eight marriages, and her efforts to fight AIDS."--
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Book Vine Press
Pub. Date:
2022
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English
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If you are a fanatic fan of Elizabeth Taylor like I am, you will know that there have been almost 70 books depicting her amazing life. One memoir of course titled Elizabeth Taylor which was written by the lady herself in 1964. Most editions are unsolicited and most rehash a story that has been told over-and-over again. "Elizabeth Taylor My Celebrity Connection", is my story and it began with a simple letter. I wrote to Elizabeth Taylor way back in...
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Greystone Books
Pub. Date:
2011
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English
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From her fairytale childhood to her impressive array of movies and marriages, Elizabeth Taylor's life, both on and off the screen, has enchanted, saddened, appalled, and entertained us for the past seven decades. Elizabeth Taylor: The Lady, The Lover, The Legend -- the first new biography to be published following her death -- strips away the Hollywood veneer to reveal the woman as she really was. Through his incredible depth of knowledge, biographer...
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Taj Books International
Pub. Date:
2014
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English
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Elizabeth Taylor defines movie star. Breathtakingly beautiful from a very young age, she most successfully made the rare transition from child star to adult star. Pocketing two Best Actress Oscars and numerous other honors for achievement in acting, Elizabeth battled an overbearing stage mother, a strong handed studio, unhappy marriages, global media attention, alcohol and prescription drug addiction, and life-long health problems to emerge, if not...
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Blood Moon Productions
Pub. Date:
2012
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English
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Before she died, Elizabeth Taylor claimed that previous biographers had revealed "only half of my story, but I can't tell the other half because I'd get sued." In response to that challenge, Blood Moon presents history's most comprehensive compilation of the unpublished-until now-secrets of Dame Elizabeth. With photos, this meaty and startling book offers a juicy feast of until, now untold tales about the 20th century's most deadline-generating actress,...
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Phoenix Books, Inc
Pub. Date:
1990
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English
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Before she became a teenager, Elizabeth Taylor was already a star, appearing in such films as Lassie Come Home and National Velvet. One of the few child actors to transition to a successful film career as an adult, Taylor starred in such classics as Father of the Bride, A Place in the Sun, and Who' s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? In addition to receiving two Academy Awards, Taylor led a tumultuous personal life that kept her in the headlines for decades....
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HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date:
2011
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English
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From the time she appeared in National Velvet, the film that skyrocketed her to international fame at age twelve in 1944, until her death, Elizabeth Taylor's beauty, allure, and personal strength captivated the world. In a career that spanned more than sixty years, she brought her raw talent and magnetism to bear in now classic films such as Father of the Bride, Suddenly, Last Summer, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Giant, Cleopatra, and Who's Afraid of Virginia...
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Getty Images
Pub. Date:
2011
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English
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She was a star who was both idolized as a screen goddess and viewed by her adoring public as someone who was approachable, relatable and fun. This luminous photographic retrospective of the great roles and public and private moments captures the style and essence of one of Hollywood's last great stars.
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HarperAudio
Pub. Date:
2022
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English
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The first authorized biography of the Hollywood icon draws on unpublished letters, diary entries, and off-the-record interview transcripts as well as interviews with Taylor's closest friends and family to tell the story of her remarkable life and career,from her rise to fame at age twelve, through her eight marriages, and her efforts to fight AIDS.
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Legend Films & Jersey Productions
Pub. Date:
2013
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English
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For more than 60 years, Elizabeth Taylor's dazzling beauty and scandalous life captured our fascination, provoked our envy, teased our curiosity and, at times aroused our pity. She was American royalty and the undisputed queen of the tabloids. See her life unfold from her first film through her last marriage and hear her thoughts on being a star, marriage and being what Hollywood tried to make her.
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Elizabeth Taylor An Icon Remembered volume 2
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Author's Republic
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
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In part two of this master work on the life of Elizabeth Taylor she discusses her marriages, sometimes uneven acting career, and unending crusade to afford HIV suffers the love, compassion, respect, and care they deserve. At the end of her life, above all, Liz dedicated her time to her many charities unselfishly giving millions to worthy causes and personally joining protests for equal rights for homosexuals and other oppressed persons. With an unobtrusive...
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Movie stars establish themselves as brands—and Taylor's brand , in its most memorable outings, has repeatedly introduced a broad audience to feminist ideas. In her breakout film, "National Velvet" (1944), Taylor's character challenges gender discrimination,: Forbidden as a girl to ride her beloved horse in an important race, she poses as a male jockey. Her next milestone, "A Place in the Sun" (1951), can be seen as an abortion rights movie—a...