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- Conrad Hilton Jr. Having met at Mocambo nightclub — per Entertainment Weekly — in Los Angeles the year before, Taylor was only 18 when she wed then-23-year-old hotel heir Conrad "Nicky" Hilton on May 6, 1950.
- Michael Wilding. The British actor, whom Taylor met in England while making Ivanhoe, was 20 years her senior when they wed on Feb. 21, 1952, and the calm presence she needed after her tumultuous first marriage.
- Mike Todd. Movie producer Mike Todd was a self-assured suitor who announced his marriage intentions clearly. "He didn't ask me, he told me," Taylor recalled in Elizabeth Takes Off.
- Eddie Fisher. Still reeling from Todd's death, Taylor found solace with her late husband's good friend, singer Eddie Fisher, who was married at the time to actress Debbie Reynolds — Taylor's own friend and matron of honor at her wedding to Todd.
- Conrad 'Nicky' Hilton
- Michael Wilding
- Mike Todd
- Eddie Fisher
- Richard Burton
- John Warner
- Larry Fortensky
Taylor met Conrad “Nicky” Hilton, the son of hotelier Conrad Hilton (and future great-uncle of Paris Hilton), in October 1949 at Mocambo nightclub in Los Angeles — and they were wed on May 6, 1950, at Beverly Hills’ Church of the Good Shepherd with 600 guests in attendance and an additional 3,000 fans outside. She wore a $3,500 gown at the ceremony...
Barely a year after her divorce from Hilton, Taylor wed British actor Michael Wilding who was 20 years her senior and also on marriage number two. During their five years together, Taylor gave birth to two sons, Michael Jr. and Christopher. Christopher told Hollywood Reporterthat growing up, he and his brother could play with Taylor’s Golden Globes...
By the time Taylor married entertainment producer Mike Todd — who won an Oscar for Around the World in 80 Days — a month after her divorce from Wilding, she was pregnant with their child, Liza. Todd was known to shower the young star with gifts, like the time he set up an entire display of Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry in their yard or the time he had...
Devastated by the tragedy of Todd’s death, Taylor turned one of their closest couple friends, Debbie Reynolds and her husband Eddie Fisher, one of the 1950s most popular singers. (Fisher had been a best man at Taylor and Todd’s wedding.) But soon Taylor and Fisher started an affair and Fisher left Reynolds. “I divorced Debbie and married Elizabeth ...
Taylor was still married to Fisher when she reconnected with Burton on the Cleopatra set in 1962 (they had met at a party a decade before that). “When I saw him on the set of Cleopatra, I fell in love and I have loved him ever since, practically my whole adult life,” she wrote in People. Their romance was so passionate, it often ignited into fights...
After her double marriage to Burton, Taylor turned to politics — for love, that is. She wed former U.S. Secretary of the Navy John Warner, who later became a five-term U.S. Senator for Virginia. The two met at a Washington, D.C., dinner for Queen Elizabeth II, at which Warner was asked to escort Taylor. Even though he’s a Republican and she was a D...
Taylor's final marriage was to a construction worker who she met during her time in rehab at the Betty Ford Clinic in 1988. “Elizabeth was in there for pills, I was in there for beer,” he told People. “I knew who she was, of course, but I can’t tell you that I remember watching any of her films. She was funny and sweet, and the more I got to know h...
- Conrad "Nicky" Hilton Jr. Liz was just 18 when she said "I do" to hotel heir Nicky Hilton in 1950. The nuptials coincided with the release of her wedding-themed film, Father of the Bride, and the studio reportedly picked up the tab for the actress' dress and their celebration as promotion for the flick.
- Michael Wilding. It didn't take long for Taylor to bounce back from her first marriage. She and English actor Michael Wilding tied the knot in 1952. They had two sons: Michael Jr., born in 1953, and Christopher, born in 1955.
- Mike Todd. Not one to stay alone for long, Taylor married her third husband, movie producer Mike Todd, in 1957. The couple had one daughter, Liza, who was born that same year.
- Eddie Fisher. In 1959, still mourning the loss of Todd, Taylor married Eddie Fisher in Las Vegas. Fisher was a good friend of Todd and grew closer to Taylor as a source of comfort after her husband's passing — but their union caused controversy with the singer leaving his wife, actress Debbie Reynolds, who had also been friends with Liz.
- Conrad 'Nicky' Hilton. 18-year-old Elizabeth married Conrad Hilton Jr., 24, in 1950. Conrad was the heir to Hilton hotels and Taylor a well-established actress.
- Michael Wilding. Taylor went on to marry British actor, Michael Wilding in a low-key ceremony in February 1952. She was 20 years his junior. They had two sons together, Michael Howard and Christopher Edward.
- Michael Todd. Michael Todd married Taylor in Mexico in February 1957. At the time, Taylor was pregnant with their child. Todd enjoyed the attention the media gave their relationship.
- Eddie Fisher. Eddie Fisher was a singer who was close friends with Taylor's late husband, Michael Todd. Rumors claimed the couple started having an affair just after Todd's sudden demise.
- Conrad Nicholson' Nicky' Hilton Jr: 1950-1951. Elizabeth got married for the first time just weeks after her 18th birthday. The young bride wed the heir to the Hilton hotel empire, Conrad Nicholson' Nicky' Hilton Jr, in a large and expensive ceremony organised by her studio at the time, MGM.
- Michael Wilding: 1952-1957. The next year, in 1952, she married British actor Michael Wilding. It was with Michael - a man 20 years her senior - that she welcomed her two sons Michael, born in 1953 and Christopher, born in 1955.
- Michael Todd: 1957-1958. She took her third trip down the aisle the same year in Mexico, marrying film and theatre producer Michael Todd. Together they welcomed a daughter who Elizabeth named after her.
- Eddie Fisher: 1959-1964. While the actress was left devastated by Michael's death, she found love again six months later with heartthrob singer Eddie Fisher who was one of her late husband's best friends.
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Oct 23, 2022 · In this birthday interview from the February 1992 issue of Good Housekeeping, Elizabeth Taylor opens up about her marriages to Richard Burton and Mike Todd, beauty, and movie career.
