Labels:text | human face | person | screenshot | woman OCR: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Taylor, Elizabeth Elizabeth Taylor "Her face is alive with youthful spirit and her whole manner ... is one of refreshing grace." So said the New York Times of 12-year-old Elizabeth Taylor's performance in "National Velvet" (1944). A child star who successfully made the transition to adult roles, she proved that it was possible to be both a film star and a serious actress. The daughter of a wealthy U.S. businessman, Taylor won a contract with Universal Pictures at age nine. Her adult talent emerged when she played opposite James Dean in "Giant" (1956). Seven years later she was the highest-paid star in Hollywood when given the lead role in "Cleopatra" (1963). She and Richard Burton - whom she twice married and divorced - became the new 1960s showbusiness aristocracy. Elizabeth Taylor, After seven marriages, six divorces, and a British-U.S. film star, 1932 - host of health and weight problems, Taylor was still hitting the headlines in the 1990s, with fundraising for AIDS charities, her latest marriage and divorce (numbers eight and seven, respectively), and her public support for pop star Michael Jackson. CHRONOLOGY
