Elizabeth Taylor伊丽莎白泰勒课前演讲.pptVIP

Elizabeth Taylor Today we tell about the film star Elizabeth Taylor. She made over sixty films during her long career in Hollywood. Taylor was equally known for her complex private life and eight marriages. Beginning in the nineteen eighties, she also raised millions of dollars to support AIDS research. Elizabeth Taylor She was famous for her striking beauty, violet eyes and shining black hair. Elizabeth Taylor That was Elizabeth Taylor playing the queen of Egypt in the nineteen sixty-three movie Cleopatra. She earned over one million dollars for her work in this movie. At the time, this was the most money ever paid to an actor for a single film. It was also one of the most costly movies ever made. Cleopatra was a larger-than-life movie for a larger-than-life actress. Elizabeth Taylor Elizabeth Taylor would quickly become as famous for her private life as she was for her acting career. The media often wrote about her many marriages and love affairs. In nineteen fifty-two she married the British actor Michael Wilding, with whom she had two sons. Elizabeth Taylor Five years later they divorced, and she married the film producer Mike Todd. The couple had one daughter, Liza. Mike Todd died in nineteen fifty-eight in a plane crash. One of his close friends was the singer Eddie Fisher. He was married to a good friend of Elizabeth Taylor, the popular actress Debbie Reynolds. Eddie Fisher left his wife in order to marry Elizabeth Taylor. Many people were shocked and angered by this behavior. Elizabeth Taylor Throughout her life, Elizabeth Taylor faced many health problems. She nearly died twice of pneumonia. She had back, hip, heart and weight problems. In the nineteen eighties, she battled drug and alcohol abuse. She entered a medical center for treatment and was very open with the public about her struggles. Elizabeth Taylor Elizabeth Taylor died of heart failure in two thousand eleven at the age of seventy-nine. AIDS researcher Mathilde Krim told USA Today that the a