23 Vintage Photos of Elizabeth Taylor in the Summer
A collection of 23 vintage photographs captures Elizabeth Taylor during summer moments from 1947 to 1975. The images include scenes from her film 'Suddenly, Last Summer' (1959), where her white swimsuit sparked a style trend, as well as candid shots with husbands Michael Wilding, Eddie Fisher, and Richard Burton. Locations span Malibu, California; Cannes, France; Mallorca, Spain; Ischia, Italy; Athens, Greece; and Israel. The photos highlight Taylor's iconic status in Hollywood's Golden Age.
Key facts
- Elizabeth Taylor's white swimsuit in 'Suddenly, Last Summer' was considered risqué and sparked a style trend.
- Photos include Taylor with husband Michael Wilding by the pool in 1955.
- Taylor posed on Malibu beach on July 4, 1956.
- Taylor and Eddie Fisher honeymooned in Cannes, France in 1959.
- Taylor and Fisher vacationed in Mallorca, Spain.
- Taylor and Richard Burton holidayed in Ischia on June 18, 1962.
- Taylor visited the Parthenon in Athens, Greece with Fisher in the 1960s.
- Taylor and Burton were photographed in Israel in 1975.
Entities
Artists
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Marshall Thompson
- Jane Powell
- Michael Wilding
- Eddie Fisher
- Richard Burton
- Beau Bridges
Institutions
- Everett Collection
- Archive Photos/Getty Images
- Archives du 7e Art/DR
- Bettmann/Getty Images
- Hulton Archive/Getty Images
- Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
- Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images
- FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty Images
- API/GAMMA/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
- Europa Press Archive/Getty Images
- Columbia Pictures Corporation / Horizon Pictures
- Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images
- Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
- Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images
- William KAREL/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
- Vogue
Locations
- Malibu
- California
- United States
- Cannes
- France
- Mallorca
- Spain
- Ischia
- Italy
- Athens
- Greece
- Israel
- Rome