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I never tried to act until A Place in the Sun.

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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
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Television Actor
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Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor
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Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor
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