It was just because Mike Todd had died, and Eddie was his best friend. She thought she should be with him so they could talk about Mike Todd all the time.

Chemistry between the two stars was so fiery director Joseph Mankiewicz described it as "like being locked in a cage with two tigers". Liz and Dick, as they came to be known, became one of the most famous pairings in Tinseltown history; icons in the films they made together, such as Cleopatra and Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf , and symbols of jet-set glamour in real life. During their volatile relationship, in the course of which they adopted a daughter, Maria Carson, they also became famed for fighting and making up with equal passion, divorcing in , remarrying in , and re-divorcing in I got really angry that nobody was doing anything.

Instead of ranting and raving to myself, I thought, 'What have I done? She broken her back at least five times, had three bouts of pneumonia of which one, in , required a tracheotomy, and another, in , nearly killed her. Then there were the two hip-replacement operations and surgery to remove a benign golf ball-sized brain tumour, plus two stints at the Betty Ford clinic.

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Despite her health woes or perhaps because of them Elizabeth retained her sense of humour. In , asked what she would like to see written on her gravestone, she replied: She hated being called Liz. She passed away peacefully on March 23, — a few months after being admitted to hospital to receive treatment for congestive heart failure. Though her loss is devastating to those of us who held her so close and so dear, we will always be inspired by her enduring contribution to our world," said son Michael Wilding — one of Elizabeth's four children.

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Taylor is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role. This is her first Oscar nomination. She is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role. This is her second Oscar nomination for Best Actress.

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Fisher was still married to Debbie Reynolds when the relationship began and the relationship causes a huge scandal. When asked about the relationship in an interview, Taylor quipped: This is her third Best Actress Oscar nomination. Taylor hates the movie and tells reporters: This makes her the highest paid actress of the time. During filming, she suffers a life-threatening case of pneumonia and undergoes a tracheotomy.

Though most critics praised her performance, many people believe it to be a sympathy win because of her recent brush with death.

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Nominee Shirley MacLaine joked: I knew it was a sympathy award, but I was still proud to get it. This is her second Oscar win. It is renamed the Burton-Taylor Diamond.

Stars opposite Henry Fonda in Ash Wednesday. She is nominated for a Tony Award for her role.

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She later says about the experience of being married to a politician: She is the first actor to do so publicly. Taylor joined with Dr. As a great star and beloved public figure, she attracted enormous media attention.