Elizabeth Taylor
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Within a few years, Francis was transferred to the London art gallery of Howard Young and this is where Elizabeth Taylor was born 27 Feb 1932 in Hampstead, London as the second child, her older brother, Howard Taylor, had been born in 1929. Her two first names are in honor of her paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Mary (Rosemond) Taylor. Taylor was born both a British subject and an American citizen, the former by being born on British soil under the principle of jus soli, and the latter through her parents under the principle of jus sanguinis. | Within a few years, Francis was transferred to the London art gallery of Howard Young and this is where Elizabeth Taylor was born 27 Feb 1932 in Hampstead, London as the second child, her older brother, Howard Taylor, had been born in 1929. Her two first names are in honor of her paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Mary (Rosemond) Taylor. Taylor was born both a British subject and an American citizen, the former by being born on British soil under the principle of jus soli, and the latter through her parents under the principle of jus sanguinis. | ||
| − | <table><tr><td>http://www.arnadal.no/film/actors/images/taylor3.jpg<br | + | <table><tr><td>http://www.arnadal.no/film/actors/images/taylor3.jpg<br>Image Source<br><nowiki>http://www.arnadal.no/film/actors/images/taylor3.jpg</nowiki></td><td>One of her first national articles was a New York Times article dated 2 Jan 1949 which includes the tidbits that in 1939 the family moved to [[California]] "to be with Mrs. Taylor's parents, and have lived there ever since." They located in Los Angeles, California where Francis ran an art gallery in Beverly Hills. |
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''. | ||
