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by J. Randy Taraborrelli

Considine, Carmen, 39

  Burton, Sally Hay, 352, 356, 360, 362, 365–71,

  Considine, John W., Jr., 39

  381–86, 475

  Conspirator (film), 59, 71–72, 94

  Burton, Sybil, 170–71, 172, 179, 188, 189,

  Coogan Act, 105

  191–92, 196, 212, 213, 220, 223–24,

  Cook, Donald, 359

  225, 228, 237, 241, 278, 455–56, 474–75

  Cosmopolitan magazine, 56

  Bush, George H. W., 406

  Costa, Nicholas, 344–45

  Butterfield 8 (film), 53, 148–52, 161–62, 226, Coward, Noël, 125, 353, 357, 359, 369

  295, 312

  Cowden, Andrea, 37–38

  Byrne, Alec, 412

  Cowden, J. Cheever, 37–38

  Crawford, Joan, 44, 218

  Caine, Michael, 263

  Cronkite, Walter, 132

  Camelot (play), 171, 173

  Cronyn, Hume, 242

  Can-Can (film), 172

  Crowther, Bosley, 24

  Cannon, Jonathan, 400

  Cukor, George, 301

  Capote, Truman, 159–60, 333

  Cullum, John, 360

  Carson, Steve, 354, 470

  Curtis, Tony, 335, 374

  Casa Kimberly, Puerto Vallarta, 230–31, 273,

  Curtiz, Michael, 64

  298, 300

  Cynthia (film), 63

  Cash, Johnny, 374

  Castelli, Leo, 406

  Daily Mail, 462

  Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (film), 55, 133, 135, Daniell, Henry, 50

  144, 147, 151, 162–63, 336, 337

  Darmanin, Peter, 307–8, 309

  Cazalet, Victor, 17–21, 26, 34, 42–43, 48, 96

  Date with Judy, A (film), 63, 65

  Cazalet-Keir, Thelma, 19

  David Frost Show, The, 41

  Céligny, Switzerland, 218, 220, 237, 382, 385,

  Davis, Bette, 257, 336, 405

  386–89

  Davis, Glenn, 70–76

  Champlin, Charles, 421

  Davis, Sammy, Jr., 253–54

  Channing, Carol, 251

  Dean, James, 120, 122, 396

  Chaplin, Charlie, 218

  De Beers Diamonds, 460

  538

  Index

  DeForest, Margaret, 8–9, 408

  Debbie Reynolds and, 139, 141, 142–43,

  DeMann, Ronald, 238, 239

  144, 221, 255, 475–76

  Dennis, Sandy, 256

  drug problem, 342, 374

  Depp, Johnny, 468

  Elizabeth and budding romance, 139–43

  Desilu Studios, 91

  Elizabeth-Burton affair and, 186–92, 196

  Dexter, John, 308

  Elizabeth’s children and, 208

  Dietrich, Marlene, 125

  Elizabeth’s illness and, 156, 157, 158–59

  Dinucci, Kim, 299

  gifts of jewelry to Elizabeth, 145, 194

  Divorce His, Divorce Hers (TV movie), 281 marriage to Elizabeth, 146–47, 149–50, 151,

  Doctor Faustus (film), 261

  159, 160, 165, 172, 174–77, 178,

  Donen, Stanley, 90–91

  179–80, 186–87, 188–92, 218, 255, 324

  Dorchester Hotel, London, 216, 217, 227, 461

  memoirs, 199

  Douglas, Valerie, 381

  Mike Todd and, 131, 139, 141, 147

  Downey, Robert, Jr., 374

  songs dedicated to Elizabeth, 146

  Drake, Alfred, 242

  wedding, Elizabeth and, 145–46

  Drieser, Theodore, 118

  Fitzgerald, Ella, 218

  Driver’s Seat, The (film), 290, 292–93, 294 Flintstones, The (film), 444

  Dunne, Irene, 190n

  Flynn, Marie, 43

  Durbin, Deanna, 36

  Fonda, Henry, 265

  Fonda, Jane, 301

  Eber, José, 426, 427, 443, 444, 459, 464, 467,

  Fontaine, Joan, 96–97

  468

  Fool, The (Pollack), 8, 25, 36, 72

  Eden, Sir Anthony, 22

  Forbes, Malcolm, 391, 414, 420, 447

  Edmonds, Beatrice, 25

  seventieth birthday party, 414–15

  Elephant Walk (film), 112–13, 123, 163

  Ford, Betty, 374, 375, 376

  Elizabeth, Duchess of York (Queen Mother),

  Ford, Gerald, 322, 374

  24

  Fortensky, Larry, 330, 411–22, 441–48,

  Elizabeth II, Queen of England, 23–25, 317,

  456–57, 474

  461–62

  divorce, 445–48

  Elizabeth Takes Off (Taylor), 56, 128–29, 329, marriage to Elizabeth, 422–23, 428–34

  331, 332, 407–8

  uncontrollable rage, 441–43

  Elizabeth Taylor: An Informal Memoir (Taylor, wedding ceremony at Neverland, 422,

  1965), 89, 148, 157, 199, 201, 217, 252

  425–28

  Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair with Jewelry Free Soul, A (film), 123

  (Taylor), 126n

  French, Hugh, 239, 248, 249

  Elizabeth Taylor in London (TV special), 229 Frings, Kurt, 148

  Elizabeth Taylor Theater Company, 356, 363

  Frosch, Aaron, 253, 290, 351

  Ellis, Van Zandt, 245, 246

  Frost, David, 277

  Ellis Island (TV miniseries), 170

  EMI, 335

  Gabor, Zsa Zsa, 170

  Equus (play), 306–12

  Garbo, Greta, 44

  Esmond, Jill, 359

  Gardner, Ava, 230, 231, 301

  Garland, Judy, 44, 258

  Fairbanks, Douglas, 218

  Gates, Tom, 14, 58, 95n, 243, 245, 263–64,

  Falana, Lola, 299

  266–67, 403–4, 414–15

  Father of the Bride (film), 76, 82, 88, 101, 253, Geagley, Brad, 215

  378

  Geffen, David, 400

  Father’s Little Dividend (film), 88, 253 General Hospital (TV series), 339

  Ferber, Edna, 121

  Getty, Aileen, 355, 399–400, 469

  Fifi Oscard Agency, 354

  Getty, John Paul, 355

  Finch, Peter, 112, 155, 163, 226

  Giant (film), 118, 121–22, 130, 336, 398 Fisher, Carrie, 141

  Girl Who Had Everything, The (film), 104, 123 Fisher, Eddie, 139–68, 174–77, 199, 450, 452,

  Goldberg, Whoopi, 56, 399

  456, 472–73

  Goldman, Carl, 260

  Cleopatra filming and, 165, 171, 179–80, Goldstone, Jules, 66, 92, 113

  182, 187

  Gone with the Wind (film), 132, 133

  divorce from Elizabeth, 195, 197–99, 219,

  Goodman, John, 444

  237, 447

  Gottlieb, Michael, 398–99, 400

  Index

  539

  Grace, Princess of Monaco (Grace Kelly),

  studio system, 56–57

  354–55

  Hollywood Babylon II (Anger), 333

  Graduate, The (film), 260

  homosexuality

  Grand Hotel, Rome, 292, 294

  closeted gays and bigotry in Hollywood,

  Granger, Stewart, 171–72

  396, 397

  Great Swifts, Kent, England, 18–19

  Elizabeth’s friendships and role as “mother

  Griffin, Cathy, 135, 342, 450–52, 454

  protector,” 120, 396, 408

  Griffin, Merv, 425

  Francis Taylor and, 27–28

  Griffin, Michelle, 279–80

  James Dean, 120, 396

  Grimes, Tammy, 170

  Montgomery Clift and, 119–21, 133, 396

  Gstaad, Switzerland, 218–25, 267, 298, 300,

  Rock Hudson, 121, 130, 396, 398, 399, 401,

  304, 388–89, 391, 420, 438

  407

  Guilaroff, Sydney, 50, 135, 342, 390, 404

  Victor Cazalet a
nd, 19

  See also AIDS

  Hals, Frans, 34

  Hope, Bob, 240

  Halston, 317, 333, 334, 420

  Hopkins, Anthony, 306

  Hamilton, George, 390, 391

  Hopper, Hedda, 35–36, 63, 390, 410

  Hamlet (play), 238, 240–42, 244, 245–47 Hotel Bel Air, 429–30

  Hammersmith Is Out (film), 264–65

  Hot Mikado, The (play), 125

  Hanley, Richard (Dick), 134, 135, 192, 193

  Howard Young Galleries, 9, 12, 18, 31, 33, 37,

  Happy Birthday Elizabeth (TV special), 450–52 102

  Harmon, Mark, 417

  Howell, C. Thomas, 402

  Harrison, Rex, 114, 163, 164, 186, 217

  Hudson, Rock, 120–21, 130, 335, 339, 360,

  Hart, Matissa, 220–22

  396, 398, 399, 401, 407

  Hartley, Ted, 415

  Hughes, Howard, 77–79, 91–92, 104, 136, 140

  Harvey, Laurence, 151, 295

  Hunt, Suzy, 304–6, 307, 309, 312, 341

  Havilland, Olivia de, 171

  Hurt, John, 381–82

  Hawks, Howard, 119

  Huston, John, 229, 362, 363

  Hawthorn Elementary School, 35, 41

  Hay, Sally. See Burton, Sally Hay

  Incontrera, Annabella, 291

  Haynes, Brian, 304

  Intermezzo: A Love Story (film), 43

  Hayward, Susan, 144

  International Motion Picture Almanac, The Head, Edith, 82

  (Crowther), 24

  Hellman, Lillian, 336

  Ivanhoe (film), 91, 93, 94, 123

  Helmsley Palace Hotel, New York, 354

  I Want to Live (film), 144

  Hepburn, Audrey, 196

  Hepburn, Katharine, 44, 47, 147

  Jackson, Michael, 60–61, 345, 404–5, 422–25,

  Herlie, Eileen, 242

  434, 438, 450, 452, 454n, 460

  Hernandez, Fernando, 131

  Elizabeth-Larry Fortensky wedding and,

  Hewett, Ivy, 86

  425–28

  Hill, Aaron, 348, 351–53

  Neverland Valley Ranch, 422, 424–25

  Hilton, Conrad, 79

  Jacobson, Max, 342

  Hilton, Nicky, 79–89, 124, 320, 471

  Jane Eyre (film), 45, 46–47, 50

  abuse, 83–89, 98–101, 112, 129, 199, 211,

  Jenkins, Butch, 60

  378

  Jenkins, “Dic Bach,” 169, 170

  divorce, 88–89, 90

  Jenkins, Graham, 233, 351, 365–66, 367,

  engagement, 82

  382–83, 385, 386

  honeymoon, 83–85

  John XXIII, Pope, 201

  reconciliation and final split, 98–101, 105

  John, Augustus, 34, 35, 36, 37

  wealth, 79, 80

  Johnson, Don, 374

  wedding, May 6, 1950, 82–83

  Johnson, Van, 123

  Hilton, Paris, 471

  Jolson Sings Again (film), 90

  Hoffman, Barbara, 257

  Jolson Story, The (film), 90

  Hollywood, California

  Jones, Bill, 397

  disillusion and, 61–62

  Jones, Quincy, 425

  Elizabeth Taylor in, childhood, 34–61

  Jourdan, Louis, 226

  Francis Taylor gallery in, 34–35

  HUAC hearings and blacklisting, 90, 123

  Karl, Harry, 254–55

  MGM power in, 44–45, 56

  Katselas, Milton, 360, 361

  540

  Index

  Kearns, Doris, 70

  Lucy Show, The, 277–78

  Kearns, Hubie, 70

  Luft, Lorna, 374

  Kelly, Dan, 41

  Luna, Victor Gonzalez, 358, 360, 364, 367–68,

  Kennamer, Rex, 134, 135, 193

  371, 383, 384, 391, 456

  Kennedy, John F. (Jack), 197

  Lustig, Hank, 182–84

  Kennedy, Joseph, 32

  Luv (play), 257–58

  Kennedy Onassis, Jacqueline, 197, 405

  Lyndon, Jimmy, 63

  Kerr, Deborah, 230

  Lyon, Sue, 230

  Khashoggi, Adnan, 416

  Khrushchev, Nikita, 172

  MacLaine, Shirley, 135

  King, Larry, 135, 443

  Maddox, Brenda, 52

  Kirkwood, James, 390

  Madonna, 468

  Kissinger, Henry, 317

  Maeterlinck, Maurice, 301

  Klansman, The (film), 298–99

  Mainbocher, 22

  Klein, Arnold, 400

  Malice in Wonderland (TV movie), 390

  Konigsbauer, Maria, 176

  Mamoulian, Rouben, 163

  Korean War, 71, 106

  Manilow, Barry, 404

  Krim, Arthur, 400

  Mankiewicz, Chris, 166–67, 182, 183, 184,

  Krim, Mathilde, 400

  185, 186, 204

  Kubrick, Stanley, 230

  Mankiewicz, Joseph, 147, 160, 163, 164, 165,

  181–82, 185, 186, 188, 205, 215, 217

  Landau, Martin, 196

  Margaret Rose, Princess of England, 23–24

  Lansbury, Angela, 335

  Martin Beck Theater, New York, 339

  Lantz, Robert, 306, 308, 356–58, 367, 368,

  Martinelli, Elsa, 226

  401, 405

  Marvin, Lee, 298

  LaSalle, Eleanor, 408, 410

  Marx, Sam, 43

  Lassie Come Home (film), 43–45, 50, 443 Mason, James, 257

  Last Days of Dolwyn, The (film), 170

  May, Elaine, 257

  Last Time I Saw Paris, The (film), 123

  Mayer, Louis B., 40, 44–45, 55, 56–57, 63, 64,

  Latin Lovers (film), 104

  92, 105, 111–12, 410

  Laurent Hotel, New York, 363

  Elizabeth Taylor audition, 40

  Lawford, Chris, 293

  Metro Girls and, 45

  Lawford, Peter, 43, 45, 135, 159, 293, 294, 374 National Velvet, horse given to Elizabeth, Lawrence, Gertrude, 359

  52–53

  Lehman, Ernest, 256, 258

  wedding gown given to Elizabeth, 82

  Leigh, Janet, 70

  McCall’s magazine, 25

  Leigh, Vivien, 37, 112, 123, 226

  McCambridge, Mercedes, 122, 147, 249

  Lerner, Max, 414

  McClory, Kevin, 115–16

  Levant, Oscar, 240

  McDowall, Roddy, 43, 44, 45, 60, 171, 173,

  Liberace, 405

  179, 180, 188, 193, 221, 372–73, 454n,

  Licht, Susan, 344–45

  455–56, 475

  Life magazine, 453

  McKeown, Tom, 470

  Life with Father (film), 64, 118, 190n

  McMahon, Patrick, 309, 310, 311–12, 366–67,

  Lilly, Beatrice, 251

  368

  Lincoln, Marianne, 102, 162

  Mellon, Catherine, 318

  Little Foxes, The (play), 336–39, 341, 344, 346, Mendlesen, Tim, 460

  347, 351, 356, 359, 440

  Mering, Germany, 175, 176

  Little Night Music, A (film), 320

  Merrill, Dina, 415

  Little Princess, The (film), 32–33

  MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) Studios

  Little Spitfire, The (play), 11

  child stars and, 55, 59, 60

  Little Women (film), 70–71

  control over stars’ appearance, 56, 58–59

  Lolita (film), 230

  Elizabeth’s first contract (1943), 43–45

  Look Back in Anger (film), 170

  Elizabeth’s long-term contract (1945), 52

  Look magazine, 278

  Elizabeth’s preference for, 39–41

  Loren, Sophia, 226, 272, 289, 290–92

  Elizabeth’s second contract (1951), 91, 92,

  Lorre, Peter,
125

  93, 149

  Los Angeles Times, 277, 421

  Elizabeth’s separation from Wilding, 117,

  Love Is Better Than Ever (film), 90, 91, 123 126

  Lowry, Malcolm, 362

  Elizabeth’s suspension for pregnancy, 104

  Index

  541

  Elizabeth’s treatment at, 55–59, 123

  Olivier, Laurence, 226, 359

  Elizabeth’s wedding to Michael Wilding

  Olson, Dale, 298, 300

  and, 103

  O’Neal, Brian, 354

  Elizabeth’s wedding to Nicky Hilton and,

  O’Neill, George and Nena, 200

  82–83

  Only Game in Town, The (film), 272–73

  films released, 1944, 47

  Open Marriage (O’Neill), 200

  legends and publicity, 23–24, 52, 60, 73, 74,

  Oroville, California, 298–300

  76, 79–80

  Orwell, George, 382

  “morals clause,” 91

  O’Toole, Peter, 229

  movies with Elizabeth and Burton, 226–27

  Owen, Hilda and Dai, 386–87

  power and influence of, 44, 201–2

  See also Berman, Pandro; Mayer, Louis B. Palace Hotel, New York, 403

  Michael Todd Company, 197

  Palance, Brooke, 355, 461, 469

  Miller, Andrew P., 328

  Palance, Jack, 355

  Minnelli, Liza, 333, 374

  Pal Joey (film), 151

  Minnelli, Vincente, 82, 253

  Pallola, Ellen, 291–92

  Mintzer, Maurice, 230

  Palm Beach Society magazine, 403, 415

  Mirror Crack’d, The (film), 335

  Palmer, Tony, 352

  Misenhimer, Bill, 397, 398–99, 400

  Paramount Pictures, 47, 112, 118, 123

  Mitchell, Darryl, 33–34

  Parfums International, Chesebrough-Pond,

  Mitchell, Edward, 33

  403, 404

  Monroe, Marilyn, 59, 258

  Parker Playhouse, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida,

  Montalban, Ricardo, 104

  338–39

  Moore, Demi, 468

  Parkinson, Norman, 281

  Moore, Mary Tyler, 374

  Parks, Larry, 90, 123

  Morton, Gary, 277

  Parsons, Louella, 35, 186, 390

  Mouawad, Robert, 340

  Patroni-Griffi, Giuseppe, 292

  Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, 249

  Pauley, Jane, 332

  Mutiny on the Bounty (film), 163

  Pawley, William, 72, 76–77, 83

  My Cousin Rachel (film), 171, 267

  Peck, Gregory, 425, 427

  My Fair Lady (film), 196

  Pendleton, Austin, 337

  My Fair Lady (play), 114

  People magazine, 345

  People Will Talk (film), 160

  Nabokov, Vladimir, 230

  Perkins, Anthony, 306, 308, 323

  National Film Theatre, 461

  Perkins, Elizabeth, 444

  National Hemophilia Foundation, 249–50

  Pinkston, Jim, 390

  National Portrait Gallery, London, 461

  Place in the Sun, A (film), 77, 118–19, 122,

  National Velvet (film), 47–53, 101, 149 190n

  Newman, Paul, 147, 162–63

 

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