Elizabeth Taylor was a British and American actress who received numerous accolades throughout her career and is considered to be one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema, with the American Film Institute naming her the seventh-greatest female screen legend in American film history.
In her six decades-long acting career, Taylor received five nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the films Raintree County (1957), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Suddenly, Last Summer (1959), BUtterfield 8 (1960), and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), winning for these last two features. Her performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? also earned her the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress, the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress, and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress. Taylor was nominated for four Golden Globes, winning Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for Suddenly, Last Summer in 1960. Her other acclaimed performances include Hammersmith Is Out (1972), which won her the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival, and The Taming of the Shrew (1967) and Zee and Co. (1972), for which she received two David di Donatello Awards for Best Foreign Actress. Taylor made her Broadway debut in a 1981 revival of the Lillian Hellman's play The Little Foxes, which earned her a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play and wins at the Outer Critics Circle Awards and the Theatre World Awards.
For her lifetime achievements, Taylor was honored with the AFI Life Achievement Award, the BAFTA Fellowship, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, and a medallion at the Kennedy Center Honors. Her humanitarian commitment to the fight against HIV/AIDS was also recognized with several honors, including the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Academy Awards, the GLAAD Vanguard Award, and the Presidential Citizens Medal.
Awards and nominations + Award Year Nominated work Category Result Academy Awards 1958 Raintree County Best Actress 1959 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1960 Suddenly, Last Summer 1961 BUtterfield 8 1967 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Berlin International Film Festival 1972 Hammersmith Is Out Silver Bear for Best Actress British Academy Film Awards 1959 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Best Foreign Actress 1967 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Best British Actress 1968 The Taming of the Shrew David di Donatello 1967 Best Foreign Actress 1972 Zee and Co. Drama Desk Awards 1981 The Little Foxes Outstanding Actress in a Play Golden Apple Awards 1985 Female Star of the Year Golden Globes 1960 Suddenly, Last Summer Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama 1961 BUtterfield 8 1967 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1974 Ash Wednesday Golden Raspberry Awards 1995 The Flintstones Worst Supporting Actress Kansas City Film Critics Circle 1966 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Best Actress National Board of Review 1967 Best Actress National Society of Film Critics 1967 Best Actress New York Film Critics Circle 1958 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Best Actress 1959 Suddenly, Last Summer 1967 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Outer Critics Circle Awards 1981 The Little Foxes Outstanding Debut Performance Theatre World Awards 1981 Best Debut Performance Tony Awards 1981 Best Actress in a Play
Honorary awards + Organization Year Category Result Academy Awards 1993 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Actor Awards 1998 Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2012 Humanitarian Activism Award American Academy of Achievement 1985 Golden Plate Award American Film Institute 1993 AFI Life Achievement Award Britannia Awards 2005 Artistic Excellence in International Entertainment British Academy Film Awards 1999 BAFTA Fellowship British Film Institute 2000 BFI Fellowship Cairo International Film Festival 1979 Career Achievement Award David di Donatello 1960 Golden Plate Film at Lincoln Center 1986 Gala Tribute GLAAD Media Awards 2000 Vanguard Award Golden Globes 1957 Special Achievement 1974 World Film Favorite – Female 1985 Cecil B. DeMille Award Hasty Pudding Theatricals 1977 Woman of the Year Kennedy Center Honors 2002 Honoree Presidential Citizens Medal 2001 Honoree Taos Talking Pictures Film Festival 2001 Maverick Award Women Film Critics Circle 2011 Acting and Activism Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards 1985 Crystal Award 2011 Humanitarian Award
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