Elizabeth Taylor

 Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor DBE (February 27th 1932 - March 23 2011,) was an American-born British actress. Her professional journey started as a young actor in the 1940s. She was one of the most well-known actors of the classic Hollywood film in the 1950s. In the 1960s, she was the highest-paid movie star in the world , and was an influential public figure throughout her life. The American Film Institute has named Taylor the seventh-greatest female screen icon from Classic Hollywood cinema in 1999. Taylor was born in London to prominent American parents. She moved to Los Angeles with her family in 1939. After a year, Taylor began her acting career with an insignificant part in the Universal Pictures film "There's One Born Every minute (1942)," but the studio terminated her contract. After a brief appearance in National Velvet (1944), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer signed her. She began to play mature roles in the 1950s, and she appeared in the comedic Father of the Bride (1950) and was praised by critics for her performance in the dramatic A Place in the Sun (1951).