0712_5270 Elizabeth Taylor wearing 'Soiree a Rio' dress (Spring-Summer Haute Couture Collection and wearing a pair of diamond and cultured pearl ear pendants, by Ruser) 1961 © 2010 Mark Shaw

0712_5206 Elizabeth Taylor wearing 'Soiree a Rio' dress (Spring-Summer Haute Couture Collection and wearing a pair of diamond and cultured pearl ear pendants, by Ruser) 1961 © 2010 Mark Shaw

0712_0056 Elizabeth Taylor with son Michael Wilding 1953 **R.C. MPTV

0712_0037 Elizabeth Taylor C. 1954 MPTV

0712_5313 Elizabeth Taylor at her Beverly Hills home circa 1956 © 1978 Sanford Roth / A.M.P.A.S.

0712_0053 Elizabeth Taylor reading her lines between scenes for "National Velvet" 1944 **R.C. MPTV

0712_5319 Elizabeth Taylor on the set of "Cleopatra" 1963 20th Century-Fox ** B.D.M.

0712_0009 Elizabeth Taylor C. 1950 MPTV

0712_5195 Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Wilding on a Sunday morning at home, Wildings, both bullfight fans, burlesque charge of the bull. Liz bought matador's jacket in Spain; Mike wears straw mask such as Spanish children to play at bullfighting 1955 © 1978 Sanford Roth / AMPAS

0712_5205 Elizabeth Taylor wearing 'Soiree a Rio' dress (Spring-Summer Haute Couture Collection and wearing a pair of diamond and cultured pearl ear pendants, by Ruser) 1961 © 2010 Mark Shaw

0712_5216 Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher on their wedding day in Las Vegas with best man Mike Todd Jr. 1959 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0712_5221 Elizabeth Taylor on her wedding day in Las Vegas 1959 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0712_5279 "Cynthia" Elizabeth Taylor 1947 MGM ** I.V./M.T.

0712_5291 "Suddenly Last Summer" Elizabeth Taylor 1959 Columbia ** I.V.

0712_5189 Elizabeth Taylor 1955 © 1978 Sanford Roth / AMPAS

0712_5187 Elizabeth Taylor and Clifton Webb on the set of "A Star Is Born" 1954 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0712_5299 Elizabeth Taylor with Eddie Fisher and her Oscar for her performance in "BUtterfield 8" 1961 ** I.V.

0712_5188 Elizabeth Taylor with Judy Garland on the set of "A Star Is Born" 1954 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0712_5177 "Raintree County" Montgomery Clift rehearsing with director Edward Dmytryk and Elizabeth Taylor looking on 1956 MGM © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0712_5249 Elizabeth Taylor and Larry Fortensky 1994 © 1994 Gary Lewis

0712_5254 Elizabeth Taylor with Rock Hudson and Liza Minnelli at "The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards" 1985 © 1985 Gary Lewis

0712_5273 Elizabeth Taylor circa 1990s © 1990 Gary Lewis

0712_5253 Elizabeth Taylor circa 1970s © 1978 Gary Lewis

0712_5272 Elizabeth Taylor circa 1990s © 1990 Gary Lewis

0712_5244 Elizabeth Taylor and Roddy McDowall 1985 © 1985 Gary Lewis

0712_5211 Elizabeth Taylor wearing 'Soiree a Rio' dress (Spring-Summer Haute Couture Collection and wearing a pair of diamond and cultured pearl ear pendants, by Ruser) 1961 © 2010 Mark Shaw

0712_5234 Elizabeth Taylor 1986 © 1986 Gary Lewis

0712_5241 Elizabeth Taylor circa 1980s © 1980 Gary Lewis

0712_5173 Elizabeth Taylor having lunch with MGM director Stanley Donen 1951 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0712_5169 Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton leave by car from the L'Escargo Restaurant in Rome, where they had been having lunch together, April 10. Miss Taylor came down to the Cinceitta Studio, where both stars are making the film "Cleopatra," on her day off, apparently just to have lunch with Burton 1962

0712_5248 Elizabeth Taylor circa 1980s © 1980 Gary Lewis

0712_5196 Elizabeth Taylor and her husband Michael Wilding at home 1955 © 1978 Sanford Roth / AMPAS

0712_5152 Sammy Davis Jr., Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton on an NBC television show 1965 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0712_5168 Sammy Davis Jr., Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton on an NBC television show 1965 © 1978 Gunther

0712_5172 Elizabeth Taylor during an Anthony Beauchamp photo session 1951 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0712_5170 Elizabeth Taylor with Montgomery Clift on the set of "Raintree County" 1957 MGM © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0712_5233 Elizabeth Taylor and Larry Fortensky circa 1993 © 1993 Gary Lewis

0712_5193 Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Wilding in toy shop 1956 © 1978 Sanford Roth / AMPAS

0712_5127 Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Wilding and first baby Michael, MGM, 1953, I.V.

0712_5190 Elizabeth Taylor and young son, Michael Wilding Jr. circa 1955 © 1978 Sanford Roth / AMPAS

0712_5109 Elizabeth Taylor age 2 in her first formal portrait, MGM, 1935, I.V.

0712_5145 Elizabeth Taylor, MGM, 1956, I.V.

0712_5105 Elizabeth Taylor at age 11, MGM, 1944, I.V.

0712_5117 Elizabeth Taylor with her pet chipmunk "nibbles", MGM, 1945, I.V., Photo by Eric Carpenter

0712_5167 Sammy Davis Jr., Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton on an NBC television show 1965 © 1978 Gunther

0712_5155 Sammy Davis Jr., Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton on an NBC television show 1965 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0712_5149 Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton circa 1964 © 1978 Bernie Abramson

0712_5171 Elizabeth Taylor being photographed by English society photographer Anthony Beauchamp 1951 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0712_5176 Elizabeth Taylor at a baby shower given by her and Barbara Thompson (left) for Marilyn Hilton 1950 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0712_5090 Elizabeth Taylor with children Maria Burton & Liza Todd C. 1968