TY - BOOK AU - Brower,Kate Andersen TI - Elizabeth Taylor: the grit & glamour of an icon SN - 9780063067653 AV - PN2287.T18 B76 2022 U1 - B PY - 2022///] CY - New York, NY PB - Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers KW - Taylor, Elizabeth, KW - Motion picture actors and actresses KW - California KW - Los Angeles KW - Biography KW - Great Britain KW - Biographies KW - lcgft N1 - "Includes unpublished letters, photographs, and private reflections"-- Cover; Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-472) and index; Prologue -- Elizabeth the first -- The most beautiful creature: the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s -- Passion and pain: the 1950s and 1960s -- Lavish love: the 1960s and 1970s -- Survivor: the 1970s and 1980s -- True grit: the 1980s and 1990s -- A legacy of love: the 1990s to 2011 -- Afterword: Lust for life N2 - Elizabeth Taylor 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. But her private life was even more compelling than her Oscar-winning on-screen performances ER -