Elizabeth Taylor, one of the last actors from the Golden Era of Hollywood, may have left this world last Wednesday at age 79 but her legacy will be forever cherished and remembered. Elizabeth Taylor is famous for starring in movies like Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Giant, and Cleopatra (she was the first actor to get paid $1 million dollars for her role as Cleopatra). Her movies and her beauty made her famous but Elizabeth Taylor’s eight marriages also kept her in the press. Probably the most illustrious and most talked about relationship was to Richard Burton, whom she married twice. Although her life was well documented on film, there are some things you still might not know about her. Here’s to you Elizabeth Taylor…
Hollywood Reporter’s 25 Things You Didn’t Know About Elizabeth Taylor
As she was promoting her Violet Eyes perfume, she shared 25 things fans didn’t know about her and Hollywood Reporter has published them:
1. Before I made films, I had a lemonade stand in Southern California.
2. When José Eber is out of town, I love to cut my hair and anyone else’s.
3. I’m mad for Law & Order and have seen every single episode. My children and Mariska Hargitay, a dazzling actress, played together as kids.
4. I converted to Judaism in 1959.
5. My Jewish name is Elisheba Rachel.
6. My first horse was named Betty.
7. I didn’t go on a date until I was 16.
8. My legs are too short.
9. The film I’m proudest of is Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
10. I never face the day without perfume.
11. I dreamed of designing perfume 25 years before I did it.
12. I love blood-orange juice.
13. My very first memory is of pain.
14. I’m still heartbroken that Richard [Burton] never won an Oscar.
15. I am sincerely not worried about getting old.
16. I never tried to act until A Place in the Sun.
17. I am disgusted by the amount of myth about me that is accepted as fact.
18. People on Twitter named my new fragrance, Violet Eyes.
19. I’ve never had acting lessons, though many people think I need them.
20. In my twenties, I nearly lost my eye and my leg. Still have them both, tee hee.
21. Nerves are the nemesis of all actors.
22. I hate being called Liz, because it can sound like such a hiss.
23. I believe you can be close to God anywhere.
24. My dog Delilah is in love with my cat Fang. To each his own.
25. My family and people with HIV/AIDS are my life.
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