Pictures: Elizabeth Taylor through the years
Film star Elizabeth Taylor and her first husband Nick Hilton, of the hotelier family, on their wedding day. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor star in the melodrama ‘A Place In The Sun’, directed by George Stevens for Paramount. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Promotional headshot portrait of British-born actor Elizabeth Taylor wearing an off-the-shoulder sleeveless gown. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Robert Taylor playing the eponymous Ivanhoe in a romantic scene with Elizabeth Taylor from the 1952 film. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Actress Elizabeth Taylor poses for the camera in 1954. (Photo by Baron/Getty Images)
Actress Elizabeth Taylor with Michael Wilding just after their wedding. (Photo by Ron Burton/Getty Images)
Elizabeth Taylor on location in Indiana for the filming of ‘Raintree County’ in February 1958. (Photo by BIPS/Getty Images)
Elizabeth Taylor stands in a doorway during the filming of the 1960 film ‘Butterfield 8’. (Photo by MGM Studios/Courtesy of Getty Images)
Actress Elizabeth Taylor arrives at New York International Airport with fellow actresses Grace Kelly and Lorraine Day circa 1955. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
Studio portrait of British-born actor Elizabeth Taylor sitting on a blanket in the sand next to a beachball in front of an ocean backdrop. She wears a halter-style swimsuit. (Photo by American Stock/Getty Images)
Elizabeth Taylor poses in her home in Berverly Hills, California on February 20, 1957. (Photo by CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images)
Glamour portrait of British-born actor Elizabeth Taylor wearing a white satin strapless gown in front of burgundy satin backdrop. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
A family portrait of British-born actress Elizabeth Taylor, wearing a high-necked dress, sitting with arm around husband, British actor Michael Wilding (1912 - 1979), who holds their son, either Christopher or Michael Jr., in his lap. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Elizabeth Taylor presents a majestic front as the Egyptian queen in 20th Century Fox’s 1963 film ‘Cleopatra’. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
British-born actress Elizabeth Taylor with her husband, British actor Michael Wilding arrive for the premiere of director George Cukor’s film ‘A Star is Born’. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Elizabeth Taylor circa 1957. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Actors James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson pose for a composite photo on the set of the Warner Bros film ‘Giant’ in 1955 in Marfa, Texas. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Dame Elizabeth Taylor poses backstage following ‘Priscilla Queen Of The Desert’, at the Palace Theatre on May 6, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Dave M. Benett/Getty Images)
927th Annual Macy’s Passport Fashion Show Benefit. (FilmMagic/Getty Images)
Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson attend the 20th Annual American Music Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on January 25, 1993 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Steve Graniz/WireImage)
Dame Elizabeth Taylor attends the Macy’s Passport 2008 Gala held at Barker Hangar on September 26, 2008 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images))
Actress Elizabeth Taylor addresses the audience after she was given the ‘Angel Award’ from Project Angel Food in Los Angeles on July 10, 1999. (Photo by GERARD BURKHART/AFP/Getty Images)
Elizabeth Taylor waves to photographers as she arrives at a reception at Christie’s auction house on March 15, 1999 in New York. (Photo by MATT CAMPBELL/AFP/Getty Images)
Dame Elizabeth Taylor waves to the audience during the Macy’s American Express Passport 2000 benefit fashion show on September 23, 2000 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/AFP/Getty Images)
Actress and screen legend Elizabeth Taylor waves before US President Bill Clinton presents her with the Presidential Citizens Medal on January 8, 2001 at the White House in Washington D.C. (Photo by STEVE JAFFE/AFP/Getty Images)
Dame Elizabeth Taylor arrives for her 75th birthday party at the Ritz-Carlton, Lake Las Vegas on February 27, 2007 in Henderson, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Dame Elizabeth Taylor arrives at A.R. Gurney’s ‘Love Letters’ starring Dame Elizabeth Taylor and James Earl Jones at Paramount Studios on December 1, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gregg DeGuire/WireImage)
Actress Elizabeth Taylor arrives at Geary’s where Dame Elizabeth Taylor unveiled her House Of Taylor Jewelry Inc holiday collection on November 10, 2007 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images)
Elizabeth Taylor arrives at the 14th Annual Britannia Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on November 10, 2005 in Beverly Hills, California. Taylor received the Britannia Award for Artistic Excellence in International Entertainment. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Elizabeth Taylor attends Michael Jackson’s funeral service held at Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park on September 3, 2009 in Glendale, California. (Harrison Funk/The Jackson Family via Getty Images)
Actress Elizabeth Taylor appears on stage at the Macy’s Passport 2006 Gala and Fashion show on September 28, 2006 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Passport’s Founding Chair Dame Elizabeth Taylor speaks onstage during the 25th Anniversary celebration gala for Macy’s Passport held at Santa Monica Airport?s Barker Hangar on September 27, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images)
Dame Elizabeth Taylor arrives with her children, (L-R) Michael Wilding Jr., Christopher Wilding, Maria Burton and Liza Todd Burton, for Taylor’s 75th birthday party at the Ritz-Carlton, Lake Las Vegas on February 27, 2007 in Henderson, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/AFP/Getty Images)
Dame Elizabeth Taylor and Kathy Ireland attend the Macy’s Passport 2008 Gala held at Barker Hangar on September 26, 2008 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images)
Tom Petty, Elizabeth Taylor and Carrie Fisher during UCLA Names Elizabeth Taylor Endowment Fund for Long Time AIDS Advocate Taylor and Friends Set to Cut Ribbon for New Center at UCLA Clinical Aids Research and Education CARE Center in Los Angeles, California, United States. (Photo by SGranitz/WireImage)