Elizabeth Taylor

Birth Name:

Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor

Birth Date:

February 27, 1932

Birth Place:

London, England

Death Date:

March 23, 2011

Place of Death:

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California

Age:

Cause of Death:

Congestive Heart Failure

Cemetery Name:

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Claim to Fame:

Show Business

With striking beauty and undeniable talent, Elizabeth Taylor captivated audiences. From precocious child actor to unforgettable leading lady, she played legendary female characters who embodied strength, integrity, and unapologetic femininity. Her career, which spanned six decades, earned her five Oscar nominations and two Best Actress awards. Five films in which she starred – Lassie Come Home, National Velvet, A Place in the Sun, Giant, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – have been preserved in the National Film Registry, and the American Film Institute has named her the 7th greatest female screen legend of classical Hollywood cinema.

Fun Facts:

Elizabeth Taylor was the first actress paid $1,000,000 for her role in “Cleopatra”
Her husbands kept on gifting her with madly expensive earrings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets and she herself as well contributed to making a collection of 1,778 pieces of jewelry that were sold for more than $150 million at Christie’s Action after Elizabeth’s death
She had purple eyes
She was married 8 times to 7 men
During her lifetime Elizabeth visited hospitals over 70 times and had at least 20 major operations. She was born with scoliosis, broke her back 5 times and had a hip replacement. She survived a brain tumor, skin cancer, Asian flu and was treated for pneumonia twice (with one time leading to a tracheotomy). Elizabeth also underwent a hysterectomy and suffered from dysentery and phlebitis. During the 70’s she had a problem with alcoholism and spent two months in rehab.
She was the first celebrity to create their own fragrance (remember White Diamonds anyone?). Today her fragrances still pull in over $1 billion a year in revenue

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

1712 S Glendale Avenue

Glendale, California, 91205

USA

North America

Map:

Map of Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California

Map courtesy of cemeteryguide.com

Grave Location:

Grand Mausoluem, Memorial Terrace, Hall of Memory, Angel of Memory

Grave Location Description

As you enter the cemetery gates, drive up the hill to the Grand Mausoleum and enter through the Memorial Terrace. Walk towards the stained glass reproduction of the Last Supper and you will come to the large 15-foot marble angel with the words “In Memoria”. Here you will find the final resting place of Dame Elizabeth Taylor.