Elizabeth Taylor
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==Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor== | ==Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor== | ||
| − | <table><tr><td>http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/54/039_9228~Elizabeth-Taylor-Posters.jpg</td><td>Taylor was born in Hampstead, | + | <table><tr><td>http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/54/039_9228~Elizabeth-Taylor-Posters.jpg</td><td>Taylor was born in Hampstead, London as the second child of [[#Francis Lenn Taylor|Francis Lenn Taylor]] and [[#Sara Viola Warmbrodt|Sara Viola Warmbrodt]]. Taylor's older brother, Howard Taylor, was 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. |
Both of her American parents were originally from Arkansas City, Kansas. Her father was an art dealer and her mother a former actress whose stage name was Sara Sothern. Sara retired from the stage when she and Francis Taylor married in 1926 in New York.</td></tr></table> | Both of her American parents were originally from Arkansas City, Kansas. Her father was an art dealer and her mother a former actress whose stage name was Sara Sothern. Sara retired from the stage when she and Francis Taylor married in 1926 in New York.</td></tr></table> | ||
