Furious Love (68 page)

Burton's death and, 432–34

as businesswoman, 11, 33, 38, 43, 113, 386, 389, 436

Casa Kimberly, Puerto Vallarta, 81, 84, 112, 126, 193, 194, 261–62, 281–82, 283–84, 294, 381, 400

children, 5, 9, 24–25, 36, 44, 79, 80, 82, 97, 115, 129, 154, 171, 183, 195, 225–26, 268, 282, 303–4, 376–77

Christian Science and, 62

condemned by Congress and Vatican, 36, 153, 278

criticized by the
Times
, 278

dating, 1973, 368–70

death of Dick Hanley and, 309–10

death of Roddy McDowell and, 436

deaths of friends and family, 379

domestic violence and, 2, 6, 37, 59

earnings, 10–11, 43, 63, 75, 113, 119, 139, 193, 196, 214, 250, 292, 388

Eddie Fisher and, 7, 10, 12, 24, 26, 32–33, 40, 43, 80–81, 89, 99, 153

England, emigration considered, 163–64

entourage, 386, 393, 413 (
see also
Taylor, Elizabeth, and Richard Burton romance;
specific individuals
)

fame and starpower, viii, 4, 35, 38, 92, 112, 117, 125, 131, 136, 152–53, 164, 222, 246, 285–86, 290–91, 311, 340, 354, 371–72, 399, 403, 410

family and early years, 61–64

father's death, 254

favorite foods, 22, 144, 194

50th birthday celebration, 411

Fisher-Taylor-Reynolds scandal, 7, 8, 9, 38

gay friends, 37, 92, 159, 199, 249

glamour and lifestyle, viii, 25, 59, 110, 167, 177–78, 193–94, 200, 237, 277, 288, 307, 331–35, 376

as grandmother, 319

Gstaad home (Chalet Ariel), 26, 28, 33, 35, 39–40, 80, 112, 166, 224, 268, 272, 274, 385, 389, 394, 396, 425

health problems, 12, 13–14, 43, 45, 129, 142, 160, 183, 193, 242, 244–45, 253–54, 257, 265, 266, 281, 293, 295–96, 297, 354, 380, 387, 390–91, 411, 437

Henry Wynberg and, 370–71, 374, 378–79, 380–81, 385, 386–87, 388, 389, 400, 402

inability to bear further children, 129, 182–83, 201

intervention by family and entry into Betty Ford Center, 424

jewelry, 6, 40, 44–45, 80, 84, 99, 106, 127, 149, 150, 151, 153, 172, 175, 178, 180, 215, 224, 235, 237–38, 252–53, 257, 258–60, 262, 273–77, 286, 290–91, 325, 333, 334, 339, 348, 356, 374, 381, 385, 397, 400, 404–5, 422, 433

John Warner and, 402–5, 410

Judaism and, 173–74, 343, 370–71

Larry Fortensky and, 436, 437

lateness, 13, 20, 110, 111, 326, 416

longing for normal life, 14, 28, 109, 154–55, 171, 187

Maria's birth mother and, 163–64

Michael Jackson and, 437

Michael Wilding and, 2, 5, 6, 8, 37, 81, 89, 301

Mike Todd and, 5–7, 11, 37–38, 43, 54, 59, 107, 173, 309, 368

Montgomery Clift, saving of, 158

Montgomery Clift's death, 175–76

Nicky Hilton and, 4, 8, 37

Norman Parkinson photo, 331

obligation to fans of, 410–11, 424

paparazzi and, 247, 433 (
see also
Taylor, Elizabeth, and Richard Burton romance)

personality and character, 3, 6, 7, 10, 53, 54, 55, 85, 127, 145, 153, 204, 241, 370–71, 405, 424

Peter Darmanin and, 397

photograph approval, 197–98

premonitions, 321–22, 425

prescription drug abuse, 295–96, 342, 358, 422, 424, 435

rehab, 1988, 435

signature color, 94, 404, 405, 412, 417

taxes and, 116

Victor Luna and, 422, 424, 425, 434

voice, 20, 107, 142, 172, 181, 405

wealth, 436

weight gain, 55, 135, 144, 162, 166, 214, 217–18, 243, 262, 311, 334, 358, 404, 405, 421–22, 424

F
ILM
,
THEATER
,
TELEVISION CAREER
, 202, 268–69

acting and talent, 14, 18, 20–21, 53, 142, 168, 193, 295, 311, 318–19, 356, 416, 436

Ash Wednesday
, 357–58, 359, 360, 375

awards/nominations, 9, 12, 151, 152, 176, 177, 205–7, 209, 229, 281, 411

best work of, 269

The Blue Bird
, 388–89

Boom!
, 211–20, 238–40, 242, 269

box-office rankings, 112, 131, 196, 246, 327–28

BUtterfield 8
, 12, 113, 177, 269, 400, 436

career decline, 209, 230, 234, 251, 267, 269, 281, 288, 323, 356–57, 390, 396

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
, 7, 8, 9, 76, 211, 269, 436

changes in movie industry and, 76, 112–13, 117, 135–36, 252, 260–61

child stardom, 3, 62–64, 376–77, 437

Cleopatra
, 2, 9–31, 38–39, 56–60, 112, 115, 153, 436

The Comedians
, 196–204, 209, 228–30

Divorce His Divorce Hers
, 344–57

Doctor Faustus
, 269, 295, 314

The Driver's Seat
, 371, 375

effort to get work for Montgomery Clift, 157–61

Elephant Walk
, 11, 265

Father of the Bride
, 4, 114, 137

Father's Little Dividend
, 114

The Flintstones
, 436

40th birthday and, 330, 331

Giant
, 13, 64, 250, 436

gifts from producers and directors, 63–64, 149–50, 151, 172

Hammersmith Is Out
, 316, 323

hiatus from, 112, 403

Hussein as director and, 346–54

Jane Eyre
, 437

Julia Misbehaves
, 368

Lassie Come Home
, 3, 15, 199, 436

The Little Foxes
, 411

A Little Night Music
, 403

Louis B. Mayer and, 3, 10, 43, 309

Love Letters
, 437

Mankiewicz as director and, 14

MGM and, 3, 5, 6, 12, 41, 43, 58, 62–64, 80, 112, 114, 157, 269

The Mirror Crack'd
, 435

as mirror of her life, 58, 118, 146–49, 161, 181, 202, 215, 310–12, 356, 376, 417–18

National Velvet
, 3, 62–64, 137, 269

Night Watch
, 341, 342, 343, 346, 347, 349

“one-shot Liz” or Quicktake Liz, 169, 202, 218

The Only Game in Town
, 250–52, 258, 287

A Place in the Sun
, 13, 250, 269, 286, 436

popularity with crews, 170, 263, 299–300

Private Lives
, 395, 413–24

production companies, 43, 59, 80, 113, 114, 193–94, 401, 411

as queen of camp, 423–24

Raintree County
, 328

Reflections in a Golden Eye
, 158–61, 176, 189–92, 209, 211, 233–34, 236

retirement contemplated, 267–68

The Sandpiper
, 113–19, 136, 137, 150, 157, 243

Secret Ceremony
, 240, 242–43, 246, 269, 288, 436

Stevens as director and, 13, 157, 250–51

Suddenly, Last Summer
, 13, 158, 159, 211, 217, 220, 243, 269, 436

Sweet Bird of Youth
, 436

The Taming of the Shrew
, 161, 164–72, 178–82, 185, 211, 269

These Old Broads
, 436

Under Milk Wood
, 314, 315, 323, 411, 412–13

as uninsurable, 43, 296

The V.I.P.s
, 42–45, 47, 55–56, 112, 168, 225

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
, 107, 136–52, 157, 168, 205, 218, 269, 436

X, Y, and Zee
or
Zee & Co.
, 310–12

Taylor, Elizabeth and Richard Burton romance, vii, ix, 2, 162–63, 292

adoption of child attempted, 345

affair, 21–31, 42–45, 50–51, 57–60

benefit concert in Israel, 390

career decline and, 209, 230, 234, 251, 267, 281, 288, 356–57, 390, 396

contact, post-divorce, 386, 389, 400, 424, 425

decision to marry, 52

denials that he would leave his wife, 42, 43

desire for children, 201, 245–46

divorce (1974), 376, 400–401

divorce (1976), 384–85, 406

Doctor Faustus
and, 185, 187, 188

Eddie Fisher and, 25–26, 27

entourage, 3, 9, 19, 20, 25, 96, 99–100, 109, 115, 118, 119, 134–35, 141, 167, 194–96, 197, 200, 226–27, 247, 267, 303, 307, 309, 310, 311, 339, 341, 343–44, 350, 358, 402

as famous couple, 79, 83, 102, 120, 149, 181, 268, 303, 390, 407

fans and dangerous crowds, 35, 38, 39, 47, 79, 92–93, 100–101, 103, 111, 125–26, 127, 148–49, 152, 180, 192, 201, 226–27, 232, 261–62, 358, 416

fighting and arguments, 54, 78, 105, 107, 128, 145, 154–55, 161–62, 166, 203, 260, 270, 271, 273, 284–85, 303, 352–53, 369–70, 393

first sight of each other (1953), 1–2, 18

fundraiser in New York and Taylor's theatrical debut, 106–7, 112, 295

gifts/jewelry given to Taylor, 45, 84, 99, 100, 153, 178, 224, 237–38, 257, 258–60, 273–77, 333, 343, 381

gifts to Burton, x, 54–55, 120, 149, 272, 354–55, 400

gifts to Burton's family, 126, 177, 194–95, 196

Hamlet
performances and, 93–94, 99, 102, 207

her birthdays, 99, 178–79, 331–35, 397–99

her career hiatus and, 76, 89

her children and Burton, 40, 80, 97, 129–30, 171, 208, 225–26, 319–20, 323, 376

her devotion, 53, 109

Here's Lucy
episode, 294–95

her heath crises and Burton, 183, 242, 244–45, 253–54, 257–58, 265, 266, 293, 393–94

her homosexual friends and, 159–60

her influence on him, 90–92, 230–31, 352

her leaving him (1973), 360–63, 365, 368–70, 375

her presence on set of
Anne of the Thousand Days
, 263–67

her reaction to his engagement, 387

her reaction to his marriage to Sally Hay, 421–22

her reaction to his marriage to Suzy Hunt, 402

her “remarriage” diamond sold, 397

her resemblance to his sister, 68

her statement on separation, 1973, 362–63, 365, 372

her suicide attempts, 29, 30–31

her visit to Jenkins family after his death, 433–34

her will and, 437

his birthdays, 149, 324, 304, 393

his career and, 43–44, 48, 89, 90–91, 104, 107, 113, 117–18, 131, 172, 185, 230–31, 370

his divorce from Sybil, 52, 55, 80, 362

his divorce request, 397–99

his final days and, 429

his guilt, 42, 47–48, 50–52, 118, 119–20, 264

his hemophilia and, 159

his infidelity, 341–42, 353, 359, 375

his influence on her accent and behavior, 74–75

his last letter, x, 437–38

his letters, ix–x, 26, 130–31, 171, 265–66, 298–99, 301, 312, 338, 340–41, 342–43, 354–55, 360–61, 367, 437–38

his resemblance to Mike Todd, 24, 403

his resentments, 359

his response to her leaving, 360–61, 365–68, 371, 378, 379–80

his sense of inferiority, 78, 89

his telegram following separation, 370

investments, art, real estate, other possessions, 194, 201, 217, 226, 240, 252, 267, 278, 400–401

isolation of, 195–96, 197, 310, 354

jealousy, 124, 125, 193, 198, 223–24, 243, 251, 265, 266, 270, 297, 309, 310, 312, 329, 330, 331, 340, 359–60, 374–75

Jenkins family and, 51–52, 75–76, 125, 177–79, 196, 331–35, 433–34

last phone call, 425

Le Scandale
, 34, 37, 42, 43, 58, 111, 114, 167, 180, 205, 207, 292, 373, 436

Life
magazine cover, 56

lifestyle, 167, 177–78, 193–94, 196, 212, 221–25, 226–27, 236–37, 253, 267, 272, 292, 307, 324–27, 331–35

“Liz and Dick,” viii, 102, 153, 177, 204, 221–22, 225, 231, 268, 294, 335, 359, 390, 415, 417, 419, 422, 424