Shining Through Scandal: The Incredible Life Of Elizabeth Taylor

She Was Still A Teen When She Moved On To Mature Roles

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Despite the bad publicity that stemmed from her short-lived first marriage and subsequent divorce, Elizabeth Taylor found it easy to transition into adult roles—which was not easy for many child actors from that time. She was only 16 when she filmed Conspirator, in which she plays a woman who suspects her husband of being a Soviet spy. From the age of 18, Taylor continued to take on adult roles and MGM even used her first marriage to promote 1950’s Father of the Bride, which was a $6 million box office success at the time. 1951’s A Place In The Sun was Taylor’s second critically acclaimed film at the time, in which the actress herself said that she was acting for the first time instead of being herself.