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I'm loud and I'm vulgar, and I wear the pants in the house because somebody's got to, but I am not a monster. I'm not.

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Elizabeth Taylor
Age: 79 †
Born: 1932
Born: February 27
Died: 2011
Died: March 23
Actress
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Film Actor
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Hiv Activist
Philanthropist
Stage Actor
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Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor
Liz Taylor
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor
Dame Elizabeth Taylor
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