After many years of ill health, Taylor died from congestive heart failure at the age of 79 in In the s, she also developed a successful series of scents. The naked "star" of the photograph is believed to be a minor Hollywood dancer, who had to be persuaded to strip for the shot by a photographer who went on to become one of the key chroniclers of the era of Hollywood glamour. Her next films, The V. Elizabeth lived in London until the age of seven, when the family left for the US when the clouds of war began brewing in Europe in It was reported around the world that it was an image taken by Roddy McDowall, an actor and photographer, and one of Taylor's closest friends.
The following year, she co-starred in Ivanhoe , one of the biggest box office hits of the year. Mystery of nude 'Elizabeth Taylor' photograph An astonishing photograph which appears to show one of the world's most famous beauties naked is at the centre of an identity mystery. Her son, it was claimed, sold the picture to Californian art collector Jim Shaudis in for an unknown sum. Bing Site Web Enter search term: Search. There were no more films for Elizabeth for three years.
