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
Warmbrodt)
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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