Eight marriages (two of which were to Richard Burton), 76 films and decades of flawless style made Elizabeth Taylor one of the most talked-about icons of our time.
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On the set of 'Giant' on 1956
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Elizabeth Taylor watches her then-fiance Eddie Fisher as he performs on stage at the Tropicana in Las Vegas, 1959
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Taylor and her fourth husband Eddie Fisher in 1962
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Taylor in the 1950s
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Taylor shows off the 33.19 carat diamond ring given to her by husband Richard Burton in 1968
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Arriving in New York International Airport in 1955 with fellow actresses Grace Kelly and Lorraine Day
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At the 1970 Academy Awards ith then-husband Richard Burton
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At the 1957 Cannes Film Festival
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Taylor and Burton walking down a London street in 1963
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Burton Taylor on the set of 'Becket' in 1963
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Taylor and Burton in 1966
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With David Bowie in Beverly Hills, 1975. It was the first occasion that the pair had met
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At her home in Beverley Hills in 1957
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In June 1963
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Borading a plane in Hollywood in 1958
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Taylor and Aristote Onassis at a ball In Venice In September 1967
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Taylor in the 1980s
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Receiving the Golden Mask, the annual prize given by the Rome Newsmen Association for the best non-Italian film stars on October 5, 1966 in Rome
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With James Dean on the set of 'Giant' in 1956
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On the day ofher first marriage, to Conrad 'Nicky' Hilton on May 6, 1950 in Beverly Hills