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by J. Randy Taraborrelli

Plaza Hotel, New York, 99, 100

  Newsweek, 237

  Plowman, Earl, 343

  New York Post, 257

  Poker Alice (TV movie), 391

  New York Times, 199, 361, 424

  Pollack, Channing, 8

  New York World-Telegram & Sun, 52

  Ponti, Carlo, 289, 290, 291, 298

  Nibbles and Me (Taylor), 61, 141–42, 252 Porto Stanto Stefano, 211–15

  Nichols, Mike, 202, 257–58, 260

  Power, Tyrone, 172

  Night of the Iguana, The (film), 229–33, 279, Presley, Elvis, 343

  363

  Private Lives (play), 353, 356–71, 380

  Nine Lives of Michael Todd, The (Cohn), 134 1984 (film), 381

  Raintree County (film), 133, 267

  North and South (TV miniseries), 390

  Ramsbotham, Peter, 317

  North by Northwest (film), 256

  Ransohoff, Martin, 253

  Novak, Kim, 335

  Ratner, Victor, 260

  Reagan, Nancy and Ronald, 335–36, 339, 340,

  Obenshain, Richard, 328

  358, 395, 397, 400, 406, 425

  O’Brien, Margaret, 52, 60, 70

  Red River (film), 119

  Odd Couple, The (play), 258

  Reflections in a Golden Eye (film), 261–62 O’Hara, James G., 250

  Regency Hotel, New York, 245, 246, 247

  O’Hara, John, 149, 150–51

  Return Engagement (TV movie), 327

  Oklahoma! (film), 125

  Reuben, Benny, 419

  542

  Index

  Revere, Anne, 51

  Smith, Liz, 129, 230, 374–75, 399, 425–26,

  Reynolds, Burt, 400

  427, 444, 445, 454

  Reynolds, Debbie, 80, 131, 139, 141, 142–43,

  Smith, Maggie, 226

  144, 162, 196, 221, 254–56, 342, 377,

  Somebody Up There Likes Me (film), 256

  459, 475–76

  Sondheim, Stephen, 320

  Rhapsody (film), 106, 113, 123

  Sound of Music, The (film), 256

  Rich, Frank, 361

  Spark, Muriel, 290

  Richard Burton Hemophilia Fund, 250

  Spirit of West Point, The (film), 73

  Richie, Nicole and Lionel, 468

  Springer, Gary, 245

  Ritts, Herb, 426

  Springer, John, 95n, 244, 245, 258, 260, 302,

  Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Montreal, 238

  318

  RKO, 47, 77, 91, 336

  Spy Who Came in from the Cold, The (film), Robe, The (film), 171, 267

  267, 273, 279

  Roberts, Meade, 231

  Stack, Robert, 63

  Romanoff’s restaurant, Los Angeles, 101

  Staikos, Norma, 425

  Rooney, Mickey, 47, 49–50, 52

  Staircase (film), 272, 279

  Rose, Helen, 82

  Stanwyck, Barbara, 60

  Rosenfeld, Richard, 249, 250

  Starr, Ringo, 347

  Rudin, Mickey, 198

  Steiger, Rod, 448–49, 455, 457

  Rutherford, Margaret, 226, 227

  Stein, Dennis, 391

  Stern, Bert, 195

  Sager, Carole Bayer, 404, 431

  Stevens, Diane, 244, 258, 302, 318–19, 383

  St. Moritz, Switzerland, 218

  Stevens, George, 118, 119, 122, 190n

  St. Regis Hotel, New York, 93

  Strasberg, Susan, 170

  Sam, Chen. See Chen Sam

  Suddenly, Last Summer (film), 147–48, 164, 336, 337

  Sandpiper, The (film), 230, 252, 253–54, 259, Sweet Bird of Youth (TV movie), 417–18

  274

  Sweet Smell of Success (film), 256

  Sardi’s restaurant, New York, 246, 249, 339

  Swerdlow, Hyman, 279

  Saturday Night Live, 329

  Schell, Maria, 174, 176

  Talmadge, Norma, 8

  Schell, Maximilian, 174

  Taming of the Shrew, The (film), 259, 262, 265 Scofield, Paul, 268, 269

  Taubman, Howard, 199

  Scott, Sir Walter, 96

  Tavern on the Green restaurant, 354

  Scott, William, 323

  Taylor, Elizabeth Rosamond

  Screen Life magazine, 106

  APPEARANCE:

  Secret Garden, The (Burnett), 19

  as child, 1, 13, 23, 29, 39, 41, 48–49

  Segal, George, 256

  in Cleopatra, 164, 173, 197, 215–16

  Selznick, David O., 113, 133

  eyelash mutation, 15

  “Send in the Clowns,” 320

  eyes, 14, 58, 95

  “Shadow of Your Smile, The,” 254

  as great beauty, 14–15, 37, 38, 44, 55, 95,

  Shaffer, Peter, 308

  95n, 118, 120, 215, 330, 337, 439–40

  Sharaff, Irene, 239

  hair, 50, 51, 58, 295

  Shepperton Studios, England, 229

  illness and, 159

  Sheraton Plaza Hotel, Boston, 242–44

  MGM alterations, 56, 58–59

  Shields, Brooke, 425

  as teenager, 58

  Siegel, Joel, 361

  weight issues, 106, 167, 320, 327, 331, 333,

  Sign on the Door, The (Pollack), 8, 9

  334–35, 337–39, 347, 360–61, 407–8,

  Sills, Beverly, 415

  426, 439

  Simmons, Jean, 172

  BOOKS:

  Simon, Neil, 257

  Elizabeth Takes Off, 56, 128–29, 329, 331, Sinatra, Barbara, 397

  332, 407

  Sinatra, Frank, 110, 125, 151, 279, 340, 397

  Elizabeth Taylor: An Informal Memoir

  Sinatra, Nancy, 340

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

  Sirolla, Joe, 170, 251

  Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair with Jewelry, Skinner, Albert, 129, 137–38

  126n

  Skouras, Spyros P., 172

  Nibbles and Me, 61, 141–42, 252

  Sky Television, 460

  CAREER, 118–24, 132–33, 143–44, 148–52,

  Smith, Cecil, 277, 278

  261–69, 272, 289, 390–92, 402–3, 459

  Index

  543

  agent and attorney, Jules Goldstone, 66, 92,

  birth, 1, 13

  113

  dance classes “with royalty,” 23–25

  agent, Kurt Frings, 148

  dislike of nickname “Liz,” 13–14

  Best Actress Academy Award, Butterfield 8, education, 20, 33, 35, 59–60, 79–80, 90,

  161–62, 226

  251

  Best Actress Academy Award, Who’s Afraid in England, 13–32

  of Virginia Woolf?, 260, 267–69, 267n

  horses and riding, 18–19, 35, 47–53

  Best Actress nomination, Cat on a Hot Tin mother’s directing of development, 1–2,

  Roof, 144

  15–17, 21, 22–25, 35–66, 378–79

  Best Actress nomination, Raintree County, nanny, Gladys, 32

  133, 267

  pets, 23, 60–61

  Best Actress nomination, Suddenly, Last precociousness, 15, 21, 23, 29–30, 41, 64

  Summer, 147, 164

  CLOTHES, FASHION, AND JEWELRY

  childhood and, 32–33, 37–66, 190n, 344,

  Academy Award gown, 161

  378–79

  amfAR fund-raiser, 406

  conflicted feelings about, 63, 65

  announcing launch of Passion, 403

  contract (MGM, 1943), 43–45

  Buckingham Palace award ceremony, 462

  contract (MGM, 1945), 52

  caftans, 231, 333, 352, 455

  contract (MGM, 1951), 91, 92, 93, 149

  as child, 22, 29

  contract (Universal Pictures, 1941), 37–39,

  day outfits, 245, 310, 354

  41

  Dennis Stein ri
ng, 391

  Dame (female knighthood), 460–63

  diamond earrings, 231–32

  earnings and wealth, 38–39, 42, 45, 53–54,

  diamond tiara, 127–28

  60, 72, 88, 104, 105, 112, 148, 149,

  Eddie Fisher’s gifts, 145, 194

  165–66, 227, 229, 258, 336, 270, 390,

  favorite color (violet), 328–29, 403, 461

  414–16, 431, 444, 447

  fiftieth birthday, 347

  fans, fame, and popularity, 101, 136–38,

  first “white diamond,” 76

  143–44, 158, 161, 204–5, 229, 242–44,

  Halston and, 317, 455

  245, 254, 329, 339, 364–65, 368,

  iguana pin, 231

  369–70, 406, 419, 427, 431, 459

  jewels, collection, 126, 126n, 239, 265, 266

  fiftieth birthday, 347–50, 380

  John Warner engagement ring, 321

  fifty-fifth birthday, 404–5

  Krupp diamond, 265–66, 278, 281, 386,

  first million-dollar movie contract, 167

  434, 461

  first screen kiss, 63

  first “short” film (1941), 41

  La Peregrina pearl, 266

  fragrance business, 403–4, 407, 415, 431,

  Little Foxes opening night, 440

  444, 447

  Mike Todd’s funeral, 137

  Howard Hughes studio, 77–79, 91–92, 104

  Mike Todd’s gifts, 126–28

  MCL, Inc., 165

  National Film Society awards dinner

  MGM and Louis B. Mayer, 23–24, 39–41,

  (1984), 390

  43–66, 73, 74, 79, 82–83, 91, 92, 93,

  Richard Burton’s gifts, 231–32, 239,

  105, 111–12, 123, 149, 201–2, 226, 410

  265–67, 284–85, 297, 300, 303

  Outer Critics Circle Award, 339

  Richard Burton’s opening, Hamlet, 244

  Paramount Pictures and, 112, 118, 123

  Taylor-Burton diamond, 266, 307–8, 340,

  star billing, 119

  351, 404

  Theatre World Award, 339

  Victor Luna ring, 383

  20th Century-Fox and, 45, 148, 202

  wedding dress, Fisher marriage, 146

  Warner Bros. and, 118, 121, 260

  wedding gown, Burton first marriage, 239

  See also films (below)

  wedding gown, Fortensky marriage, 426

  CHARITIES AND CAUSES, 331

  wedding gown and trousseau, Hilton

  AIDS activism, 249, 331, 395–402, 405–6,

  marriage, 82

  407, 421, 426, 433, 451, 452, 459–60,

  “World Enough and Time” opening, 251

  461

  FAMILY

  hemophilia, 248–50

  adopted daughter, Maria, 174–78, 201, 206,

  CHILDHOOD, 1–66, 345–46

  208, 230, 233, 246, 252–53, 284, 285,

  acting career and, 32–33, 36–66, 190n

  300, 347–48, 354–55, 360, 381, 383,

  in America, 32–66

  440, 460, 461, 470–71

  appearance, 14–15, 23, 29, 38, 39, 41, 44,

  brother, Howard, 12–13, 17, 20, 26, 35, 46,

  48–49, 50, 55

  65, 97, 106, 108, 131, 132, 136, 137,

  544

  Index

  145, 233, 263, 345, 410, 426, 438, 463,

  Malice in Wonderland, 390

  468

  The Mirror Crack’d, 335

  daughter, Liza, 71, 132, 166, 207–8, 209,

  National Velvet, 47–53, 101, 149

  233, 246, 252, 284, 347, 355, 372–73,

  The Night of the Iguana, 229–33

  387–88, 460, 461

  North and South, 390

  Elizabeth as a mother, 106–7, 206–10, 355

  The Only Game in Town, 272–73

  father, Francis ( see Taylor, Francis Lenn) A Place in the Sun, 77, 118–19, 122, 190n granddaughter, Elizabeth Diane, 355, 360

  Poker Alice, 391

  mother, Sara (see Taylor, Sara Viola

  Private Lives, 353, 356–71, 380

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  Raintree County, 133, 267

  son Christopher, 114, 166, 208, 209, 220,

  Reflections in a Golden Eye, 261–62

  230, 233, 246, 252, 283, 347, 355,

  Return Engagement, 327

  372–73, 454, 460, 461, 469

  Rhapsody, 106, 113, 123

  son Michael, 106–8, 166, 207, 208, 209,

  The Sandpiper, 230, 252, 253–54, 259

  220, 230, 233, 246, 252, 282–84, 298,

  Suddenly, Last Summer, 147–48, 164, 336 347, 355, 372–73, 426, 460, 461, 469

  Sweet Bird of Youth, 417–18

  FILMS, THEATER, AND TELEVISION:

  The Taming of the Shrew, 259, 262, 265 Ash Wednesday, 265

  There Must Be a Pony, 390–91

  Beau Brummel, 123

  There’s One Born Every Minute, 41

  Between Friends, 358–59

  These Old Broads, 476

  The Big Hangover, 76

  Under Milk Wood, 264

  The Blue Bird, The, 301–2

  Victory at Entebbe (TV movie), 322

  Boom!, 263

  The V.I.P.s, 226–27, 248

  Butterfield 8, 53, 148–52, 161–62, 226, 295, White Cliffs of Dover, 45

  312

  Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 256–61, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 55, 133, 135, 144, 262, 267–69, 267n, 333, 337

  147, 151, 162–63, 336, 337

  Winter Kills, 323–24

  Cleopatra, 118, 148, 155, 156, 160, 163–73,

  “World Enough and Time,” 250–51

  178–91, 195–97, 202–5, 214–17, 239,

  X, Y, and Zee, 263–64

  461

  Young Toscanini, 402

  The Comedians, 272

  FRIENDSHIPS

  Conspirator, 59, 71–72, 94

  Aaron Frosch, 253, 290

  Cynthia, 63

  Andy Warhol, 333

  A Date with Judy, 63, 65

  Carol Burnett, 358–59

  Divorce His, Divorce Hers, 281

  Debbie Reynolds, 131, 139, 162, 221,

  Doctor Faustus, 261

  254–56, 377, 459, 475–76

  The Driver’s Seat, 290, 292–93, 294

  George Hamilton, 390, 391

  Elephant Walk, 112–13, 123, 163

  Halston, 317, 333, 334, 420

  Elizabeth Taylor in London, 229

  Howard Hughes, 136, 137, 140

  Father of the Bride, 76, 82, 88, 101, 253, 378 Howard Young, 17–21, 40, 41, 72, 93,

  Father’s Little Dividend, 88, 253

  100–101, 103, 105

  The Flintstones, 444

  James Dean, 121

  A Free Soul, 123

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

  General Hospital, 339

  467, 468

  Giant, 118, 121–22, 130, 336, 398

  Joseph Mankiewicz, 147, 160, 163, 164,

  The Girl Who Had Everything, 104, 123

  181–82, 185, 186, 188, 205

  Hammersmith Is Out, 264–65

  lack of, 69, 80, 137–38, 221

  Happy Birthday Elizabeth, 450–52

  Liz Smith, 230, 374–75, 425–26, 427, 444,

  Ivanhoe, 91, 93, 94, 123

  445, 454

  Jane Eyre, 45, 46–47, 50

  Michael Jackson, 60–61, 345, 404–5,

  Lassie Come Home, 43–45, 50, 443

  422–28, 434, 438, 450, 452, 460

  The Last Time I Saw Paris, 123

  Montgomery Clift, 119–21

  Life with Father, 64, 118, 190n

  Oscar Levant, 240

  The Little Foxes, 336–39, 341, 344, 346, Peter Lawford, 43, 45, 135, 159, 293, 294,

  347, 351, 356, 359, 440

>   374

  A Little Night Music, 320

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

  Little Women, 70–71

  401, 405

  Love Is Better Than Ever, 90, 91, 123

  Rock Hudson, 121–22, 130, 339, 360, 296,

  The Lucy Show, 277–78

  398, 399, 401, 407

  Index

  545

  Roddy McDowall, 43, 44, 45, 173, 179,

  death of Mike Todd, 133–38, 147, 151, 292,

  180, 188, 193, 221, 372–73, 454n,

  328, 463

  455–56, 475

  Dennis Stein, 391

  Sammy Davis, Jr., 253

  divorce from Eddie Fisher, 195, 197–99,

  Shirley MacLaine, 135

  219, 237, 447

  Sydney Guilaroff, 50, 135, 390

  divorce from Larry Fortensky, 445–48

  Truman Capote, 159–60, 333

  divorce from Michael Wilding, 126

  Victor Cazalet, 17–21, 34, 35, 42–43, 48, 96

  divorce from Nicky Hilton, 88–89, 90

  HEALTH, xii, 85, 88, 457–58

  Eddie Fisher, 139–68, 174–77, 178, 186–87,

  agoraphobia, 448

  188–91, 218, 255, 324, 371, 450, 452,

  alcohol and, 90, 115, 117, 128, 180, 194,

  456, 472–73

  212–13, 259, 272, 275, 276, 279, 304,

  first date, 70

  311, 321, 334, 341–42, 348–49, 352,

  first kiss, 63

  360, 370, 371–73, 410

  first jewelry as gift, 71

  anxiety and stress disorders, 90

  Glenn Davis, 70–76

  bone lodges in throat, 329–30

  Henry Wynberg, 293–96, 297, 301, 302,

  brain tumor, 449–54

  321

  bronchitis, 339

  John Warner, 317–36, 350, 372, 439, 459,

  candidiasis, 420

  473–74

  chest pains (1982), 341

  Kevin McClory, 115–16

  cosmetic surgery, 453–54, 354n

  Larry Fortensky, 330, 411–23, 425–34,

  drug dependencies, 193–94, 212, 260, 279,

  441–48, 456, 459, 474

  334, 341–44, 348, 360, 370–73, 407, 409

  Malcolm Forbes, 391, 414–15, 420, 447

  ear infection, childhood, 20–21

  Michael Wilding, 94–98, 101–17, 123, 124,

  emotional turmoil and illness (“prone to

  126, 172, 422 444, 458, 471

  Mike Todd, 116–17, 124–38, 150, 165, 178,

  incidents”), 82, 88, 90, 94, 108–9,

  179, 450, 463, 472

  155–56, 157–58, 295–97, 444

  Nicky Hilton, 79–89, 98–101, 124, 199,

  eye injury, filming of Elephant Walk, 113 320, 378, 458, 471

  falls and back fracture, 454–55, 457

  Peter Darmanin, 307–8, 309

  falls and hip surgeries, 438, 444, 445–46

  Rod Steiger, 448–49, 455, 457

  flu and dysentery, 301

  sex and marriage linked, 184, 185

  hemorrhoidectomy, 279

  Stanley Donen, 90–91

  hysterectomy, 270

  Victor Luna, 358, 360, 364, 367–68, 371,

 

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