ElizabethElizabeth Taylor is one of our last great movie stars. An Oscar-winning actress, she has lived her entire life in front of the spotlights, and her glamour and smouldering, sensual charisma are the stuff of legend. In Elizabeth, Alexander Walker presents the story of a life that was lived, on and off camera, with a passion rarely matched by even today's outspoken celebrities. From her privileged childhood, the influence of her strong-willed mother, and her rise to stardom in films like National Velvet, A Place in the Sun, and Cleopatra, to her husbands, her obsession with jewelry, and her amazing resilience in the face of public scandal and personal tragedy, Walker shows us the real Elizabeth--as an actress and as a person determined to live on her own terms. |
Contents
LIKE FATHER LIKE MOTHER | 3 |
A MARVELLOUS FEELING | 11 |
TROUBLE IN EDEN | 20 |
SING FOR MISS HOPPER | 27 |
NATIONAL IDOL | 37 |
LOVE AND THE LONELY CHILD | 48 |
WHY SHE IS A WOMAN | 56 |
AND A DANGEROUS WOMAN | 65 |
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH | 224 |
LE SCANDALE | 237 |
LAMOUR FOU | 246 |
O MISTRESS MINE | 253 |
FROM PURGATORY TO PUERTO VALLARTA | 259 |
A LIFE IN THE THEATRE | 268 |
FOR THE MONEY WE WILL DANCE | 276 |
WORK WORK WORK SPEND SPEND SPEND | 284 |
CONSPIRACIES AND SUITORS | 75 |
THE FIRST DENT | 84 |
THE SUN AND THE STARS | 91 |
A MOVIE ROMANCE | 99 |
WEDDING OF WEDDINGS | 106 |
A CLASH OF DYNASTIES | 113 |
DIVORCE HOLLYWOOD STYLE | 120 |
GIVE THE GIRL ANYTHING SHE WANTS | 129 |
BIG MAMA | 141 |
FAME AND FRUSTRATION | 150 |
THE CRACKUP | 158 |
A NEW KIND OF MAN A NEW KIND OF WORLD | 166 |
HEY BIG SPENDER | 178 |
THE FALL OF A TYCOON | 186 |
A FUNERAL IN CHICAGO | 195 |
THE MATING GAME | 203 |
SIC TRANSIT GLORIA | 211 |
BARQUES AND BITES | 293 |
DIAMOND LIZ | 302 |
OH WHERE ARE THE WRITERS TO RESCUE US? | 311 |
A CHIPMUNK RETURNS | 320 |
THE FARMER TAKES A WIFE | 327 |
ISSUES OF WEIGHT | 338 |
POSITIVELY THEIR LAST APPEARANCE | 347 |
I HAVE NO PLAN TO SUCCUMB | 361 |
MRS FORTENSKY | 372 |
UNHAPPY AS LARRY | 380 |
Chronology | 397 |
Charts of Elizabeth Taylors Marriages and Family | 408 |
Acknowledgments and Bibliography | 412 |
Source Notes | 415 |
Index | 435 |
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