Elizabeth Taylor was the Queen of Hollywood, with a career spanning six decades. She was as famous for her colourful personal life, which included eight marriages and seven husbands, as she was for her acting career.
1932
On February 27, Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was born in London, England. Although she was born an English subject, her parents were Americans, art dealers from St. Louis, Missouri (her father had gone to London to set up a gallery). Her mother had been an actress on the stage, but gave up that vocation when she married.
1939
Elizabeth lived in London until the age of seven, when the family left for the US when the clouds of war began brewing in Europe . They sailed without her father, who stayed behind to wrap up the loose ends of the art business.