Elizabeth Taylor: Legend

Young actress Elizabeth Taylor stands with her brother, Howard, and their pets in a garden, circa 1930's. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

THERE'S ONE BORN EVERY MINUTE, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer, Elizabeth Taylor, 1942

1944: British-born actress Elizabeth Taylor feeding a horse for director Clarence Brown's film 'National Velvet'. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

THE COURAGE OF LASSIE, Elizabeth Taylor, Lassie, 1946

1946: British-born actor Elizabeth Taylor, wearing white gloves and a evening dress, signs autographs for fans waiting behind a chain at a nightclub. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

November 1948: A film crew looking towards American actors, Robert and Elizabeth Taylor as they embrace on the set of 'Conspirator', a Metro Goldwyn Mayer production. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)

US film star Elizabeth Taylor and her first husband Nick Hilton, of the hotelier family, on their wedding day. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

1951: Film stars Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift (1920-1966) star in the Paramount melodrama 'A Place In The Sun'. (Photo by Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

American actress Elizabeth Taylor with Michael Wilding just after their wedding. (Photo by Ron Burton/Getty Images)

1952: Elizabeth Taylor in an emotionally charged scene from 'Ivanhoe', with 'baddie' George Sanders (1906 - 1972) the suave English actor. The film was directed by Richard Thorpe for MGM. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

circa 1955: Promotional headshot portrait of British-born actor Elizabeth Taylor leaning on a striped sofa in a sleeveless gown and short hair. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

GIANT, from left: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, 1956

British-born actor Elizabeth Taylor sits in a red evening dress with her sons Michael (L) and Christopher Wilding on her lap, mid 1950's. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

British-born actor Elizabeth Taylor sits with her third husband, American film producer Mike Todd (1909 - 1958), at a Golden Globe Awards ceremony at the Coconut Grove nightclub, Hollywood, California, 1957. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

American actor Paul Newman and British-born actor Elizabeth Taylor have a conversation in a still from the film, 'Cat On A Hot Tin Roof', directed by Richard Brooks, 1958. (Photo by MGM Studios/Courtesy of Getty Images)

28th August 1959: American actress Elizabeth Taylor arriving with husband Eddie Fisher and family at London Airport, from Costa Brava where she has been filming 'Suddenly, Last Summer'. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

1962: Welsh actor Richard Burton (1925 - 1984) with his co-star and future wife, Elizabeth Taylor in the epic drama 'Cleopatra'. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

26th April 1967: Elizabeth Taylor holding an Oscar she won for the film 'Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf' at the Grosvenor Hotel, London. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

003896 01: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton hold their granddaughter Leyla January 15, 1973 in Gstaad, Switzerland. Elizabeth Taylor and husband Richard Burton were married twice and starred together in the films \"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?\" and \"Cleopatra.\" (Photo by Liaison)

1981: British born American actress Elizabeth Taylor with her husband, the American politician John Warner. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

In this 1981 photo provided by ABC, Elizabeth Taylor, portraying Helena Cassadine, left, and Rick Springfield, portraying Dr. Noah Drake, center, are shown on the set of the ABC daytime series, \"General Hospital\" with Executive Producer/Director Gloria Monty. It's been 45 years since \"General Hospital\" began dispensing heavy doses of drama to TV viewers. Since 1963, ABC's longest-running daytime series has documented the trials and tribulations of Port Charles' citizens, carving an unprecedented television niche with intrigue and illness, long before \"ER,\" \"House\" and \"Grey's Anatomy\" graduated from medical school. (AP Photo/ABC) ** MANDATORY CREDIT; NO SALES; NO ARCHIVING, FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY IN FEATURE STORY OF THE 45TH ANNIVERSARY OF GENERAL HOSPITAL. **

WASHINGTON, : Movie star Elizabeth Taylor smiles as she appears before the Labor, Health and Human services Senate Subcommittee 08 May 1986 in Washington,DC. Ms. Taylor appeared as chairman of the American Foundation for Aids Research and appealed for more funds foe AIDS research. AFP PHOTO/Jerome DELAY (Photo credit should read JEROME DELAY/AFP/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 25: Actress Elizabeth Taylor (L) and singer Michael Jackson hold one of two awards he won 25 January 1993 at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles, CA . (Photo credit should read VINCE BUCCI/AFP/Getty Images)

1994 Elizabeth Taylor and Larry Fortensky.

This photo released by The White House 08 December, 2002, shows US President George W. Bush (R) shaking hands with Kennedy Center honoree actress Elizabeth Taylor 08 December at The White House in Washington DC. Bush met with the honorees (L-R) actor James Earl Jones, music conductor James Levine, dancer-actress Chita Rivera, singer-songwriter Paul Simon and Taylor. AFP PHOTO/THE WHITE HOUSE/ERIC DRAPER

HENDERSON, NV - FEBRUARY 27: Dame Elizabeth Taylor arrives with her children, (L-R) Michael Wilding Jr., Christopher Wilding, Maria Burton and Liza Todd Burton, for Taylor's 75th birthday party at the Ritz-Carlton, Lake Las Vegas on February 27, 2007 in Henderson, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Elizabeth Taylor; Michael Wilding Jr.; Christopher Wilding; Maria Burton

Elizabeth Taylor arrives for a A.R. Gurney's play \"Love Letters\" at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles December 1, 2007. The one-night only performance will benefit the Elizabeth Taylor HIV/AIDS Foundation and features Taylor and James Earl Jones as cast members. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES)

Elizabeth Taylor attends Michael Jackson's funeral service held at Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California on September 3, 2009.

Dame Elizabeth Taylor on the catwalk at the 27th Annual Macy's Passport party on Sept. 24, 2009, in Santa Monica, Calif. Despite suffering from a cold, the 77-year-old Hollywood legend managed to make an appearance grand enough to warrant a standing ovation. Taylor told the crowd, \"As my beloved friend Michael [Jackson] said, 'We are the world.' And it is up to us to take care of those who are sick and dying, in this country and particularly in Africa.\"

384120 04: Actress Elizabeth Taylor Poses In An Old Film Still. Taylor Is An Award Winning Actress Who Has Appeared In Such Films As \"Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? And \"Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.\" (Photo By Getty Images)