Elizabeth Taylor Biography

Author: Song Gang, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: When the nurse first handed Taylor to her mother Sarah, she was almost immediately struck by disappointment. Even many years later, Sarah couldn’t help but shiver whenever she recalled Taylor’s appearance at birth. Unlike child stars of her generation such as Shirley Temple, Taylor possessed a glamorous and sensual aura from a young age, which helped her smoothly transition into becoming a leading sex symbol. Taylor had eight marriages, and with the courage to take responsibility for herself, she overcame malicious ridicule. Though time passed and youth faded, she could still radiate beauty. A poet once wrote the following lines for his beloved: "You are the direction of the next generation of girls, the root of my illness and poetry." The names of Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, and Vivien Leigh all deserve to be celebrated with these words. However, upon closer examination, they are distinct. So let’s read this book—different faces, different palm lines, different backstories. The author, with a thoughtful heart, recorded every significant day in their lives, collected their own poems, and included songs written about them by others. In the end, their biographies serve as proof of a lucid wish from a Eileen Chang novel: "First, I want a lot of love. If not, it doesn’t matter. I want a lot of money. If money isn’t available, it doesn’t matter. I want health. Having only health is also good." The author, with a thoughtful heart, told the stories of each actress from their childhood to the end of their lives—describing their sudden bursts of brilliance and warmth, yet the author lingered on them—always wanting to portray them as perpetually happy. But they were merely once fortunate.