Elizabeth Taylor
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Elizabeth Taylor's father [[#Francis Lenn Taylor|Francis Lenn Taylor]] although born in Springfield, Sangamon County, [[Illinois]], had moved with his family to Arkansas City, [[Kansas]]. Probably while there, Francis met his future wife [[#Sarah Viola Warmbrodt|Sarah Viola Warmbrodt]]. Francis moved to New York City where he was an art dealer for a wealthy relative, Howard Young. Sarah meanwhile became a stage actress as "Sara Sothern, playing both in New York City and other cities. They married in New York City in 1929 whereupon Sarah retired from the stage. | Elizabeth Taylor's father [[#Francis Lenn Taylor|Francis Lenn Taylor]] although born in Springfield, Sangamon County, [[Illinois]], had moved with his family to Arkansas City, [[Kansas]]. Probably while there, Francis met his future wife [[#Sarah Viola Warmbrodt|Sarah Viola Warmbrodt]]. Francis moved to New York City where he was an art dealer for a wealthy relative, Howard Young. Sarah meanwhile became a stage actress as "Sara Sothern, playing both in New York City and other cities. They married in New York City in 1929 whereupon Sarah retired from the stage. | ||
| − | 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>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. |
| − | + | 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 for Howard Young, in Beverly Hills.</td><td>http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515CWCN4GZL._SL500_AA280_.jpg [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004RFHM/102-9279843-7223326?ie=UTF8&tag=countyh-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00004RFHM Buy ''National Velvet'' on VHS], [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004RFHN/102-9279843-7223326?ie=UTF8&tag=countyh-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00004RFHN or DVD]</td></tr></table> | |
<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>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 as "Velvet Brown" in the 1944 film ''National Velvet'', opposite Mickey Rooney. | <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>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 as "Velvet Brown" in the 1944 film ''National Velvet'', opposite Mickey Rooney. | ||
