Elizabeth Taylor
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This article continues that Elizabeth Taylor "became an actress because a film-producer friend of her father, struck by her unusual dark beauty and needing a young girl with a British accent for a Lassie film, offered her a contract." They are here referring to her 1943 film ''Lassie Come Home'' with [[Roddy McDowall]], in which Elizabeth played Priscilla the daughter of the Duke of Rudling. She rocketed to fame the following year, at age 11, in her starring role in the 1944 film ''National Velvet''. | This article continues that Elizabeth Taylor "became an actress because a film-producer friend of her father, struck by her unusual dark beauty and needing a young girl with a British accent for a Lassie film, offered her a contract." They are here referring to her 1943 film ''Lassie Come Home'' with [[Roddy McDowall]], in which Elizabeth played Priscilla the daughter of the Duke of Rudling. She rocketed to fame the following year, at age 11, in her starring role in the 1944 film ''National Velvet''. | ||
| − | Elizabeth Taylor has been married eight times: Conrad Hilton Jr | + | Elizabeth Taylor has been married eight times: to Conrad Hilton Jr 1950-51, Michael Wilding 1952-57, Mike Todd 1957-58, Eddie Fisher 1959-64, Richard Burton 1964-74, Richard Burton (again) 1975-76, John Warner 1976-82, Larry Fortensky 1991-96.</td></tr></table> |
<table><tr><td>Conrad Nicholson "Nicky" Hilton Jr (1926-69), the eldest son and one of the heirs to his father Conrad's fabulous Hilton Hotel fortune proved to be a drunkard and sometimes violent, at least with Elizabeth. It's been reported, that he spent their wedding night drinking in the hotel bar, while Liz was in their room, and that he was still there the next morning. Nicky and Liz were married in 1950, and only lived together briefly before their divorce was finalized in 1951. They had no children together. | <table><tr><td>Conrad Nicholson "Nicky" Hilton Jr (1926-69), the eldest son and one of the heirs to his father Conrad's fabulous Hilton Hotel fortune proved to be a drunkard and sometimes violent, at least with Elizabeth. It's been reported, that he spent their wedding night drinking in the hotel bar, while Liz was in their room, and that he was still there the next morning. Nicky and Liz were married in 1950, and only lived together briefly before their divorce was finalized in 1951. They had no children together. | ||
