Two-time Academy Award winner Elizabeth Taylor was as well known for her beauty and acting skills as she was for her remarkable personal life. Her many outstanding cinematic performances, including the role of Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, above, made her a certifiable American icon.

兩次榮獲奧斯卡獎的伊麗莎白·泰勒以其美貌、演技和戲劇般的個人生活而被人熟知。她的許多作品，包括《熱錫皮屋頂上的貓》，都讓她成為當之無愧的美國的偶像。

Taylor's mother, an American actress living in London, retired from the stage when she married. Elizabeth was born in the British capital in 1932, three years after her brother Howard, standing with her in this family snapshot, above.

泰勒的母親是一位居住在倫敦的美國女演員，結婚后便引退了。伊麗莎白1932年出生于英國首都，他的哥哥霍華德比她年長三歲。

The Taylor family moved to Los Angeles shortly after the beginning of World War II, and Elizabeth's father opened an art gallery that attracted a large number of Hollywood clientele. It wasn't long before the young beauty was noticed and invited to take a screen test. By the age of 9, Taylor had landed a role in Universal's There's One Born Every Minute.

泰勒一家在二戰開始后不久就搬到了洛杉磯居住。他的父親在那里開了一家畫廊，并吸引了很多來自好萊塢的客人。沒過多久，這個小美人就被邀請到好萊塢試鏡。在9歲那年，她參演了環球電影公司的《每分鐘都有一個人出生》。

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