Remembering Elizabeth Taylor

On the set of 'Cleopatra,' Taylor met and fell in love with the charismatic Welsh actor Richard Burton.
Henry Grossman

Richard Burton
On the set of Cleopatra, Taylor met and fell in love with the charismatic Welsh actor Richard Burton. They were each married to other people — Taylor to Fisher and Burton to Sybil Williams — but they were able to end their unions and promptly wed each other.

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