{"id":61203,"date":"2023-11-04T13:02:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T17:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/?post_type=lecture&#038;p=61203"},"modified":"2024-04-25T09:05:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T13:05:59","slug":"elizabeth-taylor","status":"publish","type":"lecture","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/lecture\/elizabeth-taylor\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Taylor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--white umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">Great Lives Lecture Series<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">Elizabeth Taylor<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"wpv-view-output\" data-toolset-views-view-editor=\"34b5226bf9755c1c4143e8aaf2090ce4\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-toolset-views-view-editor wpv-gutenberg-view-wrapper-61885\">\n\n\n<div id=\"wpv-view-layout-61885-CATTR83424c420b7dc51b08af48ebd2bbab5d\" class=\"js-wpv-view-layout js-wpv-layout-responsive js-wpv-view-layout-61885-CATTR83424c420b7dc51b08af48ebd2bbab5d\" data-viewnumber=\"61885-CATTR83424c420b7dc51b08af48ebd2bbab5d\" data-pagination=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;61885&quot;,&quot;query&quot;:&quot;normal&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:500,&quot;speed&quot;:5,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;stop_rollover&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;cache_pages&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_images&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_pages&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_reach&quot;:1,&quot;spinner&quot;:&quot;builtin&quot;,&quot;spinner_image&quot;:&quot;\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/plugins\/toolset-blocks\/embedded\/res\/img\/ajax-loader.gif&quot;,&quot;callback_next&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;manage_history&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;has_controls_in_form&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;infinite_tolerance&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;max_pages&quot;:1,&quot;page&quot;:1,&quot;base_permalink&quot;:&quot;\/greatlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lecture\/61203?wpv_view_count=61885-CATTR83424c420b7dc51b08af48ebd2bbab5d&amp;wpv_paged=WPV_PAGE_NUM&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;data&quot;:[],&quot;id&quot;:0}}\" data-permalink=\"\/greatlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lecture\/61203?wpv_view_count=61885-CATTR83424c420b7dc51b08af48ebd2bbab5d\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n          <h2 class=\"lectureDate\">Lecture Date: March 19, 2024<\/h2>\n\n<h3>The Jubilation by Silver Companies Lecture<\/h3>\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Great Lives 2024: Elizabeth Taylor\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/925512336?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"533\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<div class=\"topicSummary\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/11\/taylor-198x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium alignright\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/11\/taylor-198x300.jpg 198w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/11\/taylor-674x1024.jpg 674w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/11\/taylor-768x1166.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/11\/taylor-1011x1536.jpg 1011w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/11\/taylor-751x1140.jpg 751w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/11\/taylor.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><p>No celebrity rivals Elizabeth Taylor\u2019s glamour and guts or her level of fame. She was the last major star to come out of the old Hollywood studio system, and she is a legend known for her beauty and her magnetic screen presence in a career that spanned most of the twentieth century and nearly sixty films.<\/p>\n<p>But her private life was even more compelling than her Oscar-winning on-screen performances. During her seventy-nine years of rapid-fire love and loss she was married eight times to seven different men. Above all, she was a survivor\u2014by the time she was twenty-six she was twice divorced and once widowed. Her life was a soap opera that ended in a deeply meaningful way when she became the first major celebrity activist to lead the fight against HIV\/AIDS. A co-founder of amfAR, she raised more than $100 million for research and patient care. She was also a shrewd businesswoman who made a fortune as the first celebrity performer who always demanded to be paid what she was worth.<\/p>\n<p>In the first-ever authorized biography of the Hollywood icon, Kate Andersen Brower reveals the world through Elizabeth\u2019s eyes. Brower uses Elizabeth\u2019s unpublished letters, diary entries, and off-the-record interview transcripts as well as interviews with 250 of her closest friends and family to tell the full, unvarnished story of her remarkable career and her explosive private life that made headlines worldwide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"lectureSpeaker\" style=\"padding-top: 1em;\">Speaker: Kate A. Brower<\/h2>\n<div class=\"speakerInfo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/11\/Kate-Andersen-Brower_headshot-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail alignleft\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/11\/Kate-Andersen-Brower_headshot-150x150.jpg 150w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/11\/Kate-Andersen-Brower_headshot-50x50.jpg 50w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/11\/Kate-Andersen-Brower_headshot-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n<p>Kate Andersen Brower is the author of the #1 <i>New York Times<\/i> bestseller <i>The Residence and First Women<\/i>, also a <i>New York Times<\/i> bestseller, as well as <i>Team Of Five<\/i>, <i>First In Line<\/i>, the children\u2019s book <i>Exploring the White House<\/i>, and <i>Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon<\/i> which is the first authorized biography of the star and includes never-before-seen letters and diary entries written by Elizabeth, who was the most famous actress of the 20th century. <i>The Residence<\/i> is being made into a television series produced by Shonda Rhimes for Netflix and it is currently in production. Kate covered the Obama administration for Bloomberg News. She is also a former <i>CBS News<\/i> staffer and <i>Fox News<\/i> producer. Kate has written for the <i>New York Times<\/i>, <i>Vanity Fair<\/i>, and the <i>Washington Post<\/i>. She lives outside of Washington, D.C., with her husband, their three young children, and their wheaten terrier.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"season":[1247],"class_list":{"0":"post-61203","1":"lecture","2":"type-lecture","3":"status-publish","5":"season-1247","6":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Elizabeth Taylor - Great Lives<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/lecture\/elizabeth-taylor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Elizabeth Taylor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/lecture\/elizabeth-taylor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Great Lives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-25T13:05:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/greatlives\\\/lecture\\\/elizabeth-taylor\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/greatlives\\\/lecture\\\/elizabeth-taylor\\\/\",\"name\":\"Elizabeth Taylor - 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