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Elizabeth Taylor to undergo heart operation (Her Life History)
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Elizabeth Taylor to undergo heart operation
Elizabeth Taylor is letting her friends and fans know that she is about to go to the hospital for heart surgery.
"Dear Friends, I would like to let you know before it gets in the papers that I am going into the hospital to have a procedure on my heart."
"It's very new and involves repairing my leaky valve using a clip device, without open heart surgery, so that my heart will function better."
She did not say when or where she is having the treatment. A call to her rep was not immediately returned.
Her story goes with two Academy Awards, eight marriages and a long history of AIDS activism. Elizabeth Taylor has become a Hollywood icon.
Taylors birth
Elizabeth Taylor was born on Feb. 27, 1932 in London, England. She is Best known as the much married star of cliopatra.
First Role
Taylor's first big-screen role was in 1942 film, "There's One Born Every Minute," in which she co-starred with Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer and Catherine Doucet.
Pure Velvet
She gained prominence playing Velvet Brown in 1944's "National Velvat," the story of a girl who nurtures a special horse and races him in England's Grand national Steeplechase.
Doggone good
In 1946, Taylor starred opposite Lassie in the dog's third (and Taylor's sixth) film, "Courage of Lassie." In this film, the legendary dog outsmarts the Nazis during World War II.
Growing up
Robert Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor embrace on the set of 1949's "Conspirator," as the crew looks on. This was Taylor's first adult role.
Marriage No.1
Taylor and her first husband, Hotelier Nicky Hilton married on may 6, 1950 and they both divorced on Jan 29, 1951.
Findind a 'Place'
Taylor and close friend Montgomery Clift co-starred in George Stevens' 1951 film, "A Place in the sun." She played a spoiled socialite who attracts the attention of Clift, who then murdres his working-class pregnant girlfriend (Shelley Winters). Clift and Winters were nominated for Oscars, but Taylor was snubbed.
Marriage No.2
Taylor married her second husband, Michael Wilding, on Feb. 21, 1952.The two divorced on Jan 26, 1957.
Under contract
Taylor starred opposite George sanders and Robert Taylor in Richard Thorpe's 1952 film, "Ivanhoe." Taylor was reportedly not pleased that MGM cast her in this forgettable film.
Iconic cast
Taylor starred opposite James Dean and Rock Hudson in George Stevens' 1956 film, "Giant." dean and Hudson were nominated for Academy Awards, but once again Taylor was passed over.
Taylors' Sons
Michael was born on Jan. 6, 1953 and Chistopher Wilding was born on Feb. 27, 1955
Tragic turn
Taylor married her third husband, American film producer Mike Todd, on Feb. 2, 1957. He was killed in a plane crash on March 22, 1958.
First Oscar Nomination
she recieved her first Oscar nomination for 1957's "Raintree Country."
Second Oscar Nomination
Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor starred together in richard Brooks' 1958 film, based on the Tennessee wiliams play, "Cat on a Hot Tin rooh." She recieved her second Oscar nomination for her role as maggie the cat.
Marriage No.4
Taylor married actor Eddie fisher on may 12, 1959. it was a major 1950s Hollywood scandal when he left actress Debbie Reynolds (and children carrie and Todd Fisher) to be with Taylor. The two divorced on march 6, 1964.
First Oscar
she won her first Oscar for her role in 1960's "Butterfeild 8."
Passion play
Richard Burton played Antony to Taylor's Cleopatra in the 1963 film of the same name. taylor received $1 million for her role, and the two stars had a well-publicized affair during the filming. The couple would marry for the first time, on March 15, 1964.
Golden girl
Taylor holds the Oscar she won for her role in 1966's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" in which she starred opposite husband Richard Burton. It was her second Oscar.
Twice as nice
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton hold their granddaughter, Leyla, on Jan. 15, 1973, in Gstaad, switzerland. The couple was divorced on June 26, 1974 but then remarried on Oct. 10, 1975. They divorced for a second time on July 29, 1976.
Marriage No.7
Taylor married American politician John Warner on Dec. 4, 1976. The couple divorced in 1982, while he was serving as a Repiblican senator from Virginia. He previously served as secretary of the Navy.
AIDS activist
Taylor appears before the Labour, Health and Human services Senate Subcommitee on May 8, 1986 in Washington, D.C. Taylor appeared as chairman of the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) and appealed for more research funds. The actress helped create amfAR after the 1985 AIDS-related death of her friend, actor Rock Hudson. she also created the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation.
Two child stars
Taylor and singer Michael Jackson hold one of the two awards he won on Jan. 25, 1993 at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles, calif. She was a vocal Jackson supporter during his 2005 trial on charges of sexually abusing a child.
marriage No.8
taylor married former Teamster larry Fortensky, 20 years her junior, at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch on Oct. 6, 1991. The two met while patients at the Betty Ford Clinic. The couple divorced on Oct. 31, 1996.
Birthday bash
Taylor was with her children, michael Wilding Jr., Christopher Wilding, Maria Burton and Liza Todd Burton, for her 75th birthday party on Feb. 27, 2007 in Henderson, nev.
Acting up
Taylor starred opposite james Earl Jones in the A.R. Gurney play "Love letters" in 2007. the performance raised $1 million for Taylor's AIDS Foundation.
Legend
The American Film Institute named Taylor no.7 among the greatest female Stars of All Time. On the list, she came right after Marilyn Monroe and just before Judy Garland.
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