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Her many outstanding cinematic performances, including the role of Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, above, made her a certifiable American icon. Everett ### Fiery Romance  Taylor and Burton's stormy relationship attracted the fascination of gossip magazines and the moviegoing public. They brought their passionate love affair to the big screen nine times in nine years, starring opposite each other in films like The Taming of the Shrew and The Comedians, above. Photofest ### Creative Risk  For their roles in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Burton and Taylor for the first time in their careers dared to appear as unglamorous, disheveled and overweight characters. The gambit paid off, and Taylor was awarded her second Oscar for her performance as Martha. Everett ### Activist  After the death of her close friend Rock Hudson, Taylor became deeply involved in the fight against AIDS. She helped form the American Foundation for AIDS Research and created her own organization, the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation. In 1986 she testified before Congress, above, on the need to find a cure for the disease. Stephen Ferry / Getty ### White Diamonds  In her final years, Taylor launched three perfumes and formed a jewelry company. The three scents associated with her, Passion, and Black Pearls, have collectively earned an estimated $200 million in sales. Barry Sweet / Landov ### Indelible Icon  Of the great actress, New York Times film critic Vincent Canby wrote, "More than anyone else I can think of, Elizabeth Taylor represents the complete movie phenomenon — what movies are as an art and an industry, and what they have meant to those of us who have grown up watching them in the dark." Alberto Tolot / Corbis ### Family  Taylor's mother, an American actress living in London, retired from the stage when she married. Elizabeth was born in the British capital in 1932, three years after her brother Howard, standing with her in this family snapshot, above. Hulton / Getty ### Child Star  The Taylor family moved to Los Angeles shortly after the beginning of World War II, and Elizabeth's father opened an art gallery that attracted a large number of Hollywood clientele. It wasn't long before the young beauty was noticed and invited to take a screen test. By the age of 9, Taylor had landed a role in Universal's There's One Born Every Minute. Hulton / Getty ### All-American  Despite her precocious start, Universal production chief Edward Muhl was unimpressed by the young Elizabeth, and her contract was canceled after just six months. The setback was only temporary, however. In 1942 MGM picked her up and cast her opposite Roddy McDowell in Lassie Come Home. Mark Kauffman / Time & Life Pictures / Getty ### Sizzling  As the passionate Maggie in Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Taylor surprised critics with her maturity and earned a second Oscar nomination. Everett ### Oscar Glory  On her fourth trip to the Academy Awards, in 1960, Taylor took home a statuette, having won for her performance as Gloria in Butterfield 8\. Here, she is accompanied by her husband Eddie Fisher (to her left, partially obscured) as she answers questions from the press after winning the award. Grey Villet / Time & Life Pictures / Getty ### Superstar  For her performance in the lavish 20th Century Fox production of Cleopatra, Taylor received $1 million, making her the highest-paid movie star in history at the time. Everett ### Richard Burton  On the set of Cleopatra, Taylor met and fell in love with the charismatic Welsh actor . They were each married to other people — Taylor to Fisher and Burton to Sybil Williams — but they were able to end their unions and promptly wed each other. 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