Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor
ELIZABETH TAYLOR d2011. British-American actress. Following her early years as a child star with MGM, she became one of the great screen actresses of Hollywoods Golden Age and one of the world's most famous film stars. She was recognized for her acting ability, her glamorous lifestyle, beauty and distinctive violet eyes. Notable film roles include ; National Velvet (1944) / Father Of The Bride (1950) / A Place In The Sun (1951) / Giant (1956) / Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958) / Suddenly Last Summer (1959) and Cleopatra (1963). She won Academy Awards for Butterfield 8 (1960) and Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf (1966). From the mid-1970s, she appeared less frequently in film and made occasional appearances in television and theatre. Her much publicized personal life included eight marriages (twice to Richard Burton in 1964 & 1975) and several life-threatening illnesses. From the mid-1980s, she championed HIV and AIDS programs ; co-founding The American Foundation for AIDS research in 1985 and The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation in 1993. The American Film Institute have named her seventh on their list of the "Greatest American Screen Legends". She died of congestive heart failure at the age of 79 in March 2011.
Elizabeth Taylor
Reference Number. 14227U
A good original vintage circa early 1950s autograph book page, clearly signed and dedicated (To Cathy) in ink by Elizabeth Taylor
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Reference Number. 11898
An original vintage circa 1950s autograph book page, clearly signed in green ink by Elizabeth Taylor
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Reference Number. 12323
A very good vintage 1950s autograph book page, clearly signed in ink by Elizabeth Taylor
Double mounted for fine display with photograph
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Reference Number. 5754
An original 1958 Eddie Fisher Heart LP cover (No CAL-447), clearly signed in ballpoints on the reverse of the sleeve by Elizabeth Taylor (adding To Libby Best Wishes) and Eddie Fisher (also dedicating To Libby)
Double mounted for fine display with photographs
EDDIE FISHER d2010. American singer and entertainer. An early teen-idol and of the world's most successful singers of the 1950s, selling millions of records and the host of his own TV show. His quick-fire divorce from his first wife Debbie Reynolds, in order to marry his best friend Mike Todds widow Elizabeth Taylor in 1959, garnered scandalous and much unwelcome publicity at the time. They too divorced in 1964. He died aged 82 in 2010 following a hip operation.
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