Highlights
- Elizabeth Taylor’s most famous love was actor Richard Burton.
- Taylor and Burton’s relationship was tumultuous.
- Despite divorcing and remarrying other people, Taylor and Burton remained close.
Elizabeth Taylor was one of the brightest stars of the Classic Hollywood era. Stunningly beautiful and elegant at a young age, Taylor touched the hearts of her audience and became a box office draw in the 1950s and 1960s. Her level of fame has often been compared to that of Marilyn Monroe. At the peak of her career, she even played one of the most famous queens in history, Cleopatra.
Taylor’s personal life was just as publicized as her career. Throughout her life, Taylor was married to seven different men. Some of her husbands were famous in their own right, while others were not. While Taylor was involved in numerous marriages, she remained in love with one of her ex-husbands for the remainder of her life.
Who Was Elizabeth Taylor Madly In Love With Despite Remarrying Multiple Times?
Elizabeth Taylor, who began to work in entertainment as a child, was married to some of the most famous men of her era:
- Conrad Hilton Jr. of Hilton Hotels fame (Married from 1950 to 1951)
- Actor Michael Wilding (Married from 1952 to 1957)
- Mike Todd, who produced the acclaimed film, Around the World in 80 Days (married from 1957 to 1958)
- Eddie Fisher (married from 1959 to 1964)
Beyond her early marriages, Taylor dated numerous men, but never married them. Taylor’s most famous love story, however, was with actor Richard Burton. They first became acquainted at a party in the 1950s, but eventually began to have feelings for each other during the filming of Cleopatra, according to Biography. Taylor herself spoke on her feelings towards the actor:
“When I saw him on the set of Cleopatra, I fell in love and I have loved him every since.”
They pursued a romantic relationship during Cleopatra’s production, even though they were both already married to other individuals. According to Taylor in an interview, she and Burton did try to “resist.” She elaborated by sharing, “my marriage with Eddie was over, but we didn’t want to do anything to hurt Sybil [Burton’s wife at the time].”
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Taylor and Burton’s romance ultimately prevailed, however. Despite a passionate love for each other, their relationship was far from perfect. They often got into argumentative and even physical fights with each other. While filming Cleopatra, Taylor got physically injured by Burton. Twentieth Centry Fox president, Spyros Skouras, shared that the actress “got two black eyes, her nose was out of shape, and it took 22 days for her to recover enough in order to resume filming”, according to Biography.
Both Burton and Taylor abused substances, including alcohol, and this had an impact on their relationship as well. Their relationship even started a Vatican controversy. Despite such overwhelming obstacles, Taylor and Burton remained in love and eventually married in 1964. During their marriage, Taylor and Burton became a Hollywood power couple. Not only did they star in multiple films together, but they enjoyed the fruits of their labor together. At one point, they even owned a luxury yacht and private plane, according to Biography.
Though they enjoyed great success professionally, they continued to argue and rely on substances throughout their tense marriage. In 1974, it proved to be too much and they divorced. This is not where the story ends, however. Even after their divorce, Burton and Taylor still had unwavering feelings for each other. In 1975, they decided to give marriage one more try and re-married. It was, unfortunately, short lasting. Taylor explained her relationship with Burton in more detail in an interview: “We had a good marriage. Something went wrong, but we’re still good friends.”
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Taylor eventually married John Warner in December 1976, the same year she divorced Burton for the second time. She was married to Warner until 1982. From 1991 to 1996, she was married to a construction worker, Larry Fortensky, according to People. Throughout Taylor’s later marriages, she remained close with Burton.
Burton shared the same sentiment and discussed it publicly after attending Taylor’s 50th birthday party:
“Elizabeth and I will never remarry. She may marry someone else, and so may I, but we will always be drawn back to each other.”
Burton and Taylor both remarried, but their feelings for each other allegedly lasted until Burton’s death in 1984. According to Taylor, he sent her a final note of affection shortly before his passing. Taylor even requested to be laid to rest with Burton’s last letter, according to Versalie. In a Vogue interview, Taylor spoke of her love for Burton candidly: “I was still madly in love with him the day he died. I think he still loved me, too.”
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In the late 1950s, Taylor was married to producer Mike Todd. Todd tragically passed away in March 1958 due to a fatal plane crash. In her time of grieving, Taylor began to have a romance with Reynolds’ husband, singer Eddie Fisher. Fisher reportedly comforted Taylor as she mourned and became someone she could rely on.
Fisher later admitted his relationship with Taylor to Reynolds and divorced her. Taylor and Fisher then married in 1959. According to Reynolds, their relationship was not based on true love: “A man doesn’t leave a woman for another woman unless he wants to go. You know, when Mike Todd died, I sent Eddie to help Elizabeth. I don’t think she ever really loved Eddie. He was an interim interest during her mourning period.” Fisher and Taylor were only married for a few years.
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