Elizabeth: The Biography of Elizabeth Taylor Paperback – Unabridged, 6 July 2007

J. Randy Taraborrelli . Pan Books . English

Elizabeth Taylor is known internationally as one of the most beautiful and talented women ever to grace the silver screen. She has won two Academy Awards and starred in over sixty films. She is just as well known for her tempestuous personal life, marrying eight times and suffering through innumerable health problems. A cultural icon, she has been written about before . . . but never like this. This moving book traces for the first time Elizabeth's journey through the dark and often lonely world of a fame unparalleled in the 1960s and 1970s, a time during which alcohol and drugs played a major part in her life. It would be with her fifth (and sixth) husband Richard Burton (with whom she made twelve movies, including Cleopatra) that she would learn life lessons about love and loyalty that would inform the rest of her life and, finally, be the catalyst for her recovery from alcoholism in the 1980s. This book also details her philanthropic work as an AIDS activist in the 1990s as well as her stunning success as a business woman today (with a multi-million-dollar fragrance). Based on years of research, this is not just a star's biography . . . it's an unforgettable woman's story.

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About the Author

J. RANDY TARABORRELLI is the author of more than twenty biographies, seventeen of which have become New York Times' bestsellers including his latest, "Jackie - Public, Private, Secret," which was featured on the cover of "People" magazine (July 2023). After Taraborrelli's book-launching appearances on "Good Morning America," and "Nightline," "Jackie," debuted on The New York Times Bestseller List (August 6, 2023) at number three! Some of Taraborrelli's other New York Times' bestsellers include "Jackie, Janet & Lee - The Secret Lives of Janet Auchincloss and her daughters, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill," "Call Her Miss Ross," "Sinatra - Behind the Legend," "Madonna - An Intimate Biography," "Jackie, Ethel, Joan - Women of Camelot," "Elizabeth," (a biography of Elizabeth Taylor); "The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe" "After Camelot - A Personal History of the Kennedy Family 1968 to the Present," "Once Upon a Time - Behind the Fairy Tale of Princess Grace & Prince Rainier," and "Michael Jackson - The Magic, The Madness, The Whole Story." Taraborrelli's best seller, "After Camelot," was produced as a successful miniseries for the ReelzChannel, starring Katie Holmes as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Matthew Perry as Ted Kennedy. Taraborrelli was one of the Executive Producers, as were Holmes and Perry. It is available here on Amazon. A previous book about the Kennedys - "Jackie, Ethel, Joan - Women of Camelot" was a highly-rated miniseries for NBC, starring Jill Hennesey as Jackie and Lauren Holly as Ethel. That show, too, is available on Amazon. J. Randy's national best seller, "The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe" was also the basis of a miniseries of the same name for Lifetime, starring Susan Sarandon, Kelli Garner, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Emily Watson. It aired to critical acclaim in 2015 and garnered 17 award nominations and, of course, is available on Amazon. For many years, J. Randy Taraborrelli has been seen promoting his books on national television shows such as "Good Morning America," "Today," "CBS This Morning," "Entertainment Tonight" and "Inside Edition" as well as many programs for CNN, Fox and MSNBC. He has also been a correspondent for many international publications such as "The Daily Mail," "Telegraph," "Hello!" and "Paris Match." In addition, Taraborrelli is a CBS News consultant and, in that capacity, covered the Michael Jackson trial in Santa Maria for the network. He also anchored Jackson's funeral for CBS with Katie Couric. More recently, J. Randy has expanded his talent into television writing. He's currently adapting several of his books as exciting TV series, including "The Hiltons," "Once Upon a Time," and his latest, "Jackie - Public, Private, Secret." J. Randy's website can be found at: JRandyTaraborrelli.com

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