Elizabeth Taylor Influence

When one searches Elizabeth Taylor on Google today, about 221-228 million results emerge. This number is exceeds Bill Gates and Marilyn Monroe’s results combined. She became an instant hit after she starred in National Velvet (1944). While other girls her age were playing with toys, she was becoming increasingly aware of the effect her appearance had on people. She married several different people, all whom exhibited similar traits: manly and protective. Because of the lack of a father figure in her life, Taylor sought a man who could take care of her childlike antics in every partner. Her movies sold relatively well and she was at the peak of her career. Taylor was less of a celebrity after her two rehab admittances and especially when she married an arbitrary construction worker. However, she geared the last bits of her fame toward finding the cure for HIV/AIDS. Actress Elizabeth Taylor became the public’s sweetheart with her …show more content…
I did help her write that [one of Taylor’s kishkas] but she was not apologetic about identifying with Jews” (qtd. in Berrin). She had publicly converted to Judaism during a time in which a strong anti-Semite sentiment was ubiquitous in America. Taylor’s decision threatened to affect her career negatively, but she never cared about the public’s opinions. People were awestruck by Elizabeth Taylor who battled various illnesses, diseases, and experienced deaths of people close to her and somehow bounced back to the public (qtd. in Gussow). Her resilience packed with her unflinching will to move forward allowed her to deflect much of the public’s criticism toward her. On Taylor shouting expletives at her fourth husband, Eddie Fisher, amidst paparazzi at the airport, James Bacon stated, “It shattered a dream” (qtd. Mann 185). People were astonished with the way her goddess-like beauty contrasted with her vulgar