好萊塢偶像級影星伊利莎白.泰勒去世 享年79歲

Legendary Hollywood actress Elizabeth Taylor has died at the age of 79.A statement from Taylor's family says she died peacefully, with her children at her side. The veteran actress, known for movies such as "National Velvet," which made her a star at the age of 12, and "Cleopatra," had been suffering from congestive heart failure. She had been hospitalized in Los Angeles for the past six weeks. Taylor won Academy Awards for her role in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "Butterfield 8." In later years, she was a spokeswoman for humanitarian causes, notably AIDS research. That work gained her a special Oscar in 1993.

Taylor was sometimes called the most beautiful woman in the world. In addition to her work in film, the Oscar-winning actress was also well known for her off-screen drama, including being married eight times, twice to actor Richard Burton.

Born in London to American parents, she moved to Los Angeles before World War II, and went from child star to Hollywood starlet to movie icon. But she gained attention for more than just her beauty and acting stormy personal life and numerous marriages, as well as her friendship with pop icon Michael Jackson, made her a constant source of stories for the press.

She had a passion for jewels and jewelry and introduced her own perfumes, including one called White Diamonds. In later years, she was widely recognized for her charitable work. France awarded her the prestigious Legion of Honor in 1987 and Britain's Queen Elizabeth made her a dame, the female equivalent of a knight, in 2000.

好萊塢傳奇女影星伊利莎白.泰勒去世，享年79歲。泰勒家人發表的一份聲明說，她安祥去世時，她的子女在側。在過去6個星期裏，這位資深的女演員因爲患有充血性心力衰竭而在洛杉磯的醫院裏住院。她因主演《玉女神駒》和《埃及豔后》等影片而出名。《玉女神駒》的影片更是使泰勒12歲的時候就成爲明星。泰勒因在影片《誰怕弗吉尼亞.沃爾夫？》以及《青樓豔妓》裏的出色表演而榮獲奧斯卡獎。她在後來的歲月裏擔任了人道主義事業的發言人，特別是艾滋病研究。她因這方面的貢獻於1993年榮獲奧斯卡特別獎。

泰勒有時被稱爲全世界最漂亮的女人。除了演電影以外，這位獲得奧斯卡獎的女演員也因爲她在銀屏外的戲劇性經歷而廣爲人知，這其中包括結婚8次，其中兩次是與演員理查德.伯頓結婚。

泰勒出生在倫敦，父母都是美國人。她在二戰前移居洛杉磯，從一個童星成爲好萊塢影星，最後成爲電影界的偶像級人物。但是她不僅僅因爲她的美貌和演藝才華而引起人們的注意。她坎坷的個人經歷、無數次的婚姻，以及她與流行歌星麥克爾.傑克遜的友誼使她一直成爲媒體報導的對象。

泰勒酷愛珠寶首飾並創立了自己的香水品牌，其中一種香水叫做“白色鑽石”。在後來的生涯中，泰勒因爲她的慈善工作而受到普遍的認可。法國在1987年授予她最高榮譽勳章。英國女王伊利莎白在2000年封她爲貴婦人，即相當於爵士的爵位。