In the era of classic Hollywood cinema, stars like Elizabeth Taylor, known for her role as Cleopatra in the historic epic film Cleopatra were screen legends. Taylor also moved on with Hollywood in the new age where paparazzi photography became the order of the day and she just continued to be famous for being famous. Her private life became a public interest and it marked the birth of a standard for the next generation of celebrities.
Elizabeth Taylor’s Marriages
The actress who is famous for her 8 marriages actually only had 7 husbands. A list of her husbands and the duration of the marriages can be found below:
1. Conrad ‘Nicky’ Hilton
Taylor’s first marriage was to Conrad NickyHilton Jr., heir to the Hilton Hotels chain in Beverly Hills. The wedding ceremony held on May 6, 1960 was reportedly very expensive and the event was a major media topic. But within a year the marriage hit the rocks as she revealed her husband was abusive and she was granted a divorce in January 1951.
2.Michael Wilding
Second on the list of spouses is British actor, Michael Wilding whom she married in 1952 but divorced five years later in 1957. The cause of their separation and eventual divorce is believed to be due to the failure of Michael’s career and was also rumored to have entertained the strippers at their house when Taylor was off filming. Taylor had two sons with him, Michael and Christopher.
3. Michael Todd
Taylor married her third husband, MikeTodd, a theater and film producer in February 1957, had a daughter named Elizabeth for him the same year. Sadly, their marriage ended in 1958 not because of divorce but following a fatal plane crash on March 22, 1958, which claimed Todd’s life.
4. Eddie Fisher
Heartbroken Taylor found solace in the arms of a friend and Todd who was the singer, Eddie Fisher. Fisher and Taylor began an affair which led to him divorcing his wife, actress Debbie Reynolds, to marry Taylor in 1959. Taylor later revealed that she married Fisher because she was heartbroken in 1962 they began to separate, and in 1964 she got a divorce from him.
Of all her husbands, Richard Burton was described as Taylor’s tempestuous lover. The pair began an affair on the set of the film Cleopatra in 1962, when they were still marrieddifferent people. After getting a divorce in 1964 and Burton was also free, the couple married the same year, but the marriage ended 10 years later in 1974.
6.Richard Burton
If you’re wondering if it’s the same as Burton, yes it is. The couple tried to get back together after what they called a reconciliation and even remarried in Kasane, Botswana in October 1975, but the marriage fell apart again within a year.
7. John Warner
Taylor’s 7th marriage was to Republican politician John Warner whom she married on December 4, 1976. Taylor was excited to become a politician but after a while she found it very boring and reportedly suffered from loneliness and depression which caused her to become overweight and addicted to prescription drugs. The couple separated in 1981 and in November 1982 their divorce was finalized.
8. Larry Fortensky
The actress’ last and eighth husband was a construction worker named Larry Fortensky, whom she married in 1991 but later divorced in October 1996.
Taylor’s Other Dating and Boyfriends
Despite her 8 marriages and 7 husbands, Taylor was also known to have had a long list of other men in her life which began in 1948 with Glenn Davies, a soccer champion she had been dating for less than a year, followed by of William Pawley, Jr., the son of American Ambassador William D. Pawley, then to whom she was engaged for a short time only.
Following the divorce from John Warner, Taylor dated actor Anthony Geary and later got engaged to Mexican lawyer, Victor Luna, which only lasted a year – ending in 1984. The year Next, the beautiful actress caught the eye of a New York businessman named Dennis Stein.
According to some sources, Elizabeth Taylor was involved with other men like Rod Steiger, Colin Farrel, George Hamilton, Robert Wagner, Carl Bernstein, David Bowie, Vic Damone, Henry Wynberg, Frank Sinatra, Robert Stack, Peter O’Toole, Ivan Moffat , Arthur M. Loew Jr., Kevin McClory, Ralph Kiner, Peter Lawford, Stanley Donen, Pat DiCicco, Robert Taylor, Ronald Reagan, Marshall Thompson, Richard Long, Mickey Rooney and Jason Winters who was the last man she dated until his death in 2011.
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