Elizabeth Taylor

Awards & Honours

Awards Won

Honours

Rankings

Covers

Records

Taylor's two Oscars place her among the most decorated actresses in history. She was the first actress to earn a $1 million salary, setting a precedent for star compensation. The American Film Institute ranked her the seventh greatest female screen legend. Her humanitarian work earned her the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, and she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Taylor also holds a Guinness World Record for the most valuable perfume line by a celebrity, with White Diamonds grossing over $1 billion.

AwardsTaylor won two Academy Awards for Best Actress, for BUtterfield 8 (1960) and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). She also received a Special Academy Award for her humanitarian work in 1993. She won a BAFTA for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and multiple Golden Globe nominations. Her career honors include the AFI Life Achievement Award and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

Honours & Distinctions

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Queen Elizabeth II·2000

Honored for services to film and charity.

Hollywood Walk of Fame Star

Hollywood Chamber of Commerce·1960

Star at 6336 Hollywood Boulevard for motion pictures.

Presidential Citizens Medal

President Bill Clinton·2001

Awarded for her AIDS activism.

Rankings & Lists

Greatest Female Screen Legends

American Film Institute·1999

Magazine Covers

Time

1963-08-23

Elizabeth Taylor: The $1 Million Actress

Life

1966-07-08

Taylor and Burton: The Love Story

Vogue

1967-01-01

Elizabeth Taylor: The New Look

People

1991-10-21

Elizabeth Taylor's Wedding at Neverland

Vanity Fair

1997-11-01

Elizabeth Taylor: The Last Star

Records & Feats

First actress to earn a $1 million salary

Career Milestone·1963

Taylor negotiated $1 million for Cleopatra in 1963, the highest ever for an actress at the time.

Most valuable celebrity perfume line

Business·1991

White Diamonds grossed over $1 billion in sales since its 1991 launch.